Market consultant LEDinside forecasts in a survey that the global LED-lighting industry will undergo cut-throat competition earlier than expected in 2015 primarily due to excessive new entrants in Asia. Intense competition makes the consultant believe the global LED-packaging industry would generate marginal revenue growth of 3.2% to US$15 billion in 2015 from 2014’s US$14.6 billion, blaming C...

Lextar Electronics Corp. rolled out a unique LED panel light with a seamless aluminum frame at the Autumn edition of the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair 2014, which was held on Oct. 27-30. Unlike most LED panel lights available on the market, the Lextar light is equipped with a one-piece aluminum frame which provides a smooth exterior. The panel, which is designed mostly for pendant appl...

WiseChip Semiconductor Inc., reportedly the world’s No.2 manufacturer of passive matrix organic light emitting diode (PMOLED), has recently diversified into manufacturing OLED lights emitting a candle in color rendering index (CRI) and correlated color temperature (CCT). Licensing the lighting technology to WiseChip, materials scientist prof. Jwo-huei Jou of National Tsing-Hua University stres...

By CARMEN LO LEDs are becoming an increasingly popular light source throughout the world because of their lower power consumption, higher luminous efficiency, smaller size, longer life, faster response, lower driving voltage, higher shock resistance, and many other advantages over conventional lights. In China the penetration of LED lighting is accelerating, a trend that is expected to continu...

Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd., world’s No.1 LED packager by volume, topped its Taiwanese peers in the LED industry in profitability in the first half (H1) of the year by making NT$907 million (US$30.2 million), or NT$2.16 per share. Its H1 earnings enabled the company to dethrone Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Inc., whose EPS was NT$2.06, to be the most profitable LED maker in Taiwan. ...

Endorsed by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), the MOEA-backed Industry Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has set up the "OLED Lighting Commercialization Alliance" (OLCA) with Taiwan’s lighting manufacturers and designers, machine manufacturers, OLED-panel makers, and e-material makers. OLCA aims to accelerate commercialization of OLED (organic light-emitting diode) lighting on t...

Endorsed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), the government-backed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), the Taiwan Lighting Fixture Export Association (TLFEA), and the Taiwan Optoelectronic Semiconductor Industry Association (TOSIA) have co-formed the Taiwan Intelligent LED Lighting Association (TILLA) to reinvigorate Taiwan’s LED-lighting industry. The TILLA will prioritiz...

In March, Taiwan’s LED chipmakers reported strong sales due chiefly to brisk demand from the lighting industry, with some even hitting new highs. Formosa Epitaxy Inc. (FOREPI) had revenue of NT$386 million (US$12.8 million) in that month, surging 42.73% from a month earlier to hit a fresh high since August last year albeit decreasing 3.67% year on year. The March result helped send the company...

Uni-President Securities Group’s investment arm estimates in 2014 Taiwan’s LED makers to see revenue from backlight sales rise to the levels set in 2011 and recover their share of LED lighting market from Chinese competitors by offering better quality. The institution points out that in the first quarter of this year LED backlight market grew slightly, mostly driven by applications in mobile d...

Taiwan’s leading LED makers reported year-on-year revenue growths ranging from 20% to 51% in February, with chipmaker Epistar Corp. and packager Edison Opto Corp. having revenue for Jan.-Feb. close to the Q1, 2013 levels. Citing the hefty growths, industry executives point out the market is picking up, and that the island’s LED chip makers as a whole outperformed domestic peers in the packagin...