Nichia Corporation is a Japanese chemical engineering and manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokushima, Japan with global subsidiaries, that specializes in the manufacturing and distribution of phosphors, including light-emitting ...
LED chipmaker Epistar expects January-February capacity utilization rate to be around 70% and is likely to reach full capacity in April due to strong LED backlight and lighting orders. The firm added that orders for March are up compared ...
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Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics had January consolidated revenues of NT$1.653 billion (US$56.0 million) growing on month and year. According to the firm, demand for traditional lamp products has been weak but orders ...
Epistar Corp. is the largest manufacturer of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in Taiwan. The company was established in 1996, and its headquarters are in the Northern Taiwanese city of Hsinchu, In 2009 it had an annual turnover of NT$10 ...
Market observers believe Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar is likely to report 2012 net losses due to losses incurred from investments. However, the benefits Epistar's acquisition of Huga Optotech are expected to show in 2013. Epistar is ...
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Germany-based Azzurro Semiconductor AG has turned out sample 8-inch Ga-on-Si (gallium on silicon substrates) LED epitaxial wafers and plans to begin volume production as soon as the end of the second quarter of 2013, according to company ...
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Bridgelux has appointed Brad Bullington as its new CEO, Marl and Bivar have formed a global alliance, KaiStar has ordered more LED manufacturing systems from Veeco, and Lextar has completed its merger with Wellypower. Bridgelux appoints new ...
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The merger of Lextar and Wellypower, two LED subsidiaries of AU Optronics (AUO), will be completed on February 1, 2013. Industry sources noted that the pre-merger restructuring has been completed and effects will show in March, as ...
Due to falling LED chip prices, market observers believe Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar will need to rely on AlGaInP LED sales to increase the firm's profit margin while it is unlikely for Formosa Epitaxy to return to profitability ...
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Veeco has received an order for multi- and single-chamber TurboDisc® MOCVD Systems, including the new MaxBright® M™, from KaiStar Lighting Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Epistar Corporation and Shenzhen Kaifa Technology ...
Toshiba and US-based Bridgelux will reportedly start volume production of 8-inch Si-substrate GaN wafers for use to make LED chips in the first quarter of 2013, according to Taiwan-based makers. However, president Jacob Tam for TSMC Solid ...
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA Inc has received an order for multi- and single-chamber TurboDisc metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) systems, including the new ...
Tags: LED production, LED, Lighting
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar and Japan-based Toyoda Gosei have signed an agreement to set up a joint venture for the China market. According to Toyodo Gosei, the LED market in China has been plagued by price competition making it ...
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ASPs in the LED market fell 20-30% in 2012. LED makers believe the price fall for LED lighting products will be relatively significant compared to the price fall of backlighting products in 2013. In addition, the price for 60W retrofit LED ...
Tags: LED, Lighting Chips, Prices, 2013
It is expected that there will be a fall in the price of LED light bulbs in the coming year. Indeed, ASPs in the LED market dropped by around 20 to 30 per cent during 2012 and manufacturers of the illuminations expect further price drops ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED light bulbs, LED market