The global production value for LED-acklit tablets in 2014 is estimated at US$476 million, slipping on year by 21.7%, and that for LED-backlit LCD TVs is at US$2.39 billion, decreasing by 14.3%, according to LEDinside. In terms of other ...
November average retail pricing for 7W LED light bulbs (equivalent to 40W incandescents) in the China market increased 12.7% on month to CNY39.1 (US$6.4), while 9W models (equivalent to 60W incandescents) decreased 1.9% to CNY40.80, ...
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Prices of copper-clad laminates (FCCL) in China are set to fall in 2015 amid increasing competition, according to industry sources. Korea-based FCCL suppliers, which have seen their production utilization rates affected by ...
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LED packaging service provider Harvatek will cooperate with affiliated equipment maker YoungTek Electronics to adopt the latter's automation equipment to start automated production of LED light bulbs for reducing production cost in 2015, ...
Tags: LED Light Bulbs, Lights
GlobalWafers Japan (GWJ), a subsidiary of Taiwan-based semiconductor-grade silicon wafer maker GlobalWafers, will expand its 8-inch wafer production capacity by about 10% in 2015, according to president and CEO Toru Masaoka. GWJ uses ...
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The US-China anti-dumping and countervailing final determination is expected to be announced on December 17th and the whole investigation procedures will be completed by January 30th, 2015. This is a trade war initiated by SolarWorld as ...
Tags: Anti-Dumping, PV
The driving recorder market in Taiwan has seen polarized developments, with white-box makers competing for the sub-NT$2,000 (US$64) segment, and first-tier vendors focusing on the NT$5,000 and above segment. Sales of driving recorders ...
Thermco Systems, a division of Tetreon Technologies Ltd of Washington, West Sussex, UK has appointed Arthur Chen as sales manager for Taiwan. Picture: Thermco Systems’ new sales manager for Taiwan, Arthur Chen. As a designer ...
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LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan says that EDN (Electronic Design News) has named its newest line of white chip-scale packages, the ReadyMount Enhanced CSP (EC) series, as one of the ‘Hot 100 Products of ...
Tags: LED chip, phosphor technology, Electrical
Taiwan LED maker Advanced Optoelectronic Technology (AOT) has reported its revenues during the third quarter of 2014 reached NT$1.79 billion (US$57.28 million), up 5.86% on quarter, with a gross profit margin of 12.43%, down 7.54pp on ...
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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has launched an antitrust probe into PV modules and laminates (semi-finished PV modules) imported from China. CBSA said in a statement released on December 6 that the investigation follows a ...
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Taiwan's leading machine-tool makers are accelerating their investment plans to alleviate the problem of insufficient production capacity, despite the hazy business outlook for 2015. The Tongtai Group's board of directors recently ...
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Demand for handset chips is slowing down in China affecting sales at MediaTek and Ilitek, according to industry sources. MediaTek and Ilitek both saw their November sales hit the lowest levels in five months, reflecting a slowdown in ...
Tags: Handset Chips, LCD driver
Taiwan-based Eiso Enterprise will be listed on the Taiwan over-the-counter (OTC) stock market at an initial price of NT$32 (US$1.03) per share on December 23, according to the company. Eiso specializes in the manufacture of niche-market ...
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BASF has entered into a definitive agreement to fully acquire the business and assets in Taiwan and Mainland China of Taiwan Sheen Soon (“TWSS”), a manufacturer for thermoplastic polyurethanes (“TPU”) adhesives base ...
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