LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy plans to increase its total number of MOCVD equipment in Taiwan and China mainland to 104 by the end of the first quarter in 2013 due to an optimistic outlook about market demand. Demand in the LED backlight ...
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Weather conditions and holidays in Europe and the US are likely to cause Taiwan-based solar firms to report falling December revenues. Some firms have been seeing orders returning for January and expect relatively good performance despite ...
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Taiwan-based sapphire substrate makers believe December revenues are likely to show a continuous decrease due to the low season and year-end inventory checks by downstream LED firms. Taiwan-based Crystalwise and Sino Sapphire will ...
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Lextar, a LED subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), has announced its merger with Wellypower, another AUO subsidiary. Lextar noted that demand for high-power chip-on-board (COB) products has been growing, hence 2012 COB packaging product ...
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Lextar, a LED subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), has announced its merger with Wellypower, another AUO subsidiary. Lextar noted that demand for high-power chip-on-board (COB) products has been growing, hence 2012 COB packaging product ...
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Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) saw November revenues increase 22% on month. The firm noted that December revenues will be flat compared to November and order visibility is clear. According to GET, solar wafers ...
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Philips' acquisition of Indal WRTL is complete, revenues have fallen for LED producers in Taiwan, High Tech Lights has moved, Dialight has doubled its LED-lighting revenues, Albermarle has formed a new metal-organics business unit, and ...
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The price of 2-inch sapphire substrates from China suppliers has fallen to around US$6/unit, with the low price adding pressure on Taiwan-based makers, according to industry sources. The sources believe that China-based sapphire substrate ...
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Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power (NSP) reported December revenues of NT$663 million (US$22 million), down 44.05% on month and 71.26% on year. Accumulated revenues reached NT$20.577 billion, up 2.14% on year. According to NSP, ...
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Taiwan-based LED companies have held different views over the outlook for the first quarter of 2012 after most of them posted a decline in revenues in December. Taiwan-based LED firm Unity Opto reported 2011 total revenues of NT$5.76 ...
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Solar cell makers have wanted to increase prices but many firms lack order visibility. Hence, despite the consensus to increase quotes, fewer firms are taking action. The prices of solar products have dropped significantly in 2011. Solar ...
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The price of upstream sapphire substrates has been stabilizing and shipments of 4-inch substrates have been increasing steadily. The current price of 2-inch sapphire substrates has been around US$7-8/unit. Industry observers believe the ...
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Taiwan-based LED makers have reported mixed results for November, with Epistar, Edison Opto, Wellypower, Bright LED, and Ledtech Optoelectronics posting sequential revenue gains for the month, and Everlight Electronics, Unity Opto and ...
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