Chicony Electronics of Taiwan, an EMS provider reports that it will acquire 13.3 million new shares of Genesis Photonics, a Taiwan-based maker of LED epitaxial wafers and chips, a Digitimes article indicated. The NT$837.9 million (US$28.7 million) private placement purchase will reportedly increase Chicony Electronic’s stake in Genesis Photonics to …
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Opto Diode Corp. to Offer Custom LEDs
Opto Diode Corp. of Newbury Park, California USA, a division of ITW, is now offering custom LEDs for a variety of applications. All design, manufacturing and device testing is performed in-house. The company notes that customization can include: adjusting the output, the angle of emission, the wavelength (from 365 to …
Cree Opens Manufacturing Facility in Huizhou, China
Cree of Durham, North Carolina USA, opened the company’s newly completed LED chip manufacturing in Huizhou, China. The opening ceremony took place on December 8, about a year after the project was announced. The new Cree subsidiary, Cree Huizhou Solid State Lighting Co., Ltd. is in the Huizhou Zhongkai High-tech …
Ultratech Opens Manufacturing Facility in Singapore
Ultratech Corporation, a supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used for manufacturing semiconductor devices and high-brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs) based in San Jose, California USA, officially opened an advanced manufacturing facility in Singapore. The company plans to spend more than $125 million dollars over the next several years to support its …
Dow Chemical to build LED, Display Components Plant in South Korea
Dow Chemical Co., the top U.S. chemicals manufacturer, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the governments of South Chungcheong Province of South Korea and the city of Cheonan to build the factory for light-emitting diodes and display panel components. The facility will be located in the city of Cheonan, …
Opto Tech to ramp up blue LED Production
Opto Tech, a Taiwan-based LED chipmaker, reportedly plans to increase its month production capacity of blue LEDs to 400 million in Q4 2009, according to a Digitimes article. Currently the company has a monthly production capacity of 300 million blue LEDs. Opto Tech reports that it needs to increase production …
Samsung Electronics to Set Up LED Venture
Another big name electronics company reportedly plans on producing LED chips. South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. is reportedly setting up a 50-50 joint venture with Samsung Electro-Mechanics to produce LEDs. Samsung Electronics announced the joint venture in a regulatory filing. Other details, including the amount of investment, were …
Cambridge Researchers Win Funding From RCUK’s Science Bridge Awards for Project
Researchers at Cambridge University have won (£) 1,480,152 as part of the RCUK’s Science Bridge Awards. The Cambridge researchers will be collaborating with researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara. The funding will go toward a three-year project that has five key themes: organic and inorganic solar cells; light …
Cree Posts Strong Quarter
Overall, Cree had a strong second quarter. Cree reported record revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2009 of $147.6 million and non-GAAP net income of $17.8 million including the licensing fees associated with licensing its bulk GaN technology with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation. Excluding the licenses the company had $142.5 …
Creator of First Visible LED Inducted into National Inventor’s Hall of Fame
Nick Holonyak, Jr., the inventor of the first III-V visible LED was named to the 2008 National Inventors Hall of Fame for his invention. Holonyak’s optoelectronics research has reportedly revolutionized the lighting, communications, and entertainment industries. He produced the first III-V visible LED while working at General Electric (GE) laboratory …
