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Friday 6 January 2012
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom plans trial run of 1Gbps FTTx
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to start trial operation of 1Gbps FTTx Internet-access service in five metropolitan areas around Taiwan in the first quarter of 2012, according to the...
Thursday 5 January 2012
STATS ChipPAC Taiwan to post sales growth in 1Q12 on short lead-time orders, says report
Revenues at STATS ChipPAC Taiwan Semiconductor are expected to register slight sequential growth in the first quarter of 2012, thanks to a pull-in of testing orders for logic ICs...
Tuesday 3 January 2012
Tainergy expects to turn profitable in 2012
Tainergy Tech, the solar cell manufacturing subsidiary of Kenmec Mechanical Engineering, expects its operation to return to profitability in 2012. The market will rebound after hitting...
Tuesday 3 January 2012
Solder material maker Shenmao expects drop in 1Q12 sales
Shenmao Technology expects its consolidated revenues to decrease 5-10% sequentially in the first quarter of 2012, citing seasonal factors as well as fewer working days due to Lunar...
Tuesday 3 January 2012
Asustek to reduce motherboard production volume for 1Q12
Asustek Computer has recently reduced its motherboard production volume from 5-6 million units each quarter previously to only 3-3.5 million units in the first quarter of 2012 to...
Tuesday 3 January 2012
Walton 1Q12 sales to decrease 5-10%
Memory-IC packaging and testing specialist Walton Advanced Engineering expects its revenues to drop by another 5-10% sequentially in the first quarter following an almost 20% sequential...
Monday 2 January 2012
Low revenues in LED chipmakers to continue throughout 1Q12
Industry sources believe Taiwan LED revenues decreased 5-10% on-month in Decmeber due to the traditional low season. In addition, January 2012 revenues are likely to show another...
Tuesday 27 December 2011
Apple suppliers to start preparing materials for iTV in 1Q12, say sources
The supply chain of Apple will start preparing materials for iTV sets in the first quarter of 2012 in order to meet Apple's schedule to launch the new display products in the second...
Tuesday 27 December 2011
Zhen Ding Technology optimistic about flexible PCBs business in 4Q11, 1Q12
Zhen Ding Technology Holding, a Taiwan-based PCB maker, is optimistic about its flexible PCB business operation in the fourth quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012 due to...
Monday 26 December 2011
PTI to see 10-15% revenue drop in 1Q12
Powertech Technology (PTI) holds a conservative view towards its business in the first quarter of 2012, due to the ongoing European debt crisis that continues to weigh on demand,...
Friday 16 December 2011
Normal HDD supply to resume in 1Q12, says GBM
The global supply for hard disk drives is expected to return to normal as early as the first quarter of 2012, according to Global Brands Manufacture (GBM), which makes PCBs and also...
Friday 16 December 2011
Global PV demand to rebound in 2Q12, prices unlikely to rise, says SAS chairman
The global solar market is at bottom currently but will rebound in the second quarter of 2012, although product prices are unlikely to rise along with rebounding demand, according...
Thursday 15 December 2011
Notebook-related IC designers to see revenues decline 10-20% in 4Q11, 1Q12
Notebook-related IC designers including Ene Technology, Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) and ITE Tech are expected to see their revenues decline in a range of 10-20% sequentially...
Tuesday 13 December 2011
Global inventory of solar products around 6-8GW
The price drops of solar products have been easing in fourth quarter. Industry sources estimated the global inventory level in the beginning of the fourth-quarter 2011 is around 6-8GW,...
Monday 12 December 2011
Notebook makers expected to see 10-15% sequential drop in 1Q12 shipments
The notebook ODM industry is expected to see a 10-15% sequential shipment drop in the first quarter of 2012, a stronger decline than the same quarter in previous years, according...