The LED lighting market in Japan is expected to expand significantly in 2010 as major vendors, including Sharp and Toshiba, will continue to utilize aggressive pricing strategies...
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) is likely to invest a total of US$300 million in founding around nine new subsidiaries located in Jinan in the Chinese province of Shandong,...
IC design house Weltrend Semiconductor saw revenues increase 4.45% on month and 136.66% on year to NT$187 million (US$5.87 million) in December 2009. Revenues for the year totaled...
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar chairman Lee Biing-jye has indicated that LED lighting will become a mainstream product in the general lighting market when the retail price for...
The global supply of LED chips will remain short over the next two years due to increasing use in LCD panel backlightings and even faster increases in lighting applications, according...
Philips plans to launch over 200 home lighting products in Taiwan, about 20 of which will be LED models, and the vendor aims to take 30% of the market in five years, according to...
Taiwan-based LED packaging houses Unity Opto Technology has signed an agreement with China-based Potevio's consumer electronic subsidiary to set up a LED lighting joint venture in...
The 2009 holiday season has turned into the coming-out party for the use of LEDs for general illumination, paving the way for double-digit sales growth in 2009 and a near doubling...
LED players Unity Opto Technology, I-Chiun Precision Industry and Tekcore have reported mixed results for November, as Unity Opto saw its revenues drop over 10% sequentially, while...
Lextar Electronics president and COO David Su has noted that the company currently has no plans to merge with LightHouse Technology and Wellypower Optronics and will instead maintain...
Hong Kong-listed lighting maker Neo-Neon International has obtained approval from Taiwan's Securities and Futures Bureau to issue NT$2 billion (US$62.11 million) worth of TDRs (Taiwan...
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) plans to support Taiwan-based LED chipmakers Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) with its wafer foundry capacity in order to get a greater...
Taiwan-based second-tier graphics card vendor Elsa Technology has reportedly shifted the focus of its business from graphics cards to LED lighting products, according to industry...
Taiwan-based lighting product maker China Electric on September 29 signed a strategic agreement with US-based Cree to introduce the latter's LED technologies and strengthen its marketing...
Qisda will start making e-book readers using panels from AU Optronics (AUO), with small volume production slated for the end of 2009 at the earliest, according to company CEO Hsiung...
