Last update: Friday 26 April 2013 [41 news items]
Apr 26, 16:03
Copper-clad laminate (CCL) manufacturers Elite Materials (EMC) and Iteq both expect to post sequential revenue growth in the second quarter buoyed by strong mobile device demand,...
CCL maker Elite Materials posts brisk sales in March
Apr 9, 22:07
CCL (copper-clad laminate) maker Elite Materials (EMC) saw its revenues grow 22.5% on month and 14% on year to NT$1.51 billion (US$49.35 million) in March, buoyed by strong demand...
Taiwan ARTC starts using EMC platform
Jan 23, 14:03
The Taiwan government-sponsored Automotive Research and Testing Center (ARTC) on January 22 inaugurated its Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) inspection and testing platform for...
CCL makers post mixed results for December
Jan 9, 16:26
CCL maker Elite Materials (EMC) saw its consolidated revenues edge up 2.8% sequentially to NT$1.32 billion (US$45.5 million) in December 2012, while fellow companies Iteq and Taiwan...
Iteq, EMC new CCL plants put on hold
Jan 8, 20:35
Copper-clad laminate (CCL) manufacturers Iteq and Elite Material (EMC) have both postponed plans to build new plants in China's inland provinces, according to the companies.
CCL maker EMC to expand capacity at China plant
Jan 3, 21:13
Copper clad-laminate (CCL) maker Elite Material (EMC) has unveiled plans to invest CNY160 million (US$25.7 million) to expand capacity at its plant in Zhongshan (Guangdong province,...
EMC new CCL production capacity to come online by year-end
Sep 27, 01:00
New production capacity of CCL (copper clad-laminate) maker Elite Material (EMC) will come online by year-end 2012, boosting the company's monthly output of CCLs to 300,000 units.
CCL makers facing difficulties to hike prices
Sep 24, 14:32
Attempts by copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers to pass increased copper foil prices on to their downstream PCB clients in the fourth quarter may turn out to be difficult, since the...
Lenovo may face difficulty entering cloud computing market, says HP executive
Aug 9, 14:40
Commenting on Lenovo's joint venture with EMC, managing director and vice president of enterprise business for Hewlett-Packard (HP) Taiwan Jon Wang has said that there is a huge boundary...
Lenovo teams up with EMC for China storage market
Aug 2, 16:13
China-based vendor Lenovo on August 1 announced the cooperation with US-based EMC for joint development of server technology, with Lenovo to undertake OEM production and agent sale...
Demand for high-end CCLs rising
Nov 25, 15:40
With consumer products getting more portable, coupled with the rise in environmental awareness, demand for halogen-free and high-Tg laminates, and aluminum heat sink substrates has...
CCL makers look to strong sales in August
Aug 11, 11:09
Major Taiwan-based copper-clad laminate (CCL) manufacturers Elite Material (EMC), Iteq, and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) have reported sequential growths in consolidated revenues...
Taiwan makers cut CCL prices along with international copper price drops
May 24, 13:37
Taiwan-based CCL (copper-clad laminate) makers have lowered their quotes by 10% on average recently because of dropping international copper prices and bleak order prospects, according...
CCL makers EMC and Iteq post record high profits for 2010
Newswatch - Mar 30, 13:44
Copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers Elite Material (EMC) and Iteq have both reported record high profits for 2010 thanks to rising copper prices and strong demand from the PCB sector...
CCL makers to post strong 1Q11
Jan 14, 01:05
Copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers Elite Material (EMC), Iteq, Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) and Uniplus Electronics are expected to see the first-quarter of 2011 buck seasonal trends,...
CCL makers EMC, TUC sales bounce back in November
Dec 14, 01:40
Copper-clad laminate (CCL) suppliers Elite Materials (EMC) and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) have both announced growth in November 2010 consolidated revenues from the previous mon...
CCL makers post mixed results for October
Nov 9, 10:50
CCL (copper clad laminate) maker Iteq has registered NT$1.67 billion (US$55.3 million) in October consolidated revenues, up 1.8% from September. Fellow company Elite Materials (EMC)...
CCL makers pessimistic about 4Q10
Oct 14, 02:00
Taiwan-based copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers, including Elite Material (EMC), Iteq, Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) and Uniplus Electronics, have turned cautious about their business...
CCL demand drifts down in August
Aug 18, 15:40
Demand for copper clad laminates (CCLs) from the PCB industry has slowed down in August which may affect CCL makers' performance for the third quarter, according to industry source...
CCL makers to ramp up capacity in 2H10
May 19, 14:59
Most Taiwan-based CCL (copper clad laminate) makers, including Elite Materials (EMC), Nanya Plastics, Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) and Iteq, are running at full capacity at the moment...
CCL vendors to expand capacities on strong demand from smartphone and LCD panel segments
Mar 24, 14:28
A number of Taiwan-based copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers, including Elite Material (EMC), Iteq, Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) and Uniplus Electronics, have all planned to expand...
CCL quotes set to rise in March 2010, say sources
Feb 23, 16:43
Copper-clad laminate (CCL) quotes are likely to rise in March 2010 to reflect the rising price of copper, according to industry sources. The average copper price has topped US$7,400...
CCL prices to rise after Lunar New Year
Jan 6, 14:30
The price of copper-clad laminates (CCLs) is likely to be raised after the Lunar New Year holidays as the average copper price has exceeded US$7,300 per ton and PCB demand remains...
CCL maker EMC expects revenue share of halogen- and lead-free products to increase to 50%
Oct 19, 16:57
Elite Material (EMC) expects halogen- and lead-free copper-clad laminates (CCLs) to become its major growth drivers in the next several years, with revenue share increasing to 50%,...
Sep 15, 17:03
Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) has raised its prices of copper-clad laminates (CCLs) to reflect the increased average copper price, according to industry sources.
CCL maker EMC raises product price by 10%
Sep 11, 16:48
Elite Material (EMC) has announced a 10% rise of copper-clad laminate (CCL) ASP for September to reflect increased copper prices. The average copper price has reached US$6,500 per...
CCL makers see July revenues up on month
Aug 11, 15:50
Copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers Iteq, Elite Material (EMC) and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) saw July 2009 consolidated revenues of NT$1.096 billion (US$33.5 million), a rise on...

Copper foil prices likely to be raised by 2-3% in August
Jul 28, 11:55
Taiwan copper foil makers have said they may raise prices by 2-3% in August as the average copper price has hit another record of US$5,500 per ton. Taiwan copper-clad laminate (CCL)...

CCL makers report mixed June results
Jul 9, 16:55
Copper clad laminate (CCL) makers Elite Material (EMC), Iteq and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) have reported mixed revenue results for June, but all expect to see revenues grow sequentially...
CCL makers see strong mass lamination demand
Jul 3, 16:17
Copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers Elite Material (EMC) and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) have seen mass lamination orders increase sharply. Elite's capacity is overloaded while TUC...
CCL makers see May revenues drop
Jun 8, 16:54
Taiwan-based copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers saw May revenues drop and expect further declines in June, as clients are starting seasonal inventory correction, industry sources sa...

Global storage market shrinks in 1Q09, says Gartner
Jun 8, 11:29
Revenues for the external controller-based disk storage market worldwide totaled US$3.8 billion in the first quarter of 2009, an 11.1% decline from the same period in 2008, according...
Copper-clad laminate prices expected to rise again
Apr 15, 15:43
Nan Ya Plastics will likely adjust upward its copper-clad laminate (CCL) prices by the end of April as a result of rising commodity prices, according to industry sources. The leading...
Nan Ya Plastics to raise CCL prices
Apr 3, 16:17
Leading copper-clad laminate (CCL) maker Nan Ya Plastics is expected to raise thin laminate prices by 5% in April as prices of glass fabric and copper foil are rising. The price of...

CCL makers EMC and Iteq mull raising inventory levels in response to material price hikes
Feb 24, 12:25
Taiwan-based copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers Elite Material (EMC) and Iteq, in view of rising component prices for copper and glass fabric, expect CCL prices to go up in March....

- 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
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- 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
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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
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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
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