FIH swings to loss in 2010

Mar 31, 15:52

Foxconn International Holdings (FIH), a handset-manufacturing subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), swung to net losses of US$218.3 million in 2010 from...

ASE to deal out dividend of NT$1.80 for 2010

Stockwatch - Mar 31, 01:30

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) will deal out a dividend of NT$1.80 (US$0.06), including NT$1.15 in stocks and NT$0.65 in cash, for 2010, according to a decision made by...

Global semiconductor materials sales grow 25% in 2010, says SEMI

Mar 30, 16:10

The global semiconductor materials market increased 25% in 2010 compared to 2009 as the semiconductor industry shipped record units, according to SEMI. Record device shipments are...

CCL makers EMC and Iteq post record high profits for 2010

Newswatch - Mar 30, 13:44

Copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers Elite Material (EMC) and Iteq have both reported record high profits for 2010 thanks to rising copper prices and strong demand from the PCB sector...

Accton sees significant growth in 2010 operation

Mar 30, 11:52

Accton Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of networking/communication equipment, has released its 2010 financial report, with consolidated revenues and net profit hiking by 33.62% and...

China Unicom sees 2010 revenues up, profit down

Mar 30, 01:20

China Unicom has reported 2010 consolidated revenues of CNY171.30 billion (US$25.3 billion) growing from 2009 by 11.3% but net profits of CNY3.85 billion dropped 59.7% mainly because...

Chunghwa Telecom to deal out 2010 dividend per share of NT$5.50

Stockwatch - Mar 30, 01:05

Chunghwa Telecom's board of directors on March 29 decided to distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$5.5243 (US$0.19) for 2010, 12.28% more than the corresponding net EPS of NT$...

China retail chain Gome sees sequential growth in 2010 operations

Mar 30, 01:00

Hong Kong-listed Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings, the operator of Gome which is the second-largest retail chain of consumer electronics and home-use electric appliances in China,...

Unizyx posts 2010 EPS of NT$1.55

Mar 29, 11:57

Unizyx Holding has released its 2010 financial report, recording consolidated revenues of NT$7.689 billion (US$241 million), net operating profit of NT$841 million, net profit of...

Formosa posts net lost of NT$1 million for 4Q10

Mar 29, 01:45

LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy has announced revenues of NT$1.1 billion (US$37.33 million) for the fourth quarter of 2010, an decrease of 23% sequentially. Net loss for the quarter...

Lite-On Tech posts net profit of NT$2.19 billion for 4Q10

Mar 29, 01:35

Lite-On Technology has reported consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter of 2010 of NT$30.6 billion (US$1.04 billion), up 7.1% on year. Net profits for the quarter totaled NT$2.19...

Wellypower announced corrected financial result for 2010

Mar 29, 01:20

CCFL supplier and LED chip packaging company Wellypower Optronics has announced the corrected finical result for 2010 of NT$548 million (US$18.6 million) for consolidated profit before...

Soft-World International reports NT$1.33 billion in 2010 pre-tax profit

Mar 25, 12:23

Taiwan-based online game developer Soft-World International has posted pre-tax profit of NT$1.33 billion (US$41.8 million) for its 2010 operation, with NT$771 million or 58% of the...

Intel sees slight share increase in processor market in 2010, says IHS iSuppli

Mar 25, 11:53

In a year of major changes for the global microprocessor industry, one thing remained the same in 2010: leading suppliers Intel and AMD maintained their customary ranks in the market,...

I-Chiun posts net profit of NT$429 million for 2010

Mar 25, 01:55

I-Chiun Precision Industry, a maker of SMD lead frames, has posted net profits of NT$429 million (US$14.51 million) for 2010 with an EPS of NT$2.10.

Sercomm to handout cash dividends of NT$1.55 for 2010

Mar 25, 01:40

Network equipment maker Sercomm has posted an EPS of NT$1.88 on revenues of NT$8.64 billion (US$292 million) for 2010. The company plans to deal out cash dividends of NT$1.55.

Radiant posts net profit of NT$2.6 billion for 2010

Mar 25, 01:30

Backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics has announced net profits of NT$2.6 billion (US$87.96 million) for 2010 with an EPS of NT$6.11.

Nanya PCB 2010 profits hit six-year low

Newswatch - Mar 24, 14:02

Nanya PCB (NPC) has announced net profits of NT$2.06 billion (US$69.63 million) for 2010, the company's lowest level in the past six years, according to a company filing with the...

HDD components grow 25% in 2010, says Information Network

Mar 24, 11:21

While the hard disk drive (HDD) market recorded disk drive unit shipment growth of 17.1% in 2010, component manufacturers such as heads and suspensions grew 24.7%, according to The...

PSU maker AcBel saw revenues increase, but gross margin drop in 2010

Mar 24, 01:50

Taiwan-based power supply unit (PSU) maker AcBel Polytech has announced consolidated revenues of NT$22.08 billion (US$745.82 million) for 2010, up 24.19% on year; however, the company's...

Taiwan market: Fujitsu launches new Sandy Bridge notebooks

Mar 24, 01:05

Japan-based notebook vendor Fujitsu has launched several new Intel Sandy Bridge-based notebooks including 15.6-inch LifeBook AH531 and LH531, 17.3-inch LifeBook NH751 in Taiwan; although...

Consumer IC vendor Weltrend to deal out cash dividends NT$0.75 for 2010

Stockwatch - Mar 23, 17:07

Consumer IC design house Weltrend Semiconductor has announced net profits of NT$198.32 million (US$6.71 million) for 2010, increasing 45% from a year earlier. The earnings translated...

Silitech reports NT$13.8 billion in 2010 revenues, 4Q10 gross margin falls to 20%

Mar 23, 12:08

Handset component maker Silitech Technology reported consolidated revenues of NT$13.84 billion (US$467.7 million) for 2010, up 28% from 2009. Net income rose 16% to NT$1.47 billion...

IC distributor Techmosa sees profits up 45% in 2010

Newswatch - Mar 23, 12:06

Taiwan-based memory IC distributor Techmosa International has posted net profits of NT$248 million (US$8.39 million) for 2010, an increase of 45% from a year earlier. The earnings...

No order cancellations from Japan clients, says TSMC chairman

Mar 23, 01:20

Morris Chang, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), indicated that though the supply chain was disrupted by the Japan earthquake, clients in Japan have not...

Domestic capacity sufficient for 100% of China poly-Si needs in 2-3 years, says NDRC

Mar 23, 01:05

China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) recently said during an interview that China's domestic capacity will be sufficient for all of the country's poly-Si demand...

Nanya to raise capital through rights issue

Stockwatch - Mar 22, 16:37

Nanya Technology's board of directors has approved a rights issue for up to 700 million shares of common stock. The additional paid-in capital will be used to fund equipment purchase...

Quartz component maker TXC to post revenues of over NT$750 million for March

Mar 22, 13:39

Quartz component maker TXC is expected to post consolidated revenues of NT$750-800 million (US$254.-27.1 million) for March 2011 compared to NT$655 million recorded in February, according...

GaAs IC foundry Win announce NT$7 billion in 2010 consolidated revenues

Mar 22, 01:55

GaAs IC foundry Win Semiconductors announced that 2010 consolidated revenues rose 45% from 2009 to NT$7.059 billion (US$238.7 million), a new record. The company's first-quarter revenues...

AOC 4Q10 sales up almost 60% on year

Mar 22, 01:50

Sales of AOC, a brand and business unit of TPV Technology, increased significantly by 58% on year in the fourth quarter of 2010 in the Asia Pacific (not include Japan) market and...

Epistar posts net profit of NT$5.77 billion for 2010

Mar 18, 01:55

LED chipmaker Epistar has announced net profits of NT$5.77 billion (US$194.93 million) for 2010 with an EPS of NT$7.16. Revenues for the year totaled NT$19.76 billion with a 36% gross...

China becomes largest LCD TV market with 40 million units of demand in 2010

Mar 18, 01:30

Through promotions such as the rural subsidy program, demand for LCD TVs in China surged to almost 40 million units in 2010 surpassing the US to became the largest LCD TV market worldwide,...

China Mobile posts 2010 EBITDA margin of 49.33%

Mar 17, 17:05

China Mobile Limited, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, recorded a an EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortization) margin of 49.34% for its operation...

UMC to buy Hejian shares for US$87 million

Stockwatch - Mar 17, 15:57

Taiwan-based pure-play foundry United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) plans to acquire an up to 30% stake in its China-based counterpart Hejian Technology, with a total transaction...

Taiwan market: Blu-ray expected to see 10% share of media player shipments in 2011

Mar 17, 01:30

Shipments of Blu-ray disc players in Taiwan in 2010 reached only around 30,000 units, accounting for less than 5% of the total media player shipments of 630,000 units; however, sources...