At a solid-state lighting symposium held early May this year at the National Central University in Taiwan, Michael Hsing, president of LED packager ProLight Opto Technology Corp., was invited to talk about industry trends and his company's achievements. Despite being a relative newcomer in the LED-packaging sector founded in October 2004, ProLight had plenty to show at the symposium, with all ...

Researchers at the National Taiwan University (NTU) and Everlight Electronics Co., have shed new light on LED color rendering-creating a unique phosphor-powder formula bringing the output of white light emitting diode (LED) closer to natural light than typical counterparts. According to Dr. R.S. Liu, chemistry professor at the NTU who headed the research, the color rendering index (CRI) of the...

Ever Bright Opt Tech Corp. is a startup, whose parent L&C Lighting Technology Corp. was founded in 1989, that has been aggressively jockeying to outdo competition in the LED-lighting segment. To achieve such end, Ever Bright steadily looks for specialist help at the peak of the knowledge pyramid. Besides being helped by its parent company's R&D team, mainly consisting of former senior engineer...

The Tekcore Co. is determined to become one of Taiwan's top three manufacturers of light emitting diode (LED) epitaxy wafers and chips by 2010. Founded in 2000, the company is already the island's No.1 supplier of green chips, with over 70% of the domestic market. Green chips now account for a full half of the company's sales. "We got our operation off the ground with blue chips," notes Te...

As global warming continues to becoming more reality than scientific theory, which is still denied by a few hardline skeptics-with the polar ice actually melting faster than ever and extreme weather events battering various locales worldwide as hurricanes and record temperatures become strangely more commonplace, one of the moves made by governments in several developed economies, including Austr...

An increasing number of Taiwan-based lighting manufacturers operating in mainland China who used to depend on exporting to the West and other global markets have, after suffering steadily declining export due to soaring Chinese yuan (RMB) against the greenback, lingering sub-prime mortgage loan crisis stateside, spiraling oil and commodity prices, as well as downturns in the British banking secto...

Some insiders would claim that 2007 was a blindingly successful year for the crystal pendant light segment worldwide, which was evident if one had visited one of the benchmarks of furniture trade shows: Meuble Paris or the Paris Furniture Show that is held annually in January. The global economy had yet gone into a tailspin in early 2007, which could explain the buoyant demand for ornate crystal ...

Premier Liu Chao-hsuan announced in late July that the government will put in place a four-year program to realize four energy-conservation goals, helping slash Taiwan's greenhouse-gas emissions to turn the island into a role model in an era of global warming. The program consists of adopting practical, time-proven means to cut energy consumption: turn some 90,000 gasoline cabs into propane po...

In line with the worldwide green movement, the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2008 featured a special LED (light emitting diode) lighting section which attracted crowds of visitors during the six-day exhibition period of June 8-11. Touted as the largest trade fair for lighting products and services in Asia, the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition has become a popular ...

Light Middle East While world economies of all levels seem to be floundering, the spiraling oil prices have in the past year literally pumped even more wealth into the already recession-proof Middle East, where major infrastructural projects, including off-the-scale hotels, have reportedly been tendered, and where some of the most awe-inspiring constructions are to be located on reclaimed land. ...