Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) are the only two of Taiwan's major LED chipmakers that have reported profits for the first half of 2009, but the latter's profit was minimal.
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics on August 25 announced it will issue new shares and unsecured convertible bonds to raise an estimated NT$5 billion (US$152 million)...
Lextar Electronics, a LED subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO) plans to invest NT$30 billion (US$912.27 million) to build a total of five LED plants in the Central Taiwan Science Park...
Taiwan-based LED packaging houses have seen their order visibility expand to 5-6 weeks from a previous four weeks amid increasing demand for high brightness (HB) LEDs used in large-size...
LED chipmakers Epistar and Tekcore have reported revenue growth for July. Epistar's revenues totaled NT$1.21 billion (US$36.94 million), up 5.33% sequentially and up 31.37% from July...
LED chipmakers Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy are expected to score historical highs in their July revenues as blue LED orders continue to fully load capacity, according to market wat...
LED chipmakers Epistar and Tekcore plan to expand capacity in preparation for strong high-brightness (HB) blue LED chip demand, according to market sources.
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics is expected to invest NT$280 million in LED chipmaker Tekcore via private placement in order to secure supply amid recent shortages...
Representatives of Taiwan's and China's LED industry, at a Taipei meeting sponsored by the Taiwan government on June 9, agreed to establish a cooperation platform, giving priority...
Short supply of high-brightness (HB) LED chips may be eased at the end of the third quarter, as Taiwan LED chipmakers are expected to ramp up production at their new capacities in...
The global supply of high brightness (HB) LED chips is currently in shortage, with Epistar, the largest Taiwan-based LED chipmaker, foreseeing insufficient capacity until September,...
The rate of decline for LED ASPs is expected to slow amid tight supply for high brightness LEDs due to a recent surge of rush orders for backlighting use LEDs, according to market...
Taiwan-based UniLite will shift its focus to high-brightness LED chips for lighting applications amid expectations that the LED general lighting market will take off this year, according...
