LED firms Lextar Electronics Corp and Wellypower Optronics Co Ltd,both of Hsinchu Science Park,Taiwan,have agreed to merge,targeting 1 February 2013 for Wellypower to be absorbed into Lextar.The merged entity will operate as Lexstar. The ...
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Sapphire substrate makers report mixed August revenues Siu Han,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 12 September 2012]Sapphire substrate firms such as Crystalwise and Crystal Applied have both reported on-month decreases in August ...
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Its LEDs Completed 6,000 Hours of LM-80 Testing on Its 3014 and 5630 Package Lextar Electronics Corp. ("Lextar" or the "Company) announces its "Photometric Laboratory" has been listed with LM-79 and LM-80 accreditation. This makes Lextar ...
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Vertically integrated LED maker Lextar Electronics Corp of Hsinchu,Taiwan says that its"Photometric Laboratory"has received LM-79 and LM-80 accreditation.According to the firm,this makes Lextar the first LED corporation in Taiwan to be ...
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The 2012 update of the SSL Manufacturing R&D Roadmap guides research programs in LED and OLED manufacturing with the goal of meeting aggressive cost targets for 2015 and 2020. The US Department of ...
Rising price competition and negative impact from the debt crisis in Europe have been causing Taiwan-based LED firms to report on-year decreases in their financial results for first-half 2012. According to LED packaging house Everlight, ...
LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy and LED packaging company Unity Opto Technology have both piled up a backlog of orders for the third quarter of 2012, ensuring that the two firms will post strong revenue growth in the quarter, according to ...
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The LED business unit of LG Innotek has been seeing a low capacity utilization rate, hence Digitimes Research expects its 2012 profit margin to be negative 4-6%. Despite the negative figure, the 2012 profit margin forecast would still be an ...
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Osram settles with Samsung,expands China LED operations 18 Aug 2012 Osram is building a new LED packaging facility in Wuxi,China and jointly announces with Samsung settlement of their worldwide patent dispute. Osram AG and Samsung ...
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With the recent granting of four new patents, Albeo Technologies advances its strategy of LED fixture innovation. The new patents protect fundamental innovations in LED chip integration, fixture construction and electronic architecture that ...
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LED chipmaker Epistar has announced July revenues of NT$1.667 billion (US$55.69 million), a decrease of 3.6% on month but a growth of 14.3% on year. LED packaging house Everlight reported July revenues of NT$1.419 billion, a 4.83% decrease ...
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An LED lighting project of Guanzhou's subway system has been opened for bidding. Taiwan-based LED firms have been hoping to obtain the bid. According to the project plan, Guangzhou city plans to invest in CNY29 million (US$4.55 million) ...
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The LED lighting market has been attracting traditional lighting firms to adjust business strategies in order to obtain market shares. The global lighting market output value is estimated at around EUR50-60 billion (US$60.6-72.8 ...
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Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight passed to motion to secure a syndicated bank loan of NT$6 billion(US$200 million)over a period of five years at a recent board of directors meeting. Everlight canceled plans to set up a ...
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Market research shows that total second-quarter 2012 revenues of publicly traded Taiwan-based LED firms reached NT$25.82 billion (US$861 million), an on-quarter increase of 22.7%. LED firms have been expressing concerns about market ...
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