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Tuesday 19 January 2010
I-Chiun expected to see 30-40% growth in 2010 revenue
Taiwan-based leadframe maker I-Chiun Precision industry is expected to see an 30-40% increase in revenues in 2010 amid increasing LED leadframe orders for lighting products from the...
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Area demand for TFT-LCD optical film to grow 11% in 2010, says DisplaySearch
Demand for all TFT-LCD optical film is expected to grow from 543 million square meters in 2009 to 606 million square meters in 2010, up 11% on year, and the price erosion and cost...
Tuesday 5 January 2010
Unity Opto receives NT$1.5 billion orders from HannStar, says paper
Taiwan-based LED packaging houses Unity Opto Technology has received NT$1.5 billion (US$47.13 million) worth of orders for LEDs use in notebook backlight units (BLUs) from HannStar...
Monday 4 January 2010
LED-backlit monitors to become mainstream in 2011
LED-backlit LCD monitors are expected to become the mainstream models in the global monitor market in 2010, the schedule is push back from previous expectations of in 2009, according...
Thursday 31 December 2009
Kenmos to recognize loss from investment in Kenmos PV
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) maker Kenmos Technology has announced it will recognize a loss of NT$380 million (US$11.81 million) for its investment in Kenmos PV, a joint venture...
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Everlight aims at 3% LED TV backlight market share in 2010
LED packaging house Everlight Electronics aims to take 3% of the global LCD TV-use LED backlight market in 2010, according to the company.
Wednesday 9 December 2009
Arima Opto to set up LED chip joint-venture in China
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Arima Optoelectronics Corporation (AOC) on December 8 announced the establishment of a joint-venture to make high-brightness LED chips...
Thursday 3 December 2009
Holy Stone maintains focus on niche MLCC for 2010
Holy Stone will dedicate its efforts to develop more customized multi-layer ceramic-chip capacitors (MLCCs) in 2010, maintaining its focus on the niche segment, according to the co...
Tuesday 24 November 2009
TV, monitor backlighting to remain chief applications for LEDs in next 3 years, says Epistar chairman
LCD TV and monitor backlighting will remain as the main applications for LEDs for the next three years, but the market for LED general lighting will take off beginning in 2014, according...
Wednesday 18 November 2009
LED to dominate LCD backlights in 2011 with 56% market penetration, says DisplaySearch
LEDs will become the dominant large-size TFT-LCD backlight unit (BLU) light source by 2011 with a 56% share, and to 78% in 2015, according to DisplaySearch. Traditional backlights...
Friday 13 November 2009
Japan-based Nichia to be more aggressive in LED TV backlighting market, say sources
Thanks to increasing demand, Japan-based LED chipmaker Nichia is expected to be more aggressive in the LCD TV LED-backlit market in 2010 in addition to its previous focus on the notebook...
Wednesday 11 November 2009
LED backlighting, 16:9 ratio remain mainstream technologies for notebook panels in 2010
LED-backlighting and 16:9 aspect ratio will remain as the mainstream technologies for notebook panels in 2010 with some models featuring touchscreen and 3D functions, according to...
Tuesday 10 November 2009
BLU makers report mixed results for October
Backlight unit (BLU) and projector maker Coretronic saw its October consolidated revenues increase 5% sequentially and 28% on year to NT$8.36 billion (US$258.54 million).
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Taiwan LED chipmakers expanding capacity on strong backlight demand
The total blue LED chip capacity of Taiwan-based LED chipmakers Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy, Tekcore, Arima Optoelectronics, Genesis Photonics and Huga Optotech is expected to increase...
Friday 30 October 2009
Coretronic 3Q09 net profit reaches almost NT$900 million
Backlight unit (BLU) and projector maker Coretronic has announced third-quarter consolidated revenues of NT$21.05 billion (US$647.14 million) with an operating income of NT$463 million...