Kinko expects monthly shipments to Canon to rise to 2.4 million lens pieces in 3Q11

Aug 31, 12:14

Taiwan-based Kinko Optical became a supplier of glass lens kits for use in Canon digital cameras, including DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) models, in January 2010, and expects...

Taiwan market: Canon surpasses Sony and become the largest camera vendor in July

Aug 26, 11:41

Sony, which was the largest digital camera vendor in Taiwan, stepped down to number two, losing to Canon in July; however, in the same month, Sony gained 34.5% share in Taiwan's DSLR...

Kinko Optical's June, 2Q10 revenues hit records

Jul 8, 12:27

Kinko Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of glass optical lenses and camera lenses, on July 7 reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$453 million (US$14.1 million) for June, the...

Taiwan market: Canon launches IXUS 300 HS digital camera with f/2

Jun 29, 11:54

Canon on June 28 unveiled IXUS 300 HS, a digital camera featuring a large aperture of f/2, for immediate launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$12,990 (US$406),...

Taiwan market: Canon aims at 20% share of inkjet printer market in 2010

Jun 22, 12:06

Canon had a 15% share of inkjet MFPs (multi-function peripherals) and single-function printers sold in the Taiwan market during the first quarter of 2010, and the company aims to...

Taiwan market: Canon launches smart digital color MFP

Apr 23, 14:37

Canon on April 22 unveiled six smart digital color MFP (multi-function peripheral) models for immediate launch in the Taiwan market. The C5051, C5045, C5035 and C5030 cater to general...

Taiwan market: Canon launches PowerShot SX210 IS

Apr 2, 14:01

Canon on April 1 unveiled its new digital camera model, PowerShot SX210 IS, for launch in the Taiwan market on April 8, 2010 at a recommended retail price of NT$12,990 (US$407), according...

Litho market drops 47% in 2009, says The Information Network

Mar 19, 10:01

Lithography tools for semiconductor manufacturing dropped 47% in 2009 on top of a 25% drop in 2008, according to The Information Network.

Taiwan market: Canon launches new cameras

Mar 12, 10:33

Canon on March 11 unveiled the EOS 550D DSLR and three digital cameras, the IXUS 210, IXUS 130 and IXUS 105, for immediate launch in the Taiwan market, according to Canon Marketing...

Taiwan market: Canon aims at 15% growth in 2010 sales revenues

Mar 10, 14:09

Canon hit record sales revenues of nearly NT$4 billion (US$122 million) in the Taiwan market in 2009, rising over 35% from 2008, and expects 2010 sales revenues to increase by 15%...

Taiwan market: Canon gears up for DSC market in 2010

Feb 25, 11:30

Canon expects to hike its share of Taiwan's digital still camera (DSC) market to narrow its gap with market leader Sony in 2010 by launching a wide range of models to satisfy the...

Taiwan market: Canon digital camera sales down 30% on year in January 2010

Feb 12, 10:41

Sales Canon digital cameras in the Taiwan market in January 2010 dropped by an estimated 30% on year, according to Canon Marketing (Taiwan). But Canon has a Taiwan market share of...

Taiwan market: Canon accounts for more than half of the DSLR market in 2009

Jan 5, 11:41

There were more than 80,000 DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) cameras sold in the Taiwan market in 2009 and Canon attained a market share of over 50%, followed by Nikon with 20-30%...

Taiwan market: Canon opens exhibition/service center in Taipei

Sep 9, 11:29

Canon on September 8 opened an exhibition/service center in Taipei, the first one in Taiwan, and expects to reach a market share of 50% for its DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) cameras...

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...

Taiwan market: Canon aims at 45% DSLR share

Jun 29, 11:27

Canon aims to hike its share of Taiwan's DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera market from 38% in 2008 to 45% or even 50% in 2009, according to vice president Jesse Su for Canon...

Taiwan market: Canon launches new printers

May 7, 16:02

Canon on May 6 unveiled two new digital printers, the imagePRESS C7000VP and imagePRESS C1+, and three wide-format printers, imagePROGRAF series 710, 6100 and 8100, for immediate...

Taiwan market: DSLR camera demand forecast to rise 25%, says Samsung

Apr 15, 12:07

Demand for digital cameras (excluding single-lens reflex models) in the Taiwan market is projected to decrease by 11.8% from 850,000 units sold in 2008 to 750,000 in 2009, according...

Semiconductor lithography sector continues to outperform rest of market, says The Information Network

Mar 23, 11:40

High-priced equipment enabled the semiconductor lithography sector to grow to 25% of entire front-end equipment processing market in 2008, according to market research firm The Information...

Taiwan market: Laser printers up, inkjets down in 4Q08

Mar 13, 14:36

There were 55,522 laser and 155,303 inkjet printers/MFPs (multi-function peripherals) shipped in the Taiwan market during the fourth quarter of 2008, respectively rising by 23.4%...

Altek expects Japan-based digital camera vendors to increase outsourcing to Taiwan

Feb 13, 15:57

Japan-based international vendors of digital cameras, under pressure to minimize production cost as Japanese yen climbs against the US dollar, are expected to release more ODM/OEM...

Taiwan market: Canon launches EOS 5D Mark II

Dec 1, 14:26

Canon has unveiled its DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera, EOS 5D Mark II, in Taiwan at a recommended retail price of NT$79,900 (US$2,399). The company aims at a 50% share of...