Arima Optoelectronics had got the first segment of patent licensing charge from its Chinese joint venture in Shanxi. The total licensing charge was CNY270 million and the joint venture would pay the full amount in five years with the first installment of CNY120 million (US$15.45 million) and CNY102 million after tax.

Taiwan’s LED chipmaker Arima Optoelectronics plans to build a new wholly-owned LED epitaxy manufacturing company in Wujiang of China's Jiangsu Province by investing US$30 million. According to Arima, the installment of new factory’s production facility will start at the end of 2010. It is expected to install 10 MOCVD sets, 10 more by mid-2011, and up to 150 sets in the next five years.