The Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has joined with the 14 makers of LEDs and LED chips. The companies are: Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy, Arima Optoelectronics, Opto Tech, Tyntek, Ledtech Electronics, Unity Opto Technology, Para Light Electronics, Everlight Electronics, Bright LED Electronics, Kingbright, Lingsen Precision Industries, Ligitek Electronics and Lite-On Technology. At the inauguration, chairman Teng Kuang-chung of Lite-on Technology said he hopes the group will make LED technology more popular and more diversified. He also looked to the government to provide assistance, according to the Radio Taiwan International website. Teng said, "If we are interested in moving towards illumination, or vehicular applications, the market technology and future cooperative partners are all overseas. Therefore, the government needs to help us get up to par with the rest of the world in terms of production standards, in order to overcome current barriers."