Financial reports for first half of 2013 released by several Taiwanese LED manufacturers recently showed Epistar rebounded from losses as subsidy Huga Optotech reached break-even point (BEP) in June. For the first half of 2013, ...
For the past three years, Seoul Semiconductor's main product had been the mid-powered 5630. However, the company has recently turned its attention towards 3030 LED in 2013, to compete with Nichia's better price/performance (P/P) 767 series ...
Tags: Semiconductor, Lights, Lighting, LED
When asked about his views for the LED industry in the next few years, B.J. Lee Epistar chairman said during an interview at LEDforum 2013 that he expects to see steady revenue growth for the company and the continual restructure of the LED ...
Tags: LED industry, Industry Trends
China based LED package company MLS Lighting 2013 performance for packaging components and lighting products was good. The company expects to reach the target of RMB 3 billion (US$ 492 million) for 2013. MLS is actively pursuing discussions ...
Tags: LED Package, Packaging Components
Chinese LED manufacturer San’an Optoelectronic Co. (San’an) has been picking up its pace in internationalization and deployment of business strategies this year. In the LED chip field, the company has become a top international ...
Tags: LED manufacturer, LED Lighting
With the LED lighting market soaring and backlight products increased incorporation of mid-powered LEDs, it is unsurprising that mid-power LEDs were most popular in 2013. Mid-power LEDs production value in 2013 surpassed that of ...
Tags: MID-Power LEDs, Lighting
The LED package market value reached US$ 12.5 billion in 2013, and projected to grow at a Year-over-Year growth rate of 7% to US$ 13.39 billion in 2014, according to the latest LEDinside research report. Tablets and smartphone backlight ...
Tags: Lighting Market, LED Lighting
Philips Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA says that its new LUXEON Q LED delivers superior performance in a high-power emitter that serves as a direct drop-in replacement for products using the standard 3535 surface-mount package. LUXEON Q is ...
Taiwan LED package manufacturer Edison Opto Corp.'s board recently approved the issuance of unsecured convertible bonds amounting to NT$ 1 billion (US$ 34 million) in Taiwan. This is the second time that the company has issued unsecured ...
Tags: LED components, taiwan, LED
In 2013, the LED package market value was US$12.5 billion and is expected to reach US$13.39 billion in 2014, according to LEDinside. Tablets and smartphones will still be highlights of the LED market in 2014. As for lighting applications, ...
Tags: LED Development, Lighting
The advancement in LED wafer and packaging technology and continual decrease in price is the driver for the upcoming lighting era. Philip SSL Fellow George Craford pointed out that LED packaging component prices have been dropping following ...
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Japanese LED manufacturer Nichia has shown no signs of making peace with Taiwan LED manfuacturer Everlight over the latest patent dispute. In a rare move, Nichia held a press conference in Taiwan to clarify the situation and criticized ...
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Strong LED backlight and lighting product performances pushed Taiwan LED package manufacturer revenue for Aug. 2013 up 10.13% to NT$ 2.41 billion (US$ 8 million) compared to NT$ 2.19 billion in July. The company announced Monday its ...
Affected by the end of China’s Home Appliance Subsidies, demands for large size LED-backlit products waned in 3Q13. Citibank’s report forecasted large size backlight LED revenues for Epistar Corp. and Everlight Electronics, ...
As EU begins implementations of its new LED standards on Sept. 1, 2013, LED manufacturers based in Shenzhen, China are facing higher entry level and risks. Shenzhen's LED industry launched a risk management platform on Aug. 30, 2013 that ...
Tags: LED, Lights, Lighting, EU Standard