Lextar Electronics, a Taiwan-based maker of LED epitaxial wafers and chips as well as LED backlight units (BLUs) and lighting products, on November 5 reported consolidated revenues of NT$855 million (US$29.2 million) for October, ...
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China-based tier-two LED chipmakers such as Silan Azure, Epilight Technology, and Tsinghua Tongfang have seen on-year decreases of around 30-50% in their accumulated revenues so far in 2012. Gross margin of the three firms has been below ...
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Although the LED market is still growing steadily in terms of demand, corresponding market growth slows down amid excess capacity build, believes market research company LEDinside. The analysts expects the LED package industry growth to ...
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China-based LED chipmaker Sanan Optoelectronics has been quickly upgrading its technology through recruiting experts from Taiwan-based makers and expanding production capacity. Sanan is close behind first-tier Taiwan-based makers in terms ...
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Taipei, Oct.30, 2012 (CENS)--Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corp., a major synthetic fiber manufacturer in Taiwan, will invest NT$12 billion (US$400 million) within three years to build a plant in CTSP (Central Taiwan Science Park), which will ...
Tags: LCD backlight modules, synthetic fiber, solar module substrates
Two AU Optronics (AUO) subsidiaries, Lextar and Wellypower, are set to merge. According to David Su, chairman of Lextar, the only overlapping technology between the two firms is packaging. Wellypower currently has CCFL and SMD LED products ...
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Taipei, Oct.29, 2012 (CENS)--Market consulting firm TrendForce predicts tablet PCs and smartphone will replace laptops, monitors and LCD TVs to drive growth in the LED backlight market worldwide next year. The company's studies estimate ...
Tags: tablet PCs, smartphone, laptops, monitors, LCD TVs, LEDs, LCD panel
SDK and TS Opto concluded an absorption-type company split agreement. (Since this is a case of "simplified absorption-type company split" involving SDK and its wholly owned subsidiary, part of the details are omitted from the scope of ...
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Taipei, Oct. 24, 2012 (CENS)--LED maker Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. vows to snatch 50% of the non-Apple tablet PC backlight market next year. The company predicts to outperform other Taiwanese backlight manufacturers in revenue this ...
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Taiwan LED maker Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. has targeted to snatch 50% of the non-Apple tablet PC backlight market in 2013. Unity Opto attributes its advantage outperforming other Taiwanese backlight manufacturers in revenue this ...
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ProTek Devices™ today announced a new business line currently targeted at LED lighting manufacturers. The product line consists of individual unpackaged die available in wafer form. The die in wafer form are available as ...
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Despite sluggish macro trends, Cree (NASDAQ:CREE) managed to start its fiscal 2013 on a positive note. A leading LED manufacturer, Cree posted its Q1 2013 earnings on October 16 with $316 million in revenue and a net income of $16 million. ...
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The Leaf’s slim profile and LED energy efficiency gives you that alternative commercial lighting edge. The Leaf’s backlight display technology kicks those old LED designs out the door, by internally distributing light and ...
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LED lights for critical applications such as vehicle lights, streetlamps and emergency lights are even more dependable and long-lasting thanks to a new fault-management chip from STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving ...
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Orders of LED backlight products will likely be strong throughout October-November. Although growth of LED lighting has been slowing down, LED firms are optimistic that the LED lighting market will see significant growth in 2013. LED ...
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