Thanks to the replenishment demand from brand vendor in 3Q12, the production value for October has shown a respective performance compared to the same period of last year. According to LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, total ...
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Toshiba will begin mass production of white LEDs on 200-mm silicon wafers this month based on technology that it licensed and jointly developed with Bridgelux. Toshiba has announced that it will begin production of white LEDs on 200-mm ...
Tags: mass production, white LEDs, silicon wafers, GaN-on-SI players
Taiwan makers of light-emitting diode (LED) products are unlikely to see a recovery in 2013 LED equipment spending due to a lack of investments and an alarming sector-wide cash crunch, warns one industry analyst. Maxim analyst Aaron ...
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Taiwan-based LED chipmakers have been trying to return to profitability but due to continuous price falls, it has been difficult. Market observers believe LED chipmakers such as Epistar, and Formosa Epitaxy will see net losses in 2012. ...
Tags: Taiwan, LED chipmakers, profitability, 2012
As the global economic outlook remains stagnant, LED industry's peak season performance may fall short of expectations. Thus, Taiwanese LED firms such as Epistar, Unity Opto, Lextar, and Genesis Photonics underwent setbacks in the stock ...
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According to Epistar's executive, the company expects a turnaround this quarter, thanks to strong demand for LED TVs and LED lighting would help boost factory utilization and lift gross margin significantly to more than 20 percent. ...
The companies today jointly confirmed achieving GaN-on-Si based LEDs utilizing Epistar's high-brightness LED structures and AZZURRO's patented technology for 150 mm GaN-on-Si. The successful completion of the joined project confirmed the ...
Epistar,the Taiwan-based company that is ranked as one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-brightness LEDs,has become the latest major producer to hint at a transfer to a potentially much cheaper silicon platform. Currently the ...
China's LED chipmakers have been slowing down capacity expansion in 2012 due to market oversupply,but some firms have announced plans to invest in upstream epitaxial crystal processing. Industry sources noted that some installed equipment ...
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Taipei,Oct.5,2012(CENS)--According to the administration of the Central Taiwan Science Park,ProMOS Technologies Inc.and Huga Optotech Inc.have filed applications for large-scale job cuts at their factories in the industrial park. DRAM ...
Epistar recently was granted its 1000th patent. This number will continue to grow as there are about another 1,000 applications pending worldwide. Since its establishment in 1996, Epistar has firmly believed that technology innovation is ...
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LED chipmaker Epistar has reported November revenues of NT$1.365 billion (US$46.92 million), down 10% on month, but representing an on-year increase of 6%. Accumulated revenues for October-November were NT$2.884 billion, showing a growth ...
Tags: Epistar, Everlight, LED chip, LED packaging
Taiwan,China LED industries facing shuffle,says Epistar chairman Siu Han,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Monday 1 October 2012]The LED industry has been seeing rising sales but profitability has been decreasing in 2012.Biing-Jye Lee,chairman ...
Tags: Taiwan, China LED industries, shuffle, LED lighting market
A planned subsidy for LED lamps could halve their price for consumers in Taiwan,and should also provide a welcome boost for the local LED industry. LED manufacturers in Taiwan received a boost last week when government officials announced ...
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has received more orders than originally expected for LED chips used in backlight units (BLUs) from South Korea-based LCD TV vendors in December, according to the company. Due to ...
Tags: Epistar, TV, LCD TV, LED chips, BLUs, more orders, CD TVs