The solar market seemed promising for South Korea-based big enterprises such as Samsung, LG, and Hyundai. However, continuous loss has pushed these firms to modify the business strategies. LG Siltron has given up on the production of ...
China-based mono-crystalline solar wafer firm Solargiga Energy Holdings recently announced a new business cooperation with Japan-based Sharp Corporation, in which the latter will purchase 370MW of solar modules from Solargiga in the fiscal ...
LED chipmaker Epistar has reported May revenues of NT$2.223 billion (US$74 million), showing an on-month increase of 15.8% and an on-year increase of 19.42%. The figure was also a record high. Epistar stated demand for AlGaInP LEDs has ...
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China-based solar module maker Hanwha SolarOne saw first-quarter 2013 consolidated revenues show a 33.3% sequential growth to CNY1.1129 billion (US$181 million). First-quarter 2013 revenues also showed an on-year increase of 38.4% compared ...
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Prices of sapphire ingots have been increasing causing substrate makers to plan a price hike on patterned sapphire substrates (PSSs). Some firms have been adjusting prices since the end of the first quarter, causing other firms to follow ...
Tags: PSS Prices, Sapphire Substrate
In the first quarter this year, Italy's steel exports to non-European Union (EU) countries totaled 1.13 million metric tons, down by 19.2 percent, while its steel imports from non-EU sources totaled 2.053 million metric tons, up 53.3 ...
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Although global capital spending this year in the solar supply chain is expected to fall to its lowest level since 2006, indications signal that the downturn in investment has hit bottom and that purchases of equipment may soon rebound. ...
Tags: Solar Industry, Energy
Sapphire ingot manufacturers are in a state of “the big gets bigger”, says LEDinside, a research department of TrendForce. According to the firm’s 2013 Global Sapphire Substrate Market Report, cost competitive, first-tier ...
Tags: LEDs, Electronics
The LED industry gained a foothold for growth in the parts and materials industry after LED technology was applied to the TV backlight unit (BLU). The industry is now about to advance again with the development of the LED lighting, an end ...
Tags: LED Ingot Market, Lights
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 ...
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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 ...
Retrofit Frame Increases Forge's Tonnage Capability Erie Press Systems has successfully engineered and installed a complete retrofit open die frame structure at Patriot Forge in Brantford, ON, Canada. The project required replacing the ...
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The market of sapphire substrates, an upstream material for LEDs, has been in oversupply with prices falling. The prices are lower than the production costs of many firms. This has also caused many tier-two sapphire firms to purchase ...
Tags: LEDs, LED lighting, lighting
In January this year, Italy's finished steel exports totaled 1.253 million metric tons, down by 9.7 percent, while its finished steel imports amounted to 1.331 million metric tons, up 25.2 percent, both year on year, as announced by the ...
Tags: Finished Steel Imports, Mineral
In the first two months this year, Italy's steel exports to non-European Union (EU) countries totaled 656,000 metric tons, down by 21.4 percent, while its steel imports from non-EU sources totaled 1.265 million metric tons, up 46.4 percent, ...