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Sunday 21 March 2010
Harvatek set to declare net profit for 2009
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Harvatek is expected to report net profits of NT$180 million (US$5.67 million) for 2009 with an EPS of NT$0.98, according to market observers. The...
Friday 19 March 2010
Advantech nets NT$3.50 per share from 2009 operation
Advantech, the largest Taiwan-based industrial PC maker, recorded consolidated sales of NT$15.323 billion (US$466.4 million) and net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$3.50 in 2009, according...
Friday 19 March 2010
Driver IC vendor Sitronix posts profit of over NT$448 million for 2009
Driver IC maker Sitronix Technology has posted net profits of NT$448.5 million (US$14.14 million), or an EPS of NT$3.92, on revenues of NT$5 billion for 2009. The company expects...
Friday 19 March 2010
Gemtek sees net profits drop over 42% in 2009
Network equipment maker Gemtek Technology saw its net profits drop 42.3% to NT$656 million (US$20.68 million) in 2009. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$2.55 for 2009.
Friday 19 March 2010
China-based solar wafer maker Solargiga sees loss from 2009 operation
China-based solar ingot/wafer supplier Solargiga Energy on March 18 published its 2009 financial report, posting revenues of 658 million yuan (US$96.3 million), gross margin of 25.3%...
Friday 19 March 2010
ITO film maker Ushine seeking OTC listing
Taiwan-based indium tin oxide (ITO) film maker Ushine Photonics plans to submit an application for listing in Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) market in the second half of 2010 and...
Friday 19 March 2010
Litho market drops 47% in 2009, says The Information Network
Lithography tools for semiconductor manufacturing dropped 47% in 2009 on top of a 25% drop in 2008, according to The Information Network.
Thursday 18 March 2010
Syncmold to see 20-fold increase in hinge shipments to all-in-one PCS in 2010
Taiwan-based monitor hinge maker Syncmold Enterprise expects its shipments to the all-in-one PC segment will increase 20-fold from 100,000 units in 2009 to two million in 2010, according...
Thursday 18 March 2010
Gamania sees strong profit growth in 2009
Gamania Digital Entertainment, the second largest developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, on March 17 published its 2009 financial report, with net operating profit hiking 78.2%...
Thursday 18 March 2010
UMC to pay NT$0.5 cash dividend for 2009; to issue bonds
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has announced its board of directors has decided to deal out dividends of NT$0.5 (US$0.02) in cash for 2009, when the company generated net...
Thursday 18 March 2010
Global semiconductor materials sales drop to US$34.6 billion in 2009, says SEMI
The global semiconductor materials market contracted 19% in 2009 compared to 2008 as the semiconductor industry reacted quickly to deteriorating market conditions in the first part...
Thursday 18 March 2010
Asia-Pacific chip revenues growth defies downturn in 2009, says iSuppli
Combined revenues for semiconductor suppliers headquartered in the Asia-Pacific region reached US$44.5 billion in 2009, up 2.3% from US$43.5 billion in 2008, according to iSuppli...
Wednesday 17 March 2010
Chip resistor maker Ta-I to expand capacity by 20%
Ta-I Technology plans to spend NT$1 billion (US$31.45 million) in the next two years expanding chip resistor, protective component and LED heat sink substrate lines, according to...
Wednesday 17 March 2010
Taiwan market: Sony tops 2009 sales of Blu-ray Disc players
In the Taiwan market, about 13,000 Blu-ray Disc (BD) players were sold in 2009 and Sony was the largest vendor with a 50% market share mainly due to price cuts, according to industry...
Wednesday 17 March 2010
Worldwide PV market reaches record high of 6.43GW in 2009, says Solarbuzz
Worldwide solar photovoltaic (PV) installations reached a record high of 6.43GW in 2009 - a 6% on-year growth, according to the latest Marketbuzz 2010 Report from Solarbuzz. In addition,...