Nanya Photonics Inc. launched a fully automated assembly line for light bulbs in June this year, perhaps the decisive step in its resource-integration plan to cut production costs. “We expect the 7W bulbs to be made on the fully-automated line to replace 40W incandescent bulbs and to go to mark

Aeon Lighting Technology Inc. (ALT) pledges to vault from 20th to be among the top-five LED lighting makers globally in two years. “This year is crucial because many Taiwanese and Chinese manufacturers have given up, which makes me believe industrial shakeup is nearing the end. Also I believe t

Neo-Neon LED Lighting International Ltd., a Taiwanese-invested company headquartered in China’s Guangdong Province, has introduced several new LED formulas, including a unique chip-on-board (COB) packaging method and a special kind of LED lighting production. The company’s new COB packaging metho

Ever since its inception in 1976 in Taipei City, northern Taiwan, Winlites Ind. Co. has dedicated to the development and production of lighting products. Its long experience makes it one of Taiwan’s most seasoned manufacturers in the line. The company’s factory in mainland China turns out a wide

Dinghao (Xiamen) Lighting Co. is a Taiwanese-founded company that makes LED light bulb cases featuring a narrow mouth, in contrast to conventional bulb cases whose mouth is as wide as their round belly. The company’s bulb cases, made of polycarbonate (PC), spread soft illumination over a wide a

Photonics Festival Taiwan 2012 was held at the Nankang Exhibition Hall of Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) on June 19-21, bearing the theme of "Living Green." And the show's organizer, Photonics Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA), was upbeat about Taiwan's photo-electronics indust

The 8th LED Lighting Taiwan, held as part of Photonics Festival Taiwan 2012 June 19-21, displayed various lighting products as well as newly-developed parts that enhance functionality, appeal and marketability of so-called innovative lighting products. Edison Opto Corporation, maker of high-

Fimex Taiwan Ltd., a supplier of electrical appliances and accessories set up in Taiwan in 1986, offers eco-conscious consumers LED MR16s, PAR reflectors, and high-power bulbs and candle lamps, which are CUL, CE, RoHS and VDE certified, attesting to their world-class quality. The company’s lamp

Taipei, Oct. 2, 2012 (CENS)--At a shareholders’ conference held late September, B.J. Lee, chairman of LED chipmaker Epistar Inc., estimated 2013 would remain a tough year for the LED industry as a whole, constraining the manufacturers’ revenue climbing at least until 2014. He projected most of

Taipei, Oct.2, 2012 (CENS)--With increasing light emitting diode (LED) lighting demand from emerging global markets, China Electric Manufacturing Corporation, a Taiwanese lighting equipment maker, is ready to export LED lighting starting this fourth quarter. With emerging nations investing compa

Taipei, Sept. 10, 2012 (CENS)--With light emitting diode (LED) lighting projects to peak in China, Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd., a major LED supplier in Taiwan, expects to win such tenders for street lighting through cooperation with local companies, hence set for promising prospects in the thir

Taipei, Sept.10, 2012 (CENS)--Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., a major global lighting maker, predicts the market scale of LED (light-emitting diode) lighting system to reach NT$2 Trillion (US$66.67 Billion) by 2020. J.S. Bo, general manager of Philips Taiwan, says LED lighting (not includi

Taipei, Sept. 6, 2012 (CENS)--Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd., currently Taiwan’s No.1 LED packager, earned NT$0.55 per share in the second quarter, more than double the NT$0.2 per share it made the first quarter. In the first half of this year, the company had total after-tax net income of NT$

Taipei, Sept. 5, 21012 (CENS)--Mainly fueled by shipment of LED light bars for use in 50-inch-and-above LCD TVs as the source of backlights, Lextar Electronics Corp., an LED product maker in Taiwan, scored sales revenue of NT$965 million in August, up 4.55% from a month ago or 10.03% a year earlier

Taipei, Aug. 28, 2012 (CENS)--An estimated 1.05 million LED light bulbs will be sold in Taiwan by the end of this year, 2.7 folds more than last year’s level, according to the non-profit Photonic Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA). The association ascribed the hefty growth mos

While A19 LED bulbs with high-power chips inside globular housing are ubiquitous, the one recently unveiled by the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a Taiwan government-backed industrial technology development organization, features an unorthodox design. The new bulb, launch

Taipei, Aug. 13, 2012 (CENS)--Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd., maker of LEDs in Taiwan, had revenue of NT$785 million (US$26.2 million) in July, a 10% month-on-month (MoM) increase and a record monthly high; while its major counterpart Lextar Electronics Corp. registered revenue of NT$923 million (

Taipei, July 31, 2012 (CENS)--Delta Electronics Inc. has begun working with President Chain Store Corp., which runs 4,822 7-Eleven shops throughout Taiwan, to sell its brand-name LED light bulbs, a further sign of the company’s vigorous pursuit for the goal of becoming Taiwan’s No.1 LED bulb brand.

Ever since its inception in 1976 in Taipei City, northern Taiwan, Winlites Ind. Co. has dedicated to the development and production of lighting products. Its long experience makes it one of Taiwan’s most seasoned manufacturers in the line. The company’s factory in mainland China turns out a wide

Taipei, June 26, 2012 (CENS)--Representatives from Taiwan and mainland China recently signed three memorandums of understanding (MOUs) in Taiwan over LED cooperation, creating an advantageous condition for Taiwan’s LED industry to step up presence in the mainland’s vast LED lighting market. The

Taipei, June 22, 2012 (CENS)--Absen Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. of Shenzhen, mainland China, has dedicated itself to providing LED-lighting contract buyers with integrated services by using its self-sufficient design and development capability integrated with its proprietary LED technologies. The

Taipei, June 21, 2012 (CENS)--Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. Chairman Y.F. Yeh recently said that price is already replaced by efficiency as the driver of LED lamp consumption, citing sell-out of the company’s 100,000 pieces of LED light bulbs, priced at NT$299 (US$10.3 at US$1: NT$29) per piece,

Taipei, June 20, 2012 (CENS)--After two years of work, Wintek Corp., a major supplier of small- and medium-sized liquid crystal display (LCD) and touch panels, recently announced marketing of its own line of "Otali" LED light-bulbs in Taiwan. Industry sources say that Wintek will launch 10W ful

The Innovation Awards is a key activity associated with the annual Taipei International Auto Parts & Accessories Show (Taipei AMPA) and Taipei International Automobile Electronics Show (AutoTronics Taipei), a 2-in-1 show that is one of the world's most important trade fairs for the automotive compo

Taipei, June 18, 2012 (CENS)--Yuan Chan Mao Co., Ltd., which recently branched out into the LED lighting sector from aluminum-product processing, has released several unique LED lighting products under its own brand name LMK. Among the unusual lamps is a lamp featuring impact resistance, static

Taipei, June 15, 2012 (CENS)--ParLux Optoelectronics Corp. has released an LED light bulb that measures up to the U.S. Energy Star standard for its 330 light beaming angle, which meets the standard’s “omnidirectional beaming” requirement. The bulb is developed as a substitute for incandescent b

Taipei, Jun. 14, 2012 (CENS)--Seeing returns from deployment in China and Southeast Asia, the Taiwan-based China Electric Mfg. Corporation, an established maker of lighting, is seeing banner revenue growth so far in 2012. A China Electric executive say that business growth will be mainly driven

Taipei, June 1, 2012 (CENS)--Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. has recently won contracts to supply LED streetlights to mainland Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Jiangsu, Sichuan and Hebei in addition to talks with the mainland’s big retailers over promoting the company’s LED light bulbs in the mainla

Taipei, May 30, 2012 (CENS)--Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. recently signed an agreement to set up a joint venture in mainland China with Tianmu Solid State Lighting Technology Co., Ltd. to cash in on Jiangsu Province’s RMB6 billion (US$952 million at US$1:RMB6.3) procurement of LED streetlights.

Taipei, May 29, 2012 (CENS)--Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. plans to add 6,000 shops in mainland China next year for its LED lighting products after signing up an estimated 3,000 stores this year in the mainland. The company is already Taiwan’s No.1 brand name supplier of the bulbs in terms of