By JENNY WU The LED lighting industry is developing rapidly in mainland China, where it has already set up integrated supply chains encompassing substrate and epitaxy processing in the upstream sector, chip-making and packaging in the midstream sector, and system applications in the downstream s

By MICHELLE HSU The increasingly close ties between lighting industries across the Taiwan Strait were in the spotlight at the Taipei International Lighting Show (TILS) held in late March this year. The show featured a special cross-strait lighting industry forum on life applications of emerging

Taiwan International Lighting Show (TILS), held March 20-23 at the Nangang Exhibition Hall of the Taipei World Trade Center, a major lighting show in Taiwan, this year for the first time was held jointly with LED Taiwan, an LED manufacturing processes exhibition, to reveal upstream, midstream and d

Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd., Lite-On Technology Corp., and Lextar Electronics Co., Ltd. have all announced plans to boost sales of LED lighting to account for 40% of their total revenue for this year, for which all have recently introduced new products. Packager Lite-On has released an entir

Citing strong sales in March, Taiwan’s LED makers predict their sales for the rest of this year to stay brisk. Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. chairman Alpha Wu says the island’s LED makers face clear sailing in sales over six months and their sales will rise monthly at least until the third qua

Pleo Inc. is a provider of total processing solutions for a range of lighting fixtures and other industrial products. The solutions include both materials and processing for die casting, plastic injection, stamping, spinning, machining, welding, forging, assembly, anodizing, and painting. In ea

Established in 1991 in Taipei, the Buckingham Industrial Corp. specializes in designing and manufacturing commercial and residential lighting fixtures including downlights, spot lights, track systems, wall lamps, ambient lights, pendants, LED light bulbs, and LED luminaires. The company offers

A winner of Good Design Award 2012, Red Dot Design Award 2011, iF Product Design Award 2012, and M Technology Award 2009, Aeon Lighting Technology Inc. (ALT) has recently released a series of LED lamps, including the Orion series 4-inch recessed lamps, the ALTLED T8 high-bay lamp, zero-glaring lin

Chairman Robert Yeh of LED packager Everlight Electronics believes that the team made up of his company and chipmaker Episar Corp. is likely to dethrone Nichia Corp. soon as the world’s No.1 LED maker by revenue. Currently, the two companies are the world’s No.1 LED packager and chipmaker, respe

At the Light + Building 2014 lighting trade show, slated for Mar. 30 through Apr. 4 at the Frankfurt Exhibition Center in Germany, a total of 71 Taiwanese manufacturers will show off their advantages in LED manufacturing and R&D. Among the prominent Taiwanese exhibitors will be the ADATA Technol

The trade promoter and publisher China Economic News Service (CENS) of Taiwan will meet attendees at its two booths during the Taiwan Intl’ Lighting Show 2014, scheduled for March 20-23 at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Center, with information on Taiwan’s lighting suppliers, as w

Having been promoting, among other sectors, Taiwan’s high-quality hardware for nearly 40 years, the China Economic News Service (CENS) will be present at this year’s International Hardware Fair Cologne 2014 in Germany, to continue its mission to bridge Taiwanese suppliers with buyers worldwide.

The LED Next Stage 2014 of Tokyo, Japan, is estimated to draw around 60,000 visitors and over 300 exhibitors during the four-day run beginning March 4. Approximately 20 Taiwanese manufacturers have signed up for the show with the exhibitor delegation co-organized by China Economic News Service (

A winner of Good Design Award 2012, Red Dot Design Award 2011, iF Product Design Award 2012, and M Technology Award 2009, Aeon Lighting Technology Inc. (ALT) has recently released a series of LED lamps, including the Orion 4-inch recessed lamps, the ALTLED T8 high-bay lamp, zero-glaring linear la

With more than three decades of expertise and practice, Lian Chang Casting Inc. is a Taiwanese veteran manufacturer of die castings of aluminum, brass, and zinc alloy, as well as molds, snap hook ends and wall plates. This maker turns out 40-50 tonnes of aluminum die castings, 30-45 tonnes of zinc

Due to the break during the Chinese New Year, CENS attended only two international trade shows in January to help its advertising clients promote products globally, including imm Cologne and LED/OLED Lighting Technology Expo Japan. Imm Cologne The imm Cologne/LivingInteriors 2014, held Jan. 1

By JENNY WU China has set itself the goal of becoming a world LED powerhouse in 2020 with millions of households using highly efficient LED lighting, and its LED industry aims to snatch 30% of global market for LED functional lighting by 2015. To do that, it will have to overcome outstanding

By MICHELLE HSU The market for new-generation "green" lighting has grown steadily over the past few years, though the rate of growth has been slower than expected. The global market for LED lighting, the dominant green-lighting category, was worth an estimated US$7 billion in 2013 and is expecte

Memory-module maker Adata Technology Co., Ltd. has recently launched a series of LED desk lamps named Tulip, to zero in on Taiwan’s household reading lamp market, which is another LED lighting item after the firm ventured into the sector 2009, after which it had rolled out retrofit types of LED lig

ADATA Lighting, the LED lighting arm of memory-module maker ADATA Technology Co., Ltd., predicts its 2014 revenue to quadruple or quintuple from 2013 to above NT$1 billion (US$33.3 million) mostly thanks to sharp increase in orders from overseas and Taiwan. According to ADATA Technology Chairman

With more than three decades of expertise and practice, Lian Chang Casting Inc. is a Taiwanese veteran manufacturer of die castings of aluminum, brass, and zinc alloy, as well as molds, snap hook ends and wall plates. This maker turns out 40-50 tonnes of aluminum die castings, 30-45 tonnes of zi

Established in 1985 in central Taiwan’s Taichung City, Kenswell Tube Forming Inc. is a specialized manufacturer of guide wires and wide-range tubing. Committed to functionality and quality, the firm has built solid foothold in the field, backed by 20 dedicated employees and ample experience in R&D.

Bright forecasts for the LED lighting market in 2014 have inspired LED makers LiteOn Technology Corp., Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd., and Epistar Corp. to ramp up promotions of competitive products. According to market consultant LEDinside, an estimated 1.3 billion LED lamps will be shipped worl

Looking back at the development of the LED industries in Taiwan and China throughout 2013, industry executives generally paint a picture of the Law of the Jungle, with restructuring taking the form of big players encroaching on territories of weaker competitors, similar players banding against prim

The Taiwan International Lighting Show (TILS) 2014 will be staged alongside LED Taiwan 2014 March 20-23 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center in southeastern Taipei City, with the aim to create Taiwan’s largest trade platform for LED lighting with an estimated number of 1,000 booths. Taiwan’s

For the first time in 13 years, the Taiwan Hardware Show (THS) was held in Taichung City in 2013, where it drew more visitors than ever and likely created more business opportunities for the island’s manufacturers than any of its predecessors. The previous 12 shows were held in Taipei, northern Tai

Following 16 years of development, Jih Sheng Spring Co., Ltd., inaugurated in 1997 in Taiwan’s central county of Changhua, has grown into a world-caliber manufacturer of springs and related parts for different purposes. Jih Sheng is an ISO9001-certified manufacturer with D&B D-U-N-S certificatio

Lighting-fixture heavyweights in the United States and Europe searching for LED chips in Asia to offset inadequate in-house LED device productions are approaching Taiwanese maker Epistar Corp., the world’s No.1 blue-chip maker by quantity. Acuity, Cooper, Hubbell, and Philips together command h

Taiwan’s leading LED makers are expected to enjoy sharply increased revenues in 2014, thanks mostly to surging demand for LED lighting worldwide. Everlight Electronics Co., Epistar Corp., Lextar Electronic Corp., and Ledlink Optics Inc. have recently experienced an increasing influx of orders fr

Founded in 1983, Chandox Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. is a specialized Taiwanese manufacturer and designer of wide-ranging chucks, who exports globally under its own CHANDOX brand. Known for offering quality, innovative products, the firm has built a firm foothold in the field. Chandox’s product lin