China-based touch controller supplier Pixcir expands cooperation with Taiwan-based touch panel suppliers

Nov 19, 16:07

China-based TFT-LCD driver IC and capacitive touch controller supplier Pixcir Microelectronics has recently expanded its cooperation with Taiwan-based touch panel suppliers including...

LCD component suppliers hit seasonal revenue lull

Nov 6, 17:10

Taiwan-based CCFL maker Wellypower Optronics and color filter (CF) maker Sintek Photronic saw their October revenues drop 9.15% and 1.99%, respectively, in October 2009 due to seas...

Cando, Pixcir provide touchscreen solution for Acer notebook

Nov 3, 15:35

Taiwan-based color filter (CF) maker Cando and China-based TFT-LCD driver IC and capacitive touch controller supplier Pixcir Microelectronics are providing touch panels and touch...

Sintek to raise funding to expand touch panel capacity

Oct 21, 14:58

Taiwan-based color filter (CF) maker Sintek Photronic will apply for a NT$3.6 billion (US$111 million) syndicated bank loan and issue new shares to raise another NT$1.8 billion, with...

Color e-book readers to become mainstream in 2011, says Digitimes Research

Oct 13, 14:06

Color e-book readers will account for 4-5% of the total global e-book reader shipments in the second half of 2010, and will become mainstream in 2011, according to Digitimes Resear...

Sintek to set up touch panel plant in China

Aug 24, 16:08

The board of directors of Taiwan-based color filter (CF) maker Sintek Photronic has approved a plan to invest US$21 million to set up a touch panel company in Nanjing, China to produce...

Cando chairman and president resign

Aug 13, 11:27

Taiwan-based color filter (CF) maker Cando has seen its chairman, Bishop Chen, and president, Brian Lin, resign in what industry observers say is the company's latest deployment for...

China-based Irico to delay 6G LCD plant development, sources say

Jul 21, 11:42

China-based panel maker Irico Group Electronics has decided to postpone its plan to build a 6G LCD panel plant in Jiangsu, China, according to market sources.

Sintek plans to set up new 5G plant for touch panels

Jul 9, 12:27

Taiwan-based color filter (CF) maker Sintek Photronic is planning to set up a new 5G plant to manufacture touch panels and is currently searching for a location in southern Taiwan,...

Cando lands touch panel orders from HP, Acer and Lenovo, sources say

Jun 18, 16:21

Taiwan-based color filer (CF) maker Cando, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), recently landed capacitive touch panel orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer and Lenovo and will start...

CF maker Sintek concerned about glass substrate shortage

Jun 18, 15:08

Color filter (CF) maker Sintek Photronic is concerned that the current shortage of glass substrates will impact its sales, as well as shipments of its newly developed capacitive touch...

HannStar and Sintek revenues flat in May

Jun 8, 16:13

LCD panel maker HannStar Display has announced that net sales for May 2009 totaled NT$4.28 billion (US$130.29 million), flat compared to April sales, but down 39.6% on a yearly basis...

Computex 2009: Himax LCoS microdisplay solutions showcased in pico projectors

Jun 5, 15:03

Himax Technologies has said its patented color-filter LCoS microdisplay technology has been adopted in more handset and pico-projector products. Its exclusive LCoS technology is incorporated...

Taiwan touch panel production value to increase 36% in 2009, says DRAMeXchange

Jun 1, 11:49

Taiwan touch panel production value is estimated to increase 36% to NT$32 billion (US$989 million) in 2009 and to NT$49.8 billion in 2012 with a CAGR of 16.9% because of surging popularity...

Color filter makers to see better sales due to shift to touch panel

May 25, 16:27

Taiwan-base color filter (CF) makers Cando and Sintek expect better financial performance in the second half of 2009 as a result of their active migration to production of capacitive...

CF maker AMTC terminates rental contract with touch panel maker Bibest

Newswatch - Mar 5, 15:07

Color filter (CF) maker Allied Material Technology Corporation (AMTC) has announced that the company will terminate a rental contract with Bibest Optoelectronics, as Bibest has failed...

CF maker Cando's utilization rate drops to 30%

Nov 20, 11:52

Affected by sharp drops in demand for small- to medium-size LCD panels, Taiwan-based color filter (CF) maker Cando has seen its utilization rate fall to only 30%, and the company...

CPT postpones 6G plant capacity expansion

Oct 23, 01:05

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) will postpone its original plans to expand capacity of its current 6G plant from 2009 to after 2010 as a response to falling demand, according to James...

Sintek delivers samples of capacitive touch panels, paper says

Newswatch - Oct 16, 11:00

Color filter (CF) maker Sintek Photronic already delivered samples of capacitive touch panels for validation by a US client at the end of August, and volume shipments may start as...

Panel makers mount cost-down pressure on component suppliers, says WitsView

Aug 4, 10:11

The recent large-size panel price drops are causing makers to heap more pressure on upstream component makers for additional cost downs. Component suppliers are at a disadvantage...

Color filters to be in oversupply in 2009, DisplaySearch says

Jul 10, 11:50

Previously tight supply of color filters (CFs) for LCDs began to ease in the second quarter and will move into oversupply in 2009, according to DisplaySearch.

CPT ramps up production at medium-size LCM plant in China

Jul 2, 01:10

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has already ramped up production of medium-size LCD modules (LCMs) at its Fuzhou plant in China, with an initial monthly capacity of 500,000 units, according...

AUO receives panel support from China-based makers, reports paper

Newswatch - May 26, 14:22

AU Optronics (AUO) has received support from China-based SVA Group and Longteng Optic Electronics for supply of 17- and 19-inch LCD panels amid tight capacity for IT applications,...