Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany is supplying several more AIX 2800G4-TM cluster metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) systems (for delivery between third-quarter 2018 and first-quarter ...
Tags: Aixtron, MOCVD Changelight, LED
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany has received an order for multiple AIX 2800G4-TM MOCVD cluster tools from Chinese optoelectronic manufacturer Xiamen Changelight Co Ltd to expand its production ...
Tags: LED Capacity, cluster tools
Equipment spending by semiconductor chip manufacturers, a key industrial market for vendors of both lithography and laser-based wafer processing systems, will reach $32 billion in 2010 – more than double the 2009 figure. ...
Tags: semiconductor, chip, LED fab
Prices for 2835 LED devices, currently the mainstream specification among China-based LED packaging service providers, have dropped 50-60% so far in 2015 due to overcapacity, according to Taiwan-based LED makers. Many China-based LED ...
Tags: LED devices, LED packaging, LED chips
Epistar has invested NT$825 million (US$25.94 million) to merge with TSMC Solid State Lighting (SSL), helping to enhance Epistar's capability in the lighting industry. Before the decision was made, many companies such as SemiLEDs and ...
Tags: LED Market, LED technologies, Lights
For its fiscal first-quarter 2015 (ended 28 September 2014), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $427.7m, up 9% on $391m a year ago but down 2% on $436.3m last quarter (and below the $440-465m forecasted in mid-August). ...
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar aims to have the largest production capacity in China among all LED chip makers through expanding production capacity at KFES Lighting, its joint venture with China Electronics (CEC) ...
Tags: LED Capacity, Lighting
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany says has announced another repeat order (made in first-quarter 2013) from EpiLEDs Co Ltd of Tainan Science Park, Taiwan to support its ramp-up of gallium nitride (GaN)-based LED ...
Tags: LED, taiwan, Electrical, Electronics
Recently, REFOND said that the recent capacity expansion has eased its capacity bottlenecks, while in the case that backlight procurement is transferring and demand in lighting market is accelerating, the expansion will be helpful for the ...
Lite-On IT, a member of the Lite-On Group, is establishing automated production lines for LED light bulbs and will begin volume production in the third quarter of 2013 with initial shipments to US-based retail channels, according to group ...
Tags: 3Q13, Lite-On, Lite-On IT
Spending on LED fab manufacturing equipment will decline 9.2% in 2013 as the industry faces weak long-term demand and consolidates manufacturing capacity. According to the SEMI LED/Opto Fab Forecast, spending on LED fab manufacturing ...
Tags: LED Manufacturing Investment, LED fab manufacturing equipment
Due to falling LED chip prices, market observers believe Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar will need to rely on AlGaInP LED sales to increase the firm's profit margin while it is unlikely for Formosa Epitaxy to return to profitability ...
Tags: LED chip, LED capacity, LED prices
ASPs in the LED market fell 20-30% in 2012. LED makers believe the price fall for LED lighting products will be relatively significant compared to the price fall of backlighting products in 2013. In addition, the price for 60W retrofit LED ...
Tags: LED, Lighting Chips, Prices, 2013
Osram has signed a contract with the Wuxi New District Administrative Committee to build a new assembly plant in the Chinese province of Jiangsu. LED chips will be packaged in housings at the new backend facility starting in late 2013; with ...
Tags: Osram, LED, China, lighting sector, LED chips
Osram AG has announced it will build new LED chip and assembly plants in China, while Relume Technologies has moved into a larger facility in Oxford, Michigan. Osram to expand China operations Osram AG has signed a contract with ...