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HC Semitek Acquires Sapphire Maker Crystaland

Nov 12, 2015

HC 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

Apple's Alchemy Turns Sapphire Into US Manufacturing Jobs

Nov 5, 2015

The factory in Mesa, Arizona, had never been intended to house the manufacture of a gemstone. Ahead of the photovoltaics industry’s 2011-2012 meltdown, First Solar had built it with the aim of producing 280 MW worth of solar panels ...

Tags: Arizona, photovoltaics industry, Alchemy Turns Sapphire

LEDinside Weaker LED Demands Drives Down Sapphire Prices More than 30%

Oct 14, 2015

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 ...

Tags: sapphire, led, price, chip

HC Semitek Seals RMB 1.08 B Acquisition Deal with Sapphire Maker Crystaland

Oct 14, 2015

HC 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

Aurora Invests RMB 40M in New Subsidiary

Oct 13, 2015

Chinese sapphire maker Aurora announced last week, it would be investing RMB 40 million (US $6.32 million) in a new investment management arm to integrate investments in the sapphire supply chain, according to a report from China Securities ...

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Taiwan LED Makers Asked Pss Makers to Lower Quotes for a 4-Inch Pss to Us$40

Mar 25, 2015

As PSS (patterned sapphire substrate) makers have been expanding production capacities, PSS supply has significantly increased and therefore Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers have asked PSS makers to lower quotes for a 4-inch ...

Tags: LED Makers, patterned sapphire substrate, PSS makers

Sapphire Industry Picks up as Apple Watch Launched

Mar 12, 2015

At the long-awaited “Spring Forward” media event hosted by Apple on March 9, all eyes will be on the reveal of the Apple Watch, which will have a watch cover made of sapphire glass. By incorporating this material into its newest ...

Tags: Sapphire Industry, Apple Watch, Sapphire

Tera Xtal Technology Has Filed with Taiwan's Intellectual Property Court a Charge

Oct 14, 2014

Sapphire ingot maker Tera Xtal Technology has filed with Taiwan's Intellectual Property Court a charge against Apple Asia, Apple's subsidiary based in Hong Kong, and Taiwan-based consumer electronics retail chain Senao International and ...

Tags: Tera Xtal, Infringement, Lighting

GTAT Applied for Bankruptcy Protection

Oct 10, 2014

US-based sapphire ingot producer GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) has applied for bankruptcy protection possibly because its HEM technology-based ingot growing process has seen much lower than expected yield rates at only about 40%, ...

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GTAT Should Return Payment Tera Xtal Made in 2012

Aug 18, 2014

Sapphire ingot maker Tera Xtal Technology has disclosed the American Arbitration Association (AAA) has decided that US-based equipment supplier GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) should return payment Tera Xtal made in 2012 for sapphire ...

Tags: GTAT, Tera Xtal Technology, Lighting

Wearable Devices Such as IWatch to Spur Sapphire Market Demand in 2015

Jun 12, 2014

Apple's reported iWatch, which is expected to be released in late 2014, will use sapphire watch covers, according to research firm LEDinside. If iWatch sales reach market estimations of 60 million in 2015, the device will make up 27% of ...

Tags: Lights, Lighting, LED

Taiwan Makers Take up 28.6% of MOCVD in Operation Globally in May

Jun 12, 2014

There were 1,917 MOCVD sets in operation globally in May 2014 and Taiwan-based LED makers accounted for 28.6% of the number, followed by Japan-based makers with 23.8%, China-based makers with 22.9%, and South Korea-based makers with 14.1%, ...

Tags: taiwan, Lights, Lighting, LED

Sapphire Substrate Non-LED Applications Are Projected to Reach a 32% Share in 2014

May 28, 2014

Out of sapphire substrate non-LED applications, mobile devices have shown the strongest demand. Sapphire substrate non-LED applications are projected to reach a 32% share in 2014, with mobile device applications taking a 21% share, ...

Tags: LED applications, mobile devices

Wearable Devices Have Stolen The Show at The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

Feb 27, 2014

Wearable devices have stolen the show at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, according to Chinese-language United Evening News. Companies including Samsung, LG, Sony, and Huawei Device have all showcased their wearable designs at ...

Tags: LED Industry, Wearable Devices

Major International Sapphire Substrate Suppliers Stock Prices Have Plunged

Dec 11, 2013

Sapphire substrate concept stocks have soared lately on China’s A-Shares market, but major international sapphire substrate suppliers stock prices have plunged, according to a China Securities Journal article. Out of the major ...

Tags: LED, A-stock, iphone

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