The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for LED lighting for plant factories is estimated at 27% from 2011-2018, according to Taiwan's Photonic Industry and Technology Development Association (PIDA). In 2013, this market segment is expected ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED, lighting
Market rumors that the new generation of Apple's iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for the home button have been circulating and Taiwan-based sapphire substrate maker Tera Xtal has reportedly sent samples to Apple for verification. ...
A tanker carrying around 10,000 mt (12,680 cu m) of ethanol loading in the west coast of Central America is due for arrival in the European ports of Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp by late May, according to a shipping report by broker SPI ...
Tags: Ethanol Shipment, Chemicals
China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest carbon steelmaker in Taiwan is going to release its list prices for electric furnace (EF) Al-killed wire rods for June. Industry sources predicted that CSC might cut its list prices for EF Al-killed wire ...
Tags: CSC, Wire Rod Prices
Output value in the LED upstream ingot segment is expected to reach US$324 million in 2015, according to market research institute Displaybank. The downstream segments of the LED supply chain have been in oversupply, causing market ...
Tags: LED industry, LED, Lighting
Yieh Hsing, one of the major wire rod manufacturers in Taiwan announced to leave its list prices unchanged for May. After the price announcement, its list prices for Al-killed wire rods are at NT$24,500/ton; those for rimmed wire rods are ...
Tags: Wire Rod, Wire Rod Prices
Rising demand for LED backlight and lighting products helped LED chipmakers see capacity utilization rates increase to 90% in the second quarter. Despite shortages of high-end products, the overall LED industry continues to be in ...
Tags: LED Market, LED, LED lighting
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) will subsidize procurement of 30 million LED lighting products in 2013 through open-bid competition, and major Taiwan-based LED lighting makers have been capable of volume production ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED, Lighting
Reportedly, the Taiwanese steel pipe makers are going to release price policy for May. Industry sources said that the Taiwanese steel pipe makers might cut prices by NT$700~NT$800/ton for May in order to reflect lower raw material prices. ...
Tags: Steel Pipe, Steel
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight has own-brand LED lighting products and market observers believe the firm's 2013 LED lighting revenues may reach NT$2-3 billion (US$67-101 million). The firm plans to shift market focus to China in ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED, Lighting
It’s reported that the Taiwanese stainless steelmakers are going to release its list prices for May next week. Industry sources predicted that the Taiwanese stainless producers might cut prices further by around NT$4,000~NT$5,000/ton ...
Tags: Stainless Steelmakers, Mineral
Sapphire substrate makers have noted that order visibility is clear to May due to expected demand growth in the LED backlighting and lighting markets. Market observers believe prices of sapphire substrates are likely to increase slightly in ...
Global shipments of metal-organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) systems will fall by 46% year-on-year to a total of 148 units in 2013, forecasts a report by Digitimes Research, as LED chipmakers have sufficient capacity and the number ...
Tags: MOCVD System Shipments, LED chipmakers, LED
The European Commission (EC) may oblige Luxembourg-headquartered steelmaker Aperam, which is bidding to buy Outokumpu's Italian stainless steel plant in Terni, to sell other steel assets if it succeeds in the acquisition bid, a commission ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The formula-driven April US terephthalic acid price was heard set Monday at 61.57 cents/lb ($1,357/mt), a 4.98 cents/lb decrease from March after the settlement of the US paraxylene contract, industry sources said. US PTA contracts are ...
Tags: US PTA Price, PTA Price