Taiwan-based sapphire wafer makers, viewing that LED demand is unlikely to grow to, have started looking to have sapphire wafers adopted as protection covers for iPhone 5 cameras. Several smartphone vendors including Taiwan-based HTC and ...
According to Advanced RenewableEnergy Company LLC (ARC Energy) of Nashua, NH, USA, a provider of c-axis sapphire growth technologies and turnkey solutions for the LED solid-state lighting market, after qualifying sapphire substrates at ...
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Advanced RenewableEnergy Company LLC (ARC Energy) of Nashua, NH, USA, a provider of c-axis sapphire growth technologies and turnkey solutions for the LED solid-state lighting market, says that, after qualifying sapphire substrates at ...
Tags: ARC Energy, sapphire crystallization, Trinity Material, LED chip
After qualifying sapphire substrates at multiple LED chip companies, Jiangsu Trinity Material Co., Ltd. continues to further improve the efficiency of ARC Energy's CHES furnaces. ARC Energy is currently working on the upgrades to lower ...
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Taiwan-based sapphire substrate makers believe December revenues are likely to show a continuous decrease due to the low season and year-end inventory checks by downstream LED firms. Taiwan-based Crystalwise and Sino Sapphire will ...
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After experiencing a boon in 2010, the weak LED market reaction in 2011 did not allow the global LED manufacturing production to grow as expected. Capacity utilization reached a low due to the fast capacity expansion and slower market ...
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Abstract The entire LED lighting supply chain can be divided into the following segments: rare earth, MOCVD equipment, sapphire ingots and substrates, LED chips, LED packaging, and LED lighting fixtures. This Digitimes Special Report ...
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China's government has been providing subsidies to help its domestic LED industry. Some firms have been benefitting but others remain in limbo amid rapid product price falls. Slowing demand for LED billboards According to sources from ...
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Acme Electronics is expected to report flat or slight sequential growth in consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2012, buoyed by rising sales generated by sapphire ingot-making subsidiary USI Optronics, according to market sources. ...
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Classic economics believes in small government and let the market mechanism run its course. Keynesian economics believes in interventions, in particular, government interventions to smooth out the business cycles. Most governments have been ...
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China's Ministry of Science and Technology is seeking public opinions on the recently revised goals set for the semiconductor lighting technology development under the 12th Five-Year Plan. Compared with the solid state lighting policies ...
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Prices for sapphire ingots have stopped falling recently in light of the rising sapphire substrate prices, according to sapphire ingot supplier USI Optronics. Prices of 2-inch sapphire substrates have increased to US$8.5-9 on average ...
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USI Optronics is seeing order visibility for sapphire ingots extend to two months on a pick-up in LED lighting demand, according to its parent company Acme Electronics. Acme indicated that USI Optronics has seen its order visibility improve ...
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Linde has secured a gas-supply agreement with Kaistar, Aixtron has opened a training center in Suzhou and sold 5 MOCVD systems, SAFC has expanded precursor production in Taiwan and GT has announced a $12M order for sapphire wafers. Linde ...
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Prices of sapphire ingots have stabilized recently but overall demand has not yet recovered to a level that will warrant makers to hike quotes. Price competition of sapphire ingots in China has been severe. Industry sources noted that ...
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