Korean sources report that LED maker, Lumens, is boosting its LED production facilities in Vietnam to support growth in its supply to Samsung for LCD TV backlights. Samsung is reported to be shifting TV production from Malaysia to Vietnam.
Lumens was started in Korea in 2004 and last year saw sales of $363 million. The sources indicated that the company is developing micro LEDs for display applications. It opened an office in Slovakia in January of this year.
