Epistar Corp (Taiwan’s largest manufacturer of LED epiwafers and chips) is to issue 174.612 million new shares (worth NT$10 each, totalling NT$1746.12m) to acquire fellow Taiwanese LED epiwafer and chip maker Formosa Epitaxy Inc ...
Tags: LED epiwafers, LED chips
The global MOCVD equipment market will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.13% over the period 2013-2018, forecasts a new report from market analyst firm TechNavio. According to the report 'Global Metal Organic Chemical ...
Tags: MOCVD, Electrical, Electronics, MOCVD Equipment
Momentive Performance Materials Quartz Inc (MPM) has increased and expanded its manufacturing capacity of tantalum carbide coatings (TaC) in response to the growing demand for silicon carbide (SiC) power devices and the increased need for ...
San'an Opto announced the company will be purchasing advanced 20 single chamber or five four-chambered GaN MOCVD systems from international companies for its Xiamen subsidiary on Dec. 16, 2013. Xiamen San'an Opto has received RMB 24 ...
Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, says that Dr Thomas Russell has decided to not stand for re-election to the board at the ...
Tags: Emcore, electronics
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that China-based concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar cell maker Guangdong Redsolar Photovoltaic Tech Co Ltd has purchased multiple TurboDisc ...
Tags: Redsolar, MOCVD Systems
Veeco Instruments Inc. announced that the Guangdong Redsolar Photovoltaic Tech Co., Ltd (Redsolar), a leading producer of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar cells in China, has purchased multiple TurboDisc® K475™ As/P MOCVD ...
Tags: Solar Cell, MOCVD Systems
China-based chip maker San'an Optoelectronics Co Ltd is projected to take the lead in gallium nitride (GaN) LED wafer capacity by the end of 2014, overtaking current leader Epistar Corp of Taiwan, according to market research firm IHS Inc. ...
Tags: LEDs, Electrical, Electronics, Optoelectronics
Following declines of 45% in 2011 and 30% in 2013, LED wafer fab equipment spending will rise 17% to nearly $1.2bn in 2014 as the LED industry is working through its over-capacity problems and will renew capital spending and capacity ...
Tags: LED Equipment, LED, Electrical, Electronics
Chimei Optoelectronics has gone out of business leaving behind NTD 5.6 billion in debt. The company's creditor bank has been pursuing the company to obtain their financial claim but has yet to hear anything from the company. Chimei used ...
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported selected financial metrics and business highlights for second-quarter 2013 (excluding revenue and earnings, due to the firm's ongoing ...
Tags: Veeco MOCVD MBE, Electrical, Electronics
Despite a major surplus in the light-emitting diode (LED) market, the top suppliers are increasing their capital spending and production because of government incentives and in order to cash in on an expected boom in the lighting business, ...
Tags: LED, Electrical, Electronics
Veeco Instruments has characterized a marginally improving market for its MOCVD reactors used in LED manufacturing, along with details of new orders from Sanan Optoelectronics and KaiStar Lighting. Veeco Instruments has released limited ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Lights, Lighting
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that in third-quarter 2013 China’s largest LED maker Sanan Optoelectronics Co Ltd has placed a multi-tool order for TurboDisc MaxBright ...
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that in second-quarter 2013 it received an KaiStar Lighting Co Ltd. Order for multiple TurboDisc MaxBright M metal-organic chemical vapor ...
Tags: Kaistar, LED Manufacturing Ramp