Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar aims to have the largest production capacity in China among all LED chip makers through expanding production capacity at KFES Lighting, its joint venture with China Electronics (CEC) ...
Tags: LED Capacity, Lighting
Total production capacity for China-based LED chip makers currently exceeds demand and overcapacity is expected to continue over the next two years, according to Taiwan-based LED makers. Overcapacity is occurring mainly because local ...
China’s LED chip manufacturer HC Semitek Corp. Suzhou branch has received a US$ 150 million loan to be paid back in six years for its LED business, according to a Chinese-language Reuters report. China Development Bank’s ...
Tags: LED Chip, LED Business
Signaling the end of a patent battle lasting for almost three years, Korea’s Intellectual Property Tribunal (IPT) rejected an attempt to invalidate Dow Corning patent 10-976075. The patent is among Dow Corning’s rich ...
Tags: LED Optical Silicone, Lighting
As LED lighting application matures, HVLED technology developed by Taiwanese LED manufacturer Epistar is showing fruits of success. The smaller sized HVLED has better heat dissipation and advantageous over-drive capabilities that can lower ...
LED Lighting has exploded onto the Eco-home-improvement scene, while some are still reeling from sticker shock, eager homeowners looking to get in on the “Long Term” savings offered by LED technology, have been rewarded recently ...
Apple has yet again swept the market with the launch of the new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. The new cell phones have acted as a propeller for sapphire substrate manufacturers and LED manufacturers with the introduction of new fingerprint ...
Taiwanese LED chip manufacturer, Epistar, recently showcased its latest Embedded LED Chip (ELC) technology. The new ELC product reduces lead frame and wire bonding, and only requires a chip, phosphor and glue, said Hsieh Ming-Hsun, VP, R&D, ...
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has launched what it claims are the industry's first high-density (HD) LED arrays, doubling the system intensity of spot lights compared to previous arrays. The firm ...
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To welcome the LED lighting era, Taiwan LED chip manufacturer Formosa Epitaxy (ForEpi) Project Manager Li Renzhi stated that as the LED industry develops into an M shaped trend, highly priced but small volume products have occupied one end ...
The termination of China's Home Appliance Subsidiary programs in first-half 2013 caused LED backlight market demand to ease in June and July 2013. However, some chip makers have reflected rebounding performances due to stable market orders ...
Tags: LED Makers, LED Lighting
While mid-power LED chips account for only a small proportion of LED lighting currently, the proportion will grow fast over the next few years to reach about 50%, Philips Lumileds Lighting CEO Pirre-Yves Lesaicherre said during a Digitimes ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Lights, Lighting
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA says that its latest TW (TrueWhite) Series LED bulb emits natural LED light and sets a new standard with a Color Rendering Index (CRI) of 93. Cree's new TW Series bulb ...
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Lee Biing-jye, chairman of Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar, has indicated he does not object to partnerships or technology transfers between Taiwan- and China-based LED makers because Taiwan's LED industry should be ...
Tags: LED Makers, Epistar
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA says that the 600,000 square-foot headquarters of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been fitted with energy-saving Cree CR Series LED Troffers. ...
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