Backlight orders have eased this month, but will rebound in April, a UDN report cited Epistar Chairman B.J. Lee saying at Taiwan International Lighting Show (TILS) 2015. Despite a slowdown in backlight orders this year, Lee projected ...
Tags: LED Backlight, LED market
Lextar Electronics and Everlight Electronics have seen utilization rates rise to 80% and expect the rates to further rise to 100% and 85%, respectively, in the second quarter of 2015 due to increasing orders for LED lighting and ...
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LED epitaxial wafer maker and LED packaging service provider Lextar Electronics on March 5 reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.054 billion (US$33.5 million) for February, decreasing 17.05% on month but increasing 19.61% on year, and ...
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Vertically-integrated LED firm Lextar Electronics expects the revenue proportion for LED lighting products in 2015 to rise to 30-40%, approximately double the level in 2014, according to the company. Lextar said it has received orders for ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED light
Garmin Fenix 3 – First Impressions from CES 2015 Sports watches have tended to be a little lacking in the looks department, to the point where you really have to be dedicated to use them as everyday watches. That’s something ...
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A new report from Japan suggests Apple is setting up for a delivery of mass-produced OLED displays. According to Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (via GForGames), Foxconn is going to be manufacturing the OLED panels at its brand new factory. ...
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The demand for LED chipsets, primarily for the LED lighting market, is forecast to increase substantially through 2018. According to DisplaySearch, measured in standard units (500 by 500 micron chip size), demand for LED chipsets are ...
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For many LED makers, 2014 has been a challenging year, with performance in the first and second halves of the year very polarized for many, notes Roger Chu, research director of LEDinside (a research division of TrendForce). Lighting market ...
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The global production value for LED-acklit tablets in 2014 is estimated at US$476 million, slipping on year by 21.7%, and that for LED-backlit LCD TVs is at US$2.39 billion, decreasing by 14.3%, according to LEDinside. In terms of other ...
For many LED manufacturers, 2014 has been a prosperous and challenging year. Lighting market demands were stronger than expected in 1H14, leading to a period of LED supply shortages. Despite the positive development, the industry was ...
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Radiant Opto-Electronics shipped 11.355 million LED backlight units (BLUs) in November, dropping on month by 6.9%, according to the company. Radiant Opto-Electronics expects December shipments of BLUs used in tablets to slip on month but ...
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LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Genesis Photonics expects consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter of 2014 to decrease on quarter by 10-15% and sales for the first quarter of 2015 to increase by about 10%, according to the company. ...
Tags: LED epitaxial wafer, LCD TVs, Lights
Taiwan-based Eiso Enterprise will be listed on the Taiwan over-the-counter (OTC) stock market at an initial price of NT$32 (US$1.03) per share on December 23, according to the company. Eiso specializes in the manufacture of niche-market ...
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Vertically-integrated LED firm Lextar Electronics has begun shipments of ET8 LED light tubes in compliance with electronic ballast and ultra-thin LED panel lamps, while LED packaging service provider Unity Opto Technology has seen increased ...
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Global in 2015 will double those in 2014, but the corresponding production value will increase only 30% due to estimated price drops of 30-35%, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers. Europe will account for 23% of the global LED ...
Tags: LED lighting, shipments, Lights