Last update: Thursday 27 September 2012 [37 news items]
Sep 27, 15:18
Taiwan-based touch panel maker TPK Holding will issue 5-year, zero-interest unsecured ECBs (euro convertible bonds) worth US$200 million and GDRs (global depositary receipts) worth...
Quanta chairman reportedly may invest in VMware
Jul 31, 01:25
Quanta Computer chairman Barry Lam has recently sold shares totaling a 1.67% stake in Quanta through global depositary receipts (GDR) for a price of US$150 million, accounting for...
Jul 19, 11:12
Taiwan-based LCD panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) will raise funds through issuing new shares worth NT$16.25 billion (US$542.8 million) of which 10% will be reserved for subscription...
TPK sees increased May revenues, Wintek to issue GDR
Stockwatch - Jun 7, 16:35
Taiwan-based touch panel maker TPK Holding saw its consolidated revenues of NT$12.324 billion (US$416 million) grow 3.93% on month and 10.29% on year. January-May consolidated revenues...
Newswatch - Jan 16, 16:44
Touch panel makers TPK Holding has decided to cancel a planned sale of its global depositary receipts (GDRs) due to recent market volatility, according to a company filing with the...
Touch panel maker TPK reports sequential revenue decline for October
Newswatch - Nov 4, 14:02
Touch panel maker TPK Holding has announced consolidated revenues of NT$11.55 billion (US$382.2 million) for October, down 32.3% on month but up 34.9% on year. In terms of the US...
Jul 15, 01:05
Solar cell maker Neo Solar Power announced July 14 the conclusion of a US$132.4 million GDR (global depositary receipt) issue, which consists of 20 million GDRs.
CMI plans to issue up to 1 billion new shares for capital expansion
Apr 14, 01:30
LCD panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) plans to launch a capital expansion project through a rights issue and the issuance of global depositary receipts (GDRs), with the number of new...
Foxconn to issue NT$12 billion bonds, 600 million new shares for GDR
Mar 21, 10:18
Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will issue unsecured corporate bonds worth up to NT$12 billion (US$407 million) and raise additional pain-in capital through issuing up to one...
Jan 14, 01:15
Wintek's GDR project has been finalized and the company will issue 40 million units to rise a total of US$331 million, mainly for overseas purchases.
Morgan Stanley gets Wintek NT$12 billion GDR project, says report
Newswatch - Dec 6, 14:55
Morgan Stanley reportedly has won a deal for underwriting Wintek's GDR worth NT$12 billion (US$396.43 million), according to a Chinese-language report in the Economic Daily News...
Wintek decides not to file suit against JP Morgan analyst, says report
Newswatch - Dec 2, 11:55
Wintek has decided to not take legal action against a JP Morgan analyst over a recent report that cited wrong data, as it has not caused any damage to the company, according to chairman...
Wintek revenues to top NT$66 billion in 2010, says chairman
Dec 2, 11:36
Wintek has reported consolidated November revenues of NT$8.85 billion (US$289.92 million), up 7.36% on year. Wintek chairman Hyley Huang indicated that the company's revenues in December...
Wintek signs loan, Sintek to float GDRs
Nov 25, 01:55
Touch panel makers Wintek and Sintek Photronics on November 24 settled on their fund-raising plans, with the former signing a five-year syndicated loan and the latter to release new...
Powerchip drops GDR plan amid market uncertainties, says report
Newswatch - Nov 23, 11:13
Powerchip Technology, a major Taiwan-based DRAM maker, has decided to cancel plans to sell up to 800 million new shares in the form of global depositary receipts (GDR), the Economic...
Powerchip expects DRAM rebound in 2Q11
Nov 18, 16:35
The current weakness in DRAM-chip prices is mainly caused by seasonal effects, according to Frank Huang, chairman of Taiwan-based Powerchip Technology. Huang expects demand to be...
Acer nets over US$37 million from selling Wistron GDRs
Nov 10, 15:39
Acer on November 9 announced its disposal of 3.5 million GDRs (global depositary receipts) issued by Wistron at US$19.72 per unit for a total sales transaction value of US$69 million,...
Wintek reports record high revenues for October 2010
Nov 3, 01:35
Wintek has posted consolidated revenues of NT$8.25 billion (US$270.76 million) for October, a record high in monthly revenues, increasing 7.06% sequentially and 224.69% on year.
Wintek to end GDR cooperation with JP Morgan in response to a negative report
Oct 21, 15:30
Wintek has announced an end to its GDR cooperation with the JP Morgan Group due to an underweight rating by JP Morgan analyst Narci Chang.
Wintek posts better-than-expected profits in 3Q10
Oct 14, 01:15
Thanks to increasing touch panel shipments to Apple for iPad, Wintek has posted an EPS of close to NT$1 (US$0.032) for the third quarter of 2010, higher than market expectations....
SAS terminates GDR issue; Neo Solar Power to issue 70 million new shares
Jul 27, 14:03
Solar-grade wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has terminated plans to issue 80 million GDR (global depository receipts) shares citing the need for further evaluation...
Foxconn plans to issue 880 million new shares for floating GDR
Jun 9, 16:30
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) at its shareholders meeting on June 8, decided to issue 880 million new shares specifically for issuing global depositary receipts...

Wintek sees April revenues highest since 2006
May 5, 11:39
Taiwan-based panel maker Wintek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.722 billion (US$118 million) for April, the highest monthly level since 2006, increasing 14.94% sequentially...
Mar 29, 14:10
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics has announced a plan to issue 85 million GDR (global depositary receipt) shares, according to company filing with the Taiwan...
Wafer maker SAS in talks for Texas PV project, say sources
Mar 26, 12:25
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), a Taiwan-based maker of semiconductor and solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, is talking with the Texas state government in an attempt to...
Gou-donated stem cell therapy center opens in Taipei
Mar 15, 16:29
A stem cell therapy center donated by Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), has been unveiled in Taiwan.
Wintek suffers net loss of nearly NT$2.6 billion in 2009
Feb 23, 14:31
Small- to medium-size LCD panel maker Wintek has reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$27.399 billion (US$835 million), gross operating loss of NT$38.0 million, net operating...
Dec 14, 16:58
Electrophoretic display (EPD) maker Prime View International (PVI) has set the price of its GDR (global depositary receipt) at US$23.5732 per unit, seeking to raise a total of over...
PVI to issue GDR to raise US$100-150 million
Aug 26, 12:12
Taiwan-based EPD (electrophoretic display) maker Prime View International (PVI), in order to raise funds for the acquisition of E-Ink at US$215 million, will issue GDR (global depositary...
Taiwan solar wafer maker GET suffers large drop in stock price due to GDR price gap
Aug 14, 17:02
Solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) saw its share price on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) slip by 6.9% from NT$95.60 to NT$89 per share on August 13 as investors sought...
Inotera loss narrows in 2Q09, on track to migrate to 50nm
Aug 7, 11:57
Inotera Memories, a joint venture between Micron Technology and Nanya Technology, saw its net loss for second-quarter 2009 narrow to NT$4.11 billion (US$125 million) compared to a...

Aug 3, 15:21
Taiwan DRAM maker Inotera Memories has set the price of its global depositary receipt (GDR) at US$4.8757 per unit, which is about 10% lower than the company share's closing price...
Panel maker CPT sets GDR price at US$2.95
Jul 27, 13:52
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has set the price of its forthcoming global depositary receipt (GDR) issue at US$2.95 per unit, according to the compa...
Inotera to issue GDRs to fund 50nm transition
Jul 17, 09:53
Inotera Memories' board of directors has decided to issue GDRs equivalent to a total of up to 800 million stocks in order to raise around NT$10 billion (US$303.81 million). The funding...
Jul 9, 17:16
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) plans to issue global depository receipts (GDRs) equivalent to 2.5 billion shares with unit pricing to be set later,...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
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- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- 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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- 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
- 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

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- 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.
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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.

















