NLT demonstrates latest display technologies, including projective capacitive touch panel technology

May 21, 20:15

NLT has announced that the company, in conjunction with Renesas Electronics America, will demonstrate its latest display technologies, including projective capacitive touch panel...

Capacitor maker Chinsan positive about 2Q12 outlook

Apr 3, 14:56

Taiwan Chinsan Electronic Industrial expects to report positive revenue results for the second quarter of 2012, citing brisk orders for its solid electrolytic capacitors and specialty...

Sensor-on-cover projected capacitive touch shipping, says DisplaySearch

Dec 23, 12:08

Growing popularity of projected capacitive touch among mobile phone brands is propelling the technology into the mainstream. DisplaySearch estimates over 566 million projected capacitive...

Taiwan market: Greenbook to launch capacitive touch-screen e-book reader

Oct 21, 15:23

Taiwan's e-book reader vendor Greenbook unveiled on October 20, 2011, EZRead Touch, its latest version e-book reader featuring a 6-inch E Ink display with capacity touchscreen. Greenbook...

Wintek signs US$200 million syndicated loan

Aug 26, 14:55

Taiwan's touch panel maker Wintek signed a syndicated loan agreement of US$200 million with a consortium of 18 banks, including state-owned Taiwan Bank, on August 25, 2011, to strengthen...

White-box players supply close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in 1Q11

Jun 28, 01:05

White-box tablet PC players are rising quickly in the tablet PC industry with related shipments already accounting for close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in the first quarter...

Transtouch receives Motorola verification for capacitive touch panels

Jun 17, 12:35

Industrial-use touch panel maker Transtouch Technology has expanded its production lines to include capacitive touch panels for consumer electronics products and has recently received...

J Touch and Young Fast to see increasing demand for film-type capacitive panels

May 26, 01:50

Touch panel makers J Touch and Young Fast Optoelectronics are expected to see their revenues increase substantially in the second half of 2011 due to increasing demand for film-type...

MediaTek invests in China-based touch controller IC maker

Newswatch - Mar 16, 11:54

MediaTek has announced that its overseas subsidiary Gaintech has invested US$2 million in China-based capacitive touch-controlled solution vendor Goodix on behalf of the parent com...

Quanta to set up touch panel joint venture with 3M

Mar 11, 01:45

Quanta Computer has announced plans to set up a joint venture with US-based 3M in Singapore for developing projected capacitive touch technology in order to gain profits from the...

CeBIT 2011: ECS to showcase tablet PCs

Feb 22, 01:15

Taiwan-based motherboard maker Elitegroup Computer System (ECS) is set to showcase its latest 10.1-inch Windows 7- and Android-based tablet PCs at CeBIT 2011, which will be hosted...

Apple secures 60% of global touch panel capacity, causing tight supply

Feb 17, 01:50

In order to achieve its internal goal of shipping 40 million iPad products in 2011, Apple has occupied close to 60% of the global touch panel capacity causing tight supply among Apple's...

OGS touch to become mainstream in 2012

Jan 26, 01:35

With technology breakthroughs for one/single glass solutions (OGS) for touch panels expected, OGS touch will become a mainstream technology in 2012, and supply for high-end glass...

Touch panel makers transform to cover front- to back-end production

Jan 18, 01:50

Due to capacity shortages for capacitive touch panel products 0150 – from touch sensor, binding, thinning to cover lenses – touch panel makers are now actively transforming...

Taiwan-based optical film makers preparing for production of ITO film used in capacitive touch panels

Jan 13, 14:59

Major Taiwan-based optical film makers, viewing the trend of capacitive touch technology replacing resistive, especially in handsets, have been preparing for ITO film volume production,...

CES 2011: TPK to showcase TRu multi-touch panel products

Jan 5, 02:05

TPK Touch Solutions, through its US-based subsidiary TPK USA's Touch Revolution business unit, will showcase TRu Multi Touch Monitors at CES 2011 in Las Vegas.

Mildex sets capex for 2011 to ramp up projected capacitive touch panels

Dec 30, 01:10

Touch panel maker Mildex Optical plans to invest up to NT$1.9 billion (US$64.46 million) in 2011 chiefly to ramp up its capacity for projected capacitive touch panels. The company...

Capacitive touch panel makers Young Fast and J Touch post mixed November revenues

Dec 9, 01:25

Thin film-based capacitive touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch have posted mixed results for November 2010, with the former seeing its monthly figures drop 9%...

China white-box vendors increase usage of capacitive touch technology

Nov 26, 01:25

China white-box handset vendors have increased their usage of capacitive touch panels and capacitive touch is expected to become the mainstream technology for white-box handsets,...

Sitronix launches capacitive touch-panel ICs

Nov 25, 14:07

Taiwan's IC design house Sitronix Technology recently introduced a lineup of projected capacitive touchscreen panel ICs for smartphones with screen sizes of 3.5- and 3.8-inch. The...

Touch-panel maker EDT posts profit for 3Q10

Nov 2, 01:10

Thanks to growing capacitive touch panel production, Emerging Display Technologies (EDT) turned in a net profit of NT$20.9 million (US$686,202) or NT$0.11 a share. Third-quarter revenues...

CMI to invest almost NT$4 billion for touch panels

Oct 27, 01:40

Chimei Innolux (CMI) has decided to invest NT$3.85 billion (US$125.76 million) to set up a touch panel production plant at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) due to fast expanding...

Sitronix breaks into supply chain of handset brand vendor with touch-panel ICs

Oct 26, 01:55

Sitronix Technology has entered the supply chain of a major brand-name handset vendor for projected capacitive touch-screen panel ICs, with small-volume shipments slated for November,...

Young Fast capacitive touch panel shipment share to exceed 50% in 1Q11

Oct 22, 01:30

As new capacity for capacitive touch panels is scheduled to join production, Taiwan-based touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics expects its capacitive touch panel shipments...

EDT to rise capital for capacity expansion

Oct 15, 01:35

Emerging Display Technologies (EDT) plans to issue secured convertible bonds and new shares to increase its cash capital to NT$660 million (US$21.52 million) in order to set up a...

EETI to double medium- and large-size capacitive touch panel shipments in 4Q10

Oct 14, 01:45

Taiwan-based IC design house Egalax_Empia Technology (EETI) expects its shipments of medium- to large-size capacitive touch panels to more than double sequentially in the fourth quarter...

Sintek denies sampling projected capacitive touch panels for iMac, says spokesman

Oct 5, 15:34

Barry Wu, VP and spokesperson of Sintek Photronics has denied reports that the company is sampling projected capacitive touch panels for Apple's iMac.

Sintek Photronics sends samples of projected capacitive touch panels for new Apple iMac

Oct 1, 01:15

Sintek Photronics has reportedly sent samples of projected capacitive touch panels to Apple to be incorporated in the latest iMac all-in-one (AIO) PC, according to industry sources...

Lumax shipping more optical resins for capacitive touch-controlled solutions

Sep 27, 15:34

Lumax International, a semiconductor process control service supplier, has made inroads into the touch-controlled segment with its channel sales unit ramping up its shipments of optical...

Touch panel makers to begin shipping medium-size capacitive touch panels in small volume in Sep-Oct 2010

Sep 14, 01:10

Taiwan-based touch panel makers Cando, Young Fast Optoelectronics, Wintek and Sintek Photonics will begin shipping in small volume medium-size capacitive touch panels used in tablet...

EETI holds rosy outlook on medium- to large-size touch ICs

Sep 9, 12:02

Taiwan-based IC design house Egalax_Empia Technology (EETI) expects increasing shipments of ICs used in medium- to large-size multi-touch capacitive touch panels mainly due to increasing...

Tight capacity keeps smartphone touch panel pricing high

Aug 26, 16:52

Although 3.5-inch capacitive touch panels have already been out for 3-4 years, prices of 3.5-inch applications for smartphones remain high at US$12-13 due to tight supply, according...

Capacitive touch panels to take 40-50% share in handset market in 2011, says Young Fast

Aug 16, 12:51

Resistive touch technology will maintain an over 50% market share in the handset market in 2011 with capacitive touch technology closing in at 40-50%, as touch panel makers continue...

J Touch to set up capacitive touch panel plant in China

Aug 4, 17:00

J Touch, a Taiwan-based maker of resistive and ITO film-based projected capacitive touch panels, has decided to invest US$15 million to set up a factory for ITO glass-based projected...

J Touch to step into ITO glass-based capacitive touch panels

Jul 28, 17:36

Taiwan-based touch panel maker J Touch will announce its new production capacity expansion plans and details in August, including its plans for production lines for ITO glass-based...