Lextar Electronics Corp (隆達電子), which makes upstream LED chips and provides downstream packaging services, yesterday reported record-high revenue of NT$1.36 billion (US$45.53 million) last month.
That allowed the company, which also produces LED lighting and backlight items on a contract basis, to report second-quarter sales of NT$3.79 billion, up 17.6 percent from NT$3.22 billion in the first quarter, but slightly down — by 1.3 percent — from NT$3.84 billion a year earlier.
LED BACKLIGHT
Lextar public relations official Fiona Chiu (邱培玲) attributed the quarterly increase to clients placing more orders for LED backlight units and lighting products.
The increase was also due to higher shipments of LED backlight items for smartphone applications to China and Japan, she said.
In addition, shipments of light tubes and panel lights to the world’s top-tier lighting brands increased significantly last month from a month ago, Chiu said.
FULL CAPACITY
“Compared with the past two years, the LED market has turned more dynamic,” Chiu said in a statement. “Lextar has been running at full capacity as the industry enters its peak summer season.”
Lextar counts its parent company AU Optronics Corp (友達光電), the nation’s second-largest LCD panel maker, as its major client. The Hsinchu-based company also manufactures LED epitaxy for LED backlight module maker Coretronic Corp (中強光電).
Overall, LED backlight items accounted for more than 70 percent of the company’s total sales last quarter, with the remaining 30 percent coming from LED lighting.
For this quarter, Chiu said sales would stay as strong as last quarter.
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