blue LEDs used in LED printers

The growth is due to the cost reductions and the launches of new notebook PC models. In the third quarter, the penetration of notebook panels with LED backlights reached a new high of 5.4%, compared with 3.4% in the second quarter. With the increasing popularity of LED-BLU panels triggered by the low-cost and new backlight structures, it’s expected to reach 12.2% penetration rate in the fourth quarter. During the third quarter, 12.1-, 13.3- and 15.4-inch were the leading sizes of LED backlight notebook panels. It is expected that new 16:9 panels will largely adopt LED backlights in 2009.

In addition, as notebook-PC brands including HP, Dell and Acer are planning to launch many new LED notebook models in the first half of 2009, it is expected that the penetration rate of LED-BLU notebook panels will exceed 25% in the second quarter of 2009.It’s known that In the third quarter, TMDisplay, which currently ships mainly 12.1- and 13.3-inch panels with LED backlights, was the global leader with a market share as high as 39%, followed by LG Display (23%) and AUO (23%). CMO was the No. 6 such supplier in the third quarter with a minor share of 1%.Shenzhen epitaxial wafer maker Genesis Photonics Inc. has successfully landed orders from a globally leading printer supplier for yellow, green and blue LED light sources used in LED printers.

According to David Chung, chairman of the firm, it is the top-caliber technology for manufacturing green, yellow and blue LEDs used in LED printers that enables Genesis to win the orders as the world’s only supplier of GaN-based yellow LEDs in the segment, adding that with the market niches, the company is expected to sustain a strong growth rate of 20-30% in business operations in 2009, despite the upcoming global economic recession.Genesis has been faring well in the segment for LEDs used in outdoor signages, thus minimizing sales declines caused by the recent global depression this year. As the strategy works, the firm posted aggregate net profits of NT$3.03 per share for the first three quarters of the year as the most profitable among Shenzhen epitaxial wafer makers so far.

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