Last update: Tuesday 30 April 2013 [43 news items]
Equipment supplier Csun expects strong 2Q13
Apr 30, 12:13
A rebound in orders lifted Csun Manufacturing's book-to-bill ratio to 1.52 at the end of the first quarter, indicating that the company's shipments and revenues will grow robustly...
PCB equipment makers Ampoc, Csun see order visibility extend to 3Q13
Apr 10, 22:09
PCB manufacturing equipment makers Ampoc Far East and Csun Manufacturing both are expected to see their revenues grow substantially in the second quarter as the two companies have...
Csun looks to post revenues of NT$4 billion in 2013
Mar 11, 15:21
Csun Manufacturing, which mainly produces equipment used in the production of LCD panels and PCBs, has seen its order visibility extend to three months with revenues for all of 2013...
Equipment maker Csun sees book-to-bill ratio rise
Feb 22, 15:39
Taiwan-based Csun Manufacturing has seen orders for LCD, PCB and semiconductor equipment rebound bringing the company's book-to-bill ratio to 1.5-1.8 recently, according to industry...
Csun shipping PPS manufacturing equipment
Dec 11, 21:52
PCB equipment maker Csun Manufacturing will begin shipping its PSS (patterned sapphire substrate) manufacturing equipment in December, pushing its revenues for the month to over NT$500...
Oct 2, 13:22
Csun Manufacturing will see its book-to-bill ratio stay above 1.0 through the end of the third quarter, according to Webber Wong, president for LCD and PCB equipment maker Csun Manufacturing...

Csun to start shipping new equipment for LED manufacturing in 4Q12
Aug 30, 01:30
Csun Manufacturing is scheduled to start shipping its new turnkey equipment for the manufacture of patterned sapphire substrates (PSS) in the fourth quarter of 2012 and expects overall...
Csun, Chroma eyeing LED equipment market
Jun 21, 01:15
Eyeing the potential of the LED lighting market, equipment firms Csun Manufacturing and Chroma ATE are both showcasing related products at LED Lighting Taiwan 2012. Csun has been...

Csun completes construction of new plant in Taichung, Taiwan
May 31, 15:02
LCD and PCB equipment maker Csun Manufacturing completed construction of its new plant in Taichung, central Taiwan recently. The plant will produce equipment for the TFT LCD, PCB...
Csun sees ample orders in May and June
May 31, 01:05
Equipment maker Csun Manufacturing has indicated orders from PCB, semiconductor, LED and printing industries are stable through the end of June. Book-to-bill (B/B) ratio in first-half...

BIPV subsidy program in China to spur demand in domestic solar market, says report
Apr 3, 15:11
The China government has been developing several solar PV system subsidy programs to help industry growth. In an interview with China-based Newenergy Tingxi Lu, chairman...
KCE visits Taiwan for equipment purchases
Nov 14, 12:10
Executives at Thailand-based PCB manufacturer KCE Electronics visited the recent Taiwan Printed Circuit Association (TPCA) Show in Taipei for talks to buy production equipment such...
PCB equipment makers seeing order visibility through year-end
Sep 16, 15:18
Ampoc Fareast has received orders that will keep production at full capacity through the end of 2011, as clients in China and Japan step up expanding their capacities for HDI boards,...
Csun seeing strong equipment orders from touch panel sector
Sep 8, 12:25
Equipment maker Csun Manufacturing has disclosed that orders for touch panel manufacturing equipment remain strong, and the segment's growth will help offset weaker-than-expected...
Falling 2Q11 gross margins plague cross-strait solar firms
Sep 2, 10:57
China-based solar firms have been reporting relatively good gross margins compared with Taiwan-based counterparts.
Equipment supplier Csun sales hit record high in May
Jun 17, 01:00
Csun Manufacturing, which mainly produces equipment used in the production of LCD panels and PCBs, saw its consolidated revenues hit a record high of NT$631 million (US$21.8 million)...
Csun China subsidiary breaks into supply chain of first-tier PCB firms
May 16, 15:47
Suzhou Top Creation Machines has landed orders for wet processing equipment from first-tier PCB manufacturers, according to the company. The fulfillment of new orders will boost its...
Equipment supplier Csun says orders brisk
Apr 13, 15:21
Csun Manufacturing, which mainly makes equipment used in the production of PCBs and LCD panels, has seen its capacity fully loaded for the first half of 2011. The company is also...
Equipment supplier Csun posts 2010 profit jump
Jan 11, 11:42
Taiwan-based Csun Manufacturing, which mainly produces equipment used in the production of PCBs and LCD panels, saw consolidated revenues soar 87.9% to NT$3.69 billion (US$126 million)...
Equipment supplier Csun expects 20-30% growth in 2011 sales
Dec 13, 14:40
Csun Manufacturing will likely see consolidated revenues grow 20-30% in 2011, according to company president Webber Wong. Growth will be driven by rising demand coming from the semiconductor,...
Mirle, Csun and All Ring post sequential revenue growth in 3Q10
Oct 12, 01:00
Equipment makers Mirle Automation, Csun Manufacturing and All Ring Tech enjoyed another record sales in September 2010, thanks to rising demand from the panel and green energy sectors...
Mirle, Csun and All Ring August revenues hit record highs
Sep 16, 02:40
Equipment suppliers Mirle Automation, Csun Manufacturing and All Ring Tech all saw sales gains in August 2010, on the previous month, and reached all-time highs amid capacity expansions...
SEMI Taiwan sets up committee to promote local sourcing of semiconductor equipment
Sep 13, 14:03
SEMI Taiwan has formed a committee to promote the purchase of locally-made equipment and machinery by Taiwan-based semiconductor companies, especially wafer foundries. However, the...
Csun reportedly lands PV equipment orders from SAS
Sep 9, 15:54
Csun Manufacturing has landed several orders for poly-Si silicon ingot furnaces, with shipments to begin in the fourth quarter of 2010, president Webber Wong revealed at the company's...

Equipment maker Csun steps into LED supply chain
Newswatch - Sep 7, 15:20
Csun Manufacturing has developed solutions to produce patterned sapphire substrates for LED chips, and cut into the supply chain of major Taiwan-based LED chipmakers including Epistar,...
Taiwan equipment makers venturing into green energy industry
Sep 3, 11:11
More Taiwan-based equipment suppliers, which used to see sales contributed by their panel customers account for 70-80% of their total revenues, are venturing into the production of...
Csun consolidated revenues hit record high in July
Aug 31, 11:46
Equipment supplier Csun Manufacturing has announced its consolidated revenues for July hit a record high of NT$378 million (US$11.8 million). Accumulated consolidated sales for the...
Taiwan IC- and LCD-equipment makers post strong June sales
Jul 13, 12:12
All Ring Tech's revenues hit a monthly high in June 2010, while both Gallant Precision Machining (GPM) and Mirle Automation enjoyed sequential revenue growth of over 10% in the month,...
Equipment maker Csun continues developing China operations
May 14, 15:25
Taiwan-based Csun Manufacturing, which mainly makes equipment used in the production of PCBs and LCD panels, has revealed plans to take its Guangzhou, China subsidiary public in the...
Equipment makers Mirle, Csun report profits for 1Q10
Apr 20, 16:31
Taiwan-based equipment makers Mirle Automation and Csun Manufacturing have reported pre-tax profits of NT$98 million (US$3 million) and NT$88.16 million, respectively, for the first...
Taiwan IC- and LCD-equipment makers post mixed February 2010 results
Mar 11, 12:28
Csun Manufacturing and Gallant Precision Machining (GPM) managed sequential revenue growth in February 2010, while All Ring Tech and Mirle Automation both saw revenues drop from January...
LCD equipment makers post mixed January 2010 results
Feb 12, 10:26
Kenmec Mechanical Engineering and Mirle Automation have both reported sequential revenue growth for January 2010, as customers expand capacity. However, All Ring Tech and Csun Manufacturing...
Taiwan LCD equipment makers cut prices to win orders
Newswatch - Jan 18, 17:15
Taiwan-based LCD equipment makers have reportedly slashed prices by 20-30% in a move to grab orders from panel customers, according to industry sources, although the sources did not...
Equipment maker Csun expects 1Q10 revenues to grow 50% on year
Jan 13, 11:22
Csun Manufacturing, which mainly supplies PCB and LCD equipment, has estimated first-quarter revenues to increase 50% on year. The equipment maker said it has seen the backlog in...

Taiwan LCD equipment suppliers on fund-raising sprees
Oct 14, 16:55
Three Taiwan-based LCD equipment specialists – Csun Manufacturing, Kenmec Mechanical Engineering and Usun Technology – have all begun fund-raising projects to finance...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- 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
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- Advantech Redefines Entry Level Network Application Platforms
- WD shipping world's first 5 mm 2.5-inch hard drive
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
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- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
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- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
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- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal

Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...

Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...

MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...

Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- 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...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.
















