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Painful Situations Be Unavoidable in Mature Phase
Oct 15, 2015“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
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Epistar Rumored to Raise Number of Layoffs
Oct 14, 2015Leading 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
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UBS Downgrades Everlight and Epistar Ratings
Oct 14, 2015UBS forecasted oversupply situation in the LED industry will continue into 2016, while sliding LED prices will nullify growing shipment volume advantages, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. These projected market ...
Tags: Epistar, Everlight, UBS ratings
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Major Company Restructure Market Trends Will Continue Throughout The Year
Dec 24, 2014In late 2013, LEDinside team forecasted major company restructure market trends will continue throughout the year. The trend has been consistent in 2014, as more lighting manufacturers take necessary restructure measures to remain ...
Tags: LED component, LED light
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Taiwan's LED Industry Sees Record Growth in July
Aug 17, 2014The LED industry showed stable growth in first half of 2014, with conventional peak season arriving in 3Q14, many LED manufacturers July 2014 revenues set new historical records including listed companies Everlight, FOREPI and Lextar. LED ...
Tags: LED Industry, LED Bulb
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Epistar to Have Over 400 MOCVD Reactors, More Than Double of Its Competitor
Jul 10, 2014Following the announcement on June 30 that Epistar is acquiring Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI), Epistar will have over 400 MOCVD reactors including those from FOREPI's China subsidiaries, more than double the GaN MOCVD of its nearest competitor, ...
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Epistar Announced a Merger with Formosa Epitaxy on June 30
Jul 10, 2014Taiwan-based LED maker Epistar announced a merger with Formosa Epitaxy (Forepi) on June 30, 2014, with the former aiming to fully acquire the latter and become the surviving company. Epistar explained that the merger is meant to improve its ...
Tags: LED orders, epitaxial wafer, LED
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The LED Substrate Is One of The Key Factors Impacting The LED Front-End Industry
May 1, 2014According to Yole Développement's new market research report 'LED Front-End Manufacturing Trends' (which covers substrates, epitaxy, lithography, plasma etching & deposition, PVD and testing), the LED substrate is one of the key ...
Tags: LED, Electrical, Electronics
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How to Decrease The LED Front-End Cost by 15% Every Year?
Apr 30, 2014The overall Front-End manufacturing trends for LED manufacturing are following the same path: decrease manufacturing costs, increase yield to improve binning, extract more light per mm² and per watt injected into the die… So all ...
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Taiwan's LED and Financial Industry Optimistic About Lighting Lacks in 2014
Jan 8, 2014The LED industry has been dubbed as one of the “four miserable industries” in Taiwan, but in 2014 the industry will have a chance to shed its miserable reputation. Order is being restored in the Chinese LED industry as the ...
Tags: LED Industry, Lighting
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LED Lighting Market Value Was Only Half of Backlight Market
Jan 8, 2014In 2013 LED lighting market value was only half of backlight market, but with rising demands LED lighting market value is expected to be the same as backlight in 2014, said FOREPI Chairman Chien Fen-ren during Asia Pacific LED Lighting ...
Tags: HV LED, LED, Lights, Lighting, taiwan, backlight market
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While Gpi and Forepi Remain Conservative,Epistar Continues Mocvd Expansion
Jan 7, 2014Chinese LED chip manufacturers are conservative towards expansion, according to the Commercial Times. Forepi and Genesis Photonics Inc. (GPI) have temporarily stopped introducing new MOCVD units for 2014 and are aiming to increase ...
Tags: LED chip
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The U.S. Ban on 40W and 60W Incandescent Bulbs Put Into Effect
Jan 6, 2014The U.S. ban on 40W and 60W incandescent bulbs put into effect by the U.S. Congress January 1st is an effort to promote more energy efficient lighting, such as CFLs and LEDs. China LED industry stocks boomed on the first working day of ...
Tags: LED Stocks, Incandescent Ban
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The Company Will Benefit From The Gradual Development of Flip Chip, HV LED
Jan 2, 2014Forepi’s LED business hit rock bottom in 2013, said Jian Fengren, Chairman of Taiwanese LED chip manufacturer Forepi. However, the company will benefit from the gradual development of flip chip, HV LED, and package free products in ...
Tags: Chip manufactures, Lighting
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ELC Is Projected to Be Incorporated Into The New Direct-View Type LED TV Models
Dec 20, 2013LED manufacturers cost control pressure for has not eased as TV retail prices continue to drop. Low priced direct- type LED TVs are projected to become mainstream in 2014. LED manufacturers also plan continual release of low-cost ...
Tags: Large-Size Backlight, Flip Chip