Zhaga Consortium is setting a new standard for LED light engine interfaces, which will create specifications aimed at ensuring the interchangeability of LED light sources from different manufacturers Epistar president Biing Jye Lee stated ...
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As Japan closed its last nuclear reactor a few days ago,the country's electricity shortage is estimated to surge to 13%this summer.And industry executives estimated the power shortage may run up to 20%if the summer heat rises higher than ...
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Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today that Hangzhou Silan Azure Co. Ltd., a leading LED manufacturer in China, has placed a multi-tool order for Veeco's TurboDisc® K465i™ Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) systems. ...
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Japan-based LED makers Toyoda Gosei and Showa Denko are forming a joint venture to address the market for high-end LED chip applications. Two Japan-based LED makers, Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. and Showa Denko Electronics K.K. (SDK), have ...
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Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today that it has trained its 500th customer engineer at its state-of-the-art China Training Center (CTC), located in Shanghai. The CTC opened in mid-2011 to help key LED manufacturers, including its two ...
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Sapphire substrates are continuing to increase in price and some suppliers have raised their April quotes for 2-inch ones to more than US$9 per piece, according to industry sources. The sources said this is because LED applications are ...
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Ledlink Optics recently had a plant completed in Yangzhou as part of subsidies given by China's government in order to promote the LED industry amongst increasingly diverse LED lighting applications and rigorous product specification ...
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Barclays Capital finds that light-emitting diode (LED) manufacturing and materials patents will soon run out, potentially draining value from material/chip/package suppliers and turning LEDs into commodities. These financial and market ...
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Linde has secured a gas-supply agreement with Kaistar, Aixtron has opened a training center in Suzhou and sold 5 MOCVD systems, SAFC has expanded precursor production in Taiwan and GT has announced a $12M order for sapphire wafers. Linde ...
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The LED industry saw a recovery in the first quarter with increased orders of large-size LED backlights. This has increased LED firms' utilization rates to around 80-90% and revenues in March will increase as well. This is an improvement ...
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The leading global LED maker Nichia has remained low-key for many years, but with increasing opportunities in LED lighting, Nichia's layout strategies for attracting customers are changing. Recently, Nichia held a technical seminar in ...
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GT Advanced Technologies says it has received a $12.6 million follow-on order from Zhejiang Shangcheng Science & Technology Co. for additional sapphire growth furnaces designed to meet expected demand from the LED industry and other ...
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GT Advanced Technologies says it has received a $12.6 million follow-on order from Zhejiang Shangcheng Science & Technology Co. for additional sapphire growth furnaces designed to meet expected demand from the LED industry and other ...
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The Light Emitting Diode (LED) industry is witnessing tremendous growth of late as governments and businesses look for ways to reduce energy consumption. The high-brightness LED (HB-LED) market grew 4.3% year-on-year to $12bn in 2011, ...
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The Light Emitting Diode (LED) industry is witnessing tremendous growth of late as governments and businesses look for ways to reduce energy consumption. The high-brightness LED (HB-LED) market grew 4.3% year-on-year to $12bn in 2011, ...
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