Backlight demand growth, Taiwan LED production orders increased

According to the Taiwan economic news, in recent months with LED backlight is higher in LCD TV becomes Taiwan, various LED manufacturing companies, such as wafer (Epistar), canyuan (Formosa Epitaxy), Taigu (Tekcore) production orders also increased significantly.

The South Korean giant Samsung display in this year to actively promote the LED backlight display products business, plans to complete the sales of LED backlight products about 2 million sets, the annual sales accounted for about 10% of the total exports of LCD TV program, this also means that the single will accomplish this goal requires about 2 billion Samsung LED chip.

According to the top wafer, wafer now all blue and red LED chip production line has been in full operation, part of the reason is to be completed before the Japanese pinball game machine manufacturer under the orders, there is the drive for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo large outdoor LED display chip for business opportunities. Now, EPISTAR plans monthly income of about $29 million in total output this year will push the blue LED chip to 1 billion 400 million, has bucked the momentum of crisis. Another LED giant canyuan because a large number of blue chip orders from Samsung in April, the monthly income of $4 million 756 thousand, compared to March rose 16%. As for the potential of Taigu photoelectric and Samsung, although did not sign the order, but with a LED lighting, TV and backlight demand of notebook computer up the last bus, April revenue has reached 2 million 900 thousand US dollars. Is expected by the end of 09, the blue chip Taigu monthly output will reach 100 million.