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Friday 5 February 2010
AUO subsidiaries invest in LED maker Lextar
AU Optronics (AUO) subsidiaries including polarizer maker Daxon Technology, Qisda and LCD TV inverter maker Darfon Electronics have invested in LED chipmaker Lextar Electronics, also...
Tuesday 2 February 2010
Lextar to set up LED subsidiary in China
LED epitaxial wafer maker Lextar Electronics, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), will invest US$20 million to set a subsidiary of its own in Suzhou, eastern China, according to...
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Lextar receives LED orders for TV backlights from Samsung
Lextar Electronics, an LED subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), reportedly has received LED orders for LCD TV backlights from Samsung Electronics, according to a Chinese-language report...
Tuesday 19 January 2010
Qisda sheds equity in Darfon, Gallant Precision; invests in Lextar
Qisda on January 18 announced the sale of parts of its stakes in Darfon Electronics, a Taiwan-based LCD TV and notebook PC component maker, and all of its stake in Gallant Precision...
Wednesday 16 December 2009
AUO LED affiliates Lextar and LightHouse to merge
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chipmaker Lextar Electronics on December 15 announced its merger with SMD LED maker LightHouse Technology through a 1:1 stock swap, with the former...
Friday 4 December 2009
Lextar to maintain vertical partnership with LightHouse and Wellypower
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...
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Cando to set up touch panel plant in CTSP
Taiwan-based color filter (CF) maker Cando, a subsidiary of LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO), will invest as much as NT$24 billion (US$745.1 million) to set up a touch panel production...
Friday 27 November 2009
AUO vice chairman denies merger rumor of Lextar-LightHouse-Wellypower
Market sources are speculating that AU Optronics (AUO) will have three of its subsidiaries - LED chipmakers Lextar Electronics and LightHouse Technology, and CCFL maker Wellypower...
Tuesday 25 August 2009
AUO subsidiary Lextar to invest NT$30 billion for LED plants at CTSP
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...
Thursday 2 July 2009
AUO releases Lextar stocks to investment subsidiary
AU Optronics (AUO) has released its 68 million-share holdings in its LED subsidiary Lextar Electronics to its investment arm Ronly Venture with price of NT$10 (US$0.30) per share,...
Wednesday 17 June 2009
AUO to see LED TV panel share reach 10% in 2010, says vice chairman
AU Optronics (AUO) expects 5% of its total TV panel shipments will be LED back-lit ones by the end of 2009, and 10% by the end of 2010, according to company vice chairman HB Chen.
Thursday 16 April 2009
Lextar to invest in LED chipmaker Lighthouse
Lextar, the LED subsidiary of LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO), has announced it will subscribe to the private placement by LED chipmaker Lighthouse Technology, which is seeking...
Friday 24 October 2008
AUO to cut capex to NT$100 billion
AU Optronics (AUO) is to reduce capex in 2008 from NT$130-140 billion (US$3.88-4.18 billion) to NT$100 billion. Second phase expansion of the company's second 7.5G line will be delayed...
Friday 25 July 2008
AUO expects to achieve goal of adopting LED BLUs for all of its notebook LCD panels by 2010
HB Chen, vice-chairman and CEO of AU Optronics (AUO) indicated that the company's goal of adopting LED backlighting for all of its notebook panels by 2011 may be achieved one year...