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Wednesday 29 September 2010
Lextar to list on TSE in 1Q11
LED epitaxial wafer and chipmaker Lextar Electronics, an subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), is expected to be listed on the mainboard of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) in the first...
Thursday 23 September 2010
Lextar chairman HB Chen to resign
LED epitaxial wafer and chipmaker Lextar Electronics, an subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), has announced that its chairman HB Chen will resign his seat on the board of directors and...
Tuesday 7 September 2010
Taiwan LED packagers, chipmakers report sequential drop in August revenues
LED chip packaging house Unity Opto Technology saw August revenues slip 4.6% sequentially but up 58% on year to NT$670 million (US$20.979 million). Revenues from January through August...
Tuesday 24 August 2010
Epistar, Lextar see sequential hike in 2Q10 gross margin
In the first half of 2010, LED chipmaker Lextar Electronics posted consolidated revenues of NT$3.691 billion (US$115.474 million), gross margin of 25.95% and after-tax profit of NT$613...
Tuesday 24 August 2010
Lextar to become first in Taiwan to adopt 6-inch epitaxy MOCVD equipment
Lextar Electronics will adopt MOCVD machines for 6-inch epitaxial wafers at the end of 2010, becoming the first LED chipmaker in Taiwan with such equipment, according to the company...
Friday 6 August 2010
Unity Opto, Lextar post monthly sales decline in July
LED chip packager Unity Opto Technology's July 2010 revenues fell 4.7% on month to NT$702 million (US$22.09 million), but rose 74% from a year earlier. Revenues from January through...
Tuesday 3 August 2010
Lextar lands LED lighting OEM orders from Philips and Osram
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chipmaker Lextar Electronics, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), has landed OEM orders for LED lighting products from Europe-based vendors such...
Friday 16 July 2010
AUO to start LED-backlit LCM volume production in China in 2H10, says vice chairman
AU Optronics (AUO) vice chairman HB Chen has revealed that AUO will start volume production of LED-backlit LCD modules (LCMs) at its joint ventures (JVs) in China in the second half...
Friday 9 July 2010
Lextar to hire 1,300 employees in 2H10
Lextar Electronics, a maker of LED epitaxy wafers and chips, is expected to hire 1,300 employees in the second half of 2010 for its operations in Taiwan and China, according to the...
Thursday 1 July 2010
Lextar chairman expects 30 million LED TVs to ship worldwide in 2010
HB Chen, chairman of LED epitaxial wafer and chipmaker Lextar Electronics, expects global LED-backlit LCD TV shipments to reach 30 million units in 2010 with a 25% share of the overall...
Thursday 1 July 2010
Lextar to raise fund for buying equipment
Shareholders of Lextar Electronics have approved plans to raise funds via a private placement of no more than 50 million shares to purchase production equipment.
Monday 14 June 2010
Wellypower, Lextar say no impact from AUO price fixing lawsuit
Taiwan-based Wellypower Optronics and Lextar Electronics have maintained that their operations remain unaffected by the US authorities' price-fixing charges against their chairman,...
Monday 31 May 2010
Lextar to expand workforce and capacity
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chipmaker Lextar Electronics, which is a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), plans to recruit about 800 employees in the second half of 2010 in...
Monday 22 March 2010
Lextar reports net profit for 2009
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chipmaker Lextar Electronics, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), has announced a net profit of NT$7.41 million (US$233,040) for 2009, with a...
Wednesday 17 March 2010
Lextar to raise additional capital for MOCVD capacity expansion
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chipmaker Lextar Electronics, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), will issue 55 million new shares at NT$50 per share in April-May to raise additional...