In order to improve the quality of LED lighting subsidies’ beneficiaries, China’s National Development and Reform Commission plans to restart the bidding for the SSL Lighting Product Subsidy. On July 25-26, the commission will ...
Market research shows that total second-quarter 2012 revenues of publicly traded Taiwan-based LED firms reached NT$25.82 billion (US$861 million), an on-quarter increase of 22.7%. LED firms have been expressing concerns about market ...
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Acbel, a member of Taiwan's Kinpo-Compal Group, recently signed an investment agreement with Samost, a company based in Zhengzhou, China, to focus on developing LED lighting. Industry sources said the investment will be largely put towards ...
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LED chipmakers Epistar, Genesis Photonics and Huga Optotech have announced plans to distribute restricted shares ranging from 5-15 million units to their employees with an aim of preventing employees from being raided by rival LED companies ...
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Taiwan-based LED firms are keen to compete for backlighting orders from China's LCD panel makers, whose supply to local TV vendors is growing fast. China's top-six TV brands sourced only 5% of their panels from domestic suppliers in ...
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The leading global LED maker Nichia has remained low-key for many years, but with increasing opportunities in LED lighting, Nichia's layout strategies for attracting customers are changing. Recently, Nichia held a technical seminar in ...
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While Samsung Electronics has started a price war for its LED lighting products, Taiwan-based LED fellow makers have the competitive advantage of lower production costs, according to chairman Robert Yeh for Taiwan-based maker Everlight ...
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China's policy will not only benefit domestic LED firms, but also Taiwan-based peers, such as Delta, Bright LED and Lite-On, industry sources have noted. The firms who are eligible to compete for projects need to be registered in China and ...
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Taiwan-based LED firms accumulated financial capital of NT$13.8 billion (US$460 million) in 2011, down 80% compared to NT$76.2 billion in 2010. Industry sources believe low demand will continue into second-quarter 2012. Taiwan-based LED ...
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Players in the LED industry may be disappointed as the China government's subsidy for their lighting products may be much smaller than anticipated. Previous estimations put the sum of subsidy at as much as CNY8 billion (US$1.3 billion), but ...
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