Taiwan-based LED firm High Power Opto has enlisted Semileds to become a shareholder with a close to 10% stake, which makes Semileds the largest single shareholder of the firm. High Power Opto reported net losses of NT$1.108 billion ...
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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Taipei,Oct.15,2012--AU Optronics Corp.(AUO),a major maker of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display(TFT-LCD)panel in Taiwan,has replaced old photo masks to overcome problems in production of display panels for Apple`s new iPad ...
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Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar had September revenues of NT$1.616 billion (US$54.7 million), representing a decrease on month of 6.09%, while LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics had sales of ...
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Taipei,Sept.20,2012(CENS)--AU Optronics Corp.(AUO),a major maker of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display(TFT-LCD)panels in Taiwan,is expected to quadruple shipments to about six million TV panels to Sony of Japan in 2013,overtaking ...
India likely to start anti-dumping probe into solar products,says China media Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES [Tuesday 18 September 2012]India's government has received complaints from the domestic solar industry asking it to ...
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Lextar Electronics and Wellypower will merge LED and lighting businesses 17 Sep 2012 Lextar Electronics and Wellypower Optronics have announced plans to merge effective February 1,2013 and the combined LED manufacturing capacity will create ...
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Lextar Electronics Corp. and Wellypower Optronics Corp. yesterday announced their combination into one, with Lextar being the surviving company. Both companies are mostly held by LCD maker AU Optronics Corp. (AUO). Industry executives ...
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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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Taipei,Sept.14,2012(CENS)--Influenced by slumping global economy,the aggregate sales of Japanese brand liquid crystal display(LCD)TV decreased this year,directly impacting Taiwanese LCD TV makersa shipments,according to C.H.Liu,assistant ...
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LED firms Lextar Electronics Corp and Wellypower Optronics Co Ltd,both of Hsinchu Science Park,Taiwan,have agreed to merge,targeting 1 February 2013 for Wellypower to be absorbed into Lextar.The merged entity will operate as Lexstar. The ...
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Companies that are developing LED lighting products need to have an awareness of the wider patent landscape to help them develop,protect and exploit their own intellectual property to its fullest,as JACKIE MAGUIRE and DAVID SEGAL explain. ...
According to insiders, mainland Chinese enterprises as BOE Technology Group and San'an Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. have privately inquired about corporate details of two leading light emitting diode (LED) chip makers in Taiwan, namely Formosa ...
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Taipei,Sept.13,2012(CENS)--The United States Justice Department has appealed court for ruling 10 years in prison on AU Optronics Vice Chairman H.B.Chen and its former vice president,H.Hsiung,and US$1 billion in fine on the company for the ...
Tags: Penalty, LCD, Price Fixing, U.S.Justice Department
IDG News Service-The U.S.Department of Justice is recommending that AU Optronics,a Taiwanese maker of LCD panels,pay a US$1 billion fine,and two former executives serve 10 years in prison,for the company's participation in a long-term ...
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