TV maker Konka has decided to terminate its partnership with Epistar in a joint venture running an epitaxy plant in Changzhou, China. But Epistar indicated that the exist of the China-based partner will not affect the operations of the ...
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Taiwan-based LED firms accumulated financial capital of NT$13.8 billion (US$460 million) in 2011, down 80% compared to NT$76.2 billion in 2010. Industry sources believe low demand will continue into second-quarter 2012. Taiwan-based LED ...
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Recently, Lite-On Technology Corp. has signed a partnership agreement with six lighting manufacturers and expected a bright outlook for its sales in 2012. Due largely to the new contract, the company’s CEO, K.C. Terng, estimated its ...
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Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) plans to have a budget up to NT$2 billion (US$66 million) to switch 326,000 units of street lamps into LED lightings. Many LED firms hope to secure this project, which requires the LED street ...
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As 2012 comes, Taiwan LED industry looks forward to a Healthy Year in 2012,and some manufactures have started to revive. Huga Optotech ended unpaid furlough practice when New Year comes, signaling that Taiwan’s LED industry is getting ...
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After late last month reporting record luminous efficiency of 216lm/W for a warm-white LED with a high-voltage chipset, Taiwan’s largest LED chipmaker Epistar Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan has launched three LED chipset products - ...
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Low demand for LED TV backlight units (BLUs) has been causing LED firms to seek markets elsewhere. Some Taiwan-based LED firms have been trying to enter the agricultural sector by providing lighting sources. The average selling price (ASP) ...
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The global production capacity of LED epitaxial wafers and chips exceeded the market demand in 2011 and the situation is expected to continue in 2012, according to president M.J. Chou for Taiwan-based Epistar. Following South Korea-based ...
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Epistar has announced to gain a share buyback plan in a bid to support its share price. Epistar announced Wednesday it would buy back 10 million shares from the open market at a range of NT$51 to NT$76 between Dec. 29 and Feb. 28, 2012. The ...
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The growing number of LED lighting projects in Greater China is likely to benefit LED chipmaker Epistar as the firm may become the main supplier of LED chips, according to industry sources. There are several projects that are on-going such ...
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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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Genesis Photonics Chairman, K. J. Chong recently pledged that his company will become number 1 supplier of LEDs and LED light engines in China. Chong noted in an article in Cens that his company, an LED epi-wafer maker, will help ...
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Genesis Photonics Chairman, K. J. Chong recently pledged that his company will become number 1 supplier of LEDs and LED light engines in China. Chong noted in an article in Cens that his company, an LED epi-wafer maker, will help ...
Production value of LED discrete devices rolled out by Taiwan-based LED makers is expected to top NT$64-65 billion (US$2.11-2.14 billion) in 2011, declining 5-8% from a year earlier. Taiwan used to be the biggest supplier of LED chips, but ...
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Taiwan LED chipmaker Epistar has recently developed agreements with Zhejiang Yonkon Group Co., Ltd. and NVC Lighting Technology Corp. in mainland China. Under the agreement, the company’s deal with Zhejiang Yonkon will primarily ...
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