The China government is expected to accept LED lighting standard certifications done in Taiwan on some conditions and this will initially benefit Taiwan-based LED chip and street lamp makers, according to Taiwan-based LED makers. The ...
China's LED chipmakers have been slowing down capacity expansion in 2012 due to market oversupply,but some firms have announced plans to invest in upstream epitaxial crystal processing. Industry sources noted that some installed equipment ...
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As China-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers are expected to release orders to makers in Taiwan, while Europe- and Japan-based vendors will shift orders from China to Taiwan to avoid anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariffs ...
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The Japan government will reportedly hike energy efficiency standards for imported PV modules in 2013 from 250W currently to 255-260W for a module made of 60 monocrystalline silicon solar cells and from 235-240W to 245W for one made of 60 ...
Taiwan-based solar cell makers expect China-based competitors to stop dumping their products in December when the off season begins, helping stabilize prices, according to industry sources. Solar cell prices have continued declining from ...
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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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Refond Optoelectronics,Jufei Optoelectronics,and Z-Light Optoelectronics are medium-size LED packaging firms in China.These firms have relatively low capital compared to Nationstar Optoelectronics and Hongli Opto-Electronics,but these firms ...
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Continual drops in price have been driving demand for LED lighting products, with performance/cost ratio of 1W/US$ quoted by manufacturers currently expected to fall to 1W/US$ quoted by retailers at the end of 2012, according to chairman ...
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Europe-based polysilicon supplier seeking cooperation with China-based makers A Europe-based maker of polysilicon is seeking cooperation with China-based fellow makers mainly because spot market prices for polysilicon have dropped to ...
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Many China-based solar firms facing financial troubles As many China-based makers of polysilicon,solar wafers and cells have faced financial difficulties,a financial crisis may lead to some of them following the case of LDK ...
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Taiwan-based LED makers have lost in competition with fellow China-based makers for supplying LED street lamps for Thailand-based Kanthawichit Engineering, with China-based competitor Elec-Tech International has finally won a supply ...
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As production of sapphire wafers by China-based makers will gradually increase, prices for the product in the second quarter of 2012 are expected to remain at current levels, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Taiwan-based makers have ...
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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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China rejected a preliminary ruling by a U.S. trade panel that imports of Chinese solar panels are harming the domestic industry, saying the decision shows the country’s “inclination to trade protectionism.” The U.S. ...
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China rejected a preliminary ruling by a U.S. trade panel that imports of Chinese solar panels are harming the domestic industry, saying the decision shows the country’s “inclination to trade protectionism.” The U.S. ...
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