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Mainland manufacturers step by step LED chip factory layoffs to stop bleeding?

According to science news reports, science and technology, the rapid rise of factory series supply chain, now is the impact of the technology industry in Taiwan. The recent downturn in the Taiwan LED industry, but also one of the storm affected households. Taiwan LED factory, LED factory has China if the government subsidies, raise funds and other financial aid, fear of unpaid leave even through layoffs to reduce the cost, reduce the cash outflow at the same time, due to be down revenue may face continued reduction situation.

Chinese, the government strongly support the local LED industry, promote Chinese, LED chip factory scale expansion, have to buy MOCVD epitaxy machine into production, so that the LED chip supply surplus, the price pressure increased. According to research institutions LEDinside analysis shows that in 2015 the LED chip industry oversupply rate as high as 22%, the impact of supply and demand imbalance LED chip industry.

Taiwan LED plant in the face of the pressure of China's supply chain, coupled with the international LED lighting manufacturers take the lead in the fight against the price war, weak demand for LED backlight and other multiple attacks, in the second quarter of 2015 revenue is not as expected and continued to decline. In Taiwan LED chip maker crystal electric as an example, the second quarter revenue compared with the same period in 2014, showing a loss, and the whole crystal electric and canyuan also failed to play synergy.

The crystal electric 2015 annual revenue situation, as of August, total revenue is 2014 year-on-year decline trend

Recently, the industry came to fear crystal electric wave of layoffs, EPISTAR vice president Zhang Shixian in September 17th to respond to deny, and that regular staff performance appraisal of crystal electric will reshuffle originally, personnel competency assessment and treatment mechanism of normal, belonging to the company; in addition, crystal electric in several integration, should be provided according to to review and adjust the human market changes. Zhang Shixian pointed out that these measures are positive changes in personnel turnover, but also stressed that the crystal is still a new division of the Ministry of Commerce, research and development and other staff recruitment, not as negative as rumors.

For the third quarter revenue situation, Zhang Shixian does not mince words that LED backlight orders really poor, but LED lighting has a slight temperature. As for the fourth quarter revenue forecast situation, the current is not clear.

The LED industry in Taiwan area can find a breakthrough release method, the current situation seems not conclusive. According to the data of September 17th NANKER administration, a LED vendor informed furlough implementation mechanism, about 216 workers on unpaid leave to two days off the way. As for the unpaid leave or even layoffs will continue to expand the spread, will continue to watch reports.

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