Epistar, a Taiwan-based LED chip maker, will establish a joint venture maker of inexpensive high-performance LED lighting products in Kunshan, eastern China, with Innotek Photoelectronic...
Epistar, a Taiwan-based maker of LED chips, will distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$1.1 for its 2011 operation, 96.43% in excess of the corresponding net earnings per share...
Prices for 10W LED light bulbs that are meant to replace 60W incandescent bulbs are expected to drop from over NT$500 (US$16.9) currently to below NT$300 at the end of 2012, according...
Zhaga Consortium, an association joined by 184 lighting firms around the world, will hold a meeting in Taiwan from March 13-15. Zhaga has members such as Osram, Philips, Toshiba,...
Epistar reported February revenues of NT$1.185 billion (US$40 million), up 20.91% on month but down 12.92% on year. Epistar noted that February had more working days compared to January...
LED chipmaker Epistar announced January revenues of NT$980 million (US$33 million), down 12.26% on month and 29.4% on year. Epistar indicated capacity utilization rate in January...
At Lighting Japan 2012, Taiwan- and China-based firms focused on showcasing LED light bulbs while Japan-based firms displayed various LED lighting applications.
The number of LED epitaxial wafer equipment sets increased tremendously in the past few years causing LED capacity in 2011 to show an oversupply. The market predicts the conditions...
Taiwan-based LED chip maker Epistar aims to increase shipments of LED lighting products in 2012, with focus on omni-directional LED light bulbs to replace 60W incandescent bulbs for...
The volume of LED lighting in the world will increase in 2012, Epistar chairman Lee Biing-jye has said. Epistar's 2012 revenues are likely to show growth and reach NT$20 billion (US$668...
Market research indicates the total December revenues of Taiwan's listed LED firms were NT$6.54 billion (US$218 million) decreasing 11.99% on month and 19.6% on year. In addition,...
TV maker Konka has decided to terminate its partnership with Epistar in a joint venture running an epitaxy plant in Changzhou, China. But Epistar indicated that the exist of the China-based...
Taiwan-based LED firms accumulated financial capital of NT$13.8 billion (US$460 million) in 2011, down 80% compared to NT$76.2 billion in 2010. Industry sources believe low demand...
Affected by seasonal factors, most Taiwan-based LED chipmakers and LED packaging companies have posted declines in revenues for December, with the setbacks suffered by upstream chipmakers...
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) plans to have a budget up to NT$2 billion (US$66 million) to switch 326,000 units of street lamps into LED lightings. Many LED firms hope...
