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Micro-LED & Mini-LED Applications to Account for 11.4% of LED Wafer Volume by 2022
Mar 27, 2018While conventional LEDs are used for backlighting, micro-LED and mini-LED technology has been used for self-emitting in displays of consumer electronics. Since each LED represents a pixel (increasing the number of LED wafers used), wafers ...
Tags: LED market, LED Wafer
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Chinese LED Chip Suppliers to Comprise 54% of Global Production Capacity in 2017
Oct 25, 2017Total global LED chip production capacity has entered a new peak expansionary phase in 2017, according to the latest LED market supply and demand analysis by LEDinside (a division of TrendForce). This recent surge of capacity expansion has ...
Tags: LED market, LED Chip
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China LED Industry Recovering
Jul 5, 2017As demand for LED end devices has resumed growth amid shortages of LED chip supply, China's LED makers have recently begun expanding their capacities and local governments are also planning new subsidy and investment programs to assist the ...
Tags: LED chip, LED packaging
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LED Tight Supply to Remain Until 3Q17
Apr 20, 2017Supply of LED chips produced by China- and Taiwan-based makers has been tight and the situation will remain until the third quarter of 2017 when major China makers ramp up their new production capacity, according to China-based LED ...
Tags: LED chips, LED device
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LED Industry Faces Structural Change as Chinese Packaging Suppliers Expand
Mar 6, 2017As LED market penetration rate continues to increase, global LED market growth has slowed down in recent years. In China, domestic LED chip manufacturers have exceeded a dominant 70% market share. In addition, global companies have ...
Tags: LED industry, LED chips
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Chinese LED Package Price Surge at Record Rate
Dec 6, 2016Early in May, Luxlite, Epistar's sole distributor in China, has sent out an announcement of price adjustment, listing a number of reasons for price increase, including continuingly increased raw materials and manpower costs. Chinese LED ...
Tags: LED Package, LED Chips
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Chinese LED Manufacturers 3Q16 Financial Results
Nov 6, 2016After numerous LED manufacturers forecasted their future earnings, Chinese LED enterprises finally released their financial results for 3Q16. For those with irrational fear that the LED industry is still in the phase of “increasing ...
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Chinese LED Maker HC SemiTek Orders Veeco MOCVD Systems for High-Volume Production
Sep 20, 2016Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that solid-state lighting manufacturer HC SemiTek Corp of Wuhan, China (which supplies full-spectrum visible light LED chips) has ordered ...
Tags: Veeco, MOCVD system, HC SemiTek
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Bluglass Reports Progress on Lumileds and Veeco Collaborations; First Iteration of HC Semitek Collaboration Begun
Jun 23, 2016BluGlass Ltd of Silverwater, Australia – which was spun off from the III-nitride department of Macquarie University in 2005 to develop a low-temperature process using remote plasma chemical vapor deposition (RPCVD) to grow materials ...
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HC Semitek Acquires Sapphire Maker Crystaland
Nov 12, 2015HC Semitek announced Tuesday night that it will be acquiring 100% of Crystaland shares for RMB 1.08 billion (US $170 million), according to a Chinese-language Securities Times report. Following the transaction, Crystaland will become a ...
Tags: HC Semitek, Crystaland, LED tube lights
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A Look Into Major LED Manufacturers Global Strategy
Nov 11, 2015Globalized competition is inevitable in the LED industry with an increasing number of overseas LED companies entering Chinese market and vice versa. Chinese LED companies acquire renowned international manufacturers, fewer companies ...
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China LED Makers See Mixed Growth in January-September
Nov 6, 2015China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker San'an Optoelectronics saw revenues of CNY3.602 billion (US$576 million) and net profit of CNY1.447 billion for January-September 2015 increase 3.55% and 37.82% respectively on year, while ...
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Slowing Demands Pushes LED Light Bulbs and Component Prices Down in August
Oct 14, 2015The 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 ...
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LEDinside Weaker LED Demands Drives Down Sapphire Prices More than 30%
Oct 14, 2015The 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 ...
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HC Semitek Seals RMB 1.08 B Acquisition Deal with Sapphire Maker Crystaland
Oct 14, 2015HC Semitek board approved the acquisition of Chinese sapphire substrate manufacturer Crystaland during a recent shareholder meeting. The acquisition deal signals the company is extending its reach into the upstream LED market sector, and ...
Tags: M&A, HC Semitek, Cyrstaland