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Wednesday 9 September 2015
Epistar, Everlight post mixed results for August
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has reported August consolidated revenues of NT$1.920 billion (US$59.1 million), decreasing 9.05% sequentially and 25.44% on year. LED packaging...
Friday 4 September 2015
Taiwan, China to see LED chip sector consolidation, says Epistar president
Due to increasingly intense competition, Taiwan-based LED chip makers are expected to be consolidated into 1-2 makers and so will China-based fellow makers, according to president...
Friday 7 August 2015
Epistar, Everlight Electronics loses NT$0.11, nets NT$0.74 per share for 2Q15
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar suffered net loss per share of NT$0.11 for the second quarter of 2015, while LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics recorded...
Wednesday 5 August 2015
Cree and Epistar sign LED chip patent cross-license agreement
Cree and Epistar have signed a worldwide patent cross-license agreement for LED chips to further advance the growth of the LED lighting and LED bulb markets. Cree and Epistar both...
Wednesday 5 August 2015
Epistar lands orders for UV-A LED chips
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has obtained orders for UV-A (ultraviolet-A, with wavelength of 320-410nm) LED chips for use in making cosmetics products, according to...
Friday 24 July 2015
Epistar licenses LED filament patent to China-based Leedarson Lighting
LED Epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has licensed its LED filament patent to China-based LED lighting maker Leedarson Lighting for making LED filament style light bulbs. The...
Tuesday 30 June 2015
Lumileds may need to renegotiate patent licensing after acquisition, says Epistar chairman
Philips has decided to sell an 80.1% stake in its subsidiary Philips Lumileds Lighting to China-based Go Scale Capital, and the Lumileds management team may have to renegotiate patent...
Monday 29 June 2015
Epistar expects business operations to peak in 3Q15
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar, in view of large growth in demand for LED lighting and LED backlighting from China-based LCD TV vendors, expects its business operations...
Tuesday 9 June 2015
Epistar revenues down in May
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.27 billion (US$73.8 million) for May, decreasing 12.11% on month and 18.82% on year, while sales...
Friday 8 May 2015
Epistar to merge with subsidiary Chip Star
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has announced it will merge with its subsidiary Chip Star. Episits currently holds a 97.95% stake in Chip Star and will acquire the remaining...
Monday 27 April 2015
Epistar, Lextar see increasing orders from LED lighting vendors
LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers Epistar and Lextar Electronics have seen increasing orders from Europe- and US-based LED lighting vendors, with shipments beginning to significantly...
Tuesday 14 April 2015
GaN-on-GaN in potential use for lighting, says Nobel laureate
GaN-on-GaN technology can be used to grow blue-light laser as a source of lighting with luminous efficiency of 220lm/W, said 2014 Nobel laureate in physics Shuji Nakamura in a speech...
Friday 10 April 2015
Epistar, Everlight Electronics see sequential growth in March revenues
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar's March consolidated revenues of NT$2.365 billion (US$75.3 million) increased 26.87% on month but decreased 0.19% on year, while LED packaging...
Tuesday 7 April 2015
Epistar promotes Co-activation Service, adopts DoB with HV chips to win over lighting brands
Competition in the LED market has been heating up with China-based LED firms aggressively integrating the whole supply chain vertically from chips to packaging to modules. China-based...
Wednesday 1 April 2015
220 GaN MOCVD reactors to be installed in 2015, says IHS
Due to the major aggressive expansion plans of some China-based LED companies, IHS forecasts that 220 gallium nitride (GaN) reactors will be installed in 2015. This new capacity expansion...