Epistar yesterday announced it has agreed with Kaistar Lighting on the licensing of LED filament patents. The LED filament bulb products manufactured by Kaistar and its subsidiaries (including Bridgelux, SINOTRON Lighting, and Interlight Optotech) are licensed under Epistar’s filament patents.

EPISTAR announced it has reached agreement with KAISTAR lighting (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.(Kaistar). The LED filament bulb products of Kaistar and its subsidiaries are licensed under Epistar’s filament patents. 

Shenzhen Kaifa Technology (Kaifa) announced its LED subsidiary Kaistar will be acquiring 100% shares of a major U.S. LED company for US $130 million recently, reported China’s Securities Daily.

Linde LienHwa (LLH) China , the joint venture led by gases and engineering firm The Linde Group of Munich, Germany and Taiwan’s LienHwa MiTAC Group, has signed an exclusive supply agreement with Xiamen-based LED maker Kaistar to supply bulk gases and high-purity ammonia (NH3). Kaistar is a joint venture of Epistar and China Electronics Corp (CEC).And its new facility will be constructed near to Linde’s ultra-high-purity ammonia plant in Xiamen (opened in 2010) to meet demand from the fast-growing Chinese LED industry. Using technology...