Last update: Tuesday 5 February 2013 [47 news items]
Compeq, GCE and Unimicron land PCB orders for Dell Adamo notebook
Newswatch - Mar 25, 10:58
Taiwan-based PCB makers Compeq Manufacturing, Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) and Unimicron Technology have secured orders of high-density interconnect (HDI) boards for Dell's Adamo...
Handset PCB makers to see losses in 1Q09 on low utilization rates
Feb 27, 17:12
Handset PCB makers expect a 5-10% sales growth in February as demand is recovering, but will still see losses for the first quarter since the average utilization rate for the period...

First-tier handset PCB suppliers vying for orders from white-box vendors
Feb 23, 12:26
In order to push up utilization rates, first-tier handset PCB suppliers, such as Unimicron Technology, Compeq Manufacturing, Unitech Printed Circuit Board, and Tripod Technology,...
Handset PCB shipments increasing on rush orders
Feb 5, 14:20
With global handset vendors including Nokia restocking their inventories by placing rush orders, Taiwan-based handset PCB makers are seeing increases in their shipments for Februar...
PCB makers optimistic about smartphone and netbook segment in 2009
Jan 23, 01:10
Despite an expected decline in PCB production value, PCB makers expect netbook and smartphone applications to be growth drivers in 2009, benefiting related PCB companies Unitech Printed...
PCB makers to freeze capacity expansions next year
Dec 12, 16:28
PCB companies are being forced to freeze capacity expansion plans next year due to sagging end market demand and the China government's restrictions on wastewater emissions, according...
Compeq sees falling orders for rigid-flex and handset PCBs
Nov 17, 15:58
Compeq Manufacturing hit record consolidated revenues of NT$2.981 billion (US$90 million) in October 2008 mainly due to booming sales of rigid-flex PCBs and handset PCBs. But orders...
Stronger demand seen for rigid-flex PCB in 2H08 thanks to high-end handset and CE products
Nov 4, 12:22
Although sales of high-density interconnect (HDI) boards were not as good as expected in the the third quarter due to weaker handset shipments, the performance of rigid-flex PCBs...
Handset PCB maker Compeq reports September revenue growth of 21.7%
Oct 14, 01:05
Taiwan-based handset-use PCB maker Compeq Manufacturing posted September consolidated revenues of NT$ 2.7 billion (US$83.4 million), up 21.7% from NT$2.2 billion in August, and up...
Compeq handset PCB shipments expected to reach 180 million units in 2008
Sep 3, 01:10
Compeq Manufacturing, a Taiwan-based maker of handset-use PCBs, is seeing strong orders from the mid-range and high-end segments driving its sales, with shipments for 2008 expected...
July sales flat for handset PCB makers
Aug 12, 01:00
Taiwan handset Printed circuit board (PCB) makers had flat sales in July, as worldwide handset vendors remain conservative regarding handset market demand. PCB makers remain conservative...
Handset PCB makers see clear bookings through August only
Newswatch - Jul 24, 10:58
Despite seeing a recovery in demand from handset customers, both Compeq Manufacturing and Unitech Printed Circuit Board are still cautious about their third-quarter performance amid...
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
LED | 7h 21min ago
Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
IT + CE | 7h 23min ago
Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
IT + CE | 7h 28min ago
Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
Bits + chips | 7h 50min ago
Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
Bits + chips | 7h 51min ago
Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
Displays | 8h 48min ago
LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
LED | 8h 58min ago
Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
Displays | 9h 4min ago
GSEO sees profits in 2012
Before Going to Press | 7h 44min ago
Acer positions Gateway and Packard Bell as mid-range/entry-level brands
Before Going to Press | 8h 2min ago
IC distributor WPG to see quarterly revenues exceed NT$100 billion in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | 9h 6min ago
Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
Before Going to Press | 9h 32min ago
Innolux expects slowdown in TV panel shipments
Before Going to Press | 10h 29min ago
HTC to continue supplying HTC Butterfly after launch of HTC Butterfly S
Before Going to Press | 10h 37min ago
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
- Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
- Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
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- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- 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
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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row

Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...

Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...

Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...

Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- 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...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.
















