By KEN LIU In 1985, the Wenshui Community in northern Taiwan's Miaoli County had over 800 residents and served as a transportation and business hub for the townships of Dahu, Shitan, and Tai'an. The population later plunged and by 1999 there were only 86 people left, most of them oldsters and ch

By KEN LIU From the very first day of Just Power Integrated Technology Inc.’s founding in 2009, the company's president, Ching Yang, has clung to the idea of incorporating only useful and handy designs into the company’s LED lighting fixtures, which are all for indoor use. The firm's initial

By KEN LIU With manufacturers rushing to come out with LED lighting products that can differentiate them from their rivals, it is becoming increasingly important for them to prove the quality of the light their offerings produce. Spectrometer maker AsenseTek Inc. is addressing this issue with

By MICHELLE HSU Wood is one of the most ancient of materials. But until recently, it was rarely used in lighting products. Today's new generation of energy-efficient lighting seems especially incongruent with wood due to its high-tech nature. In fact, though, wood has been making a splash in new

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 l

By JENNY WU The Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition (GILE) is renowned for buyer-friendly organization and large number of exhibitors, as well as wide-ranging exhibits, including product inspection and laboratory equipment, LED drivers, transformers and ballasts, LED chips, LED modules,

By KEN LIU In July this year the Taiwanese LED heavyweight Lextar Electronics Corp. won an International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) in the United States for its intelligent "PANDORA"pendant. Michael Yang, manager and chief designer in the company’s lighting product design dept., says the awa

Taiwan’s LED maker, Lextar Electronics Corp., recently announced striking a long-term partnership deal with Cree Inc., with the latter agreeing to acquire a 13% stake in Lextar through a private placement for US$83 million and licensing Lextar to use patents on LED chips and devices for at least th

Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., one of the world's leading providers of electronics manufacturing services and the largest private manufacturer in Taiwan, recently announced plans to invest in the Chongqing Yuanchuang Technology&Research Industrial Development Co., a Chinese tooling developer th

Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd., world’s No.1 LED packager by volume, has announced increasing capital expenditure for this year to NT$1.5-1.7 billion (US$50-56 million) from originally planned NT800 million-NT$1 billion (US$26-33 million) in light of brisk demand. The company’s median annual c

Yi-Hsing Lighting Co., Ltd. makes LED lights, T5 wall lamps, T5 wall lamps, CDM-T/TC multiplicity lights, CDM-TD wall washer lights, CDM-T/SDW-TG high intensity downlights, CDM-T/TC track lights, HID downlights, HID/CFL downlights, HID track lights, E27 ceiling lamps, CFL downlights, CFL ceiling la

The Taiwan-based Jin Li Co., Ltd. is a professional manufacturer of industrial parts, hand tools, and fasteners, with well-honed CNC lathing, stamping, and forging techniques that have built it a solid reputation among buyers at home and abroad. Drawing on its consummate skills, the company is a

With strong expertise and know-how accumulated in the past 30 years or so, Soun Miin Co., Ltd. is a veteran specializing in designing, developing and producing plastic-injected items. The firm has seen steady business expansion for some three decades, and has grown into a company offering wide-r

Founded in 1990 in central Taiwan, Hon Chen Industrial Co., Ltd. produces balls of bronze, iron, and stainless steel for use as fittings for furniture, railings, lighting fixtures, and gardening hardware, as well as copper welding parts using silver, copper, and tin rods for building materials, fur

Yi-Hsing Lighting Co., Ltd. makes LED lights, T5 wall lamps, T5 wall lamps, CDM-T/TC multiplicity lights, CDM-TD wall washer lights, CDM-T/SDW-TG high intensity downlights, CDM-T/TC track lights, HID downlights, HID/CFL downlights, HID track lights, E27 ceiling lamps, CFL downlights, CFL ceiling la

With strong market for LED light bulbs and LED backlights for TVs and mobile phones, Taiwan's LED maker Uni-Opto Technology Co., Ltd. projects Q3 revenue to rise at least 30% from a quarter earlier, with July revenue likely to exceed NT$800 million (US$26.6 million). The company has begun deliv

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 maker

Founded in 1990 in central Taiwan, Hon Chen Industrial Co., Ltd. produces balls of bronze, iron, and stainless steel for use as fittings for furniture, railings, lighting fixtures, and gardening hardware, as well as copper welding parts using silver, copper, and tin rods for building materials, fur

Thai market for light bulbs and fixtures is growing more than 30% with LEDs are expected to take 50% share in the near future. The government sector extensively promotes the use of energy saving lighting products among users of both household and commercial sectors, while private sector from local

To help Taiwanese manufacturers, exporters and traders build business globally, CENS attended six overseas trade shows in June to promote product sourcing guides and help advertising clients build contacts. The six shows were Automechanika Middle East, Lightfair International, Guangzhou Interna

Inaugurated in 1976, Sheng Yih Hardware Enterprise Co., Ltd. has worked on gardening tools and accessories for 38 years as a seasoned manufacturer in central Taiwan. Sheng Yih supplies a wide spectrum of gardening tools, including pruners, tree pruners, garden tools, handle tools, gardening peri

At this year's Taipei AMPA, seen as a major, global auto-parts and -accessory show, Hwang Yu Automobile Parts Co., Ltd. displayed its comprehensive range of auto chassis parts. At this year's show, Roy Cho, Hwang Yu's president, said that to better meet global customers' requirement for one-stop

To help promote Taiwan’s high-quality DIY and home improvement products in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) market, China Economic News Service (CENS) took part in the Architech Expo 2014 (the 28th ASEAN Building Technology Exposition). Organized by the Association of Siame

To help Taiwanese companies take advantage of the enormous market demand for home improvement and DIY products, CENS (the China Economic News Service) this year organized another (and bigger than last year's) delegation of Taiwanese exhibitors to the National Hardware Show (NHS). The annual

Sustainable, intelligent and project-lighting market development and LED-technology integration were the four themes at the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2014, held June 9-2 at the China Import and Export Fair Complex. At the opening ceremony, Lucia Wong, Deputy General Manger

At the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2014, the Taiwanese lens maker Chun Kung Optics Corp. (CKO) will promote a series of ODM secondary optical lenses for LED lights, including PAR lamps, MR16 lamps, and streetlights. The company is a contract supplier of LED lenses for internation

At the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2014, the Taiwanese gauge maker AsenseTek Inc. will demonstrate its smart spectrometers “Lighting Passport”, a handset sized LED-lighting gauge integrated with an optical sensor only one-sixth the size of a business card. Compact size makes

The LED packager Solidlite Corp., founded in 2001 in Taiwan, will exhibit a series of patented LED lighting products, including package-free LED emitters, LED remote phosphor caps, LED horticultural systems, and LED sensor lamps at the 2014 Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition scheduled for

Yu Kuang Electronics & Energy Co., Ltd. makes a variety of LED lighting fixtures, including high-power streetlights, indoor/outdoor lights, solar-powered landscape lights, fishing lamps, water/explosion-proof lamps, navigation lamps, warning lights, and solar-powered recessed ground lights. The

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 Ligh