2012-07-25

Taiwan President Chain to Market Co-branded 8-watt LED Bulbs with Delta

President Chain Store Corp, the operator of Taiwan’s largest convenience store chain, 7-Eleven, has planned to cooperate with Delta Electronics Inc to sell LED light bulbs to meet the increasing demand for energy-efficient lighting products. Previously, President Chain has partnered with Everlight to sell 8-watt LED bulbs under the Everlight brand, however, this time it would market co-branded 8-watt LED bulbs with Delta Electronics Inc. According to President Chain public relations official Irene Chuang, the new LED light bulbs would hit the sto...
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2012-07-24

Bidding for China LED Subsidies Restarted, Taiwan LED Firms in Advantageous Position

In order to improve the quality of LED lighting subsidies’ beneficiaries, China’s National Development and Reform Commission plans to restart the bidding for the SSL Lighting Product Subsidy. On July 25-26, the commission will accept withdraws from companies that have entered the bidding in February, which is good news for Taiwanese upstream and midstream LED firms. According to LEDinside survey, the new bidding forbids companies to jointly bid, which is good for large-scale companies and will help keep the bidding price and the quality close, and ther...
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2012-07-23

MOCVD Orders are Placed Just to Maintain Capacity not Add

MOCVD orders are placed just to maintain capacity, not add, and high utilization rates are only at the top LED makers including Epistar, ForEpi, and Genesis Photonics , according to Maxim Group LLC. Based on analyzing MOCVD utilization and revenues at LED makers in Taiwan, Maxim pointed out that, the next uptick in MOCVD spending is likely to “fall far short” of the peak seen in 2010-2011. The analysts expect H2 2012 MOCVD orders at about 130 tools. Higher MOCVD utilization rates are not the norm across all LED makers, but r...
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2012-07-23

Taiwan Genesis Photonics Builds Kunshan LED Plant in Southern China

Taiwan Genesis Photonics has scheduled to pour US$35 million in 2012 in China to build Kunshan plant in southern China. The new plant is a joint venture between Genesis and the Kunshan municipal government. Construction began in September 2010 with a total investment of around US$200 million. Under the construction, the municipal government will provide 51% of the funds and Genesis 49%. And Genesis has invested US$35.88 million for the first phase. The plant is expected to be completed in the Q3. And it will procure 2-inch MOCVD equipment and expects to have...
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2012-07-23

Taiwan Ratings Corp Downgraded Long-term Corporate Rating on Everlight

Everlight has received downgrade from “twA-” to “twBBB+” estimated by Taiwan Ratings Corp, which reflecting concerns about the balance sheet of the country’s biggest LED chip packager over the next one to two years amid negative market conditions. Taiwan Ratings said in a statement that, “The downgrade reflects our view of the heightened industry risk in the global LED sector and our belief that Everlight’s profitability is unlikely to recover to the previous high over the next one to two years, due to prolonged oversupply from w...
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2012-07-20

Veeco Held MOCVD User Meeting in Taiwan

Veeco recently has held its MOCVD User Meeting in Tainan, Taiwan. Representatives from most of Taiwan’s top LED manufacturers such as Epistar Corporation, FOREPI, Genesis Photonics Inc. (GPI), Huga Optotech Inc., Tekcore Co. Ltd., Epileds Co. Ltd., and Arima Optoelectronics Corp. attended. Invited speaker Charles Li, Ph.D., GPI’s Vice President of R&D, commented, “Veeco’s User Meeting was a great event. I appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with Veeco’s technology experts and interact with ot...
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2012-07-20

Sunovia Invests $20 million to Produce LED Lighting

Sunovia Energy Technologies Inc. has completed a $20 million investment agreement with Taiwan-based Leader Electronics to start global production of Sunovia's LED lighting products. The agreement with Leader Electronics includes a direct $1 million capital investment into Sunovia at $0.08 per share. In turn, Sunovia granted Leader the exclusive license to manufacture and distribute the Aimed Optics product lines into China, Taiwan and other strategic markets within Asia. The agreement positions Leader Electronics as Sunovia's primary fixture manufactu...
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2012-07-18

Taiwan LT Lighting’s 200W-above LED Lights Receive Good Reputation in Overseas Market

LT Lighting (Taiwan) Corp., has received a good feedback from overseas markets for its 200W LED high bay lights and 500W LED flood lights. According to the company’s directors, the company makes full use of its unique heat sink and optoelectronic integration technologies to work out these high-power LED lights particularly for use in special working environments. And its 200W LED high bay lights have been widely adopted by mining companies in Africa and Australia to replace 500W mercury-vapor lights, while the 500W LED flood lights, featuring high bright...
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2012-07-17

CHIMEI Targets to Market 40,000 LED Desk Lamps in 2012

Nexgen Mediatech Inc., a member of the CHIMEI Group has launched its E1 series LED desk lamp, aiming for sales of over 40,000 such lamps to maintain the No.1 place in the island market with a 30% market share. The E1 series LED desk lamp is designed for pink-collar office ladies, and it is inspired by children’s floral graffiti with concise style and lively colors. M.L. Yu, senior director of CHIMEI Business Unit pointed out that Nexgen has successfully tapped the Japanese market by cooperating with large retail channels such as local outlet Big ...
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2012-07-16

Delta Electronics Predicts LED Lighting Price to Drop by 20%

According to Yancey Hai, chairman of Delta Electronics Inc, prices for LED lighting products will drop by at least 20 percent in 2012.   Hai pointed out that a sign of the general decline was South Korea's launch of a low-price strategy to gain market share, followed by the adjustment downward of prices by distributors in the United States in June. and after a price reduction of 40 percent globally in 2011, LED product prices will fall another 20-30 percent in 2012....
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2012-07-12

LEDinside: Taiwan LED Makers’ Revenue Stayed Flat in June, LED Industry to Face Severe Challenge in 2H12

According to LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, the June revenues of Taiwanese listed LED manufacturers totaled NT$8.8 billion (MoM+1.12%, YoY-5.6%). Benefiting from the climbing demand for consumer electronic appliances and the traditional lighting peak season, the LED industry’s 2Q12 revenue reached NT$25.82 billion (QoQ+22.7%). Looking towards the second half of 2012, the LED industry will face a severe challenge – affected by the lukewarm economic outlook and the European debt crisis, the future for end market does not seem b...
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2012-07-12

The 220 Watt GL-BL220-CW LED Bay Light From GlacialLight

-The new LED bay light with advanced heat dissipation for longer life - GlacialLight, a division of experienced global technology leader, GlacialTech Inc, has today announced the GL-BL220-CW LED Bay Light with Philips Lumileds chips and patented wide heat dissipation for longer life. The GL-BL220-CW floods large spaces with bright natural light, but has low energy consumption and maintenance costs. This high efficiency 434mm (17-inch) 210W bay light is a simple replacement for older, less-efficient light sources. Patented heat dissipation technologies su...
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2012-07-12

GlacialLight LED Lights Uganda and Germany

Taiwan Glacial Tech Inc. has supplied its LED brand “GlacialLight” to Sheraton Kampala Hotel of Uganda and shopping malls in Germany. Developed by Glacial Tech, ”GlacialLight,” are eco-friendly, featuring energy efficiency, zero ultraviolet (UV) and infrared rays, no mercury, longer life than traditional lamps. According to its brand manager Y.R. Qiu, brightness, thermal dissipation and material cost are prioritized concerns in developing LED lighting, while Glacial Tech has combined skills in thermal-dissipation, power supply, and ...
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2012-07-11

SemiLEDs Unveils C35 LED Incorporating EV LED Chip

SemiLEDs has developed its first series of products C35 LED to feature new Color-Precision™ technology incorporating Enhanced Vertical (EV) LED chip. The C35 can yield consistent color within a single 7-step, 4-step or 2-step MacAdam ellipse centered in ANSI defined standard color spaces. In addition, the C35 utilizes a ceramic submount which gives it low thermal resistance (Rth < 8°C/W). Lower thermal resistance allows heat to be effectively driven from an LED's junction, both extending the lifetime of the LED and providing better ...
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2012-07-11

SemiLEDs Q3 of Fiscal Year 2012 Financial Results Increase 64%

SemiLEDs has announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2012, ended May 31, 2012. Revenue for Q3 of fiscal 2012 was $9.2 million, a 64% increase compared to $5.6 million in the same time of fiscal 2011. GAAP net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders for the third quarter of fiscal 2012 was $10.0 million, or a net loss of $0.36 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders of $5.1 million, or a net loss of $0.19 per diluted share, for the third quarter of fiscal 2011. On a non-GAAP basis, net loss attributabl...
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2012-07-10

Unity Opto Achieves Two-Year Monthly High of US$233M in June Revenue

Unity Opto’s global sales revenue in June have set up new record with a two-year monthly high of NT$7.1 billion (US$236.67 million), which mainly benefited from  the growing demand for LED TV and new production orders from its clients. The company is full confidence of its sales outlook for Q3, as its order visibility can last through the end of September for the moment. Its revenue is expected to grow strongly along with the steady increase in orders for direct-type LED TVs and tablet products, the surge in sales of LED lighting products in the domestic...
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2012-07-05

Photonics Festival in Taiwan 2012 Report: New LED Chip, Equipment, and Plant Lighting Products Generated Buzz

At Photonics Festival in Taiwan 2012 and Display Taiwan 2012, LEDinside found that 40W-60W equivalent LED bulb and LED tube makers adopt mid and small power LED chips in pursuit of better lm/$. One of the highlights at the exhibition was Osram’s release of Duris 5630 LED series, targeting Asian commercial lighting market. The two exhibitions commenced on June 19-21. Photonics Festival in Taiwan 2012 had 1,525 booths and Display Taiwan 2012 had 473, a total of 2,018 booths and 820 participating companies. LEDinside Survey Currently, E...
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2012-07-04

Taiwan LED Manufactures Gets Increasing Orders from Mainland China

As Guangdong government has come out the policy to make LED transition within three years in public place, Taiwan LED manufacturers including Epistar, Unity Opto Technology have received increasing LED lighting orders from mainland China. Meanwhile, Taiwan companies such as Everlight and AcBel Polytech Inc. are actively building marketing channel in Guangdong. According to the policy issued by Guangdong government in May, the city will forced to promote new LED lighting installation in public place within three years. It’s considered to be the stronge...
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2012-07-02

EVERLIGHT Announces New 3020S PLCC LED Series

The new 3020S PLCC LED series has two over drive capabilities, 30mA and 60mA which will cater to this growing demand for higher brightness PLCC packages can be over driven. The market has recently been consumed with demand for low power PLCC LEDs. Traditionally, light bar applications have been utilizing small 20mA PLCC packages that enable high lumen density and uniformity to emulate the appearance of fluorescent tubes. As the market improves so does the required specifications for fixtures in that market. Light tube manufacturers are searching for PLC...
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2012-07-02

Epistar Invests US$ 166.7 Million to Become World’s Top LED Epitaxy Manufacturers

According to Epistar’s chairman B.J Lee, the company will invest NT$ 5 billion (US$ 166.7 Million) in expanding production, making it become one of the top two LED epitaxy manufacturers in the world, next only to Nichia. At the company’s recent shareholders meeting, Lee said although the company’s production lines are fully booked, 20~30% of orders have yet to be filled up. If the company fails to carry out the plant expansion project, other competitors in the market will have the opportunity to grow, and therefore it has decided to launch large expansio...
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2012-06-29

Taiwan LED Manufacturers to Compete in High-wattage LED Market

Taiwan LED manufacturers have got involved in the competition in high-wattage LED. Tsannkuen 3C has launched 10 W LED bulb at the price of NT$ 279 ,and Everlight has also released 8W LED bulb of NT$ 299. Delta cooperates with B&Q to promote 10.5 W LED bulbs to take the place of 60 W incandescent bulb. Tatung prepares to join the competition with its 10 W LED bulb, and China Electric Mfg. Corporation also intends to tap the market with 9W bulb. According to industry executives, 60 watt incandescent bulb occupies a major position in the tradit...
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2012-06-29

GlacialLight GL-FL30S – Cost-saving LED Flood Lighting for Interiors and Exteriors

  -A bright and versatile 28W AC flood light with very low operating costs- GlacialLight, a division of experienced global technology leader, GlacialTech Inc., has added the GL-FL30S, a 28W AC-input LED Flood Light with an infra red motion sensor, to it's popular range of LED lighting products. The GL-FL30S provides bright and pleasing illumination suitable for indoor and outdoor retail, commercial, and industrial external lighting applications. The passive infra red (PIR) motion sensor enhances ease-of-use, cuts power consumption, and improv...
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2012-06-28

Taiwan to Replace 326,000 Mercury Streetlights with LEDs

On June 27, Taiwan Bureau of Energy, under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) announced that the Executive Yuan (the Cabinet) has approved to invest NT$2.8 billion in three years for replacing existing 326,000 mercury streetlights with LED streetlights, expecting to create NT$4.5 billion of production value. Of the amount, public bidding for at least 273,000 LED streetlights will be completed by the end of 2012, in preparation for installation by the middle of 2013. The batch of 326,000 LED streetlights will account for less than 20% of Taiwan’...
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2012-06-28

Epistar May Boost Factory Utilization and Lift Gross Margin this quarter

According to Epistar’s executive, the company expects a turnaround this quarter, thanks to strong demand for LED TVs and LED lighting would help boost factory utilization and lift gross margin significantly to more than 20 percent. That would end two straight quarterly losses for Epistar, after the company lost NT$515 million (US$17.19 million) in the first quarter and NT$620 million in the final quarter of 2012. Epistar said the prospects for next quarter have never looked better. The company’s chairman Lee Biing-jye told Unique Satellite TV af...
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2012-06-28

Lite-On Said to Instead of Lextar for Philips Supplier

Sources from industry executives have released that Lite-On Group takes the place of Lextar as Philips contract supplier of LED lighting. It’s a huge order that Lite-On has won from international big name company since it entered into alliance with Epistar and mainland Chinese lighting fixture makers. Under Philips contract, Lite-On will supply LED packages and modules, Epistar will provide chips and some mainland Chinese manufacturers will supply light fittings. According to Lite-On executives, the company’s revenue for the second quarter would su...
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2012-06-27

Taiwan’s National Chung Hsing University Orders AIXTRON CCS MOCVD System for GaN-on-Silicon Research

AIXTRON SE announced that National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) in Taiwan, has placed an order for one Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) MOCVD system in a 3x2-inch wafer configuration. NCHU will use the CCS system for conducting research into the hetero-epitaxial growth of Gallium Nitride alloys on Silicon wafers (“GaN-on-Si”). One of AIXTRON´s local service support teams has already installed and commissioned the new reactor in a dedicated cleanroom facility at NCHU’s site in Taichung, Taiwan. Prof. Wuu of th...
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2012-06-27

The New 10 Watt Vega Series GL-AR111-V2 LED Lamps from GlacialLight are Stylish and Efficient

- Cut interior lighting costs with these low weight LED replacements for costly AR111 halogen lamps - GlacialLight , a division of GlacialTech Inc., has launched the new GL-AR111-V2 Vega series of interior LED lamps, another fine addition to the popular GlacialLight range of LED lighting products. The G53 base and industry-standard dimensions make this new series of LED lamps a simple, low weight, low operating cost replacement for traditional AR111 halogen lamps. Weighing in at just 95g, the new lightweight GL-AR111-V2 helps cut installation and m...
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2012-06-26

Taiwan and Mainland China Sign Three MOUs on LED Cooperation

Recently, Taiwan and mainland China have signed three memorandums of understanding (MOUs) in Taiwan over LED cooperation, for creating common LED brands to tap global markets. The three agreements address co-setting technical norm and standard for LED lighting, cooperation on LED technology development and demonstration projects of trial LED lights, and assessment and demonstration of LED lighting application projects in Shanxi Province and Harbin City. According to Wu Ling, the Secretary General of China Solid State Lighting Alliance, after sign...
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2012-06-26

Taiwan Photonics Festival Gains over US$1.5B Deals

Taiwan Photonics Festival has taken place on June 19-21 at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall run by the quasi-official Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA). According to co-organizer Photonic Industry Technology & Development Association (PIDA), Taiwan Photonics Festival 2012, which was composed of co-located Opto Taiwan, LED Lighting Taiwan, Solar Taiwan and OptoComm Taiwan shows, over US$1.5 billion of deals had been secured at the four shows. PIDA pointed out that over 660 individual buyers fr...
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2012-06-25

Everlight Sold out 100,000 LED Lamps at 7-11 Stores

According to Everlight’s Chairman Y.F. Yeh, the company has stocked 100,000 LED lamps at 7-11 stores on May 16 and all of them were sold out at the price of NT$299 (US$10.3 at US$1: NT$29) per piece on the second day, The company’s bulbs produce 80 lumens per watt, and are 270 degree wide in beaming angle and dimmable. And Yeh believed that consumers are motivated to buy the bulbs by efficiency over price of the lamps. Yeh continued that light efficiency, color rendering, and dimmablility have now dominated consumers’ decision to procure the lamps o...
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Tokushima, Japan - 6 March 2024: Nichia, the world's largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LED, has started mass production of the new UV-B (308nm) and UV-A (330nm) LEDs in its popular 434 Series packa... READ MORE

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