LED manufacturers on the rise in the first quarter of pre tax photoelectric

LED chip manufacturer Huangshang photoelectric company unaudited NT $8437 pre tax in the first quarter of 2006, up 367% over the same period last year, 1805 million nt. In addition to the China Optoelectronics company, Epistar expects first quarter pre tax profit of 2.1--2.3 billion new Taiwan dollars, compared with the same period in 2005 1225 NT dollars, a substantial increase.

According to China on the photoelectric company said that due to the LED industry in Taiwan has experienced a decline in the first quarter of 2005 so the pretax profit increase is not surprising, in March reached 272 million sales record, Arima company said April sales can not reach the expected target of NT $300 million, because the lighting system division the slow expansion of productive forces. Now, the company is still in a strategic partnership to consolidate the LED equipment from AET, so disrupted the plan. By the acquisition of Epitaxy Company United, Epistar pre tax profit in the first quarter of 2.1--2.3 billion NT dollars, market analysis is expected to. Epistar this year to improve the production of AlGaInP LED chip.