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Monday 19 March 2018
Epistar turns profitable in 2017
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has posted net EPS of NT$1.55 (US$0.053) for 2017, turning profitable from losses in 2015 and 2016.
Friday 9 March 2018
Everlight, Epistar February revenues hit 62-month low
LED packaging firm Everlight Electronics and LED wafer and chip maker Epistar have reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.769 billion (US$60.5 million) and NT$1.496 billion respectively,...
Monday 12 February 2018
Everlight, Epistar see mixed growths in January
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has reported January consolidated revenues grew 11.9% sequentially to NT$2.391 billion (US$81.9 million), while the LED epitaxial...
Wednesday 7 February 2018
Epistar poised for VCSEL, mini LED production
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar is modifying about 10 of its 4-inch wafer MOCVD sets to 6-inch tools in first-quarter 2018 in preparation for production of VCSEL (vertical-cavity...
Monday 22 January 2018
VPEC, Epistar to produce 6-inch VCSEL wafers
Microelectronics and optoelectronics epitaxial wafer maker Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC) and LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar are ready to start production of 6-inch VCSEL...
Thursday 11 January 2018
China LED packagers under pressure to lower prices
Due to oversupply of LED chips and off-season effects, China-based LED packaging service providers have been asked mainly by lighting vendors to lower quotes by 10-15%, according...
Tuesday 9 January 2018
Epistar, Everlight report mixed December sales
LED wafer and chip maker Epistar have reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.052 billion (US$68.4 million), increasing 13.04% sequentially but decreasing 0.68% on year. LED packaging...
Wednesday 27 December 2017
Epistar stake in China JV to drop
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar will see its stake in Kaistar Lighting (Xiamen), its joint-venture in southeastern China, decrease as a result of new investment from others,...
Monday 25 December 2017
VCSEL suppliers set for brisk sales in 2018
Taiwan-based VCSEL (vertical cavity surface emitting laser) device providers, including Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC), Epistar, Advanced Wirelss Semiconductor (AWSC) and Global...
Monday 18 December 2017
Taiwan LED firms develop niche products to avoid price war
Taiwan-based LED firms Epistar, Tyntek and Lextar Electronics Bright Led Electronics and Harvatek, to cope with pricing campaigns for commodity products from China-based competitors,...
Friday 8 December 2017
Epistar sees decreased November revenues
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.815 billion (US$60.2 million) for November, shrinking 12.31% on month and 15% on year.
Wednesday 6 December 2017
Epistar to begin trial production of VCSEL, mini LED in 2Q18
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar expects VCSEL (vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser) diodes and mini LED chips to become a main source of business growth over the next...
Friday 1 December 2017
Lumentum to buy VCSEL epitaxial wafers from Epistar, says paper
US-based Lumentum, a supplier of VCSEL (vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser) diodes used in 3D sensors for iPhone X, is seeking to purchase VCSEL epitaxial wafers from Taiwan-based...
Thursday 23 November 2017
Epistar to increase VCSEL wafer output in 2018
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has extended production to wafers for processing VCSEL (vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser), with plans to expand production for the...
Tuesday 21 November 2017
Epistar expects mini LED to be growth driver in 2018
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar is poised to produce mini LED chips for smartphone and TV backlighting and expects mini LED to be a major growth driver in 2018, according...
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