Last update: Tuesday 26 March 2013 [19 news items]
Largan, Genius Electronic to deal out NT$17, NT$2 cash dividends for 2012
Stockwatch - Mar 26, 10:53
Taiwan-based handset lens module makers Largan Precision and Genius Electronic Optical will distribute cash dividends per share of NT$17 (US$0.57) and NT$2 respectively for 2012,...
Optical lens makers report decreases in December revenues
Stockwatch - Jan 8, 10:48
Taiwan-based optical lens makers Asia Optical, Genius Electronic Optical and Kinko Optical have reported significant decreases in their consolidated revenues for December.
Genius Electronic to issue 10 million new shares
Stockwatch - Dec 17, 13:08
Taiwan-based optical lens module maker Genius Electronic Optical will issue 10 million new shares to raise capital. The sale price is yet to be determined but the funds to be used...
Genius Electronic, Kinko post mixed sequential growth in November revenue
Dec 10, 11:16
Genius Electronic Optical and Kinko Optical, two Taiwan-based optical lens makers, saw November consolidated revenues of NT$1.352 billion (US$46.3 million) rising 10.97% on month,...
Ability Enterprise, Altek see mixed results for March
Apr 8, 12:37
Digital camera maker Ability Enterprise saw March revenues drop 9.85% on year to NT$5.113 billion (US$173 million), while fellow maker Altek's consolidated revenues for the month...
Largan, Genius Electronic to expand capacities in expectation of orders for tablet PC camera modules
Mar 2, 01:45
Taiwan-based makers Largan Precision and Genius Electronic Optical expect growing global demand for tablet PCs to bring orders for camera modules, and therefore will invest at least...
Genius Electronic turns profitable in 2010
Jan 26, 12:08
Optical lens modules maker Genius Electronic Optical has reported net profit of NT$443.2 million (US$13.5 million), or NT$5.68 per share for 2010, swinging to profits after continued...
Apple CEO medical leave will not impact component suppliers
Jan 18, 16:11
Apple's Taiwan-based upstream partners such as Largan Precision, Genius Electronic Optical and Asia Optical for optical lens supply as well as Pegatron Technology, should not be impacted...
Genius Electronic October revenues hit record for fourth time straight
Nov 10, 01:30
Optical lens module maker Genius Electronic Optical generated historically highest consolidated revenues of NT$716 million (US$23.1 million) in October 2010 for the fourth time in...
Genius Electronic, Newmax post record revenues for September
Stockwatch - Oct 8, 11:11
Taiwan-based optical lens maker Genius Electronic Optical has reported consolidated revenues of NT$500.4 million (US$15.7 million) for September, hitting a record for the third consecutive...
Three optical lens kit makers see August revenues hit records
Stockwatch - Sep 8, 12:03
Taiwan-based optical lens kit/module makers Kinko Optical, Genius Electronic Optical and Newmax Technology have all reported record consolidated revenues for August.
Asia Optical, Genius Electronic may land lens module orders for new iPod touch, say sources
Sep 3, 12:20
As Taiwan-based Asia Optical is a supplier of VGA lens modules used in iPhone 4 and fellow maker Genius Electronic Optical supplies VGA and 5-megapixel lens modules for iPhone 4,...
Genius Electronic sees increasing shipments of iPhone 4 lens modules
Aug 13, 11:58
Genius Electronic Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lenses, saw shipments of 5-megapixel lens modules and VGA lens modules both used in iPhone 4 increase to account for 10%...
Genius Electronic starts shipping 5-megapixel lens modules for iPhone 4
Jun 28, 11:05
Genius Electronic Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lens kits, has begun shipments of 5-megapixel camera lens modules used in iPhone 4 in small volumes, according to industry...
Asia Optical, Genius Electronic see losses, Kinko profits in 1Q10 operation
May 3, 10:54
Asia Optical and Genius Electronic Optical, two Taiwan-based makers of optical lens kits or lenses, suffered net losses of NT$246.4 million (US$7.71 million) and NT$113.7 million...
Asia Optical August revenues up on month, down on year
Sep 8, 11:41
Taiwan-based maker of optical lens and digital cameras Asia Optical on September 7 reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$2.1 billion (US$64 million) for August, its highest...
Genius Electronic enters LED lighting market
Jul 21, 15:50
Optical component maker Genius Electronic Optical (GSEO) has entered the LED lighting market by winning LED streetlamp procurement orders in Taichung, central Taiwan, according to...
Asia Optical's February consolidated revenues grow by over 10% on month
Mar 9, 11:03
Asia Optical has reported consolidated revenues of NT$940 million (US$27.1 million) for February, rising by 10.6% from January 2009.
Japan-based JSR sets up technological service center in Taiwan
Jun 27, 16:13
JSR, a Japan-based producer of optical materials, has invested more than NT$10 million (US$328,000) to establish a technological service center in central Taiwan specifically to enhance...
Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
Displays | 6min ago
Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
Bits + chips | 46min ago
Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
Bits + chips | 48min ago
Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
Mobile + telecom | 1h 48min ago
Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
Mobile + telecom | 2h 3min ago
Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 21:08
DRAM shortages to continue for 3 years, says Inotera executive
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:56
Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:04
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- 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
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- 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
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- New Csun solar manufacturing facility in Turkey opens door for maker
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
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- 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
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- 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
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- 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.

















