LED chipmaker Epistar has reported May revenues of NT$2.223 billion (US$74 million), showing an on-month increase of 15.8% and an on-year increase of 19.42%. The figure was also a record high. Epistar stated demand for AlGaInP LEDs has ...
Tags: LED chipmaker, Epistar
Excellence Optoelectronics Inc (EOI) said that it has actively transferred its development focus to LED automotive lighting in the past three to four years, it has passed the international certifications successively, its revenue in last ...
Demand for LED backlighting rebounded in the first half of 2013, Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar believes demand for LED lighting will show strong growth in the second half of 2013 and lighting applications may account for 35-40% of its ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Lights
Demand for LED backlighting rebounded in the first half of 2013, but firms expect demand to slow down after mid-June because China's energy-saving appliance procurement subsidy program is close to an end. Despite the possible demand drop ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Lights, Lighting
Taiwan-based LED optical lens maker Ledlink recently lost a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Taiwan-based LED heatsink maker Ledray, but the firm has stated that the case is not finalized and has not been affecting operations. Since ...
Tags: LED optical lens, Lighting
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Tuesday that US raw steel production fell 2.8 percent in the week ending May 25, following a 1.2 percent increase a week ago. Total raw steel production in the United States was ...
According to the provisional data released by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, in May this year the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 75 percent, down 2.7 percentage points compared ...
Revenues for South Korea-based LED firms have been rising due to the introduction of affordable LED direct-type TVs and lighting products since 2012. Digitimes Research expects strong performance from Korea LED firms in 2013. Digitimes ...
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Since the beginning of the second quarter, prices of solar wafers and cells in Taiwan have been increasing due to expectations that Europe may levy anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on China-based peers. Currently, prices of solar cells ...
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JSW Steel, one of the largest Indian steelmakers, has posted an 11 percent year-on-year decrease in crude steel production to 637,000 mt in April this year. According to the company's statement, in April JSW Steel produced 455,000 mt of ...
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Analysts see sanity returning to PV market 21 May 2013 Lux Research and Solarbuzz see industry 'returning to equilibrium' as uncompetitive suppliers disappear. Despite the looming possibility of a photovoltaics (PV) trade war between ...
For first-quarter 2013, GaAs-based broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA has reported revenue of $26.4m, down 7.2% on $28.4m a year ago and 13.4% on $30.5m last quarter. The firm had ...
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According to the World Steel Association (worldsteel), in April this year the crude steel output of 63 countries surveyed across the globe reached 132.1 million mt, increasing by 1.2 percent on year-on-year basis and down 2.1 percent ...
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The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that US raw steel production rose 1.2 percent in the week ending May 18, following a slight drop a week ago. Total raw steel production in the United States was 1,904,000 net ...
Tags: Raw Steel Utilization Rate, US
EU chemicals production in February dropped 2.3% year on year while the overall EU chemicals industry confidence indicator continued to deteriorate in April, mainly due to lower order-book assessments, industry body Cefic said Thursday. ...
Tags: Chemical Output, Chemical