The leading metrics influencing solar industry supply and demand(,supply and mamodule productionrket-demand)are forecast to come to within 8%of the second-half market demand of 17.2GW,according to Solarbuzz.This follows two years of ...
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Taiwan-based solar cell maker Tainergy became the first solar firm in Taiwan to return to profitability in May since the market downturn in second-quarter 2011. According to industry sources,Tainergy was able to generate profits in ...
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According to price surveys by LEDinside,a research division of TrendForce,affected by dwindling Q1 inventory and Q2 rush orders,LED package price for the backlight application quotes has eased in Q2,with a decline of approximately 3%.On the ...
Tags: LED Backlight, LED Price, High Power LED, LED Lighting, LED Package Price
Balance in solar market to return in 2014-2015,says SAS chairman Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Thursday 21 June 2012]MK Lu,chairman of Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon(SAS),believes continuous upgrades to R&D skills are a ...
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Lee Biing-jye, chairman of Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar, has noted the firm's order visibility for TV LED backlight units (BLU) is clear to August. Orders in September will depend on demand in China to gauge consumer demand during the ...
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The large turbulences in the solar market have caused abnormal conditions in the industry.The contract price of polysilicon has reached an all-time low,nearly as low as the spot prices.Solar equipment firms have been forced to engage in ...
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Lighting maker Neo-Neon, which has been eager to shift businesses from traditional lighting fixtures to LED ones, expects its 2012 LED lighting shipments to grow 4-5 times, according to company general manager Cheng Chien-wen. Nevertheless, ...
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China's Ministry of Science and Technology is seeking public opinions on the recently revised goals set for the semiconductor lighting technology development under the 12th Five-Year Plan. Compared with the solid state lighting policies ...
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Taiwan solar firms have been looking to recruit new staff for the past two quarters due to increasing orders.In addition,the solar industry in Greater China has been adding workers with non-engineering backgrounds such as finance and ...
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Market analyst firm IMS Research has cut its forecast for 2012 gallium nitride(GaN)metal-organic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD)shipments from 342 systems to 281,according to the second-quarter 2012 MOCVD update of its'GaN LED Quarterly ...
Solar cell conductive paste maker Giga Solar noted shipments in the second quarter are likely to show growth of 25%compared to the first quarter.The increase in shipments is due to the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties announced by the ...
Tags: 2Q12, conductive paste, Giga Solar, shipments, solar cell, Taiwan
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power(NSP)reported May revenues of NT$1.338 billion(US$44.61 million),an on-month increase of 8.19%but an on-year decrease of 23.47%. The accumulated revenues from January-May were NT$5.675 ...
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Solartech to add recruits due to increasing orders Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Monday 4 June 2012]Taiwan-based solar cell maker Solartech has been experiencing high capacity utilization rates.The firm has said it plans to ...
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Outline of operations results for the year ended March 31, 2012 In the year ended March 31, 2012, the economy in Western Europe, which was once on a recovery trend, slowed down due to the effects of financial crisis etc. However, German ...
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Second-quarter 2012 LED prices have been flat, according to industry sources. Demand has been high pushing capacity utilization rates to remain high. If prices continue to hold in the third quarter, the overall fall of ASPs in 2012 may be ...
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