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Tuesday 12 October 2010
Most BLU makers post monthly revenue decrease in September
Except for Radiant Opto-Electronics, which saw a modest sequential growth in September revenues, Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) makers including Forhouse and Coretronic posted...
Monday 4 October 2010
LED chipmakers expect September revenues to fall further
LED chipmakers including Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy and Tekcore expect revenues in September to continue to drop amid dropping demand for TV backlighting, and gross margins for the...
Wednesday 29 September 2010
Lextar to list on TSE in 1Q11
LED epitaxial wafer and chipmaker Lextar Electronics, an subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), is expected to be listed on the mainboard of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) in the first...
Thursday 23 September 2010
Explosive growth of LED driver ICs truly unparalleled, says Petrov Group
A bottom-up analysis of product portfolio, business performance, and technology and manufacturing trends of 25 IC vendors confirms the explosive growth of LED driver ICs, according...
Thursday 9 September 2010
BLU makers post mixed results for August
Coretronic's August revenues declined slightly by 1% from July to NT$8.777 billion (US$275.102 million), while Radiant Opto Electronics and Forhouse registered 1.94% and 6.3% sequential...
Tuesday 7 September 2010
Epistar takes three seats on Huga board
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Huga Optotech has re-elected the members of its board with fellow chipmaker Epistar taking three seats. Epistar is Huga's largest shareholder with a 46%...
Tuesday 31 August 2010
AUO hiking LED backlight proportion for notebook, monitor panels
AU Optronics (AUO) is increasing its applications of LED backlights for its TFT-LCD panels used in notebooks and LCD monitors, with the LED backlight proportion for the former to...
Friday 20 August 2010
LED chipmakers to provide larger size LEDs for Samsung LCD TV
With Samsung Electronics' move towards single-side edge-type LED backlighting technology, LED chipmakers in Taiwan are in the process of testing 30x40 mil LED chips for shipments...
Thursday 12 August 2010
Most Taiwan BLU makers see growth in July revenues
Despite most Taiwan-based LCD panel manufacturers reporting at least a 10% drop in July consolidated revenues, backlight unit (BLU) makers including Coretronic, Kenmos Technology,...
Thursday 22 July 2010
CMI reportedly considers limiting its component outsourcing to only 30%
Chimei Innolux (CMI) is considering a new strategy for its component supply chain and will have 70% of its component supplies produced in-house with the other 30% outsourced, according...
Friday 16 July 2010
LED chipmakers develop new substrates to improve heat dissipation
LED chipmakers are developing new substrates based on copper-tungsten, ceramic or diamond thin-film to replace sapphire substrates to improve heat dissipation amid the surging demand...
Thursday 15 July 2010
Taiwan BLU makers step up LCM production
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) makers have stepped up production of LCD modules (LCMs) as a value added service, according to industry sources. Though increased LCM production...
Thursday 1 July 2010
Genesis will not give out dividends for 2009
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Genesis Photonics has announced that it will not distribute dividends for 2009 due to a net loss of NT$187 million (US$5.82 million) or NT$1.51...
Friday 18 June 2010
Kenmos expects 20-30% revenue growth for 2Q10
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) maker Kenmos Technology expects its revenues in the second quarter of 2010 to increase 20-30% sequentially and its monthly revenues to continue to...
Wednesday 9 June 2010
Coretronic, Radiant ship 7.4 million, 8.38 million BLUs in May
Coretronic's BLU (backlight unit) shipments rose 7% on month to 7.4 million units in May 2010, netting sales of NT$5.571 billion (US$171.838 million), up 1% from April and 40% from...
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