Solar cell conductive paste maker Giga Solar expects a pick-up in sales in the fourth quarter of 2012,powered by a rebound of capacity utilization rates of solar cell makers in Taiwan and China,according to company chairman Chen Chi-jen. ...
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Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced sales of CHF 1.923 billion in the third quarter 2012, up 3% compared to CHF 1.865 billion in the previous-year period. In local currencies, sales were 3% lower. In the third ...
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Weak demand is said to have caused Taiwan-based LED firms to consider reducing their workforces. Huga Optotech, Lextar and Everlight are reportedly considering cutting staff. Taiwan-based firms have been seeing disappointing capacity ...
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Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell maker Motech Industries will issue Euro convertible bonds(ECBs)worth US$130 million to raise funds for overseas materials procurement,with the issuance expected to be finished in early ...
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Solar material makers have stated that China has been expanding domestic demand and some tier-one solar firms have been seeing capacity utilization rate rebound to 50% in October from 20-30% in September. China's government has been ...
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Suntech gets delisting warning from NYSE Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Monday 24 September 2012]China-based vertically integrated solar firm Suntech Power Holdings has been warned by the New York Stock Exchange of the ...
Neo Solar August revenues up on month,down on year Nuying Huang,Taipei;Adam Hwang,DIGITIMES[Thursday 6 September 2012]Neo Solar Power,a Taiwan-based maker of crystalline silicon solar cells,had revenues of NT$1.072 billion(US$35.8 ...
The LED chip market continues to experience oversupply problems.However,in first-half 2012,most tier-one LED firms in Taiwan were operating with full capacity,which has led to the possibility of expanding capacities.LED chipmaker Epistar ...
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LED chipmaker Epistar has announced July revenues of NT$1.667 billion (US$55.69 million), a decrease of 3.6% on month but a growth of 14.3% on year. LED packaging house Everlight reported July revenues of NT$1.419 billion, a 4.83% decrease ...
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Despite many uncertainties in the LED industry in second-half 2012, South Korea-based LED firm Seoul Semiconductor and upstream LED chip subsidiary Seoul Optodevice Company (SOC) have been optimistic about third-quarter 2012 performances. ...
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Second-quarter 2012 revenues of Taiwan-based LED chipmakers climbed out of the trough with capacity utilization rates rising to 80-90%. The firms believe third-quarter 2012 capacity utilization rates to remain similar to the peak level seen ...
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Second-quarter 2012 revenues of Taiwan-based LED chipmakers climbed out of the trough with capacity utilization rates rising to 80-90%.The firms believe third-quarter 2012 capacity utilization rates to remain similar to the peak level seen ...
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Solartech likely to return to profitability in June,says chairman Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Thursday 21 June 2012]Sino-American Silicon(SAS),Solartech,Sunrise and Sunshine PV held a joint press conference to exhibit their ...
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While upstream LED firms have been forecasting lower 2012 revenues and falling prices,downstream LED applications are expected to grow continuously through second-half 2012. The world's two largest MOCVD equipment firms Veeco and Aixtron ...
Taiwan-based makers of LED chips, mainly due to an expected drops in demand from the LCD TV sector, will see shipments in the third quarter of 2012 drop or remain unchanged on quarter, while LED packaging houses will see small sequential ...