LED manufacturers gather for LED Taiwan
Today at Taiwan's LED manufacturing exposition, LED Taiwan (March 25-28), presenters from Cree, Epistar, Osram Opto, and Philips Lumileds (with special video greetings from Nobel prize winner Shuji Nakamura) will share their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in the LED industry in a session called 'What's Next for LED?'
As countries across the globe embrace the use of LED lighting, renewed capital spending and capacity increases are foreseen for both 2015 and 2016.
According to the quarterly SEMI Opto/LED Fab Forecast on HB-LED front-end fabs, 2015 LED wafer fab equipment spending will rise approximately 24 percent to nearly $1.5 billion in 2015, which will boost epitaxy capacity this year. Investment momentum is expected to continue in 2016 with $1 billion spending in front-end LED epitaxy and chip facilities.
Other sessions running in this four day event include: Manufacturing Equipment and Materials; Sapphire and PSS; LED Advanced Technologies; and Smart Lighting and Automobile Lighting.
Speakers will feature from Advanced International Multitech, Aixtron, DISCO, Dow Corning, Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (AMEC), SEMI, Alinc Taiwan, Sil-More, Yole, EVG, Galaxy Technology Development, Meyer Burger, Monocrystal, Rigidtech, Sandvik Hyperion, Smooth & Sharp, Lextar, Everlight, Lextar, PlayNitride, Cree, Infineon Technologies Taiwan, and TSLC.
LED Taiwan is organised by SEMI and TAITRA and runs alongside Taiwan International Lighting Show (TILS) and Taiwan Solid State Lighting (TSSL).
