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Thursday 18 August 2011
LED players bracing for weak year-end shopping
With TV vendors digesting their inventories, demand for large-size LED backlighting products continues to be gloomy. While demand in the past would usually start picking up in September...
Tuesday 9 August 2011
Epistar, Everlight see weak LED BLU demand
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar and LED pacakaging house Everlight Electronics saw their July revenues decrease on month and on year mainly because of weak demand for LED...
Thursday 21 July 2011
Orders for large-size LED BLUs declining in July
Orders for large-size LED backlight units (BLUs) from downstream TV makers so far this month have been lower than those received in June, according to sources at LED chipmakers. Since...
Tuesday 12 July 2011
Increase drive current can rapidly lower LED costs, says FOREPI chairman
Cost-down has become the focus of competition in the LED industry. According to Frank Chien, chairman of Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI), the IT industry has been focusing on increasing...
Friday 8 July 2011
Taiwan-based LED firms invest heavily in China
Taiwan-based LED firms have been aggressively entering the market in China. According to statistics, the accumulated investments into China from Taiwan-based firms have exceeded NT$40...
Thursday 7 July 2011
Most LED companies post sequential declines in June revenues
LED chipmakers Epistar and Lextar Electronics and LED packaging house Everlight Electronics all posted sequential declines in revenues in June due largely to inventory checks at clients...
Friday 1 July 2011
Taiwan LED makers to benefit from China-based TV vendors controlling BLUs, says Epistar chairman
Taiwan-based LED chip makers and packaging houses will see increasing potential orders for LED BLUs for 37-inch-and-above TVs from China-based vendors, as they have increasingly decided...
Thursday 30 June 2011
ITRI forms industrial association to develop plant factories in Taiwan
Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has formed an industrial association aiming to promote the development of plant factories in Taiwan with more than 20 companies...
Wednesday 15 June 2011
Everlight aims to become top-3 in lighting market, says company chairman
LED lighting has been booming and many firms have been trying to enter the lucrative market. Robert Yeh, chairman of LED packaging house Everlight, has revealed the company aims to...
Tuesday 14 June 2011
Taiwan LED industry shows improved May performance
Industry observers predict LED backlight modules for TV applications will demonstrate apparent volume production in third quarter 2011 as penetration continues to increase. LED lighting...
Monday 13 June 2011
Tekcore may advance board reelection
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Tekcore has delayed the reelection of its board of directors trying to fend off control by two major sharehokders, Everlight and Epistar. But the move seems...
Friday 10 June 2011
Epistar announces 2010 dividend of NT$4.50
LED chipmaker Epistar announced cash dividends of NT$4.50 on June 10 during a shareholders meeting.
Thursday 9 June 2011
Taiwan-based LED chipmakers report mixed May performances
LED chipmaker Epistar saw May revenues increase on month by 12.7% to NT$1,908 million (US$66 million). The figure also represents a 9.3% increase on year. According to Epistar, the...
Friday 3 June 2011
Delta Electronics begins use of 3 zero-carbon classrooms in Taiwan
Delta Electronics on June 2 inaugurated three zero-carbon classrooms, an energy-saving educational facility, inside three elementary schools located in northern, central and southern...
Friday 3 June 2011
Increasing competition in LED lighting market for Taiwan-based firms
Many international firms such as Samsung LED, LG Electronics, and Philips have been aggressively taking market share in the LED lighting market. Samsung has been shifting focus to...