Last update: Thursday 9 February 2012 [16 news items]
Kinpo-Compal Group aims at combined revenues of US$40 billion in 2012
Feb 9, 14:15
Taiwan-based Kinpo-Compal Group has set a challenging goal of increasing combined revenues to US$40 billion for 2012, with three key members Compal Electronics, Compal Communications...
Cal-Comp to enjoy strong external hard drive shipments in 2012; Min Aik announces 4Q11 result
Jan 12, 01:30
Taiwan-based Cal-Comp Electronics expects its external hard drive shipments in 2012 to double from those in 2011 with global market share to reach 50%.
New Kinpo Group pursues revenues of US$10 billion in 2012
Jan 6, 01:00
Taiwan-based New Kinpo Group, consisting of three key members Kinpo Electronics, AcBel Polytech and Thailand-based Cal-Comp Electronics, generated consolidated revenues of US$5.66...
Asustek outsources motherboard orders to Cal-Comp Electronics
Dec 20, 01:10
Asustek Computer has recently added Taiwan-based Cal-Comp Electronics, an affiliate of Compal Electronics, as its motherboard manufacturing partner and is expected to outsource 5-6...
Prices for 2.5-inch HDDs rise by 5-10% due to Thailand flooding
Oct 21, 16:42
The serious flooding in Thailand has forced hard disk drive (HDD) assembly and HDD component factories in the area to stop production and consequently a global shortage of HDDs is...
HDD industry impacted by Thailand floods
Oct 13, 01:25
HDD players Western Digital, Seagate, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) and Toshiba have all been impacted by the floods in Thailand amid power shortages and a breakdown...
Cal-Comp expects to ship 18 million external HDDs in 2011
Aug 10, 10:52
Cal-Comp Electronics, a Thailand-based EMS (electronics manufacturing service) provider belonging to the Taiwan-based Kinpo-Compal Group, expects to ship 18 million external hard...
Taiwan LED industry shows improved May performance
Jun 14, 01:45
Industry observers predict LED backlight modules for TV applications will demonstrate apparent volume production in third quarter 2011 as penetration continues to increase. LED lighting...
Cal-Comp, Min Aik unaffected by WD-Hitachi GST merger, Japan earthquake
Mar 22, 11:00
Taiwan-based hard disk drive (HDD) component maker Cal-Comp Electronics and its Thailand-based counterpart Min Aik Technology have not been substantially influenced by Western Digital's...
Cal-Comp expects HDD production to drive growth in 2011 revenues
Jan 12, 13:50
Cal-Comp Electronics, a Thailand-based EMS provider belonging to the Taiwan-based Compal-Kinpo Group, recorded consolidated revenues of NT$120.868 billion (US$3.78 billion) for 2010...
Cal-Comp Electronics shifting business focus from printers to HDDs, STBs
Dec 15, 02:05
Cal-Comp Electronics, an EMS provider based in Thailand and belonging to the Taiwan-based Compal-Kimpo Business Group, has been shifting its business focus from printers to hard disk...
Thailand-based Cal-Comp reports strong sales for 2Q09
Aug 5, 15:28
Cal-Comp Electronics, the Thailand-based EMS/ODM subsidiary of Taiwan's Kinpo Group, has reported consolidated revenues of NT$26.64 billion (US$814.68 million), net profits of NT$443...
Foxconn lands orders for HP printers
Newswatch - Mar 30, 10:53
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has obtained orders for printers from Hewlett-Packard (HP), according to the Chinese-language newspaper Commercial Times.
MWC 2009: Cal-Comp unveils handset with Qualcomm mirasol display
Feb 18, 10:08
Cal-Comp Electronics (a unit of Taiwan's Kinpo Electronics) and Qualcomm MEMS Technologies (a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm) have announced design specifications of the newly...
Cal-Comp says operations unaffected by Thailand turmoil
Sep 3, 01:05
Cal-Comp Electronics, the Thailand-based EMS subsidiary of Taiwan's Kinpo group, has reported that its operations remain unaffected by the ongoing political turmoil that has prompted...
Thailand-based Cal-Comp sees net earnings decline in 1H08
Aug 14, 14:17
Thailand-based EMS company Cal-Comp Electronics saw its after-tax profits decline 7% on year to 1.24 billion baht (US$36.77 million) in the first half of 2008, according to the company...
LED industry enjoys high capacity utilization rates in 2Q12
LED | 30min ago
Solar wafer firms inclined to follow solar cell firms to increase quotes
Green energy | 48min ago
Silicon Power Computer & Communications to list on OTC
Bits + chips | 58min ago
Eris Technology to list on OTC at the end of June
Bits + chips | 1h 29min ago
Compal lands notebook ODM orders from Samsung
IT + CE | 2h 37min ago
Weltrend expects to turn into profitability in 2Q12
Before Going to Press | 4min ago
Price key to popularity of Thunderbolt, say Taiwan motherboard makers
Before Going to Press | 56min ago
TPK to see revenue growth in 3Q12
Before Going to Press | 1h 24min ago
China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
Before Going to Press | 2h 8min ago
Three Taiwan IC distributors deny Samsung plans to withdraw sales agent rights
Before Going to Press | 2h 9min ago
Taiwan market: China-based vendors competing in entry-level to mid-range smartphone segment
Before Going to Press | 2h 34min ago
TSMC sequential growth in 3Q12 revenues may fall to 5% due to declining book/bill ratio
Before Going to Press | 2h 51min ago
- Asustek, Acer to see 10% of notebook shipments in 2012 feature touchscreen panels
- Acer, Asustek to launch netbooks with upgraded Atom processor in 3Q12
- CMI, AUO see decreasing production costs due to declining equipment depreciation costs
- Intel pushes new battery solutions to reduce ultrabook cost
- International smartphones vendors worried about insufficient LTE chip supply
- AMD prepares low-voltage CPUs for Windows 8 tablet PCs
- Some China solar cell makers looking for Taiwan partnerships
- Taiwan solar firms fear turning into OEM firms for China
- Career to ramp up FPCB capacity by 30% in 2H12
- Hermes Microvision lists on OTC market
- GET refutes production suspension of thin-film solar products
- Packaging and testing firms see mobile DRAM orders rise
- Rexchip shares at stake between Micron-Elpida deal, say sources
- Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Global Mobile obtains NT$640 million loan
- Mighty Bright showcasing LED lighting lineup at the National Stationery Show in New York
- Taiwan LED manufacturers to use silicon substrates for producing LED chips
- China TV makers to further expand products abroad
- China market: 6.8 million iPhones shipped in 1Q12, says Digitimes Research
- BOE may roll out AMOLED panels at Ordos line in 2014
- Overall value of lighting market to shrink as LEDs displace conventional technology, says Pike Research
- MediaTek lands 2.5G handset solution orders from Nokia, say sources
- US solar firms may request duties on China-made solar modules
- Taiwan solar cell makers plan to increase quotes due to expected order increases from China
- Taiwan 1Q12 display production value down 7.7%, says IEK
- Korean vendors compete for OLED market
- Digitimes Research: Embedded and standalone integration in NFC IC development
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China freeze before final verdict of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China remain flat despite continuous demand from Europe
- Digitimes Research: April 1 solar FIT cuts in Germany to negatively impact solar spot prices
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- 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
- Fujitsu converts Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications into a wholly owned subsidiary
- NEC reaks the speed barriers of microwave transmission with ultra high modulations
- ATO Solution to launch 256Mb SLC NAND Flash - for the first time in fabless industry
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
22-May-2012 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 7274.89 | +82.66 | +1.15% |
| TSE electronic | 277.63 | +3.99 | +1.46% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 104.57 | +2.00 | +1.95% |
| OTC electronic | 134.14 | +2.91 | +2.22% |
- Thousands protest Taiwan leader's inauguration (May 19) - AP (via Google)
- 40% of employees in Asia/Pacific will be mobile workers by 2015, says IDC (May 14) - IDC
- Globalfoundries welcomes President Barack Obama (May 4) - Company release
- India gives 4G to Qualcomm at last (May 8) - Tech Eye.net
- Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala plans US$5.5 billion spending in 2012 (May 9) - Reuters
- French, Greek voters say no to austerity (May 7) - Washington Post
- SK Hynix won't bid for Elpida (May 3) - Wall Street Journal
- Google, authors go head to head over digital books (May 3) - Reuters
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- Commentary: A Micron-Elpida merger would improve DRAM industry health
- Simon Sze and his invention of floating-gate NVM
- Commentary: Long-term solar material supply contracts increase losses during industry downturns
- Commentary: Grid parity in India may happen sooner than expected
- Commentary: US protectionism on domestic solar industry may backfire
Keeping industrial interesting: Q&A with analog and mixed signal solution provider Maxim
According to analog and mixed-signal semiconductor maker Maxim Integrated Products, the industrial...
Over the next 30 years, the world's middle class (defined as per capita income of more than US$8,000...
Turning C code into silicon in 8-16 weeks: Q&A with semi startup Algotochip
Silicon Valley startup Algotochip specializes in architecting and implementing all aspects of a complete...
The rise of China Star Optoelectronics Technology: Q&A with CEO He Chengming
The ramping-up of 8.5G production at China-based BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology...
- 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...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - Jun 2011
The motherboard industry began 2010 with optimism and expected to see a reversal of the previous two years' declines in revenues and shipments as the impact of...
- Taiwan DRAM module industry overview - Jun 2011
The year 2010 represented a peak in recent years for the DRAM module industry. Optimism surfaced in the second half of 2009 thanks to a return of demand on the...
- Taiwan ICT industry development and outlook
A presentation prepared for Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), offering an overview of Taiwan's key ICT industries and the dynamics influencing future development. The report is free for download.
- Standards and scale of Asia LED lighting markets
Digitimes Research projects marked growth in LED markets across Asia over the next five years. This Digitimes Research Special Report provides an overview of the standards in the major LED lighting markets in Asia.
- Development of electronics manufacturing bases in China central and western regions
The recently published 12th Five Year Plan clearly states the intention to reform the industrial structure. Central government policy has succeeded in making the central and western regions the most important manufacturing sites for the coming decade.