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NEWS & VIEWS |
Taipei,
Sunday, November 22, 2009
08:37 (GMT+8)
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Digital camera makers Ability and Altek post high revenues for October Nov 9, 10:17 Ability Enterprise and Altek, two of the top-three Taiwan-based digital camera makers, have released unaudited revenues for October, with the former hitting a record for the second consecutive month and the latter seeing the highest monthly level in 2009. Read more |
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Camera module maker AOET ready for LED chip production Oct 27, 14:11 Camera lens and module maker Ability Opto-Electronics Technology (AOET), a subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), has reportedly entered the production of LED chips, according to industry sources. Read more |
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Taiwan makers ship over 18 million digital cameras in 3Q09, says Digitimes Research Oct 27, 11:54 Taiwan-based digital camera makers shipped 18.37 million units in the third quarter of 2009, a rise of 103.2% on quarter and 27.1% on year, according to Digitimes Research. However, shipments for the fourth quarter are projected to decrease 20.5% on quarter to 14.6 million units due to seasonality. Read more |
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Camera chassis maker AVY Prevision enters notebook chassis business, says paper Newswatch - Oct 26, 17:03 AVY Precision Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of aluminum alloy casings for digital cameras, recently entered the notebook segment and the company has already landed orders for its metallic chassis from several US-based notebook vendors, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily report. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Canon launches EOS 7D and others Oct 15, 14:32 Canon on October 14 unveiled its EOS 7D DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera, as well as five other digital camera models, IXUS 200 IS, IXUS 120 IS, PowerShot G11, PowerShot S90 and PowerShot SX20 IS, for immediate launch in the Taiwan market, according to Canon Marketing (Taiwan). Read more |
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China market: BenQ sells a month's worth of LCD TVs and cameras in a week Oct 15, 11:53 BenQ sold over 25,000 cameras and over 2,500 LCD TVs during the National Day holidays in China earlier in October, close to the company's average monthly sales, according to the company. Read more |
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Ju Teng expects 15% of revenues to come from non-notebook products in 2010 Sep 28, 16:14 Chassis maker Ju Teng International Holdings aims to increase its revenue contributions from non-notebook product lines from only around 5% in 2009 to 15% in 2010, according to the company. Read more |
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Notebook camera chip price to decline 17-18% on year in 3Q09 Sep 21, 16:58 The price of image sensors and controller ICs used in notebook cameras in 2009 is likely to drop 3-4% on quarter and 17-18% on year due to increased penetration of notebook cameras, according to Taiwan IC makers. Read more |
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Digital camera makers Ability and Altek report 2009 revenue highs in August Sep 8, 11:16 Ability Enterprise and Altek, two of the three largest Taiwan-based digital camera makers, on September 7 reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$3.516 billion (US$107 million) and NT$2.56 billion respectively for August, both hitting their highest monthly levels of the year. Read more |
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China-based Vimicro losses widen in 2Q09 Aug 27, 15:07 China-based IC designer Vimicro has posted a net loss of US$8.2 million, or US$0.24 diluted loss per ADS for the second quarter of 2009, compared a loss of US$1 million, or US$0.03 per ADS, a year ago. However, the company said revenues for the quarter improved substantially from the first quarter thanks to increased demand for PC and notebook applications. Read more |
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Quanta and Suyin invest in camera lens maker Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Aug 27, 14:34 Quanta Computer has invested NT$35.85 million (US$1.09 million) in the private fund raising of Taiwan-based camera lens maker Ability Opto-Electronics Technology to expand its vertical integration, according to Quanta. Read more |
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Image sensor market ends long, steep growth to face more cyclic area, says Strategies Unlimited Aug 20, 17:05 The market for image sensors will decline to US$6.4 billion in 2009, a drop of 11% from 2008 and the first decline since 1997, according to Strategies Unlimited. However, the average growth rate will return to single-digits in coming years, following over a decade of 22% compound annual growth. Read more |
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DSC chip designer SQ to add high-end solutions Aug 19, 12:00 Service & Quality Technology (SQ), a Taiwan-based IC designer specializing in controller chips for digital cameras, plans to introduce new controllers which enable face detection for 8-megapixel-and-above DSCs at the end of 2009 or in early 2010, according to the company. Read more |
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Richtek to stir up CIS controller IC market Aug 7, 11:04 Richtek Technology is in talks with camera module makers worldwide for orders of its CMOS image sensor (CIS) controller ICs and is expected to grab market share from Sonix Technology and Pixart Imaging, according market sources. Richtek's products have passed validation with first-tier CIS makers OmniVision, Aptina and Samsung Electronics, the sources added. Read more |
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Japan-based camera vendors may release more OEM orders to Taiwan Aug 5, 15:26 Japan-based digital camera vendors Fujifilm, Casio and Sony suffered losses in the second quarter of 2009 (their first quarter of fiscal 2009) while Canon saw profits decrease by 86% on year. As a result the vendors are likely to outsource more production to Taiwan-based makers in 2010 to minimize costs, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read more |
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Digital camera makers Ability Enterprise, Altek expected to obtain additional orders from Fujifilm Jul 28, 10:38 Fujifilm has increased its fiscal 2009 (April 2009-March 2010) sales target from 8.3 million units originally to at least 9.0 million due to a better than expected sales performance, and its two Taiwan-based ODM makers Ability Enterprise and Altek are expected to receive additional orders, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read more |
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Taiwan-based Altek debuts own-brand cameraphone in China Jul 24, 15:52 Taiwan-based digital camera maker Altek unveiled the T8680, its first own-brand cameraphone model at a cross-strait forum on the optics industry held in Beijing, China, on July 23, according to the company. Read more |
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Taiwan maker AVY Precision to expand digital camera casing capacity in China Jul 9, 16:48 AVY Precision Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of aluminum alloy casings for digital cameras, will expand monthly production capacity at its factory in southern China to 2-2.5 million cases at the end of third-quarter 2009 because of an expected increase in orders from Japan, according to the company. Read more |
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Syntek Semiconductor expects to swing to profits in 2009 Jun 23, 14:41 Camera chip maker Syntek Semiconductor expects its business operations to swing to profits in 2009, after three consecutive years of losses, amid demand for white-box DSCs and notebook webcams. Read more |
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Inventec Multimedia begins to ship notebook camera modules to Toshiba Jun 19, 16:36 Inventec Multimedia & Telecom, a member of the Inventec group, has started shipping camera modules for notebooks to Toshiba and the company expects its products to also receive verification from Dell and Hewlett-Packard (HP) later in 2009, according to Tom Cho, chairman of the company. Read more |
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Digital camera maker Ability Enterprise sees decreased revenues in May Jun 9, 10:46 Ability Enterprise, a Taiwan-based digital camera maker, has reported revenues of NT$2.51 billion (US$77 million) for May, representing a drop of 7.71% on month and a drop of 1.57% on year. The company expects to ship 3.15-3.3 million digital cameras in the second quarter of 2009, an increase of more than 50% on quarter.
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Taiwan digital camera makers Altek, Asia Optical see May revenues down on year Jun 8, 16:04 Altek and Asia Optical, two Taiwan-based ODM/OEM makers of digital cameras, have reported consolidated revenues for May, suffering decreases of 51.4% and 35.2%, respectively, on year. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Canon launches outdoor digital camera PowerShot D10 May 20, 12:19 Canon has announced the launch of PowerShot D10, a digital camera model specifically designed for use in outdoor sports or activities, in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$12,690 (US$385), according to Canon Marketing (Taiwan). Read more |
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Ability Enterprise raises 2Q09 digital camera shipment target Apr 29, 10:30 Ability Enterprise, one of the three largest Taiwan-based digital camera makers, has raised its shipment forecast for the second quarter of 2009 by 5-10% to 3.15-3.2 million units from the original three million, according to the company. Read more |
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Lite-On Tech reports 4Q08 profits Apr 9, 12:09 Lite-On Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$25.3 billion (US$749.41 million) and net profits of NT$325 million for the fourth quarter of 2008. As a result of product mix improvement and cost efficiency programs in place, the fourth-quarter operating profit margin reached 7.6%. The company also posted 2008 consolidated revenues of NT$142.1 billion and net profits of NT$4.42 billion. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Sony to launch five new Cybershot digital cameras Apr 8, 15:17 Sony on April 7 unveiled two Cybershot H-series digital cameras, DSC-HX1 and DSC-H20, and three W-series models, DSC-W290, DSC-W270 and DSC-W230, for launch in the Taiwan market soon, according to Sony Taiwan. Read more |
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Camera phones, embedded PC cameras propel image sensor market, says In-Stat Apr 7, 17:16 Continued uptake of cameras in handsets and notebooks is driving growth in the area-array image sensor market, reports In-Stat. Worldwide unit shipments of image sensors in cameraphones continue to rise, mostly as a result of the continuing penetration of dual-camera phones in Asian markets. These phones utilize both a traditional point-and-shoot camera, as well as a second, inward-facing camera for two-way video communication or videoconferencing. Read more |
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Taiwan digital camera maker Altek sees drop in February revenues Stockwatch - Mar 6, 10:32 Altek, a top-three Taiwan-based ODM/OEM makers of digital cameras, on March 5 reported revenues of NT$1.156 billion (US$340 million) for February 2009, a drop of 22.89% on month and 20.43% on year. The company's January-February 2009 consolidated revenues of NT$2.654 billion represented a drop of 26.61%. Read more |
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Taiwan digital camera makers Altek and Ability Enterprise see November revenues down Dec 10, 15:23 Taiwan-based digital camera ODM/OEMs, Altek and Ability Enterprise, on December 9 reported revenues figures for November 2008 at NT$2.524 billion (US$75.45 million) and NT$2.836 billion respectively, each falling on month and on year. Read more |
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Taiwan digital camera makers Altek and Ability suffer drops in October revenues Nov 10, 14:48 Taiwan-based ODM/OEM digital camera makers Altek and Ability Enterprise recently reported revenues for October 2008, with respective figures slipping on month and on year. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Canon unveils eight digital cameras, aiming at 20% market share in 2008 Oct 29, 16:51 Canon, on October 28, debuted eight new digital cameras, ranging from high end to entry level, for launch in the Taiwan market. Cannon is aiming at a total market share of 20% this year, according to Canon Marketing (Taiwan). Read more |
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Taiwan digital camera maker Altek sees handsome profits in 3Q Oct 24, 12:04 Altek, a Taiwan-based ODM/OEM maker of digital cameras, had net profits of NT$767 million for the third quarter of 2008, representing an increase of 105.8% on quarter and by 51.9% on year, according to the company. Read more |
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Tessera single-element VGA lens to enter volume production in 1Q09 Sep 23, 01:00 Tessera Technologies a provider of transformational technologies that enable innovation in next-generation electronics, announced its new Product Launch Services, which will provide early access to its OptiML wafer-level camera (WLC) technology. WLC technology is used to build thousands of optical lenses on a glass wafer at the same time and then the multi-lens wafers are aligned and bonded at the wafer level using Tessera-developed OptiML WaferStack technology, with the bonded wafers diced into individual lens modules. Read more |
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Taiwan maker Ability Enterprise lowers 2008 digital camera shipment goal Sep 10, 12:02 Ability Enterprise, the third largest Taiwan-based ODM/OEM maker of digital cameras currently, has downwardly adjusted its 2008 target shipment volume from 15.0 million digital cameras to 14.0 million units mainly due to global economic worries, according to the company's Optical Business president Roger Tseng. Read more |
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Ability Enterprise and Altek see August consolidated revenues up from July Sep 8, 11:23 Taiwan-based ODM/OEM digital camera makers, Ability Enterprise and Altek, on September 5 reported consolidated revenues for August 2008, respectively hiking by 42.2% and 29.9% on month. Read more |
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Taiwan makers eyeing wafer-level camera technology Sep 5, 12:31 Five to six Taiwan-based makers, viewing that using a wafer-level camera (WLC) manufacturing process for phone camera modules incurs much lower costs than existing conventional manufacturing processes, are negotiating for the acquisition of patented WLC technology with the aim of starting production in the first half of 2009, according to industry sources. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Sony to launch 10.1-megapixel digital cameras Sep 4, 14:42 Sony, on September 3, unveiled two new Cyber-shot series digital cameras, DSC-T700 and DSC-T77, for launch in the Taiwan market on September 11 at recommended retail prices of NT$13,980 (US$440) and NT$10,980 respectively, according to Sony Taiwan. Read more |
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Chicony to maintain annual capacity of 20 million notebook camera modules until 2010 Aug 19, 11:52 Chicony Electronics, the largest Taiwan-based maker of USB 2.0 camera modules for being built in notebook PCs, will maintain its annual production capacity of such product at a minimum level of 20 million units from 2008 to 2010, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read more |
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