Last update: Wednesday 10 April 2013 [72 news items]
Arima, Compal Communications to benefit from Sony Mobile orders
Apr 10, 21:49
Taiwan-based smartphone ODM firms Compal Communications and Arima Communications are likely to see on-quarter revenue growth in the second quarter due to new smartphones from Sony...
Arima Communications looks to ship 12-14 million smartphones in 2013
Jan 2, 15:43
Arima Communications is expected to ship 12-14 million smartphones in 2013, with NEC and Sony Mobile Communications together taking up over 60% of the shipments, according to an industry...
Arima Communications reports over 75% sequential revenue growth for October
Newswatch - Nov 9, 12:30
Arima Communications has announced consolidated revenues of NT$1.57 billion (US$53.77 million) for October, up 76.9% sequentially but down 40% on year. For the first 10 months of...
Partners expect Motorola to change its ODM strategy
Aug 23, 01:05
As Google has recently started reorganizing Motorola Mobility's manpower and product strategy, sources from Taiwan-based ODMs, observing from their orders, expect their handset orders...
Sony smartphone orders to Taiwan ODMs to recover in 2H12
Jul 17, 01:45
As Sony Mobile Communication is increasing the number of its entry-level, mid-range and three-proof (water, dust, scratch) smartphone models to stimulate market demand, while also...
Arima Communications to ship 6 million smartphones in 2012
Jun 28, 14:06
Buoyed by orders from clients in the US and Japan, Arima Communications is expected to ship six million smartphones in 2012, according to an industry estimate.
Taiwan ODMs show no interest in ultra-low price handset market
Jun 14, 01:05
China-based second-tier smartphone brand vendors have recently been pushing their ultra-low price smartphones, priced at only CNY500 (US$79), in the retail channel, but since these...

Compal Communications, Arima Communications report strong sales for May
Newswatch - Jun 12, 15:13
Handset ODMs Compal Communications and Arima Communications both have reported better than expected results for May, with the two firms seeing their revenues rise 22% and 11% on month...
Arima Communications to ship over one million smartphones in 2Q12, says paper
Newswatch - May 9, 11:57
Arima Communications is expected to ramp up its shipments of smartphones to over one million units in the second quarter of 2012, pushing up its second-quarter revenues to NT$5.86...
Arima Communications looks to ship 23-25 million handsets in 2012
Feb 24, 01:20
Arima Communications is expected to ship a total of 23-25 million handsets in 2012, of which 15-16 million units will be feature phones and the remaining 8-10 million units smartphone...
Compal Communications, Arima Communications post mixed results for January
Newswatch - Feb 10, 12:16
ODM handset maker Compal Communications has posted strong revenue gains in January thanks to orders from Nokia, while fellow company Arima Communications saw its revenues decline...
Arima Communications expected to ship 5-6 million smartphones in 2012
Nov 16, 01:15
Arima Communications has landed smartphone ODM orders with shipments to begin at the end of 2011, and is expected to ship 5-6 million units, accounting for 40-50% of total revenues...
Arima Communications to not be affected by Sony decision to take over Sony Ericsson, says paper
Newswatch - Oct 28, 15:47
Sony's plan to buy out its mobile phone joint venture with Ericsson will not affect the ties Sony Ericsson has with its major ODM production partner in Taiwan, Arima Communications,...
Arima Communications ships 2.22 million handsets in September, says paper
Newswatch - Oct 7, 12:22
Arima Communications shipped 2.22 million handsets in September, down slighting from 2.33 million units shipped in August, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times...
Arima Communications handset shipments increase in August, says paper
Newswatch - Sep 8, 14:57
Arima Communications shipped 2.33 million handsets in August compared to 2.26 million units shipped in July, according to a Chinese-language Liberty Times report.
Arima Communications handset shipments increase in July
Newswatch - Aug 9, 12:13
Arima Communications shipped 2.26 million handsets in July compared to 2.21 million units shipped in June, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.
Arima Communications not impacted by LGE lowered shipment target
Jul 12, 14:53
The impact of the downward adjustment of LG Electronics' (LGE) 2011 handset shipment goal on the operations of its Taiwan ODM partner Arima Communications will be limited, according...
Arima smartphone shipments to boom in 2012
Jun 17, 01:35
Handset ODM Arima Communications is striving to sign contracts for smartphones with new clients, and extend the collaboration with its existing customers from feature phones to smartphones,...
Arima Communications lands new 2.5G handset orders from Sony Ericsson
Jun 10, 11:48
Arima Communications has landed orders for two 2.5G feature phones, the Mix Walkman and txt pro, from Sony Ericsson with volume shipments to begin in the third quarter of 2011, according...
Arima Communications responds to report on shipments
Stockwatch - May 26, 01:05
Handset manufacturer Arima Communications has posted a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) stating it was not the source of a Chinese-language Commercial Times report...
Arima Communications developing sub-US$100 Android smartphones, says paper
Newswatch - May 24, 14:37
Arima Communications is currently developing Android-based smartphones with a FOB (free on board) price below US$100 and will begin delivering samples to clients for testing in June...
Gearing up for smartphones: Q&A with Arima president Owen Chen
May 20, 11:41
Via the ODM business model, Arima Communications has established a firm foothold in the worldwide market for feature phones, said company presient Owen Chen in a recent interview...

Arima Communications expected to ship 5 million handsets in 2Q11
Apr 11, 10:38
Taiwan-based handset ODM maker Arima Communications shipped 1.48 million handsets in March 2011 and 3.94 million units in January-March, and is expected to ship five million units...
Arima announces it will reduce capital
Jan 25, 02:15
Board of directors of Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Arima Optoelectronics on January 24 announced it will reduce capital by 25% to make up for losses. Arima will...
Arima Communications returns to smartphone contract manufacturing, says company executive
Jan 7, 15:47
Taiwan-based handset manufacturer Arima Communications has returned to producing 3G handsets and smartphones with Android operating system devices as the main focus, and will begin...
Arima Optoelectronics receives CNY120 million in licensing fee from China joint venture
Jan 4, 14:23
Arima Optoelectronics has received the first installment of CNY120 million (US$15.45 million) in patent licensing charge from its joint venture in Shanxi, China, and after tax, Arima...
Arima Communications and Compal Communications post mixed November revenues
Dec 10, 01:40
Arima Communications has posted November consolidated revenues of NT$2.81 billion (US$93.12 million), up 3.3% sequentially and 143% on year. For the first 11 months of 2010, revenues...
Arima Optoelectronics to obtain 270 million yuan licensing income from China joint venture
Oct 21, 01:15
Arima Optoelectronics on October 20 announced the licensing of its patents and proprietary technologies to its joint venture in northern China for a total charge of 270 million yuan...
Arima expected to ship 28-30 million handsets in 2011
Oct 15, 01:00
Arima Communications, currently Taiwan's largest handset ODM, is expected to ship 28-30 million handsets in 2011, rising 70-80% from 2010, according to handset component makers.
Arima Optoelectronics to set up epitaxial wafer plant in Wujiang
Sep 10, 12:10
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Arima Optoelectronics has signed an agreement with the government of Wujiang of China's Jiangsu Province to build an epitaxial wafer...
Arima Optoelectronics to set up new LED epitaxy subsidiary in China
Aug 31, 11:43
LED chipmaker Arima Optoelectronics will invest US$30 million maximum to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary for LED epitaxy manufacturing in Wujiang of China's Jiangsu Province, with...
Arima Communications to benefit from LGE focus on smartphones
Aug 13, 15:14
Handset manufacturer Arima Communications is expected to benefit from LG Electronics' (LGE's) plans to commit more resources on smartphones, according to industry sources.
Inventec becomes strategic shareholder of Arima Communications
Jul 28, 11:40
Inventec announced that it has invested NT$410 million (US$12.7 million) to acquire a 10% stake in Arima Communications through a private placement and will occupy one seat in the...
Arima Communications to ship Yendo to Sony Ericsson in September
Jun 18, 16:48
Taiwan-based handset maker Arima Communications will begin to ship Sony Ericsson's Yendo Walkman phone in September 2010, following shipments of the Spiro smartphones in June, according...

I-Chiun to set up fourth plant in China; Arima Opto to reduce capital
Jun 18, 14:50
The board of directors of LED leadframe maker I-Chiun Precision Industry has decided to invest US$2.5 million to set up a production plant in Jiangmen of Guangdong Province, China,...
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
LED | 7h 54min ago
Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
IT + CE | 7h 56min ago
Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
IT + CE | 8h 1min ago
Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
Bits + chips | 8h 23min ago
Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
Bits + chips | 8h 24min ago
Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
Displays | 9h 21min ago
LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
LED | 9h 31min ago
Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
Displays | 9h 37min ago
GSEO sees profits in 2012
Before Going to Press | 8h 17min ago
Acer positions Gateway and Packard Bell as mid-range/entry-level brands
Before Going to Press | 8h 35min ago
IC distributor WPG to see quarterly revenues exceed NT$100 billion in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | 9h 39min ago
Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
Before Going to Press | 10h 5min ago
Innolux expects slowdown in TV panel shipments
Before Going to Press | 11h 2min ago
HTC to continue supplying HTC Butterfly after launch of HTC Butterfly S
Before Going to Press | 11h 10min ago
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
- Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
- Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
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- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row

Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...

Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...

Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...

Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.



















