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Tuesday 13 December 2011
Growth of the LED market: Q&A with James Jenson, vice president of LED business unit at Veeco
US-based MOCVD equipment provider Veeco currently ranks number one in global market share with 50%. Digitimes sat down with James T Jenson, vice president of Veeco's LED business...
Wednesday 7 December 2011
China MOCVD equipment to reach 756 units in 2011
The LED market in China has been experiencing low demand, however, due to subsidies provided by local governments, new installations of MOCVD equipment in 2011 will likely reach 420...
Tuesday 8 November 2011
GT Advanced Technologies announces FY 2Q12 results
GT Advanced Technologies has reported results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2012, which ended October 1, 2011.
Wednesday 2 November 2011
GT Advanced revenues increase due to sapphire equipment
GT Advanced Technologies (GT) saw its fiscal 2011 revenues reach US$899 million. Accumulated orders for the firm's Advanced Sapphire Furnace (ASF) product line have reached US$944...
Wednesday 26 October 2011
Veeco 3Q11 results meet guidance
Veeco Instruments has announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011. Veeco reports its results on a US GAAP basis, and also provides results excluding...
Thursday 1 September 2011
Veeco opens technology center in Taiwan
Veeco Instruments, a supplier of metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) equipment used to make LEDs, celebrated the opening of its new Taiwan Technology Center (TTC) in Hsinchu,...
Friday 19 August 2011
China LED industry lights up to nearly US$6 billion in 2011, says IHS
Buoyed by government support and increased penetration into new applications, China's LED market will jump to US$5.8 billion in 2011, up a robust 23% from US$4.7 billion last year,...
Friday 12 August 2011
GT Solar renamed GT Advanced Technologies
GT Solar has announced that it has completed the process of changing its name to GT Advanced Technologies. As part of the rebranding and new corporate identity, the company is now...
Wednesday 3 August 2011
MPI expanding production capacity of LED-packaging machines
Probe card maker MJC Probe (MPI) is constructing a new factory aiming to ramp up its production capacity of LED-packaging machines, according to the company.
Friday 29 July 2011
MPI 3Q11 revenues expected to grow 5-10%
MJC Probe's (MPI) revenues are expected to increase 5-10% sequentially in the third quarter of 2011, buoyed by brisk shipments of LED tools, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 20 April 2011
165 billion LEDs shipping in 2011 fueling niche markets for equipment, says Information Network
The LED market is expected to explode as unit shipments increase more than 40% in 2011 and double between 2010 and 2013, according to The Information Network.
Wednesday 6 April 2011
Aggressive LED fab investment drives 40% growth in equipment spending in 2011, says SEMI
With the widespread adoption of LED technology in LCD backlight applications and growing interest in LEDs for general lighting purposes, LED manufacturers are poised to meet the soaring...
Wednesday 9 March 2011
The LED upstream boom: Q&A with Digitimes Research analyst Jessie Lin
With LED chipmakers aggressively increasing capacity to meet fast growing demand from the LCD displays and general lighting markets, suppliers in the upstream are optimistic on outlook...
Wednesday 9 March 2011
YoungTek posts sequential growth in February revenues, Single Well revenues decrease sequentially
YoungTek Electronics (YTEC), which provides backend services for LED and semiconductors as well as equipment assembly and distribution, saw its February 2011 consolidated revenues...
Monday 17 January 2011
MPI sees probe card demand pick up; upbeat on LED equipment outlook
MJC Probe (MPI) saw revenues from wafer probe cards increase 20% sequentially in December 2010, as demand for LCD driver ICs and other semiconductor products picked up, according...