Last update: Friday 12 April 2013 [106 news items]
CPT small- to medium-size panel shipments exceed 350 million units in 2010
Jan 7, 01:30
Chunghwa Picture Tubes' (CPT's) shipments of small- to medium-size panels increased up to 134% on year and exceeded 350 million units in 2010 and the company aims to ship 500 million...
Dec 31, 01:35
WS Lin , chairman of TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and the Tatung Group has suggested the Taiwan government loosens its rule keeping the most advanced panel production...
CPT to set up front-to-backend touch panel production line in Fuzhou, China
Dec 31, 01:10
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) plans to set up a touch panel production line covering from front-end touch sensor production to backend binding with TFT modules at its Fuzhou production...
CPT/Pixel Qi co-develop low-power transmission TFT-LCD panel to start mass production in 2Q11
Dec 24, 01:40
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has developed a low-power transmission TFT-LCD panel with Pixel Qi, and will showcase three sizes of the panel at CES held from January 6-9, 2011 in Las...
CMI, CPT set shipment records for small- to medium-size panels in November
Dec 10, 14:27
Shipments of small- to medium-size panels will be stronger than expected in the weak season in the fourth quarter of 2010 with Chimei Innolux (CMI) and Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT)...
CPT sees revenues up sequentially in November
Dec 9, 01:20
TFT LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has posted consolidated revenues of NT$5.75 billion (US$190.9 million) for November 2010, up 2.6% sequentially but down 0.9% on yea...
Giantplus post strong sales of small- to medium-size panels in November
Dec 9, 01:15
Small- to medium-size panel maker Giantplus Technology has posted revenues of NT$1.015 billion (US$33.7 million) for November 2010, down 1% sequentially but up 8% on year.
AUO has not received notification of EU anti-trust fines, CMI declines to comment
Dec 1, 01:40
Regarding a report on Reuters saying the European Union (EU) will fine panel makers in Asia including LG Display, AU Optronics (AUO), Chimei Innolux (CMI), Chunghwa Picture...
AUO declines comment on merger reports
Stockwatch - Nov 17, 01:10
AU Optronics (AUO) has declined to comment on a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report that it is planning to merge with fellow panel manufacturer Chunghwa Picture...
CPT expects utilization rate to exceed 80% in 4Q10
Nov 5, 01:15
As IT (notebook and monitor) panel prices started to rebound due to returning demand, Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has recently started to see orders to return, and expects its utilization...
CPT and HannStar report declines in September revenues
Oct 8, 01:00
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display saw their September 2010 revenues decrease sequentially by 11.4% and 3.9%, respectively, to NT$5.89 billion (US$194.69 million) and...
CPT to adjust 70% capacity at 4.5G for touch panel production
Sep 1, 15:38
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) will adjust 70% of the production capacity at its 4.5G line in northern Taiwan for producing touch sensors for projected...
CMI, CPT to reduce utilization rates by 20%, say sources
Aug 27, 16:36
Chimei Innolux (CMI) and Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) are expected to reduce their utilization rates by 20% in response to dropping panel demand, according to market sources.
CPT July revenues drop almost 14% sequentially
Aug 11, 12:00
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$6.871 billion (US$216.07 million) for July, down 13.6% sequentially but up 15.3% on year.
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel makers see June revenues drop on month
Jul 9, 10:40
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel makers, Chimei Innolux (CMI), AU Optronics (AUO), Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display, have reported revenues for June were down sequential...
CPT capital downsizing approved
Jun 30, 15:40
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes' (CPT's) application for downsizing its paid-in capital by 60.59% from NT$164.861 billion (US$5.15 billion) to NT$64.972 billion...
CPT capital reduction plan to resume
Jun 25, 14:57
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes' (CPT) capital reduction plan is expected to resume on June 29 as the company has re-submitted its application with adequate...
CPT raises small- to medium-size panel shipment goal for 2010
Jun 11, 17:04
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) expects its small- to medium-size panel shipments in 2010 to exceed its previous estimate of 250 million units and is...
CPT reaches full utilization in June
Jun 11, 16:07
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has reached full utilization in June, and the company expects monthly revenues in the third quarter of 2010 to exceed NT$100 million (US$3.09 million),...
CPT, Sintek see May revenues up on month
Jun 9, 12:18
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) saw its May consolidated revenues increase 6.5% sequentially, while color filter (CF) and touch panel maker Sintek Photronic's...
CPT to devote 50% of capacity to notebook panels in 2011
Jun 1, 01:05
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has started volume production of 15.6-inch notebook panels at its 6G plant, and expects the proportion of total capacity...
CPT starts shipping touch panels
May 25, 16:15
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has begun shipments of 4-, 7- and 10.1-inch capacitive touch panels and is poised to ship 21.5-inch in-cell touch panels...
CPT shareholders approve capital reduction
May 21, 14:36
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has received approval at a shareholders meeting for a plan to reduce its capital. The company expects to return to normal trading on the Taiwan Stock...
CPT to hold shareholders meeting to seek approval for capital reduction
May 20, 16:31
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) will hold a shareholders meeting on May 20 and is expected to discuss and seek approval of eight projects including capital reduction and fundraising.
CPT expects operation to turn profitable in mid-2010, says chairman
May 12, 11:29
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) expects its monthly operation to turn profitable in mid-2010, according to company chairman WS Lin.
CPT obtains NT$22.8 billion bank loan
May 11, 15:42
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) on May 10 signed with 20 banks in Taiwan for a 5-year syndicated loan of NT$22.8 billion (US$719 million), according...
Giantplus turns profitable in 1Q10
May 3, 10:11
Small- to medium-size LCD panel maker Giantplus Technology has posted revenues of NT$2.96 billion (US$94.4 million) for the first quarter of 2010 with a 6% gross margin. Net profit...
PVI may have a chance to cut into Apple iPad supply chain
Apr 22, 15:45
Prime View International (PVI) stands a chance of becoming a panel supply for the Apple iPad through its Korea subsidiary Hydis' fringe-field switching (FFS) technology, according...
CPT posts growth in March revenues
Apr 9, 09:11
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has posted consolidated revenues of NT$8.27 billion (US$260.76 million) for March, up 23.9% on month and 114.4% on year.
Former CPT president reportedly to join Foxconn
Apr 6, 14:02
Rumors have spread that former president of Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) Chiu Chuang-yi will join Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to manage its LCD TV business. But...
Netbook panel orders dropping for LCD makers
Mar 30, 11:45
LCD panel makers including HannStar Display, AU Optronics (AUO), Chimei Innolux Corporation (CIC) and Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) have seen netbook panel shipments decrease due to...
CPT to make touch panels at 4G CF line
Mar 18, 16:16
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) is planning to use part of its 4G color filter (CF) capacity at its Hukou, Taiwan plant to produce projected capacitive touch panels, according to company...

CPT, Innolux see February revenues down on month
Mar 10, 12:18
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and Innolux Display saw sequential revenue drops for February of 3.3% and 16.42%, respectively.
CPT revenues increase in January; Innolux sees flat growth
Feb 10, 11:57
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has posted an over 13% sequential increase in its January revenues, while Innolux Display has reported flat growth for the month.
Analog IC maker GMT lands new orders from panel makers
Jan 13, 11:53
Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) has secured power management (PWM) IC orders from LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT), according to industry sources. The IC design house...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
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- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
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- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
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- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
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