Everlight Electronics started expanding its LED packaging capacity in June and when the expansion completes in September, its monthly capacity will have increased by 500 million LED chips to reach four billion units in total, according to company chairman Robert Yeh.
The expansion focuses on packaging LED chips mainly for TV backlighting and general lighting applications, Yeh indicated. Currently, TV backlighting and lighting account for 20% and 12.5%, respectively, of Everlight's consolidated revenues.
Through partnership with LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar, Everlight aims to surpass Japan-based Nichia to become the world's largest LED packager in two years, Yeh said.
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