On December 24, more than 30 Taiwanese LED manufacturers have formed LED Lighting Industry Alliance, aiming at facilitating information exchange among member firms and offering suggestions to the government regarding the industry. Everlight, Lextar, Formosa Epitaxy Inc, Unity Opto Technology and Delta Electronics are among the participants. The alliance was previously known as the LED Street Lighting Industry Alliance, when it was established in 2011 by Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). “We have made our first step in standa...

Taiwan Aeon Lighting Technology Inc. (ALT) has received Design Lights Consortium (DLC) certification for its outdoor lighting series-Lodestar-through its partner L.E.D. Rite, LLC, located in Illinois, USA. ALT's Street Light series is currently under field evaluation with Minnesota Power. Minnesota Power is working to establish LED Lighting as the new standard for all Street Lighting Applications in their territory. ALT/LED Rite is honored to be one of just four finalists: ALT/LED Rite, CREE, GE, and Philips. The evaluati...

Nan Ya Photonics Inc., a joint venture by Taiwan’s Epistar and Nan Ya Plastics Corp., recently has completed its first automatic production line and targeted to scramble for orders from international brands such as GE and Philips. Nan Ya Photonics’s chairman Wilfred Wang noted at a press conference held earlier that the addition of the advanced production line will enable the company to achieve maximum monthly output of 500,000 LED bulbs for sale at home and overseas. The president B.J. Wu confirmed that his company is vying for orders from GE, P...

With the different requires for different applications in India market, EVERLIGHT showcases new LED components to bringing customers the concept of “The Right LED for the Right Application.”         EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 【TSE:2393】,represents whole new series of LED components at 2012 LED EXPO INDIA. This year, EVERLIGHT showcases the most updating series of high efficient and brightness LED packages for general lighting, new high power LED for Daily R...

Taiwanese optoelectronics manufacturers from LED, photovoltaic, LCD, and opto-communications sectors, revealed relatively weak confidence in the industry’s outlook for Q4, according to a survey conducted by Photonics Industry Technology and Development Association (PIDA). The survey questionnaire asked respondents to choose from among seven degrees of confidence: very optimistic (a score of 100), optimistic (85), slightly bright (66), fair (50), slightly upset (33), pessimistic (16), and very pessimistic (0). There are 341 Taiwanese optoelectronics manufacturers ...

Everlight filed an invalidation action with the Japan Patent Office against Nichia Corporation’s blue LED patent No. JP2780691. The Japan Patent Office rendered a decision in favor of Everlight on Nov. 12, 2012, holding that Nichia’s patent JP2780691 is totally invalid. Following Nichia’s YAG white light LED patent No. JP3503139, which was found invalid by Japan Patent Office this May, JP2780691 is another one of Nichia’s core patents that have been declared as invalid. Everlight believes that this decision is entirely rea...

Epistar recently was granted its 1000th patent. This number will continue to grow as there are about another 1,000 applications pending worldwide. Since its establishment in 1996, Epistar has firmly believed that technology innovation is the foundation for being a leader in the industry, and that acquisition and strategic deployment of intellectual property rights, such as patents, is a key to success. In Epistar’s extensive patent portfolio, ITO technology is one core technology that Epistar’s founders developed while they were at ITRI (Industrial Technolog...

Chunghwa Telecom Co has targeted to sell more than 5,000 60-inch LED TVs made by Hon Hai Precision Industry Co , bundled with its Internet TV services by the end of 2012. Tu Yuan-kuang , president of Chunghwa Telecom’s northern Taiwan business group, demand for the TVs has exceeded the company’s expectations, saying on the sidelines of a conference launching new TV programs from Next TV  via the company’s multimedia-on-demand (MOD) platform. Next TV began airing its news programs on Chunghwa Telcom’s MOD platform in 2011...

Taiwan LED maker Formosa Epitaxy Inc. (FOREPI) has entered into  the Japanese and global markets under the help of Japanese shareholder Mitsui & Co. Ltd., which is taking orders for the Taiwanese manufacturer using its shops in Japan and overseas. As San’an Optoelectronics of mainland China is approved by Taiwan government to buy into FOREPI in a private equity placement, Mitsui's stake in FOREPI will be watered down to 12% and becomes  the No.2 shareholder of FOREPI. According to Mitsui executives, for the time bei...

Recently, Everlight has enjoyed considerable business for its infrared (IR) LEDs from many mainland Chinese suppliers of touch-screen modules for Win 8 PCs. Based on these orders, industry executives estimated IR LEDs as a percentage of Everlight’s revenue to further increase next year from current 25%. according to Everlight’s spokesman, B.Y. Liu, the company has so far this quarter landed considerable orders from touch-screen module suppliers that will likely shore up the company’s revenue for Q4 to Q3. Usually, the fourth quarter is a low s...

Formosa Epitaxy Inc. (FOREPI) has signed a deal with mainland Chinese LED maker San’an, which makes San’an the No.1 institutional shareholder of FOREPI. FOREPI Chairman F.J. Chien said San’an s 19.9% acquisition of his company’s ownership will help his company enter mainland China’s LED market and bring down his company’s production cost. What’s more, Jien noted that after cooperating with San’an, his company will enter into alliance with mainland China’s No.1 LCD maker, BOE Co., Ltd...

Taiwanese LED chip supplier Formosa Epitaxy Inc has announced to intend to issue as many as 120 million new shares at NT$19.6 per share to China’s Sanan Optoelectronics Co.by a private placement. Through the NT$2.35 billion (US$80.8 million) deal, Sanan Optoelectronics will acquire 19.9 percent of Formosa Epitaxy via its 100-percent owned Xiamen subsidiary and will become the firm’s largest shareholder, ahead of Japan’s Mitsui & Co, which holds 15 percent. According to Formosa Epitaxy said in a filing to the Taiwan Stock Exchange, t...

AIXTRON SE today announced the sale of an AIX 2600G3 Planetary Reactor to Union Optronics Corp. (UOC) to expand production of gallium arsenide based laser diodes. The system is capable of handling 49x2-inch wafers in each run. The purchase was made in the second quarter of 2012 with delivery due in the fourth quarter of 2012. President Dr. Hir-Ming Shieh of UOC reports “Based on the good experience with our  existing AIXTRON AIX 2600G3 system, we are now preparing capacity for expanded business opportunities with this new AIX 2600G...

Everlight Electronics Co.,Ltd. [TSE:2393], a leading player in the global LED and optoelectronics industry, announces its latest innovation APM-16D25-11-DF8 which combines an ambient light and proximity sensor with an integrated IR transmitter in a compact DFN package. To optimize the sensitivity, the package includes a lens which was designed based on a highly precise optical simulation with 1 million light rays to produce an accurate model. Optical proximity sensors with integrated IR transmitters often have cross-talk issues caused by IR stray light. In orde...

Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. [TSE:2393], a leading player in the global LED industry, showcases various new series of LED components at electronica  2012 in Munich, Germany. This year, Everlight presents the most updated series of high efficient LED packages for infrared and sensor, general lighting, TFT LCD backlight, signage and intelligent digital display applications. Everlight maintains its concept of “The Right LED for the Right Application” in order to provide the best performance and quality for different usage. Furthermore, by u...

Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs has put forward the LED bulbs subsidy scheme for household, and has sent to the government for approval. According to Minister of Economic Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang, the first subsidy will cover low-income house. It’s estimated that 200,000 households will benefit from the plan. According to Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs, these LED bulbs will be sent to the eligible families before the Spring Festival. Every family will get two LED bulbs, nearly saving 200 kw/h electricity and more than NT$ ...

Despite Nichia planned to enter into LED markets in China and enlarge its market share there, it has been foiled by simmering anti-Japan sentiment in China due mainly to the Diaoyutai island issue, so is considering to cooperate with Taiwanese enterprises for further development. And two Taiwanese companies, including Hon Hai Group and Epistar, will be part of the joint venture. According to senior Nichia executives and based on positive outlook towards widespread use of LED lighting, the firm focused on the ample business potential in China, having invested at le...

Taiwan LED leading brand TESS today reveal brand new product – 12W 1000 lumens omni-directional LED Bulb, this remarkable product not only breakthrough the current technology barrier but also reflect the demand in lighting market, TESS proofs it great powerful research and development ability in LED solutions again. Core value of TESS R&D is to keep challenging technology barrier, to provide innovative LED products and to bring new concept of energy saving to next generation. This brand new omni-directional LED Bulb (12W CW-1000lm/12W WW-...

Gross Margin 12.4%, EPS NT$0.25   Lextar Electronics Corp. (“Lextar” or the “Company) (TAIEX: 3698) announced its results for the third quarter of 2012. The Company reported consolidated revenue of NT$ 2,894 million, up 10.9% from the previous quarter and near 15% of YoY increase. Gross profit was NT$ 360 million with the gross margin of 12.4%. Lextar’s consolidated net profit for the third quarter of 2012 was NT$ 105 million, EPS NT$ 0.25.   3Q 2012 Result Highlights:   l      &nb...

Three latest green technology innovations from Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) have been chosen to receive 2012 R&D 100 Awards from R&D Magazine. The institute has its three latest award-winning innovations: Light&Light, the first A19 all-plastic LED light bulb; a low-cost, easy-to-use voltage and current meter called AVA-Clamp; and SideLighter, billed as “the first low-cost, high-performance, transparent concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar panel” that can be used both as a structural panel or window ...

EVERLIGHT introduced several low, mid, and high power LED lighting components that adopted the LM80 test, in order to provide a broad range of high quality LED lighting components and strengthen EVERLIGHT’s concept of “The Right LED for The Right Application.” Standardization has become a key factor in LED adoption in the global lighting market - not only in safety standards and performance standards but also more importantly, in reliability and lifetime testing. LM80 is the lighting standard by which all major LED manufacturers...

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Lextar Electronics Corp. (“Lextar” or the “Company”) (TAIEX: 3698) announces it will participate in the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair where it will display a number of product lines such as high CRI downlight series, bulb and spot light series, tube series, panel light series and light module series. Within all the products displayed, there will also be a variety of Lextar-made LED packaging products that have received LM-80 certification, displaying the strength of Lextar’s LED vertical integration from Epi, chip, package, ...

Taiwan LED maker Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. has targeted to snatch 50% of the non-Apple tablet PC backlight market in 2013. Unity Opto attributes its advantage outperforming other Taiwanese backlight manufacturers in revenue this year to increased shipments to TV makers and penetrating the supply chain of non-Apple tablet makers, including Asustek Computer Inc. and Google Inc. In TV backlight market, the company has squeezed into the supply chains of world’s top 10 brands. The company’s chairman, Alpha Wu, estimates global demand for LE...

Taiwan’s LED makers have made good marks in sales for the third-quarter peak season. I Chiun Precision Industry Co., claimed that its Q3 profits were up an astounding 350% from its total for the first half of 2012. I Chiun Precision reported after-tax profits of US$3.66 million in Q3, more than three and a half times its first-half profits of US$1.031 million. The firm’s after-tax profit for the first three quarters totaled US$4.7 million, yielding earnings per share (EPS) of US$ 0.023. And the company spokesman B.R. Yang pointed out that with ...

The photometric testing laboratory of Edison Opto, Taiwan’s leading LED manufacturer, has become the first in Taiwan to receive certifications in both safety and lasting performance. Edison Opto is also a standout in the area of LED LM-80 (lumen maintenance). In early 2012, Edison Opto became the first LM 80 corporate testing laboratory to be certified by UL, and in September of the same year, was certified by UL as a product safety testing laboratory. The ability to truly integrate safety with durability in the LED product design phase, as well as the abil...

Kaohsiung city in Taiwan has applied for NT$ 500 million subsidies from government for installing efficient LED lights. The city schedules to install 38 regions, arranging to start the installation by the end of 2012, and plans to complete the project by the end of June. According to officials, the government has already release NT$ 500 million subsidies to Energy Bureau backed by Ministry of Economic Affairs. And the principle of installation, will center on various administrative offices, and surrounding area will firstly considering about LED streetlights. In addi...

GlacialLight, a sub-division of the experienced technology maker GlacialTech Inc., extends an invitation to all business and media partners around the world to attend their display (Booth #5C-B41, Hall 5) at Hong Kong International Lighting Fair Autumn Edition, to be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Hong Kong from October 27-30, 2012. Date: October 27-30, 2012. Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong Booth #: 5C-B41, Hall 5 Hong Kong International Lighting Fair Autumn Edition is an excellent op...

UV LED products are growing exponentially in 2012 and particularly for “Curing related applications”.  Traditionally, mercury lamps are used for curing purposes but with short lifespan and lengthy warm-up time.  Besides poor efficiency, other shortcomings include; massive heat generation, radiation and ozone emission (both damaging to materials exposed); huge power consumption, and contains hazardous mercury. In comparison to UV mercury lamp, UV LED become the undisputed and only substitution, which offers energy-saving, maximum efficiency, longer lif...

Taiwan LiteOn Technology Corporation has hit a two-year monthly high in September revenues, benefiting from its cloud computing server power- management and LED products. The company’s PC peripherals has enjoyed new highs in sales as the coming launch of Win 8 from Microsoft, sales of related products for notebook and tablets as keyboard and mouse will boom. The company’s global combined revenues in September reached US$ 360.66 million, rising 4% month on month (MoM), up 6% YoY, hitting a two-year monthly high, with first-nine-month global combined rev...