Taiwan government has announced to allow investors from mainland China to buy into local firms in the five key manufacturing industries such as LED, FPD, semiconductor, machine tool, electronic and semiconductor manufacturing equipment, with maximum stake being set at less than 50%, up from 10% now. It is part of the third-wave opening for mainland Chinese investments in Taiwan, which was approved at an inter-ministry meeting presided by Kuan Chung-ming, minister without portfolio on March 15. The opening package will be submitted to Premier Sean Chen for ratification so...

Recently, Chairman Y.F. Yeh of Everlight in an interview with the mainland’s Xinhua News Agency, noted that a cooperation between Taiwan’s and mainland China’s LED industries would create new opportunities for them in the LED-lighting sector, which he projects will provide lucrative business. According to Yeh, LED lighting could save around 85%, or 26 billion kilowatt hours, of the total 30 billion kilowatt hours of electricity that Taiwan’s lighting consumes a year. Other electricity consumption sources increase the total consumption in Ta...

SAFC Hitech®, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich® Group, today underlined its commitment to the Asia-Pacific electronics markets with the opening of its new multi-million US dollar facility in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The 270,000ft2 expansion significantly increases the site's existing capacity for the high-volume manufacturing of high-quality Trimethylgallium (TMG), Triethylgallium (TEG) and Trimethylindium (TMI) precursors for High Brightness LED (HBLED) applications. The site will also produce Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Chemical Vapor ...

Energy Focus, Inc. has entered into a five year cooperation agreement with Taiwan based Communal International, Inc., to develop the Asian market for EFOI LED products. Under the agreement, Communal International will introduce the Energy Focus to new potential customers and suppliers; assist in reducing the costs of manufacturing EFOI's goods and products; improve the quality of raw materials, components and sub-assemblies; assist in the development of an Asian distribution and supply chain. In return, Communal International will act as Energy Focus&#...

Nan Ya Photonics Inc. recently has unveiled a demo room for its LED lighting products in the Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) headquarters building in Taipei, and is paving the way for mechanized assembly lines of LED light bulbs in June, 2012. The automated lines are jointly developed by automation-equipment suppliers, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Epistar and Nan Ya. It’s considered to be Taiwan’s first for LED light bulb production, and is projected to turn out a total of 400,000-500,000 bulbs a month at full capacity. A...

Nan Ya Photonics backed by Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) has announced to cooperate with Epistar, Precision Silicon, Formosa Advanced Technologies, and Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to set up the world`s first LED lighting automated production line for 7-watt LED bulb. The production line is scheduled to mass production in June, and Nan Ya Photonics will market the product with own brand. According to Wang Wen-chao, chairman of Nan Ya Photonics, LED market is going to take off and Taiwan boasts complete LED industrial chai...

Co-organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and  Taiwan Lighting Fixture Export Association (TLFEA), the third Taiwan International Lighting Show (TILS) will be held over four days starting March 13 at Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC). Compared to last year, TILS 2012 will grow by at least 20% with 782 booths and 321 exhibitors such as Epistar, Everlight, Delta, AMKO SOLAR Lighting, JAN CHENG, TAIWAN-N LIGHTING, Genesis Photonics, Wellypower, JUSTLED, BJB (Taiwan), F...

According to Taiwan government-backed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), its LED-lighting laboratory has won the Certification Body Testing Laboratory (CBTL) qualification after passing the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC) standards’ examinations. The laboratory operated by ITRI’s Center for Measurement Standards (CMS), has become Taiwan’s first CBTL, which is created by IEC for Electrical Equipment’s (IECEE’s) CB Scheme. The scheme is the world’s first international...

New technologies combine high-performance with significant energy savings Lumex announces the expansion of the SunBrite™ family of general illumination LED technologies. Two new SunBrite technology categories – the SunBrite 5-Watt MR-16 Retrofit LED and the SunBrite Modular LED Lightbar are now available worldwide. Combining considerable energy savings with superior performance, the new SunBrite LED technologies are ideally suited for a wide range of applications including: general, spot and track lighting in residential, commercial and ind...

Epistar has received AIXTRON’s first CRIUS II-XL system in a 19x4-inch wafer configuration for the mass production of ultra-high brightness (UHB) blue and white LEDs. The CRIUS II-XL system has successfully passed the process demonstration and acceptance test. Introduced in November 2011, the AIXTRON CRIUS II-XL configuration offers reactor capacity as high as 19x4 inch, which represents a capacity increase of 46% compared to the original CRIUS II, giving it the highest throughput and lowest cost of ownership in the whole LE...

According to CENS, Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has announced that his administration is to strengthen the global status of Taiwan’s green-energy industry by making the most of the island’s technological advantages and shifts in global energy technologies. Taiwan government has designated the green-energy industry, notably photovoltaic and LED sectors, as one of the six emerging industries to be fostered and will set strategies to develop in line with Taiwan’s economic development. Taiwan’s LED industry generated revenue totaling NT$184.6 b...

Taiwan’s major power-supply makers branching out into LED lighting manufacturing, including Delta Electronics Inc., AcBel Polytech Inc., Phihong Technology Co., and Leader Electronics Inc., estimate sales of their LED lamps to take off in 2012. They made the prediction based on the bright growth forecast mostly on the implementation of bans on incandescent bulb consumption beginning this year in many advanced economies, mainland China’s new round of subsidization on LED lighting estimated to begin this year, and LED replacements for 40W incandescen...

Recently, Japanese LED product supplier Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. has filed a lawsuit with the Taoyuan District Court in northern Taiwan, accusing its Taiwanese counterpart Formosa Epitaxy Inc. of infringing on two patents asserted by the Japanese firm related to GaN-based LED chip production. According to Hsu Hung-sheng, a lawyer for the Japanese firm, said his client has sought damages from Formosa Epitaxy and requested the court issue an injunction to bar the Taiwanese defendant from manufacturing and selling the disputed LED products. Additionally, not...

SemiLEDs Corporation (NASDAQ: LEDS), a leading developer and manufacturer of LED chips and LED components, today announced that its UV LED chips are capable of emitting radiation at a wavelength of 390-420 nm with 40% external quantum efficiencies (EQE – a LED’s ability to convert electrons into photons) at 350 mA (up to 500 mW output power*, typical 3.3V forward voltage). “Our patented structure and metal alloy substrate allow us to produce and supply to the industrial curing market UV LEDs that are capable of operating at high c...

Recently, Diamontex Co., Ltd. has utilized its chemical vapor deposition-based (CVD-based) diamond technology to develop a collection of LED lamps. The development of the material technology for the company’s LED lamps is led by a U.S.-trained materials science Ph.D. and a professor at the prestigious National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, company general manger James Chen and R&D team of seven specialists. Currently, the company has offered emergency lamps, high-power work lights, solar-powered streetlights, and intelligent dimmable lights as w...

Taiwan Lextar Electronics has won a contract order from Shenzhen-headquartered panel maker CSOT, for LED backlights used in LED-backlit LCD TVs. Lextar stressed that it has worked hard to diversify customers for a while, in order to reduce business overdependence on its parent company for sustainable development. In the meanwhile, the company has also built business links with several Korean and Chinese panel makers, as well as a few consumer electronic device brands abroad. In addition, the company stated that it will continue to explore segments for lightin...

GlacialLight, a sub-division of the experienced technology manufacturer GlacialTech Inc., is pleased to announce its attendance at the world's largest LED event - LED China 2012 from February 20 to 23, 2012. GlacialLight invites all interested parties to visit their booth (#N410 in Hall 9.3) to test products, ask questions, and procure GlacialLight's most advanced LED lighting solutions offerings. Date: February 20-23, 2012 Venue: Pazhou Complex, Guangzhou, China Booth #: N410 in Hall 9.3 “LED CHINA has evolved into one of the mos...

Recently, sources from the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) have informed that Taiwan Lextar is second to none of its LED industrial peers in Taiwan in terms of patent application volume. Date back to 2011, the company has forwarded 173 patent applications to the office, soaring 381% from 2010. Of the applications 115 were related to inventions. The application amount indicated that each of the company’s 160 employees filed at least one patent, on average, according to the company’s chairman and general man...

Lately, SemiLEDs has made a breakthrough on its latest ultraviolet LED chips which are capable of emitting radiation at a wavelength of 390-420 nm with 40% external quantum efficiencies (EQEs). The EQE is an LED’s ability to convert electrons into photons. The devices have been tested at 350 mA  and up to an output power of 500 mW and a typical 3.3V forward voltage. The exact output power depends on the wavelength. The present SemiLEDs UV LED products are available in wavelengths ranging from 365nm-420nm, in chip sizes of 1.07 mm x 1.07 mm an...

GlacialLight, a division of experienced technology manufacturer GlacialTech Inc., is pleased to announce that its environmentally-friendly LED lighting products are being used in many applications around the world and providing users with energy-saving light of the highest quality. Porsche automobiles are synonymous with high performance and perfected engineering. Recently, a Porsche showroom in Florida, USA applied these principles to their lighting by installing highly efficient GlacialLight LED lights. The Porsche showroom replaced their outdated recessed halog...

SemiLEDs has placed an order from Veeco’s TurboDisc(R) K465i(TM) gallium nitride (GaN) MOCVD System for high-volume production of high brightness LEDs at its Taiwanese manufacturing facility. Chuong A. Tran, Ph.D., President, Chief Operating Officer, of SemiLEDs commented, "We have placed Veeco's K465i system into our production facility in Taiwan. In addition to their proven MOCVD technology, Veeco's commitment to providing best-in-class LED manufacturing equipment, as well as enhanced local support with their technolog...

Recently, Taiwan Epistar has placed an order from Veeco’s K465iTM TurboDisc® gallium nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System for development of LEDs grown on silicon substrates. M. J. Jou, Ph.D., President of Epistar, commented, “We are pleased to choose Veeco’s K465i as our GaN-on-Si development tool. We are excited about the potential of GaN-on-Si technology as we move to larger wafer sizes. We appreciate the strong support from Veeco, and look forward to this collaboration.” William...

Source has informed that the number of LED lights are used every year during Lantern Festival is more than 1 million LED. This year, as Lantern Festival is coming, and LED lights are popular in application in lanterns, Taiwan tourism and environment officials are calling on the public to recycle LED lights used in lanterns after the festival, to help showcase the creativity and environmental awareness embraced by Taiwan’s LED manufacturing industry. Tourism Bureau Planning and Research Division Deputy Director Yang Yeong-sheng  said the bureau se...

Taiwan is ready to light up a LED dragon at Lugang Sports Park to celebrate the annual Lantern Festival (also known as “Yuanxiao”). The main dragon lantern, which will be ceremonially lit at 7 p.m. today, towers over the town at 21 meters high, appearing as though floating on moving clouds. Using LED lighting, which not only increases the brightness threefold but also reduces the energy used to one-tenth of that used for the theme lanterns in previous festivals, the design provides visitors with a taste of Taiwan's artistic and technological advancements....

Newly, Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has scheduled to focus eight rising industries including Chinese herbal medicine, telecommunications, electric vehicle, renewable energy, business services, LED lighting, metal materials, biotech and medical equipment, on the agenda in the regular talks on industrial cooperation with mainland China. For LED lighting industry, Taiwan intends to suggest the mainland add province-level prefecture to city-level prefecture as field-test ground for LED lighting. The ministry will suggest the mainland to open Shandong, ...

Recently, with the outstanding designs of its LED lamps evaluated in a contest among 1,145 products from 426 manufacturers of various industries, Everlight has won the Taiwan Excellence Awards 2012. The awards were granted by Bureau of Foreign Trade and Taiwan External Trade Development, both of which under the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The awarded products include a series of multi-purpose desk lamps, light bulbs, and streetlights. DEM-designed desk lamps underscore their versatile functions by integrating reading light, mood light, nightlight and decorative...

SemiLEDs Corporation (NASDAQ: LEDS), a leading developer and manufacturer of LED chips and LED components, today announced that its UV LED chips are capable of emitting radiation at a wavelength of 390-420 nm with 40% external quantum efficiencies (EQE – a LED’s ability to convert electrons into photons) at 350 mA (up to 500 mW output power*, typical 3.3V forward voltage). “Our patented structure and metal alloy substrate allow us to produce and supply to the industrial curing market UV LEDs that are capable of operating at high c...

Taiwan Unity Opto Technology Inc. and Formosa Epitaxy Inc. (FOREPI) have seen a bright outlook as demands for LED backlights meat for LCD TVs are picking up. Opposite to a low season for the first quarter for the LED industry, FOREPI’s order visibility is quite clear into this quarter thanks to strong orders from Unity, which supplies LED backlight modules to the world’s top five TV brands—Samsung, LG, Sharp, Matsushita and Toshiba. According to FOREPI executives, volume of the orders from customers has increased more...

According to Y.F. Yeh, Everlight ‘s Chairman, the price point for LED light bulbs will drop to the US$10 “sweet spot” in the second half of 2012. He estimated brisk demands for LED light bulbs at the sweet spot of price point will definitely drive up the company’s revenue in 2012. However, LED market will remain hazy in the first quarter this year before turning brightwhen the US$10 spot comes in sight in the second half. So far, the company has ventured into the LED lighting fixture sector after setting up Everlight Solid State Ligh...

As New Year brings new wishes, Taiwan’s major LED industry manufacturer Epistar shows optimistic attitudes on 2012 outlook for the LED market. According to Epistar ‘s Chairman B.J. Lee, global shipments of LED light bulbs to double from the 2011 level to 300 million units in 2012 and the LED TV penetration rate is expected to surge from 36% to 60%. Based on the brisk market forecasts, Lee forecast the company’s shipments of general-lighting chips to shoot up 300% year-on-year in 2012, translating into a 200% gain in revenue. In Lee’s...