in part due to costs of re-branding recently acquired businesses

According to FOREPI executives, volume of the orders from customers has increased more apparently into this quarter after they began ramping up contracts last month. South Korean TV makers were the major buyers of LED backlight modules last month. Japan and mainland China TV makers also join them.Based on strong TV market, FOREPI believe its sales for this quarter would rise from last quarter. And Unity Opto has helped to make contribution for FOREPI’s part of the growth.

Philips' lighting arm had sales growth of 7 percent and energy-saving LED lights now account for 18 percent of the total. EBITA dropped 79 percent to euro41 million, in part due to costs of re-branding recently acquired businesses.

Chief executive Frans van Houten , stated that "Our fourth quarter results were impacted by weak European sales, postponement in deliveries of existing orders in our health care sector, and inventory correction actions...in our Lighting business."

Our patented structure and metal alloy substrate allow us to produce and supply to the industrial curing market UV LEDs that are capable of operating at high current with high output power density,” says Dr. Chuong Tran, COO and President of SemiLEDs.  “We are proud to be able to advance the UV LED technology for the curing industry and to provide cost-effective solutions to our customers thanks to our proprietary MvpLED technology.”.

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