Everlight Electronics

Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd.
Industry Electronics
Founded 1983[1]
Founder Robert Yeh
Headquarters Shulin District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Key people
 Robert Yeh (Chair)
Products light-emitting diodes
Revenue NT$11.32 billion (2008)[1]
Number of employees
 4,000
Website www.everlight.com

Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. is a Taiwanese company which manufactures light-emitting diodes (LEDs). It is the world's seventh largest LED manufacturer.[2]

History

Everlight Electronics former logo
Everlight Electronics global operations headquarters

Everlight Electronics was founded in 1983 by Robert Yeh.

Initially, Everlight produced indicator lights for home appliances.

By 2006, Everlight was Taiwan's largest manufacturer of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), producing 1.850 billion units every month, and employing 4,000 people.

In 2007, 40% of Everlight's revenue was derived from LEDs used for backlighting of mobile phones, and it also began to expand into backlight LEDs for laptop computers and televisions.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Leadership through Precision". Commonwealth Magazine. 11 June 2009. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS & COMPONENTS INDUSTRY". Businessweek. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.


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