LED firms, from upstream chip manufacturers to downstream packaging manufacturers, all saw sales growth in March, posing challenges for the traditional lighting market. Leading LED chip manufacturer, Epistar, saw revenues in March at ...
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Sapphire substrates are continuing to increase in price and some suppliers have raised their April quotes for 2-inch ones to more than US$9 per piece, according to industry sources. The sources said this is because LED applications are ...
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LED packaging firm Everlight Electronics has seen its utilization rate improve to 60-70% recently and expects the ratio to climb to 80% in the second quarter, according to the company. It also expects to reach full capacity in the third ...
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According to a Reuters calculation based on data released by World Steel Association, the daily rate of global crude steel production rose slightly in February 2012 from a month earlier, helped by a seasonal demand pickup in top producer ...
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Epistar reported February revenues of NT$1.185 billion (US$40 million), up 20.91% on month but down 12.92% on year. Epistar noted that February had more working days compared to January which helped increase revenues. Furthermore, demand ...
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In 2011, LED supply exceeded demand by 30% due to poor LED TV sales and slow growth in LED lighting. However, this gap is closing in 2012 due to recovering backlight demand and increasing demand for lighting. DisplaySearch expects that the ...
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In 2011, LED supply exceeded demand by 30% due to poor LED TV sales and slow growth in LED lighting. However, this gap is closing in 2012 due to recovering backlight demand and increasing demand for lighting. According to the recent NPD ...
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In 2011, LED supply exceeded demand by 30% due to poor LED TV sales and slow growth in LED lighting. However, this gap is closing in 2012 due to recovering backlight demand and increasing demand for lighting. According to the recent NPD ...
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Orders of 2- and 4-inch sapphire wafers have been rebounding slightly in first-quarter 2012, according to Rubicon. Industry sources indicated that orders have been showing signs of reviving but it is still too early for sapphire substrate ...
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Cree’s LED-component revenue fell in the last quarter compared with the previous year, and the company is delaying its conversion to 150-mm wafer manufacturing in order to increase its factory utilization rate. LED lighting ...
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The price of 2-inch sapphire substrates from China suppliers has fallen to around US$6/unit, with the low price adding pressure on Taiwan-based makers, according to industry sources. The sources believe that China-based sapphire substrate ...
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The global production capacity of LED epitaxial wafers and chips exceeded the market demand in 2011 and the situation is expected to continue in 2012, according to president M.J. Chou for Taiwan-based Epistar. Following South Korea-based ...
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In 2010, Samsung LED became the first LED firm in South Korea to have revenues exceeding KRW1 trillion (US$863 million) and ranked as number one among LED firms in South Korea. Its third-quarter 2011 revenues reached KRW358.2 billion, much ...
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The price of 2-inch sapphire substrates has been stabilizing in November and December at around US$8/unit, according to industry sources. The price is expected to rebound soon. According to Taiwan-based sapphire substrate maker Tera Xtal, ...
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With weaker demand for lumber around the world, sawlog prices fell in a majority of the 21 markets tracked by the WRQ. The Global Conifer Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) declined in the 3Q for the first time since the 1Q/09 to $90.18/m3. With a ...
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