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1 January 2011
LED firm Tyntek to add 10–15 MOCVD reactors in Q2–Q3/2011
Taiwan-based LED packaging firm Tyntek Corp plans to raise its capacity for LED epitaxy and chip production, according to Digitimes.
The firm’s epiwafer subsidiary Alpha Plus Epi Inc currently has seven metal-oxide chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) reactors at its plant in Taichung Industrial Park and has begun test production. Full production is scheduled for first-quarter 2011, when monthly revenue should be about NT$50m (US$1.6m).
In addition, Tyntek now plans to invest US$30m for Alpha Plus to install 10–15 more MOCVD reactors in the second and third quarters of 2011. A second phase of expansion starting in second-half 2011 (depending on market conditions) could increase the total towards the plant’s maximum capacity of 30 reactors.
Also previously, in October, Tyntek announced plans to invest RMB153m (US$23m) to establish an LED joint venture with the Fuzhou city government in mainland China. Total investment will be RMB353m (US$53m). First-phase development will focus on LED epitaxy and chip production, with plans to install 30 MOCVD reactors and to start epiwafer production by fourth-quarter 2011. The second phase will install LED chip packaging equipment, targeting the backlighting and general public lighting markets in China.
Tyntek only recently branched out into chip making. According to the Taiwan Economic News, the firm established Alpha Plus after failing to agree a merger with epiwafer maker Ubilux Optoelectronics Corp of Southern Taiwan Science Park, which was founded in September 2007 as a subsidiary of Taiwanese DRAM chip-maker PowerChip Semiconductor Corp (PSC). With plans to produce blue, red and green LED chips as well as sensor devices, Tyntek is competing against fellow Taiwanese LED makers Epistar Corp, Formosa Epitaxy Inc, Genesis Photonics Inc and Tekcore Co.
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