Chi Chi into the upper reaches of the LED

Optimistic about the notebook computer (NB) and LED (light emitting diode) backlight application trends, panel maker Chi Mei intends to enter into LED most upstream areas of investment, set up production sapphire crystal rod crystal and Wafer Factory Xin crystal technology, the fastest at the end of trial production, complete the panel, vertical integration, with the challenges of the global NB LED brother.

According to the Department of administration of bamboo materials, Xin crystal technology has by Hsinchu investment review, capital of 360 million yuan, by Chi's odd yuan investment led investment, the main products for the sapphire ingot and wafer.

CMO has been put into the new generation thin film solar cell manufacturing, and through the crystal Xin Technology, become the technology group across the silicon and thin-film solar cell industry in Taiwan minority area, because with CMO capital, will impact on Sino US, green crystal, crystal and other existing industry.

The establishment of Chi Mei Xin crystal diamond technology, Taiwan LED sapphire crystal supply is expected to break past foreign dominant status, become by the peak, crystal, crystal, and crystal "four" Xin Dingli, the future not only in the four LED sapphire crystal confrontation, has also become a solar growth opponent.

The process of sapphire crystal is quite similar to that of traditional solar silicon wafer. Sapphire substrate is an important key raw material LED, the market size of more than 20% annual growth rate, Taiwan needs about the global total of about 50%. However, the Taiwan industry's sapphire substrate is still dependent on foreign imports.

Taiwan industry, currently only passive components with more peak production capacity, has begun shipping, set up 60 minister crystal furnace this year, is five times to the end of next year, at 2 yuan a single business earnings contribution on 2010, a total of 120 Taiwan machine. Solar crystal plant in China and the United States crystal, crystal sapphire crystal substrate, but also a small shipment.

Xin jingzuan caused the market for Lenovo "back foot CMO silicon solar business layout, but has not been confirmed cmo. However, general manager He Zhaoyang has said publicly that the reason for the current investment in thin-film solar energy because it can not get raw materials, if there are raw materials, CMO group will also invest in traditional silicon solar business.

CMO optimistic about the NB LED industry has invested Qili optoelectronic manufacturing LED is expected in the next five years will invest 10 billion yuan Qili, Qili revenue of 1 billion yuan last year, this year is expected to double to 2 billion yuan, with entering the CMO of sapphire crystal, when using LED NB to grab a global ambition.

Source: Taiwan Economic Daily