International trends in energy saving and carbon reduction have made it clear that LED lighting will become a dominant part of the next generation of lighting sources. But in the short-term, the national debt crisis that caused European and American markets to enter into a deep recession last year

The LED lighting market in China is expected to grow rapidly in the years to come buoyed by support from both the government and private sectors. As part of the country's 12th five-year development plan, the Government Office Administration of the State Council has been promoting eco-friendly, h

Taipei, March 2, 2012 (CENS)--Nature Power Optoelectronics Technology Co. is a winner of the Taiwan government-organized National Invention & Creation Award with a proprietary dimming technology for LED lighting. Founded in 2006, the LED-lighting startup is made up of experienced specialists in

Taipei, Feb. 24, 2012 (CENS)--Mainland China’s second phase of its subsidization program for the LED lighting industry is expected to give a boost to Taiwan’s LED manufacturers considering that it will cover more product categories and supply sources than done in the first phase. The upcoming s

Taipei, Feb. 24, 2012 (CENS)--Delta Electronics Inc., AcBel Polytech Inc., Phihong Technology Co., and Leader Electronics Inc., Taiwan’s major power-supply makers branching out into LED lighting manufacturing, estimate sales of their LED lamps to grow at am exponential rate this year. They base

Taipei, Feb. 23, 2012 (CENS)--Mainland China is likely to enlarge LED-lighting subsidization coverage, including not only more product items but also more supply sources, according to deputy sectary general of China Solid State Lighting Alliance, Tang Gouquin. Tang made the statement yesterday

Taipei, Feb. 22, 2012 (CENS)--Prices of LED replacements for 40W incandescent bulbs have fallen under the US$10 mark in South Korea to near the point in North America and the United Kingdom, hitting the so called “sweet spot pricing” earlier than expected, according to market consulting firm LEDins

The Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JIDPO) recently announced the results of its 2011 Good Design Award (or G-Mark 2011) that happened in November. Taiwan won 26 G-Mark awards, less only than South Korea’s 39 and Thailand’s 61. Japan's only comprehensive design promotion organization, JDP

Taipei, Feb. 14, 2012 (CENS)--Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. has introduced mid-power and low-power LED devices for various lighting modules. The devices include its 0.06W-rated 3528 and 3020 packages, 0.2W-rated 5050 package, and 0.4W-rated and 0.5W-rated 5630 packages. These packages can pro

Taipei, Jan. 30, 2012 (CENS)--Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. Chairman Y.F. Yeh, whose company is the world’s No.1 LED packager, estimated price point for LED light bulbs will drop to the US$10 “sweet spot” in the second half of this year, a critical point where massive demands are estimated to be

Taipei, Jan. 20, 2012 (CENS)--Delta Electronics Inc. will begin promoting its own-brand LED lamps in Japan and mainland China this year. The company’s executives pointed out that Delta has worked as a contract supplier to Japan’s LED lamp brands to tap the market. This year, the company will be

Taipei, Jan. 19, 2012 (CENS)--Chairman B.J. Lee of LED chipmaker Epistar Inc. estimated the company’s revenue will rally this year to hit the NT$20 billion (US$666 million at US$1:NT$30) mark it achieved in 2010 thanks to anticipated shipment growth of chips for lighting and backlight uses. Glo

Taipei, Jan. 19, 2012 (CENS)--Global prices of 60W LED bulbs have continued dropping over the months, which will help to speed up the replacement of the lighting for traditional incandescent lamps in the short term. The market report issued by LEDinside, an LED market researcher, shows that the

By MICHELLE HSU Everlight Electronics in August took a major stake in Tekcore Co., a leading maker in Taiwan of high-luminosity GaN LED epi wafers for LEDs. The significant move by Everlight chairman Robert Yeh, an LED professional with over 35 years of experience in LED packaging, cannot be ove

Jiin Haur Industrial Co. is promoting two types of advantageous LED lighting fixtures each for office and household lighting purposes. Its 50W LED lighting fixture, measuring 60cm x 60cm x 7cm and made up of eight modules each carrying 84 20mA LED light bulbs, can save 34-40% more electrical po

Taiwan’s light emitting diode (LED) makers are shifting production into high gear in preparation for a predicted market upsurge in the next few years. Digitimes Research, a market consulting firm that tracks information-technology markets, estimates that the global market for LED light bulbs wi

At a conference held in mid-October, specialists from Taiwan’s academia, think tanks, trade bodies and manufacturers unanimously urged the government to take immediate measures before the island’s light emitting diode (LED) industry sinks into the abyss miring the dynamic random access memory (DRAM

Taipei, Dec. 2, 2011 (CENS)--Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. and Genesis Photonics Inc. said they have recently signed agreements to provide mainland China’s buyers with sizable number of LED lights and begun delivering the orders this quarter. Unity executives said some of the mainland’s top r

Taipei, Dec. 14, 2011 (CENS)--Samsung and LG will launch own-brand 60W LED light bulbs at retail prices of US$10-12 sometime in the second half of 2012, mounting competition pressure to major players of LED lighting industry while earlier realizing the availability of high-power LED bulbs in consum

Taipei, Dec. 16, 2011 (CENS)--Taiwan’s industry executives estimated that the island’s LED industry would benefit from Panasonic’s restructuring plan aimed at quickly snatching up sizable share of mainland China market for LED lighting by offering less expensive but profitable products. In Janu

The Hong Kong International Lighting Fair 2011 (Autumn Edition), held Oct. 27 through 30, wrapped up with 33,319 buyers, up 10% from the 2010 event, to which many foreign lighting manufacturers attributed people’s sourcing cost-efficient lighting amid the gloomy economy. Interviewed by

Chairman of Y.F. Yeh of the Everlight Electronics Co., the world’s No.1 LED packager by volume, takes a brisk look around at the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition of 2011). For Yeh, whose company wants to become one of the world’s top three brand name suppliers of LED lighting,

China’s rapidly expanding LED (light-emitting diode) industry has been heartened by mainland China’s plan to replace incandescent lamps with power-saving lamps within five years. The National Development and Reform Committee has published a roadmap for the banning of sales of 100-watt and large

Since about mid-2011 the LED lighting industry has been suffering from tepid demand, which the authorities in Taiwan and China are trying to counter with subsidies and incentive projects. The LED, which used to be mainly used in computers, mobile phones and other electronic industries, has be

The emerging field of LED lighting provides suppliers with infinite opportunities for creativity, and despite the industry’s uncertain short-term prospects, new products with innovative designs are hitting the market one after another. Following up on the success of his “Non-soldering Connectio

“Green building” is a new term that refers to environment-friendly architecture built with green materials and designs. One common feature shared by all green buildings is energy-saving illumination equipment. The new green-building trend was the theme of the Taiwan Smart Green City Expo 20

Lustrous Technology Ltd., a Taiwan’s leading LED packager well versed in multichip-on-board packaging technology, has recently debuted a family of new products codenamed “Carol”. Volume production will start in the first quarter of 2012. The package family falls into C506 and C513 models. The

Taipei, Dec. 23, 2011 (CENS)--Lustrous Technology Ltd., a leading LED packagewell versed in multichip-on-board packaging technology in Taiwan, recently introduced a series of advantageous products for lighting applications. At drive current of 200mA, its LUSTRON506 5,000K white-light device pro

Despite increasing global economic uncertainty and other negative factors, including inflation, tightening credit, and a potential currency war between China and the U.S., the production of ICT- (information and communications technology)-based devices in China is expected to keep expanding at a ra

Taipei, Oct. 20, 2011 (CENS)--The oversupply of LED backlights for TVs has become a downward pressure on LED bulb prices, inspiring LEDInside, which tracks the LED industry, to expect that average price of the bulbs will decline by US$1 for per 1,000 lumens in 2015. Also, the market consulting f