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, ...
Growing demands in the LED market were fueled by decreased product prices, government bans on incandescent light bulbs, and shift away from traditional lighting to more energy efficient LEDs. Financial service company Credit Suisse believes ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Lights
The Investment Commission approved for Chinese LED epitaxy manufacturer San'an Optoelectronic Co. to invest in Taiwan LED chip supplier Formosa Epitaxy Inc. (ForEpi). Cooperation between the two companies marks a new milestone and will ...
Tags: Formosa Epitaxy, Lighting
Secondary optics lens manufacturer LEDlink passed Edison’s direct backlight product certification in August for LEDlink’s direct backlight OD 22mm and 30mm standard sized secondary optic lenses. By passing the certification, the ...
Tags: Ledlink, Edison, Backlight Market
Quotes for LED chips used in backlight units (BLUs) of LCD TVs for the third quarter have dropped by 6-9% sequentially and those for LED BLUs for notebooks and LCD monitors by 5-8% and 1% respectively, according to LEDinside of Taiwan-based ...
Tags: LED backlight, LED
Lextar Electronics, a Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker as well as LED packaging house, is expected to see consolidated revenues for third-quarter 2013 increase 5-10% sequentially due to growing orders for LED backlight units ...
According to reports, Epistar won orders of Japanese LED car lights, it is the first time for Taiwan-based LED chip manufacturers to enter into high-threshold and high-profit car lights supply chain. It is expected to begin a small shipment ...
Tags: Epistar, LED Car Lights
Epistar has received orders from Japanese automobile manufacturers making it the first Taiwanese chip maker to enter into the automotive industry. The company plans to begin shipments at the beginning of next year. They have also received ...
With information pouring in about the launch of new iPhone and iPad products this September, the whole world is watching to see if Apple will be able to perform as well as they did 3Q. It is rumored that the new iPhone will come with ...
ROHM Co., Ltd. (Kyoto-based) developed a 4-wire LED driver for LCD TV panels, achieving significantly lower power consumption. According to the available information and confirmation from relevant TV makers, the power consumption of ...
Tags: LCD TV Panels, LED Driver
Taiwanese LED chip manufacturer Genesis Photonics Inc. (GPI) announced record high revenues in July of NT$ 368 million (US$ 12.32 million), as lighting products revenue ratio jumped to 50%. Increased shipments in flip-chips, 3D COB ...
Tags: LED chip, Photonics Lighting
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, ...
Tags: Everlight, Lextar EPS
Recently, Team iblazr, a team of independent developers have recently come up in Ukraine, developed the world's first fully synchronized LED flash for smart phones and tablets. According to the developers, this tiny device comprises of four ...
Lextar Electronics has reported its financial performance for the second quarter of 2013. Lextar recorded consolidated revenues of NT$3.85 billion (US$128.49 million), up 33.1% over the previous quarter and up 47.3% on year. Lextar's gross ...
The creditor banks for Chi Mei Lighting Technology Corporation are demanding the company's shareholder groups like Innolux Corportation and Chi Mei Corporation to repay the company's debt. However, Innolux Corportation's response was that ...
Tags: LED, LED lighting