Last update: Friday 20 January 2012 [19 news items]
APCB expects Thai flood losses of US$16 million
Jan 20, 01:10
Advanced Printed Circuit Board (APCB) has estimated that its production subsidiary in Ayutthaya, northwest Thailand, will post losses of THB493 million (US$15.6 million) related to...
APCB, Chin-Poon to resume operations in Thailand
Dec 20, 15:27
Taiwan-based PCB makers Advanced Printed Circuit Board (APCB) and Chin-Poon Industrial have both said that operations in Thailand, which have been halted since October due to flooding...
Chin-Poon, Unitech land orders shifted from KCE
Dec 6, 16:13
Taiwan-based Chin-Poon Industrial and Unitech Printed Circuit Board have obtained orders for automotive PCBs shifted from Thailand's KCE Electronics since November, according to industry...
Unimicron, Chin-Poon deny enforcement of leave without pay
Nov 2, 12:10
Unimicron Technology and Chin-Poon Industrial have denied reports they have begun enforcing compulsory leave without pay, a temporary measure to reduce operating costs, because of...
Chin-Poon Thailand joint venture halts production due to flooding
Oct 25, 14:43
Taiwan-based PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial has revealed that its joint venture in Thailand, Draco PCB Public Company, of which Chin-Poon holds a 24% stake, has suspended its production...
Flooding in Thailand hits PCB, FPCB plants
Oct 19, 14:00
KCE Electronics, Thailand's largest PCB manufacturer, has announced that shipments to customers are being halted because of the country's ongoing floods. Japan-based flexible PCB...
Taiwan PCB makers say Thailand factories unaffected by floods
Oct 12, 16:34
Taiwan-based PCB makers Advanced Printed Circuit Board (APCB) and Chin-Poon Industrial have noted that factories in Thailand continue normal operations and have not been impacted...
Chin-Poon sees automobile PCB as growth driver for 2011
Dec 17, 01:00
Taiwan-based PCB manufacturer Chin-Poon Industrial expects products used in car-use electronics to account for 50% of its overall revenues in 2011, followed by those for communication...
PCB maker Chin-Poon looking to high revenues in September and October
Sep 27, 11:22
PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial is expected to post revenues of over NT$1.5 billion (US$47.76 million) in both September and October 2010, after its revenues hit a record high of NT$1.59...
PCB maker APCB to take up Thailand-based CKL Electronics
Jul 22, 12:35
PCB maker Advanced Printed Circuit Board (APCB) has announced that it plans to take over Thailand-based PCB maker CKL Electronics for US$6.76 million in order to expand its capacity...
PCB maker Chin-Poon posts all-time high consolidated revenues in June, says paper
Newswatch - Jul 15, 14:57
PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial has posted consolidated revenues of NT$1.49 billion (US$46.4 billion) for June 2010, the company's highest monthly record, according to a Chinese-language...
Taiwan PCB makers venturing into automotive PCB segment
Jun 24, 13:56
A number of Taiwan-based PCB makers, including Chin-Poon Industrial, Unimicron Technology, Unitech Printed Circuit Board and Tripod Technology, are venturing into the production of...
PCB maker Chin-Poon expect revenues to stay high in January
Jan 21, 15:16
Taiwan-based PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial expects its consolidated revenues to stay high at NT$1.3 billion (US$40.88 million) in January 2010, the same amount it generated in December...
PCB makers to enjoy strong sales growth of LED heat sink substrates in 2010
Dec 22, 12:06
Taiwan-based PCB makers, including Chin-Poon Industrial, Iteq, Taiflex Scientific, and Gia Tzoong Enterprise, are expected to enjoy sales contributions from aluminum heat sink substrates...
Taiwan PCB makers enter supply chains of top-10 automobile makers in Europe and North America
Sep 24, 17:04
Taiwan-based PCB makers including Chin-Poon Industrial and Unitech Printed Circuit Board have both managed to enter the supply chains of most the top-10 automobile makers in Europe...
PCB capacity to be tighter in 4Q09
Sep 11, 15:59
Taiwan-based PCB makers are seeing tight capacity mainly due to increasing demand for notebook and optoelectronics boards, and the situation is expected to become even more serious...

PCB maker Chin-Poon seeing strong demand for automotive and consumer electronics applications
Sep 9, 15:49
Chin-Poon Industrial has seen orders from the automotive and consumer electronics sectors for the third quarter exceed its capacity, with a gap reaching 10%, according to the company...
PCB maker Chin-Poon suspends China expansion plan due to sagging market demand
Nov 25, 15:56
PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial has suspended expansion plans for its Changshu plant in China due to internal forecasts that PCB demand is to remain sluggish at least until the first...
Chin-Poon likely to trim sales guidance on conservative bookings
May 30, 12:10
After failing to meet first-quarter performance expectations, Chin-Poon Industrial is likely to trim its sales guidance for 2008 due to sluggish demand for printed-circuit boards...
Weltrend expects to turn into profitability in 2Q12
Bits + chips | 7min ago
June TV panel prices to be flat
Displays | 20min ago
LED industry enjoys high capacity utilization rates in 2Q12
LED | 55min ago
Solar wafer firms inclined to follow solar cell firms to increase quotes
Green energy | 1h 13min ago
Silicon Power Computer & Communications to list on OTC
Bits + chips | 1h 23min ago
Eris Technology to list on OTC at the end of June
Bits + chips | 1h 54min ago
Compal lands notebook ODM orders from Samsung
IT + CE | 3h 2min ago
Price key to popularity of Thunderbolt, say Taiwan motherboard makers
Before Going to Press | 1h 21min ago
TPK to see revenue growth in 3Q12
Before Going to Press | 1h 49min ago
China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
Before Going to Press | 2h 33min ago
Three Taiwan IC distributors deny Samsung plans to withdraw sales agent rights
Before Going to Press | 2h 34min ago
Taiwan market: China-based vendors competing in entry-level to mid-range smartphone segment
Before Going to Press | 2h 59min ago
TSMC sequential growth in 3Q12 revenues may fall to 5% due to declining book/bill ratio
Before Going to Press | 3h 16min 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
- Releases
- White papers
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- 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
- 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
| Last | Change |
| TAIEX (TSE) | 7274.89 | +82.66 | +1.15% |

| TSE electronic | 277.63 | +3.99 | +1.46% |

| GTSM (OTC) | 104.57 | +2.00 | +1.95% |

| OTC electronic | 134.14 | +2.91 | +2.22% |

- 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

Keeping industrial interesting: Q&A with analog and mixed signal solution provider Maxim
According to analog and mixed-signal semiconductor maker Maxim Integrated Products, the industrial...

Over the next 30 years, the world's middle class (defined as per capita income of more than US$8,000...

Turning C code into silicon in 8-16 weeks: Q&A with semi startup Algotochip
Silicon Valley startup Algotochip specializes in architecting and implementing all aspects of a complete...

The rise of China Star Optoelectronics Technology: Q&A with CEO He Chengming
The ramping-up of 8.5G production at China-based BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology...
- 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...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - Jun 2011
The motherboard industry began 2010 with optimism and expected to see a reversal of the previous two years' declines in revenues and shipments as the impact of...
- Taiwan DRAM module industry overview - Jun 2011
The year 2010 represented a peak in recent years for the DRAM module industry. Optimism surfaced in the second half of 2009 thanks to a return of demand on the...
- Taiwan ICT industry development and outlook
A presentation prepared for Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), offering an overview of Taiwan's key ICT industries and the dynamics influencing future development. The report is free for download.
- Standards and scale of Asia LED lighting markets
Digitimes Research projects marked growth in LED markets across Asia over the next five years. This Digitimes Research Special Report provides an overview of the standards in the major LED lighting markets in Asia.
- Development of electronics manufacturing bases in China central and western regions
The recently published 12th Five Year Plan clearly states the intention to reform the industrial structure. Central government policy has succeeded in making the central and western regions the most important manufacturing sites for the coming decade.
















