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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

Use of Sapphire to Make Covers for The Home Button and Camera of The iPhone 5

Aug 28, 2014

Following the use of sapphire to make covers for the home button and camera of the iPhone 5, China- and South Korea-based smartphone vendors are considering the adoption of sapphire, and therefore the application in smartphones is likely to ...

Tags: Use of Sapphire, Take off, Lights

Exacting Sapphire Substrate Investment Rumor by Roshow Technology Is False

Dec 11, 2013

Roshow Technology has released an abnormal stock price announcement after experiencing three days of inflation on stock prices surpassing 25 percent. The listed company does not manufacturer sapphire substrate. It expressed that rumors on ...

Tags: sapphire substrate, price, iphone6

ASF Might Grow and Expand Production Capacity

Oct 28, 2013

The imbalance in sapphire substrate supply and demand is being overcome by increased demands in LED lighting applications and strong demands for non-LED applications. GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) is optimistic about the rapid growth in ...

Tags: GTAT Optimistic, Non-LED Applications

Making Sapphire Substrate 1q14 Price

Oct 22, 2013

The increased demand for sapphire substrates in non LED applications including for smartphone camera lens caps plus home button covers, the supply and demand situation has had a turnaround. Sapphire substrate used in smartphones will take ...

Tags: Monocrystal, LED applications

Apple Is Expected to Extend The Use of Sapphire Glass Keys to Its New iPad to Be Launched

Sep 18, 2013

Apple is expected to extend the use of sapphire glass home keys to its new 9.7-inch iPad and 7.9-inch iPad mini to be launched in October, and possibly further adopt sapphire for making touch screen covers for its new iPhone to be launched ...

Tags: iPad, Taiwan, Consumer Electronics

Taiwan-Based Sapphire Plants to Benefit More Based on Next iPhone in Q3

Jul 26, 2013

It has been reported that Apple's next iPhone will be shipped in September, and the news comes from the industry that Apple's biggest coating plant Bern optical has begun shipping to Apple and actively picking up goods from Sapphire ...

Tags: Taiwan, apple, iPhone, Consumer Electronics

2013 Could Deliver The Killer Application

Mar 18, 2013

As sapphire substrate makers brace for a year of consolidation, 2013 could deliver the killer application, reports Compound Semiconductor. Will 2013 be a year of two halves for manufacturers of sapphire substrates? Overcapacity and falling ...

Tags: sapphire substrate, raw material

Taiwan Makers Looking to Have Sapphire Wafers Adopted as Protection Covers for Smartphones

Feb 6, 2013

Taiwan-based sapphire wafer makers, viewing that LED demand is unlikely to grow to, have started looking to have sapphire wafers adopted as protection covers for iPhone 5 cameras. Several smartphone vendors including Taiwan-based HTC and ...

Tags: sapphire wafer makers, LED demand, iPhone 5 cameras

Significant Overcapacity and Low LED Substrate Prices Will Affect The Profitability

Jan 10, 2013

Significant overcapacity and low LED substrate prices will affect the profitability and viability of many sapphire players in 2013 and beyond. So says a new market report 'Sapphire Substrates 2013' from analyst company Yole ...

Tags: sapphire substrates, low LED substrate, LED, LED makers

Yole Developpement Announces Its Report"Sapphire Substrates 2013"

Jan 10, 2013

Yole Développement announces its report"Sapphire Substrates 2013".This report provides a detailed analysis of the sapphire industry,including revenue,volume and price trends for all major substrate applications.It also includes an ...

Tags: LED, SoS, sapphire material, LED-on-Si

Epistar Becomes The Latest Major Producer to Hint at a Transfer to a Potentially

Dec 12, 2012

Epistar,the Taiwan-based company that is ranked as one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-brightness LEDs,has become the latest major producer to hint at a transfer to a potentially much cheaper silicon platform. Currently the ...

Tags: Epistar, Taiwan, LED, switch

"Game-Changing" Silicon LED Switch Is Hinted by Epistar

Oct 12, 2012

Epistar hints at'game-changing'silicon LED switch 12 Oct 2012 Giant Taiwanese LED maker works with GaN-on-silicon specialist Azzurro on technology with potential to cut cost of solid-state lighting. Plessey's GaN-on-silicon LED ...

Tags: LED, Taiwan, technology, manufacture

Cree Focuses on The System-Level Approach to SSL

Jul 31, 2012

LED makers square off in The LED Show opening session 31 Jul 2012 Cree focuses on the system-level approach to SSL,while Bridgelux discusses the cost roadblock,and Nichia touts market presence and LED and phosphor experience. To kick off ...

Tags: LED, Opening Session, Cree

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