Epistar Sales are Up On Year But Down in October

LED wafer and chip specialist Epistar saw Q3 net profits of NT$804.2 million ($26.6 million) on revenue of NT$7.06 billion ($233.8 million), up 7.1% YoY. For the first three quarters there were profits of NT$1.25 billion ($41.4 million) on turnover which rose 1.2% to NT$19.43 billion ($643.8 million). The company also gave its October sales as NT$2.07 billion ($68.6 million), down 16.4% MoM and 2.9% YoY, bringing revenue for January to October to NT$21.503 billion ($712.3 million), up 0.8%.