Taiwan's LED makers Epistar Inc.,Unity Opto Technology Co.,Ltd.,Lextar Electronics Corp.,and I-Chiun Precision Industry Co.,Ltd.have been inundated so far in the quarter by contracts from mainland China's TV makers vigorously building up ...
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, ...
Sony has decided to shift more contract orders to AU Optronics Corp.(AUO)and its production arms from Hon Hai,likely due to Hon Hai build ties-up with its major competitor Sharp in the market for LCD TVs. According to industry ...
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 ...
Tags: LED lighting, LG
China-based LED firms have been producing low-priced LED chips causing oversupply in the upstream LED chip segment to continue.China-based panel maker BOE recently announced plans to set up a new 8.5G production line in Hefei,and also hopes ...
Toyoda Gosei has undergone a hard time in the first half of 2011, but its revenue firmed up till second half, to 4th quarter was fully restored. And yet its Q1 revenue of 2012 also keeps the very successful performance just like Q4 last ...
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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Despite the rush orders during second-quarter 2012 that kept LED chip and package makers'utilization rates high,the Q3/2012 outlook for the LED backlight market has turned murky due to the European debt crisis and weak demand in ...
Tags: LED market, Backlight LED, TV backlight market, LED
According to LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, despite the rush orders during 2Q12 which kept LED chip and package makers’ utilization rates high, the 3Q12 outlook for LED backlight market turns murky due to the ...
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Lextar Electronics, a Taiwan-based maker of LED backlight units (BLUs) and lighting devices/products, has reported consolidated revenues of NT$923 million (US$30.8 million) for July, growing by 1.59% on month and by 22.58% on year, while ...
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Taiwan-based LED firm Unity Opto has reported July consolidated revenues of NT$785 million (US$26.22 million), a record high figure representing an on-month increase of 10.1% and an on-year increase of 51%. According to the firm, ...
Tags: LED TV
Despite many uncertainties in the LED industry in second-half 2012, South Korea-based LED firm Seoul Semiconductor and upstream LED chip subsidiary Seoul Optodevice Company (SOC) have been optimistic about third-quarter 2012 performances. ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED TV
Consumption in the LCD TV market has been less than expected causing firms to adjust capacities accordingly to promote products that can save costs and increase utilization rates such as direct-lit LED TVs. Taiwan-based brands such as BenQ ...
NanoMarkets has released a new white paper on LED phosphors, titled "LED Lighting Driving Demand for New Phosphors." According to the report, in the next several years, saturation will slow growth for LED-based backlighting, phosphor ...
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Average retail pricing for US flat-panel televisions rose to the highest level in two-and-a-half years during the second quarter,driven by the growing proportion of TV sets bearing advanced features and large display sizes,according to IHS ...