Last update: Monday 25 March 2013 [31 news items]
Fiber glass fabric maker Fulltech report losses for 2012
Mar 25, 14:53
Fulltech Fiber Glass, which makes fiber glass yarns and fabrics for PCB bonding sheets and laminates, has reported net losses of NT$150 million (US$5.02 million) or NT$0.47 per share...
Fiber glass material supplier Fulltech posts flat 2012 revenues
Jan 10, 10:55
Fulltech Fiber Glass, which makes fiber glass yarns and fabrics for PCB bonding sheets and laminates, has reported almost flat growth in 2012 revenues.
Fiber glass fabric makers not ready to restart furnaces
Dec 19, 16:19
Fiber glass fabric makers Fulltech Fiber Glass and PFG Fiber Glass (Kunshan) have both not yet decided when to resume operations of their furnaces which were closed in October for...
PCB material supplier Fulltech 3Q12 profits fall
Oct 30, 11:00
Fulltech Fiber Glass, which makes fiber glass yarns and fabrics for PCB bonding sheets and laminates, saw its third-quarter profits shrink due to rising oil and electricity costs,...
PCB material prices showing signs of stabilization
Nov 21, 15:24
PCB material prices thus far in the fourth quarter have decreased at a slower pace than in the prior two quarters, a sign prices could be stabilizing around the end of 2011, according...
Fiber glass fabric maker Fulltech conservative about 4Q11 outlook
Oct 31, 14:24
Fulltech Fiber Glass is conservative about the business outlook for the fourth quarter of 2011 due to weak demand for fiber glass fabrics from the copper-clad laminate (CCL) sector,...
Fiber glass fabric makers post over 10% drops in September revenues
Oct 11, 13:57
Taiwan-based Fulltech Fiber Glass, Glotech Industrial and Baotek Industrial Materials, suppliers of fiber glass fabrics for PCB bonding sheets and laminates, all saw their revenues...
Quotes for fiber glass fabrics likely to continue sliding in October
Oct 3, 12:21
Quotes for fiber glass fabrics are likely to continue declining in October after dropping 5% in July-August and another 2-3% in September due to weak demand caused by uncertainty...
PCB material suppliers seeing orders slow
Jul 18, 15:52
Sources at Taiwan-based makers of fiber glass fabrics, one of the key raw materials for the production of PCBs, have revealed that orders landed for July were similar to those received...
Baotek to ramp up fiber glass fabric capacity in July
May 4, 14:48
Baotek Industrial Materials, which makes fiber glass fabrics and yarns for PCB bonding sheets and laminates, has said that the company is set to ramp up its production capacity for...
Glass fabric price rally to slow in May
Apr 22, 15:51
Prices for fiber glass fabrics in May 2011 will rise at a slower rate compared to 5-10% increases in April as producers of copper clad laminates (CCL) have been reluctant to place...
Glass fabric prices to rise 5-10% in April
Apr 8, 01:30
Prices for fiber glass fabrics, which are used for making copper clad laminates (CCL), are set to increase by 5-10% in April 2011, according to industry sources. Mainstream 7628-size...
Glass yarn prices to rise on Japan supply disruption
Apr 7, 11:05
Quotes for fiber glass yarns are likely to increase in April, mainly due to failure of supplies from Japan, according to industry sources.
Fiber glass yarns and fabric quotes could rise 4-6% in February
Jan 19, 01:00
A shortage of fiber glass yarns and fabrics could worsen after the Lunar New Year and February quotes could increase 4-6%, according to industry sources.
PCB makers looking to raise quotes
Jan 10, 15:30
Faced with price increases in copper clad laminate (CCL), Taiwan-based PCB manufacturers are now negotiating with clients to raise quotes by at least 5% to maintain reasonable profits,...
Fiber glass fabric maker Baotek sees price competition erode 3Q10 profits
Nov 2, 10:49
Baotek Industrial Materials, which makes fiber glass yarn and fabrics for PCB bonding sheets and laminates, has disclosed its third-quarter net profits were almost halved from the...
Fiber glass fabric makers to see revenues decline in 4Q10
Oct 29, 12:00
Taiwan-based fiber glass fabric makers expect their revenues to decline sequentially in the fourth quarter as demand has been weaker than expected since October, according to industry...
Fiber glass fabric makers post mixed July results
Aug 10, 14:50
Fiber glass fabric makers have posted mixed results for July, with Fulltech Fiber Glass seeing its revenues increase 31% sequentially to NT$411 million (US$13 million), while peers...
Fiber glass fabric market to remain steady in 2H10, says Baotek executive
Aug 4, 17:07
The market for giber glass fabric will remain steady in the second half of 2010 as capacity ramp by PCB and CCL (copper clad laminate) makers will help sustain demand for fiber glass...
Fiber glass fabric maker Baotek to ramp up capacity in 1Q11
Jul 30, 14:54
Fiber glass fabric maker Baotek Industrial Materials plans to install an additional 120 weaving machines in the first quarter of 2011 to ramp up its capacity, according to the comp...
Fulltech expects prices for fiber glass products to stay high in 2H10
Jul 1, 12:22
PCB material supplier Fulltech Fiber Glass expects the prices of fiber glass fabrics and yarns will remain at high levels in the second half of 2010 despite several market watchers...
Glass fabric price strength to continue in 2Q10
Newswatch - Mar 25, 16:13
April quotes for fiber glass yarns and fabrics, which are used for PCB bonding sheets and laminates, are set to rise by 15-20% to reflect tight supply, industry sources generally...
Fulltech to start second fiber glass fabric furnace in late March
Mar 4, 16:58
PCB material supplier Fulltech Fiber Glass will light the fire for its second fiber glass fabric furnace on March 25 and expects the furnace to be fully operational by early May,...
Jan 12, 12:13
Some PCB material suppliers have raised their prices while others are likely to follow suit soon, which is expected to impact PCB makers' profits in the first quarter of 2010, according...

Glass fabric prices to rise in 1Q10
Dec 30, 16:07
Baotek Industrial Materials, Fulltech Fiber Glass and Glotech Industrial, which make fiber glass yarns and fabrics for PCB bonding sheets and laminates, are set to raise their quotes...
Fiber glass fabric makers expect strong 2H09
Sep 14, 14:26
Fulltech Fiber Glass and Glotech Industrial both have indicated demand for fiber glass yarn and fabrics from the PCB market has been improving since the second quarter of 2009 and...
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...

Glass fabric prices stabilize after output reduced
Mar 3, 16:32
Taiwan Glass Industrial (TGI) reduced its output of glass yarn and glass fabrics, materials for PCB production, by about 50% from the fourth quarter of 2008, and as a result prevented...
Feb 9, 12:13
Quotes for glass fabric have recently stabilized following a rebound in the price of copper foil. China cloth makers have increased glass fabric quotes by 10%, while prices remain...

PCB material suppliers TGI and Co-tech cutting productions
Dec 26, 17:02
PCB material suppliers are suffering, as their product average selling prices (ASPs) are falling along with declining raw material prices. Glass fabric maker Taiwan Glass Industrial...
Glass fabric makers cutting production due to weak PCB demand
Dec 5, 16:58
Taiwan Glass Industrial (TGI) has announced that it has stopped operations of two fiber glass fabric furnaces due to falling demand from the sluggish PCB market. Other glass fabric...
ACX sees earnings up over 60% sequentially in 1Q13
Bits + chips | 4h 2min ago
Ilitek to post revenues of over NT$900 million in May
Bits + chips | 4h 16min ago
Sharp to produce 3 types of IGZO LCD panels for notebooks
Displays | 4h 28min ago
3M announces new development of quantum dot enhancement film
Displays | 5h 14min ago
NLT demonstrates latest display technologies, including projective capacitive touch panel technology
Displays | 5h 40min ago
AGC to release new self-adhesive glass for optical bonding used in electronic products
Displays | 5h 52min ago
eMagin enters electronic viewfinder market with OLED microdisplay
Displays | 5h 56min ago
New Vision Display exhibits PMVA color display based on Corning Willow Glass
Displays | 5h 57min ago
Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
LED | 6h ago
Samsung to launch complete line up of notebooks in 2H13
IT + CE | 6h 42min ago
Taiwan panel industry output value worth US$7.86 billion in 1Q13, says IEK
Displays | 7h 42min ago
Sharp announces new Ultra HD TVs
Before Going to Press | 4h 28min ago
Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
Before Going to Press | 4h 36min ago
Shipment proportions of 8- and 10-megapixel lens modules on the rise, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 4h 57min ago
Telecom operators in China expected to stop placing orders for 3.5-inch smartphones by July 2013
Before Going to Press | 5h 7min ago
Taiwan connector makers worried about competition from China-based makers
Before Going to Press | 5h 18min ago
Taiwan FPCB makers to face renewed competition from rivals in Japan
Before Going to Press | 5h 19min ago
China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
Before Going to Press | 5h 20min ago
Taiwan market: Sony to launch Xperia Tablet Z
Before Going to Press | 5h 52min ago
Monitor panel pricing expected to remain stable in May
Before Going to Press | 6h 55min ago
CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
Before Going to Press | 6h 55min ago
Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 7h 51min ago
- AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
- Revenues for drivers in LED general lighting applications to triple, says IMS Research
- Supply chain to begin volume shipments of new Xbox console orders in 3Q13
- MediaTek 2Q13 sales likely to beat guidance
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
- Taiwan panel makers lower pricing for Ultra HD TV panels
- Innolux expected to ship 1 million TOD units in 2013
- China market: Third-party e-payment services generate CNY1.2 trillion in 1Q13 total trade value, says Analysys
- China market: Online advertising valued at CNY18 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
- AUO publishes 65-inch Full HD OLED panel technology paper at SID Display Week
- Taiwan networking device makers see decreasing profit-to-R&D spending ratio
- Win Semi expects to post double-digit revenue growth in 2013
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- TSMC presence in advance process market remains strong
- Chicony seeks growth from non-notebook product lines
- Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
- LED firms to lower prices through improved technology
- Commentary: High-end LED lighting in demand
- Digitimes Research: Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
- BenQ Materials expects performance to improve in 2Q13
- TV panel pricing expected to further drop in May, says WitsView
- Demand for large-size driver ICs to boom in 2H13, say backend firms
- TPK expected to see decline in touch screen notebook market share during 2Q13
- Taiwan attracts January-April foreign direct investment of over US$1.5 billion
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- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- Clientron to exhibit its latest Zero/Thin Client and POS solutions along with the full product line at Computex Taipei 2013
- DIGIEVER partnership with EverFocus for better professional network surveillance solutions
- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- 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
- 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
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- 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...
- 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.

















