Last update: Monday 8 April 2013 [83 news items]
Taiwan market: Canon launches DSLR EOS 700D
Apr 8, 16:08
Canon has unveiled the EOS 700D DSLR camera for immediate launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$22,900 (US$767) for body only. Prices will be NT$26,900 with...
Taiwan market: Canon launches camcorders Cinema EOS C500, C100 and DSLR EOS-1D C
Apr 3, 15:27
Canon has unveiled two digital video cameras, Cinema EOS C500 and Cinema EOS C100, and a flagship DSLR camera model, EOS-1D C, for immediate launch in the Taiwan market at recommended...

Taiwan market: Canon launches three cloud computing photo MFPs
Mar 20, 15:02
Canon Marketing (Taiwan) has unveiled three Canon PIXMA series cloud computing photo MFP (multi-function peripheral) models, MG6370, MG5470 and MX927, for immediate launch in the...

Taiwan market: Canon launches full-frame DSLR camera EOS 6D
Dec 3, 11:20
Canon on December 1 announced the launch of EOS 6D, a full-frame DSLR camera, in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$62,900 (US$2,156) for body only, and NT$82,900...
Taiwan market: Canon launches 2 flagship photo printers
Nov 28, 15:53
Canon on November 27 launched Pixma Pro-10 and Pixma Pro-100, two flagship inkjet photo printers specifically matched for its EOS series DSLR cameras, in the Taiwan market at recommended...
Taiwan market: Canon launches first MILC EOS M
Oct 31, 16:07
Canon on October 30 announced the launch of EOS M, its first MILC (mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera) model, in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$22,900 (US$782)...
Taiwan market: Canon to release EOS M series MILC on October 30
Oct 24, 21:33
Canon, after announcing its EOS M series mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera (MILC) in late July, is set to start selling the model in Taiwan on October 30.
Taiwan market: Canon opens One Touch showroom
Oct 5, 15:51
Canon has opened Canon One Touch, a showroom for Canon business-use office machines, in downtown Taipei, according to Canon Marketing (Taiwan).
Taiwan market: Canon launches PowerShot SX500 IS
Sep 10, 14:21
Canon on September 10 unveiled the PowerShot SX500 IS, a digital bridge camera for immediate launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$11,990 (US$401), according...
Kinko achieves revenue record in July thanks to strong DSLR camera lens orders
Aug 7, 01:35
Taiwan-based optical lens maker Kinko Optical has announced consolidated revenues of NT$656 million (US$21.91 million) for July, a new monthly historical record, mainly benefiting...
Kinko begins to ship MILC lenses to Canon
Jul 31, 12:35
Kinko Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lens pieces, began shipments of glass lenses for use in MILCs (mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras) to Canon in July, according...
Taiwan market: Canon launches PowerShot D20
Jul 24, 16:32
Canon has unveiled PowerShot D20, its digital camera model specifically designed for taking pictures in outdoor sports activities including diving, for immediate launch in the Taiwan...

Taiwan OEMs may benefit from MILC orders in 2014
Jul 24, 01:35
As Canon has announced a new mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (MILC) series - EOS M - to symbolize its entrance to the global MILC market, sources from Taiwan-based digital...
Taiwan market: Canon launches DSLR camera EOS-1D X
Jul 23, 10:54
Canon has launched EOS-1D X, its full-frame professional DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera, in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$205,900 (US$6,875) for...

Taiwan market: Canon launches digital movie camera Cinema EOS C300
Jul 18, 11:44
Canon has unveiled Cinema EOS C300, its first model of interchangeable-lens digital cinema camera series, for immediate launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of...

Calin expanding DSLR lens capacity
Jul 5, 12:39
Calin Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of glass lens pieces mainly for use in Canon DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) cameras, is expanding it production capacity of such lens pieces...
Canon Taiwan inaugurates new factory
Jun 29, 15:07
Canon Taiwan, on June 28, inaugurated its factory in Chiayi, central Taiwan, which will mainly produce entry- to mid-range DSLR cameras, according to the company.
Taiwan market: Canon launches EOS 650D
Jun 20, 11:36
Canon has unveiled its EOS 650D DSLR camera for immediate launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$25,900 (US$866) for body only.

Taiwan market: Canon launches five Pixma series photo MFPs
Apr 19, 13:56
Canon has unveiled five Pixma series photo MFP (multi-function printer) models for immediate launch in the Taiwan market.
Taiwan market: Canon to launch digital camera IXUS 125 HS
Apr 5, 11:49
Canon will showcase a new digital camera model, IXUS 125 HS, at Softex Taipei, an annual computer show that takes place during April 6-9, for sale at retail price of NT$8,990 (US$305),...
Can Nikon or Canon ever again catch ASML? asks Information Network
Apr 3, 11:12
A decade ago it was a three company race to achieve dominance in the semiconductor lithography market, but ASML has emerged as the clear leader with no signs of relinquishing its...
Taiwan market: Canon launches DSLR camera
Mar 19, 12:31
Canon has launched the EOS 5D Mark III, its latest DSLR camera equipped with a 22.3-megapixel full-frame CMOS image sensor and a DIGIC 5+ image processor, in the Taiwan market at...

DSLR camera lenses become major shipment force for Kinko Optical
Mar 15, 01:35
With camera brand vendors including Canon, Nikon, Panasonic and Sony aggressively pushing into the DSLR camera and mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera (MILC) industries, upstream...
Taiwan market: Canon launches three digital bridge cameras
Feb 14, 11:15
Canon has unveiled three PowerShot digital bridge camera models - the G1 X, SX40 HS and S100 - in the Taiwan market at recommended retail prices of NT$23,990 (US$810), NT$14,990 and...

Taiwan market: First-tier vendors dominating entry-level DSC market
Feb 14, 01:35
As sales of digital still camera (DSC) priced below NT$6,000 (US$203), continued to rise rapidly in 2011 in Taiwan, first-tier vendors Sony and Canon have been aggressive launching...

Taiwan camera makers expect Kodak orders to decrease
Jan 3, 10:50
Taiwan-based ODM makers of digital still cameras for Eastman Kodak, viewing that Kodak's global market share is decreasing due to increasing competition from Japan-based vendors such...
Taiwan market: Canon launches PowerShot S100
Dec 28, 16:36
Canon has announced the launch of PowerShot S100 in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$14,990 (US$496).

Canon manufactures 50 millionth EOS DSLR camera
Nov 16, 01:05
Canon started production of its EOS series DSLR cameras and corresponding EF series interchangeable lenses at its factories in Japan in 1987 and reached a cumulative global production...
Taiwan market: Thailand floods affect sales of digital camera vendors
Nov 8, 01:45
Digital camera players Nikon, Sony and Canon, impacted by the floods in Thailand, will see their sales performance in Taiwan being impacted.
Canon starts building second factory in Taiwan
Newswatch - Sep 27, 10:51
Canon Taiwan on September 26 held a groundbreaking ceremony for a factory on a southern Taiwan site of 79,340 square meters, with completion of the NT$4 billion (US$133 million) plant...
Taiwan market: Canon launches Pixma photo printers
Sep 22, 11:42
Canon has unveiled four Pixma series photo printer models, MG6270, MG5370 and MG4170 photo MFPs (multi-function peripherals) and iP4970 inkjet photo printer, for immediate launch...

Panasonic outsources small volume of DSC production to Foxconn in 2H11
Jul 19, 01:35
Facing pressure from dropping prices and competition of smartphones and DSLR cameras, digital still camera (DSC) brand vendor Panasonic has outsourced a small volume of its DSC orders...
Digital camera chassis maker AVY expects flat performance in 2011
Jun 16, 01:30
Taiwan-based digital camera chassis maker AVY Precision, facing downstream clients demanding price cuts, and a supply shortage of LCD panels and lenses, expects its revenues and profits...
Taiwan market: Digital camera sales to increase 10% on year in 2011
Jun 9, 01:30
Taiwan's digital camera sales in 2011 are expected to increase 10% on year, up from around one million units in 2010 with Sony and Canon both aiming to become the leader of Taiwan's...
Canon expanding capacity in Taiwan for DSLR production
Jun 7, 15:18
Canon has started expanding its factory in the Taichung Export Processing Zone in central Taiwan with a NT$11 billion (US$382 million) budget, according to industry sources. The plant...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- DIGIEVER partnership with EverFocus for better professional network surveillance solutions
- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- Digital Network Fuels Opportunities in Vehicle Surveillance Market
- Advantech Redefines Entry Level Network Application Platforms
- WD shipping world's first 5 mm 2.5-inch hard drive
- 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
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
17-May-2013 markets closed
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| OTC electronic | 143.91 | +0.93 | +0.65% |

- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal

Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...

Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...

MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...

Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- 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...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- 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.






















