Last update: Monday 7 May 2012 [51 news items]
Chilisin April sales up, Yageo down
May 7, 15:47
Yageo has announced consolidated revenues slid 5.1% sequentially in April 2012 while its subsidiary Chilisin Electronics reported sales growth of 5.8% on month.
Chilisin March revenues hit record
Apr 6, 16:24
Taiwan-based inductor maker Chilisin Electronics generated record consolidated revenues of NT$304 million (US$10.3 million) in March, and its subsidiary maker in Suzhou, eastern China,...
Inductor makers seeing orders pour in
Apr 6, 01:05
Inductor manufacturers Chilisin Electronics, Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics and King Core Electronics are expected to report positive revenue results for the second quarter of 2012...
Inductor maker Chilisin sales to rise on China orders
Mar 6, 01:30
Strong orders coming from China's smartphone sector will boost sales at inductor maker Chilisin Electronics in March 2012, according to industry watchers. Chilisin is likely to post...
Taiwan passive component makers positive about 2Q12 as orders pick up
Mar 5, 16:52
Sources at Taiwan-based passive component suppliers have said that customers are stepping up their pace of orders, and expect monthly sales to register sequential growth starting...

Lelon posts flat January revenues
Feb 9, 01:25
Aluminum electrolytic capacitor maker Lelon Electronics reported January revenues of NT$303 million (US$10.26 million), down less than 1% compared to December 2011 and 1.43% compared...
Yageo, Chilisin post revenue drops in January
Feb 7, 15:22
Yageo, a manufacturer of MLCCs and chip resistors, has announced consolidated revenues for January 2012 slid 11% sequentially to NT$1.59 billion (US$53.8 million). The company attributed...
Chilisin positive about demand for handheld devices
Jan 31, 01:25
Inductor supplier Chilisin Electronics expects brisk demand for products used in smartphones, tablets and other consumer handheld devices to sustain its revenue growth in 2012. Meanwhile,...
Chilisin to volume produce thin-film inductors in 1H12
Dec 30, 15:19
Chilisin Electronics is set to start volume production of 0201 thin-film multilayer inductors in the first half of 2012, with plans to boost the capacity for such parts to 100 million...
Inductor maker Chilisin expects 2012 sales to grow 10-15%
Dec 9, 16:28
Chilisin Electronics expects revenues for 2012 to increase 10-15% buoyed by demand for consumer handheld products such as smartphones and tablet PCs, according to the company.
Most passive component makers report November sales growth
Dec 8, 11:08
Most Taiwan-based passive component manufacturers including Chilisin Electronics, Holy Stone Enterprise, Lelon Electronics, Polytronics Technology and Thinking Electronic Industrial...
Passive component makers post revenue drops in October
Nov 11, 13:59
MLCC (multi-layer ceramic capacitor) specialists Yageo and Walsin Technology, and chip-resistor suppliers Ta-I Technology and Ralec Electronic have all posted sequential sales decreases...
Most passive component makers see sequential drops in June revenues
Jul 6, 15:14
Most Taiwan-based passive component makers, including Polytronics Technology (PTTC), Thinking Electronic Industrial and Chilisin Electronics, suffered a decline in revenues in June...
Taiwan makers expanding capacity for wire-wound inductors
Jun 15, 11:38
A number of Taiwan-based passive component makers plan to expand their capacities for wire-wound inductors due to strong demand from the tablet PC, smartphone and USB 3.0 application...
Passive component makers Lelon, Chilisin May revenues hit records
Jun 8, 15:03
Aluminum electrolytic capacitor maker Lelon Electronics and inductor maker Chilisin Electronics both saw their revenues hit a record high in May 2011 due to effects of transferred...
Passive component makers enjoy strong sales in March
Apr 11, 15:55
Most passive component makers and upstream raw material suppliers have reported strong sales for March 2011 due to a low base in February and inventory build-up by downstream clients...
Most passive component makers post revenue gains in January
Feb 14, 15:54
Most passive component makers posted revenue gains in January thanks to increasing demand and advanced deliveries to clients before the Chinese New Year holidays, according to industry...
Yageo, Chilisin 4Q10 sales drop on order slowdown
Jan 7, 12:09
Passive component producers Yageo and Chilisin Electronics saw their consolidated revenues decline sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2010, due to a slowdown in orders. However,...
Inductor maker Chilisin secures NT$2.4 billion syndicated loan
Dec 14, 10:55
Chilisin Electronics has signed a 5-year NT$2.4 billion (US$80 million) syndicated loan agreement with a banking consortium. The new funds will be used to expand capacity for the...
Yageo and Chilisin record strong sales in November
Dec 7, 12:35
Yageo has announced worldwide net sales of NT$2.19 billion (US$72.59 million) for November, up 21.7% on year and 0.8% on month. The year-to-date sales accelerated to NT$25.37 billion,...
Taiwan power choke suppliers seeing brisk demand for mobile devices
Nov 25, 11:05
Taiwan-based passive component makers Cyntec, Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics and Chilisin Electronics have all grown their production capacity for molded-type power chokes, which...
Notebook power choke market enters off season
Nov 23, 15:31
With notebook demand affected by economic uncertainties, power choke shipments have begun to cool off. Taiwan-based power choke makers indicated that after the shipment peak in September...
Inductor maker Chilisin looks to revenue growth in November
Nov 5, 11:24
Inductor maker Chilisin Electronics is expected to register sequential growth in revenues in November 2010 as the company's low-profile chokes have entered the supply chain for Microsoft's...
Inductor maker Chilisin reports decline in 3Q10 gross margin
Oct 20, 16:19
Inductor maker Chilisin Electronics has reported third-quarter 2010 consolidated revenues of NT$917 million (US$29.71 million), up 23% sequentially for a new quarterly record. However,...
Inductor makers ramping up capacities
Sep 28, 15:26
Taiwan-based inductor makers, including Meg.Layers Scientific-Technics, Chilisin Electronics and Acme Electronics, are all aggressively expanding their production capacities to meet...
Inductor maker Chilisin optimistic about September shipments
Sep 24, 11:24
Inductor maker Chilisin Electronics has said its shipments to both the handset and network equipment sectors remain brisk in September, adding that revenues for the month are expected...
Sep 21, 14:37
Taiwan-based inductor makers have indicated that sales of inductors to the network equipment, handset, games console as well as notebook segments are faring well at present which...
Yageo and Chilisin reports monthly sales records in August
Sep 7, 11:34
Yageo has announced worldwide August net sales of NT$2.528 billion, up 43.2% on year and 0.2% on month. and a monthly revenue record for the company. For the first eight months of...
Inductor maker Chilisin expects sequential revenue growth in 3Q10
Aug 20, 13:58
Inductor maker Chilisin Electronics is expected to see its revenues grow over 10% sequentially in third-quarter 2010 due to increased output of wire wound SMD, power and multilayer...
Passive component manufacturing equipment makers extend delivery lead times
Aug 13, 12:28
Some Taiwan-based passive component manufacturing equipment makers have been forced to postpone delivery lead times to 2-3 months due to a shortage of parts and components, according...
Passive component makers post strong revenue gains in July
Aug 6, 12:03
Most passive component makers, including Yageo, Chilisin Electronics and Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics, all post strong revenue gains in July 2010, with the number one player Yageo...
Chilisin turns in 1H10 EPS of NT$1.53
Aug 4, 16:01
Chilisin Electronics has posted net profits of NT$125 million (US$3.93 million) for the second quarter of 2010, up 16% from the previous quarter, according to company data. The earnings...
Inductor makers Chilisin and Mag.Layers look to all-time high 3Q10 revenues
Jul 23, 13:42
Inductor makers Chilisin Electronics and Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics both expect to see their revenues hit all-time high levels in the third quarter due to strong demand, according...
Passive component shortages to continue in 3Q10
Jun 25, 13:48
Supplies of a wide range of passive components, including tantalum and aluminum capacitors, inductors, MLCCs, and chip resistors, will continue to be short of demand in the third...
Chilisin ramps up SMD inductor capacity, receives order commitments
Jun 23, 14:27
Taiwan-based inductor maker Chilisin Electronics has continued to expand capacity for SMD inductors, including multi-layer and wire wound chip inductors and power inductors, and expects...
Weltrend expects to turn into profitability in 2Q12
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June TV panel prices to be flat
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LED industry enjoys high capacity utilization rates in 2Q12
LED | 52min ago
Solar wafer firms inclined to follow solar cell firms to increase quotes
Green energy | 1h 10min ago
Silicon Power Computer & Communications to list on OTC
Bits + chips | 1h 20min ago
Eris Technology to list on OTC at the end of June
Bits + chips | 1h 51min ago
Compal lands notebook ODM orders from Samsung
IT + CE | 2h 59min ago
Price key to popularity of Thunderbolt, say Taiwan motherboard makers
Before Going to Press | 1h 18min ago
TPK to see revenue growth in 3Q12
Before Going to Press | 1h 46min ago
China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
Before Going to Press | 2h 30min ago
Three Taiwan IC distributors deny Samsung plans to withdraw sales agent rights
Before Going to Press | 2h 31min ago
Taiwan market: China-based vendors competing in entry-level to mid-range smartphone segment
Before Going to Press | 2h 56min ago
TSMC sequential growth in 3Q12 revenues may fall to 5% due to declining book/bill ratio
Before Going to Press | 3h 13min ago
- Asustek, Acer to see 10% of notebook shipments in 2012 feature touchscreen panels
- Acer, Asustek to launch netbooks with upgraded Atom processor in 3Q12
- CMI, AUO see decreasing production costs due to declining equipment depreciation costs
- Intel pushes new battery solutions to reduce ultrabook cost
- International smartphones vendors worried about insufficient LTE chip supply
- AMD prepares low-voltage CPUs for Windows 8 tablet PCs
- Some China solar cell makers looking for Taiwan partnerships
- Taiwan solar firms fear turning into OEM firms for China
- Career to ramp up FPCB capacity by 30% in 2H12
- Hermes Microvision lists on OTC market
- GET refutes production suspension of thin-film solar products
- Packaging and testing firms see mobile DRAM orders rise
- Rexchip shares at stake between Micron-Elpida deal, say sources
- Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Global Mobile obtains NT$640 million loan
- Mighty Bright showcasing LED lighting lineup at the National Stationery Show in New York
- Taiwan LED manufacturers to use silicon substrates for producing LED chips
- China TV makers to further expand products abroad
- China market: 6.8 million iPhones shipped in 1Q12, says Digitimes Research
- BOE may roll out AMOLED panels at Ordos line in 2014
- Overall value of lighting market to shrink as LEDs displace conventional technology, says Pike Research
- MediaTek lands 2.5G handset solution orders from Nokia, say sources
- US solar firms may request duties on China-made solar modules
- Taiwan solar cell makers plan to increase quotes due to expected order increases from China
- Taiwan 1Q12 display production value down 7.7%, says IEK
- Korean vendors compete for OLED market
- Digitimes Research: Embedded and standalone integration in NFC IC development
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China freeze before final verdict of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China remain flat despite continuous demand from Europe
- Digitimes Research: April 1 solar FIT cuts in Germany to negatively impact solar spot prices
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- Fujitsu converts Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications into a wholly owned subsidiary
- NEC reaks the speed barriers of microwave transmission with ultra high modulations
- ATO Solution to launch 256Mb SLC NAND Flash - for the first time in fabless industry
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
22-May-2012 markets closed
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- Thousands protest Taiwan leader's inauguration (May 19) - AP (via Google)
- 40% of employees in Asia/Pacific will be mobile workers by 2015, says IDC (May 14) - IDC
- Globalfoundries welcomes President Barack Obama (May 4) - Company release
- India gives 4G to Qualcomm at last (May 8) - Tech Eye.net
- Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala plans US$5.5 billion spending in 2012 (May 9) - Reuters
- French, Greek voters say no to austerity (May 7) - Washington Post
- SK Hynix won't bid for Elpida (May 3) - Wall Street Journal
- Google, authors go head to head over digital books (May 3) - Reuters
- Commentary: A Micron-Elpida merger would improve DRAM industry health
- Simon Sze and his invention of floating-gate NVM
- Commentary: Long-term solar material supply contracts increase losses during industry downturns
- Commentary: Grid parity in India may happen sooner than expected
- Commentary: US protectionism on domestic solar industry may backfire

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