Taiwan LED pick up or push up prices

Recently, LED industry boom by quarter showed a monthly upward trend, the downstream packaging factory, LED epitaxial plant has begun to recover, and expanded to LED sapphire substrate. The market expected, Taiwan factory factory is the sapphire substrate (8121), Zhao Yuan peak (4944) and Xin diamond revenue is expected to pick up quickly.

Sapphire substrate Market in February obvious demand, manufacturers in general revenue increased 10% to 20% months, the factory has visibility to May, the number of warming is expected to push up prices, the prices manufacturers plan.

According to foreign media reports, LED upstream material supplier Rubicon Technology sapphire substrate investment rating from "neutral" up to "positive", Philadelphia semiconductor Rubicon14 index rose 15.37%, or $10.81, ranking the 30 support components of the crown, the highest since February 23rd closing high.

Sapphire crystal factory Taiwan poly photoelectric director said, inventory digestion LED industry chain is nearing completion, the market has bottomed out, orders have been back to temperature.

Zhaojing 15 announcement will be renamed Xin crystal, the spokesman Li Jizhen said that the current price decline is no longer the sapphire substrate, the pull of the customer situation, industry trend. February revenue of NT $147 million, a new high since August 2011,

America Crystal pointed out that LED is the fastest recovery, better than the semiconductor and solar energy, since 2012, the sapphire substrate shipments show jumping up shipments in January amounted to approximately 2000 million NT, February growth to nearly 4000 million NT, March is expected to exceed 5000 million Taiwan dollars, is expected in the second half can make money.