03/07/2012 

The gallium nitride (GaN) power elec market is currently small, but new entrants are ramping to production, silicon-based electronics suppliers developing GaN, and LED makers diversifying capacity to make power semis.

03/06/2012 

Owens Design Inc. released multiple customized film frame automated handlers to customers in the semiconductor and LED manufacturing tool industries.

03/06/2012 

The market volume for HB-LEDs reached $12 billion in 2011, a 4.3% growth over 2010, reports EPIC, The European Photonics Industry Consortium.

03/02/2012 

The National Physical Laboratory in the UK is leading a new EMRP project on thin film manufacturing metrology for industries such as opto electronics, plastic and printed electronics, displays and lighting, memories and solar cells.

02/29/2012 

Epistar installed its first AIXTRON SE CRIUS II-XL system in a 19 x 4" wafer configuration to mass produce ultra-high-brightness (UHB) blue and white LEDs.

02/28/2012 

The formal announcement of China's light emitting diode (LED) subsidy program, likely in the first half of March, may drive tool utilization expansions for LED chip makers, reports Barclays Capital.

02/27/2012 

Cleantech Solutions International has delivered two units of sample sapphire chambers and one unit of a solar furnace to an international customer.

02/24/2012 

A team of scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory has developed a process for creating glass-based, inorganic LEDs that produce light in the UV range.

02/23/2012 

SEMICON China takes place March 20-22 in Shanghai. Check out the special pavillions and events, and keynote speakers scheduled.

02/23/2012 

coolingZONE LED, May 29-31 in Berlin, is soliciting technical presentations on LED energy consumption, LED packaging, heat and air-flow simulations of LED products, and related topics.

02/22/2012 

MIT researchers used gases to precisely control nanowires' width and composition as they grow, which could yield complex structures optimally designed for particular applications, like LED substrates or solar panels.

02/20/2012 

Verticle began mass production of its hexagonal-shaped LED chip Honeycomb, developed with a proprietary copper substrate and chemical chip separation technology.

02/20/2012 

Samsung Electronics' Board of Directors approved a merger with Samsung LED, Ltd. The BOD also decided to request Samsung Mobile Display to pay infrastructure construction costs.

02/20/2012 

Strategies in Light Europe, September in Munich, is accepting presentation abstracts through February 29. Submit a paper on LED technology, LED manufacturing and the supply chain, markets, LED applications, or a related topic.

02/16/2012 

LED supply exceeded demand by 30% in 2011, thanks to poor LED TV sales and slow growth in lighting. Look for the industry to start close this gap in 2012, shows NPD DisplaySearch.

02/16/2012 

Iljin Materials Co. Ltd., a developer and producer of elecfoils for use in the electronic components, has signed a statutory merger agreement with LED manufacturer ILJIN Semiconductor Co. Ltd.

02/13/2012 

Yole Developpement released "European Microelectronic Fabs Database & Report 2012," a database and report on the European microelectronics and microsystem manufacturing fabs, pilot lines, and major R&D organizations.

02/13/2012 

Jefferies' and Barclays' analysts attended the Strategy in Light conference in Long Beach, CA, and report on a challenging LED market with near-term positive boosts.

02/10/2012 

GT Crystal Systems will supply 500,000 TIE 6" C-plane sapphire cores to Silian, which produces high-quality sapphire substrates for HB-LED manufacturing.

02/10/2012 

Day 3 of the 2012 Strategies in Light conference continued the LED Manufacturing session. Presenters covered LED manufacture, advanced packaging, metrology and testing, high-performance materials, and other topics, such as dimming. Blogger Michael A. Fury, Techcet Group, reports.