Sputtering equipment maker UVAT to debut on Taiwan OTC market on July 9

Jul 2, 16:08

UVAT Technology has announced it will debut on the Taiwan OTC (over-the-counter) market on July 9, with an initial price of about NT$36-40 (US$1.12-1.25). The company designs and...

Passive component distributors Podak expects flat revenues in 3Q10

Jun 30, 15:32

Passive component distributor Podak has revealed that it has seen its order visibility extending to September, but expects its revenues to stay flat in the third quarter due to particularly...

AVY Precision expects 2Q10 revenues to grow by over 15% on quarter

Jun 24, 14:19

AVY Precision Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of aluminum-alloy chassis of digital cameras, expects its revenues for the second quarter of 2010 to increase by more than 15% from...

Proportion of metal chassis notebooks increases

May 21, 16:42

The proportion of metal chassis notebooks in the market is increasing amid demand from the business market and vendors increasing the use of metal chassis in their commercial models,...

Catcher Technology April revenues hit 17-month high

May 4, 15:30

Taiwan-based magnesium-alloy chassis maker Catcher Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.75 billion (US$55.5 million) for April 2010, up 22.42% on month and 13.74%...

Digital camera chassis makers announce 1Q10 revenues

Apr 29, 14:57

Digital still camera casing makers AVY Precisions and Donpon Precisions have posted revenues of NT$1.05 billion (U$$33.39 million) and consolidated revenues of NT$3.81 million, respectively,...

Ju Teng expects metal chassis capacity of 24 million in 2010

Apr 2, 14:42

Chassis maker Ju Teng International Holdings expects its metal chassis capacity to reach three million units per month in the third quarter of 2010 as the company's joint venture...

Chassis maker Catcher opens Taipei operation center

Apr 1, 14:21

Catcher Technology, a southern Taiwan-based maker of notebook and handset metal chassis, on March 30 opened an operation center in the northern city of Taipei to better serve its...

Compal to set up subsidiary for alloy chassis manufacturing in China

Mar 30, 14:41

Compal Electronics on March 29 announced an indirect investment of NT$175 million (US$5.47 million) to set up a subsidiary that will mainly produce aluminum alloy chassis for notebooks...

Clevo expects to ship 360,000 notebooks in 1Q10

Mar 2, 15:24

Second-tier notebook maker Clevo expects shipments to rise 33% on year to 360,000 units in the first quarter of 2010 with volume to reach 480,000 units in the second quarter and total...

Metal chassis to account for 30-35% of global notebook market in 2010

Jan 12, 15:26

Demand for metal notebook chassis is expected to increase, driving shipments to reach 30-35% of global notebook shipments in 2010, from 20% in 2009, as notebook vendors start to adopt...

Catcher announces revenues drop in December 2009

Jan 7, 14:26

Taiwan-based magnesium-alloy chassis maker Catcher Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$1.11 billion (US$34.87 million) for December 2009, a drop of 23.03% on month...

Waffer shuts down Taiwan production base

Dec 15, 14:09

Waffer Technology, a Taiwan-based magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis maker for notebook and consumer electronics devices, has closed down its factory in Taoyuan, Taiwan, according to...

Handset chassis maker Chi Cheng denies Foxconn acquisition rumors

Stockwatch - Dec 10, 16:03

Taiwan-based handset chassis maker Chi Cheng Enterprise has issued a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) to deny recent market rumors indicating that Foxconn Electronics (Hon...

Notebook keyboard maker Sunrex to enter IMR chassis market, says paper

Newswatch - Nov 23, 13:58

Taiwan-based notebook keyboard maker Sunrex Technology will enter the in-mold roller (IMR) treated chassis market in 2010, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times...

Catcher Technology sees October 2009 revenues down on year

Nov 10, 17:03

Catcher Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.7 billion (US$52 million) for October 2009, up slightly by 0.89% on month, but down 15.49% on year, according to the...

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...

Quanta invests in US-based Tilera, Japan-based chassis maker in China

Oct 14, 16:38

Quanta Computer on October 12 announced the investment of US$10 million in Tilera Corporation, a US-based multicore processors company for general purpose computing in cloud, wireless,...

Catcher posts revenue growth for September and 3Q09

Oct 8, 17:20

Taiwan-based chassis maker Catcher Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$1.69 billion (US$52.59 million) for September, up 16.35% on month, and NT$4.49 billion for...

Chassis maker Enlight looking to raise funds

Oct 6, 16:32

Chassis maker Enlight is in negotiations with an unnamed company to raise funds. The reason is that although Enlight has manufacturing capacity and factory staff on hand, the company...

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...

Catcher to start volume production of plastic notebook chassis

Sep 22, 15:31

Catcher Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of magnesium-alloy notebook chassis, is installing mold-injection equipment in order to start production of plastic chassis in the fourth...

Ju Teng has more revenues coming from Compal in 2009

Sep 3, 14:10

Chassis maker Ju Teng International Holdings has pointed out that Compal Electronics' contribution to its revenues are expected to increase from 12-13% in 2008 to more than 30% in...

Wistron possibly to partner with Catcher Technology, say Taiwan makers

Sep 2, 16:58

Wistron chairman Simon Lin recently noted during a conference that the company is talking with a Taiwan-based Magnesium-alloy notebook chassis maker over a potential partnership....

Inventec notebook shipments may drop to as low as 23 million units in 2010

Aug 27, 15:29

Inventec's notebook shipment forecast for 2010 has been reduced by market watchers from the previous estimate of up to 27 million units, to only 23-25 million units, since Inventec...

Catcher Technology profit drops in 1H09

Aug 18, 15:31

Taiwan-based chassis maker Catcher Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$8.24 billion (US$251 million) for the first half of 2009, down 1.12% on year, while the company's...

Compal chassis joint venture lands orders from Acer and Asustek, says paper

Newswatch - Aug 17, 15:45

Compal Precision Module, a joint venture of Compal Electronics and chassis maker Ju Teng International, has recently landed chassis orders from Acer and Asustek Computer, according...

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...

Mitac Technology sees June revenues highest in 2009

Jul 8, 16:38

Taiwan-based second-tier notebook ODM Mitac Technology generated revenues of NT$1.624 billion (US$49.6 million) in June, the highest monthly level so far in 2009 and rising by 46.6%...