LED chipmaker Epistar reported June revenues with on-month increase of 4.3%. LED packaging house Everlight reported June revenues with an increase of 2.9% compared with May revenues. Both firms saw second-quarter revenues grow sequentially, ...
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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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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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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In order to evade high punitive anti-dumping tariffs imposed in the US market,some first-tier China-based solar makers are seeking cooperation with Taiwan-based makers of crystalline silicon solar cells.China-based solar firms hope to set ...
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Taiwan solar cell makers plan to increase quotes due to expected order increases from China Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES.The US government announced preliminary anti-dumping duties on China-made solar cells on May 17,2012,and ...
Industry sources indicated that quotes of high efficiency solar cells have been lowered to US$0.45-0.47/W from US$0.46-0.48/W.This is seen as a move to secure June orders. Quotes of solar cells in China have remained around ...
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While Lextar Electronics Corp. estimates its production will run at full capacity by end of the second quarter at the earliest and Genesis Photonics Inc. has been inundated with orders this month, Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. and Epistar ...
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Global demand for small- to medium-size semiconductor-grade silicon wafers and LED sapphire substrates will improve from the preceding quarter in second-quarter 2012, while demand for solar-grade silicon wafers will be uncertain due to ...
Epistar reported February revenues of NT$1.185 billion (US$40 million), up 20.91% on month but down 12.92% on year. Epistar noted that February had more working days compared to January which helped increase revenues. Furthermore, demand ...
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