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Tuesday 7 May 2013
IC substrate suppliers to see mixed performance in 2Q13
IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology is expected to see its revenues grow 10-15% sequentially in the second quarter of 2013, while fellow companies Unimicron Technology...
Monday 6 May 2013
Tong Hsing sees weaker LED ceramic substrate shipments in 2Q13
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries has said that shipments of its LED ceramic substrates in the second quarter of 2013 will be affected by revisions to product roadmaps at clients who...
Thursday 2 May 2013
Chipbond to buy COF substrate supplier
Chipbond Technology has said it will acquire Simpal Electronics, a Taiwan-based COF substrate supplier, through a share swap.
Thursday 25 April 2013
Sapphire substrate prices may increase in 2Q13
Sapphire substrate makers have noted that order visibility is clear to May due to expected demand growth in the LED backlighting and lighting markets. Market observers believe prices...
Wednesday 24 April 2013
Sapphire substrate market in oversupply
The market of sapphire substrates, an upstream material for LEDs, has been in oversupply with prices falling. The prices are lower than the production costs of many firms. This has...
Monday 18 March 2013
Growth slowing for TFT LCD glass substrate capacity, says DisplaySearch
Over the past two years, there has been a slowdown in TFT LCD glass production. Yet demand for cover glass used on smartphones and tablets has continued to grow, causing TFT LCD glass...
Friday 22 February 2013
Sapphire substrate maker Rubicon reports 4Q12 financial results
Rubicon Technology, a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, RFIC, semiconductor, and optical industries, has reported financial results for its fourth quarter...
Thursday 21 February 2013
Ta-I reportedly lands more orders for LED heat dissipation substrates
Taiwan-based Ta-I Technology is expected to significantly expand its ceramic heat dissipation substrate business in 2013, thanks to an influx of pull-in orders from LED lighting companies...
Tuesday 8 January 2013
China to account for over 20% of global glass substrate demand by 2015
With its panel makers rapidly expanding their capacity, China's demand for glass substrates has been growing fast, and is expected to account for more than one fifth of worldwide...
Wednesday 26 December 2012
December revenues to show continuous decreases, say sapphire substrate makers
Taiwan-based sapphire substrate makers believe December revenues are likely to show a continuous decrease due to the low season and year-end inventory checks by downstream LED firm...
Tuesday 4 December 2012
Ceramic substrate maker Leatec to report flat 4Q12 sales
Taiwan-based Leatec Fine Ceramic, which mainly manufactures chip resistor substrates, is expected to report flat revenue growth for the fourth quarter of 2012 despite increasing sales...
Friday 9 November 2012
GaN-on-Si for LED: Q&A with Azzurro vice president of sales and marketing Erwin Ysewijn
GaN-on-Si is a new technology that has the potential to replace sapphire substrates in the LED supply chain. Erwin Ysewijn, vice president of sales and marketing at Azzurro Semiconductors,...
Thursday 1 November 2012
Silicon substrate-based LED products to enter market in 2013
The LED industry believes 8-inch silicon substrate-based LED products will appear on the market in 2013 at the earliest, two years ahead of expectations. This will likely pose challenges...
Friday 26 October 2012
IC substrate makers develop coreless substrates for thin-profile mobile devices
Major Taiwan-based IC substrate suppliers, including Nanya PCB (NPC) and Unimicron Technology, have developed coreless IC substrates for use in thin-profile mobile devices, and already...
Thursday 25 October 2012
NPC cautious about 4Q12
IC substrate supplier Nanya PCB (NPC) has expressed caution about its sales performance during the fourth quarter of 2012, citing limited visibility for the remainder of the year...