Taiwan-based Radiant Opto-Electronics shipped 10.997 million backlight units (BLUs) in January, slipping on month by 3%, according to the company. Radiant saw January shipments of BLUs used in 9.7-inch iPad decrease sequentially and those ...
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Taiwan-based LED chip packaging house Unity Opto Technology saw its revenues of NT$514 million (US$17.6 million) for January 2013 decrease on month by 8.76% but increase 74.91% on year, while fellow maker Lextar Electronics had January ...
Backlight unit(BLU)makers are forecast to see accelerated output value growth in 2013 due to an expected climb in the global LED TV penetration rate.In 2012,large-size LED TVs grew in popularity across the globe,namely in North America,and ...
With the LED TV backlight market slowing, and the general lighting market yet to take off, LED makers are looking to all sorts of innovative ways to improve cost and performance to drive adoption — from disruptive new technologies to ...
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Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has received more orders than originally expected for LED chips used in backlight units (BLUs) from South Korea-based LCD TV vendors in December, according to the company. Due to ...
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Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Formosa Epitaxy on November 12 announced the issuance of up to 120 million new shares specifically for private placement, with China-based maker Sanan Optoelectronics to be the target. The ...
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MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation("MagnaChip"),a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products,today announced the launch of an advanced 4-channel LED backlight unit(BLU)driver ...
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Lextar Electronics, a Taiwan-based maker of LED epitaxial wafers and chips as well as LED backlight units (BLUs) and lighting products, on November 5 reported consolidated revenues of NT$855 million (US$29.2 million) for October, ...
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Two AU Optronics (AUO) subsidiaries, Lextar and Wellypower, are set to merge. According to David Su, chairman of Lextar, the only overlapping technology between the two firms is packaging. Wellypower currently has CCFL and SMD LED products ...
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Orders of LED backlight products will likely be strong throughout October-November. Although growth of LED lighting has been slowing down, LED firms are optimistic that the LED lighting market will see significant growth in 2013. LED ...
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Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar will issue new shares in order to obtain a 100% stake in Huga Optotech, the firm announced on September 28. Huga Optotech has been officially acquired by Epistar. According to Biing-Jye Lee, chairman of ...
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Lextar to merge with Wellypower Siu Han, Taipei; Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES [Friday 14 September 2012] Taiwan-based LED maker Lextar, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), on September 13, 2012 announced plans to merge with Wellypower, a CCFL ...
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Rising price competition and negative impact from the debt crisis in Europe have been causing Taiwan-based LED firms to report on-year decreases in their financial results for first-half 2012. According to LED packaging house Everlight, ...
LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy and LED packaging company Unity Opto Technology have both piled up a backlog of orders for the third quarter of 2012, ensuring that the two firms will post strong revenue growth in the quarter, according to ...
Tags: 3Q12, Formosa Epitaxy, LED, Unity Opto
China-based LED firms have been producing low-priced LED chips causing oversupply in the upstream LED chip segment to continue.China-based panel maker BOE recently announced plans to set up a new 8.5G production line in Hefei,and also hopes ...