Several large lighting brands have made large scale recalls over the past three months in the North America market, such as Cree, Osram Sylvania and IKEA. Even large lighting brands are not exempt from occasional faulty products. LEDinside ...
Demand for LED lighting in six main member countries of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) in 2015 is estimated at US$1.5 billion, accounting for 31.3% of total market value of US$4.8 billion for all types of lighting, according ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED products
“The (Chinese) LED industry is in deep waters, and only a few manufacturers will survive in the next few years,” said several industry insiders during recent interviews with LEDinside’s editorial team in China. With the ...
Tags: LED industry, Chinese LED market
The global average price of 40W replacement LED light bulbs fell 1.5% in August to US$10.9, while the 60W replacement LED light bulbs fell 2.3% to US$14.9, based on the latest report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. The U.S. was ...
Leading LED chip manufacturer Epistar’s has raised the number of job cuts from the previously announced 65 to about 180, reported UDN. Job cuts at the company’s factories in northern Taiwan’s Hsinchu Science Park will ...
Tags: Epistar, business strategy, layoff
According to the latest 2015 Global LED Industry Supply and Demand Database Report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, capacity expansion efforts of Chinese LED chip manufacturers have resulted a supply glut with this year’s LED ...
Hong Kong exporters may be interested in the new Joint Market Surveillance Action on Consumer Products being undertaken by PROSAFE, the Product Safety Enforcement Forum of Europe, which has been launched in July 2015. The Joint ...
Tags: LEDs, EU PROSAFE, joint market surveillance
The scale of China’s LED package market is projected to expand 16% year on year to RMB 61.4 billion in 2015, according to the latest Chinese LED Industry Market Report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. The growth of Chinese LED ...
Tags: led, package, acquisitions
China’s strategic “One belt, one road” policy has sparked local manufacturers interests of exporting products abroad, but most are afraid to take action. Statistics from different research organizations have varied widely. ...
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Leading U.S. LED manufacturer Cree announced earlier this month, it will be rebranding its power and RF business as Wolfspeed. In an exclusive interview with LEDinside analyst and assistant manager Joanne Wu, Cree co-founder and CTO John ...
Tags: Cree, Wolfspeed, RF and power business, Market Branding
From the exterior plastic smartphone case, wearable device wrist bands, semiconductors IC packaging, specialty material for crucial optoelectronic components to aeronautics and military applications, there are several large chemical ...
The average monthly price of sapphire has fallen by more than 30% year on year this September, according to the latest 2015 Global Sapphire and LED Chip Market Report by LEDinside, a division of TrendForce. This decline is the result of ...
“Epistar has set many investment precedents, including in LED package manufacturers Edison Opto, Prolight Opto and others, since it is not involved in the LED package manufacturing,” said Chu. “This is mainly because ...
Tags: LED package, Epistar, Malaysia, investment strategy
The LED market has shown mixed results in different global regions recently. Stagnant LED shipment growth, and plunging sapphire substrate prices have brought related manufacturers operations under the market lime light. Market sources ...
Tags: sapphire industry, restructure, LED market
Stranded on the barren red planet Mars with few supplies available, astronaut Mark Watney played by Hollywood actor Matt Damon in The Martian is fighting for survival against harsh natural elements. To sustain himself, Damon’s ...
Tags: NASA, LED grow lights, space