Kingsun Optoelectronic is to acquire Lumileds with capital collected partially from surplus capital of different LED lighting business and the company’s raised funds. Kingsun Optoelectronic plans to indirectly acquire 6.15% share of ...
China’s strategic “One belt, one road” policy has sparked local manufacturers interests of exporting products abroad, but most are afraid to take action. Statistics from different research organizations have varied widely. ...
Tags: LEDinside, market outlook, emerging markets
Quirky (“Quirky”) and its affiliates (together, the “Company”) announced today that it filed a voluntarily petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern ...
From the exterior plastic smartphone case, wearable device wrist bands, semiconductors IC packaging, specialty material for crucial optoelectronic components to aeronautics and military applications, there are several large chemical ...
Today, The Climate Group, which is hosting its annual Climate Week NYC, called on every single city and utility around the world to schedule the switch of their street lighting to LED by 2025 and launched its new major global campaign LED = ...
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Luxtera, the global leader in Silicon Photonics solutions, today announces the hiring of Brad Byk as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Kelly Perez as Vice President of Finance. Luxtera will leverage their considerable experience and ...
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Samsung Electronics, the world’s leading producer of semiconductor and display solutions, formally opened the doors to its new Device Solutions America headquarters here, setting the stage for a new wave of innovation across the ...
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The average monthly price of sapphire has fallen by more than 30% year on year this September, according to the latest 2015 Global Sapphire and LED Chip Market Report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. This decline is the result of ...
HC Semitek board approved the acquisition of Chinese sapphire substrate manufacturer Crystaland during a recent shareholder meeting. The acquisition deal signals the company is extending its reach into the upstream LED market sector, and ...
Tags: M&A, HC Semitek, Cyrstaland
“Epistar has set many investment precedents, including in LED package manufacturers Edison Opto, Prolight Opto and others, since it is not involved in the LED package manufacturing,” said Chu. “This is mainly because ...
Tags: LED package, Epistar, Malaysia, investment strategy
The U.S. Department of Energy has released a GATEWAY report on the experiences of the City of Portland, OR, in converting its street lighting from high-pressure sodium to LED. Such large-scale conversions are rarely simple matters, and the ...
Tags: LED streetlight, DOE, Portland, GATEWAY report
UBS forecasted oversupply situation in the LED industry will continue into 2016, while sliding LED prices will nullify growing shipment volume advantages, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. These projected market ...
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China’s exports to 70 countries under its “One Belt, One Road” strategy was up 1.5% to US$ 372 billion from January to June 2015, according to China’s custom data. The country’s imports declined 18.8% to US$ ...
Tags: Vietnamese lighting products market, ASEAN lighting market
Chinese sapphire maker Aurora announced last week, it would be investing RMB 40 million (US $6.32 million) in a new investment management arm to integrate investments in the sapphire supply chain, according to a report from China Securities ...
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Bearing, a critical component for contemporary mechanical equipment, finds wide applications in automobile, electromechanics, construction machinery, household appliances, metallurgy and mining machinery, etc. In 2014, global bearing ...
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