The Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013 will be held in China from June 9-12. As China is one of the major LED lighting markets in the world, Taiwan-based firms such as Epistar, Everlight, Lextar, Lite-On Technology, Genesis ...
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Due to strong global demand for LCD TVs, demand for LED backlight units (BLUs) has become robust since the second quarter of 2013 and the booming demand is expected to persist until November, according to Taiwan-based LED makers. LED ...
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Rising demand for LED backlight and lighting products helped LED chipmakers see capacity utilization rates increase to 90% in the second quarter. Despite shortages of high-end products, the overall LED industry continues to be in ...
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Intermolecular, Inc. (Nasdaq:IMI) announces today that Epistar, Corp. (TWSE:2448) and Intermolecular, Inc. (Nasdaq:IMI), have signed a collaborative development program (CDP) and royalty-bearing IP licensing agreement to increase the ...
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Intermolecular Inc of San Jose, CA, USA and LED chipmaker Epistar Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan have signed a collaborative development program and royalty-bearing IP licensing agreement. Under the agreement, Epistar and Intermolecular engineers ...
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The lighting industry is in the early stages of shifting away from established technologies -- fluorescent, incandescent, and high-intensity discharge (HID) lighting -- toward light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Hence adoption rates of LED ...
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The global LED light bulb pricing has been falling in 2013 because some large-size industry leading brands have introduced low-price products. Market observers believe demand in the residential LED lighting market is expected to grow and ...
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LED firms that are listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) have reported total March revenues of NT$9.39 billion (US$313 million), up by 35.1% on month. These LED firms are expected to see strong performances in the second quarter due to ...
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LED makers have been seeing rising demand and capacity utilization rates in the second quarter of 2013. However, China-based makers noted that there is currently CNY5 billion (US$807 million) worth of inventory, and if end market demand is ...
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Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar plans to introduce three major LED lighting products in 2013 including LED lighting filaments for which volume production is expected to begin at the end of the second quarter. Epistar predicts sales of ...
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LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has obtained orders with shipments scheduled through the end of May and therefore expects consolidated revenues for the second quarter to significantly increase sequentially, according to company ...
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Demand for backlighting products for large-size TVs in China continues to rise, according to Biing-Jye Lee, chairman of Epistar. Lee added that the firm's joint venture for LED epitaxial wafers and chips in Xiamen, southeastern China, with ...
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Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy and LED chip packagers Unity Opto Technology and Lextar Electronics had consolidated revenues for March increasing on month by 36.06%, 75.44%, 32.20% and 31.40% ...
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LED firms in Greater China should cooperate and build a single brand to maximize their competitive advantages, according to Robert Yeh, chairman of Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics. Yeh noted that China has a large ...
As demand for LED lighting products is heating up amid the improving global economy, Epistar is expected to see its gross margin rebound this quarter after posting a record loss last year. Due to oversupply in the LED market, which ...
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