Last update: Wednesday 22 May 2013 [209 news items]
Camera module maker AOET ready for LED chip production
Oct 27, 14:11
Camera lens and module maker Ability Opto-Electronics Technology (AOET), a subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), has reportedly entered the production of...
Molex and Foxconn announce litigation settlement
Oct 23, 14:10
Molex and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) have announced the settlement of the litigation between them, pending in the United States District Court for the Northern...
Foxconn distances itself from engineer accused of stealing Ford trade secrets
Oct 19, 17:15
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has posted a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) indicating that former employee Mike Yu, who is currently being charged with...
Foxconn Chengdu investment to focus on optoelectronics
Oct 19, 16:21
The recent US$1 billion investment Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) promised to make in Chengdu, China will focus on manufacturing of optoelectronics products, according...
Foxconn enters Xbox supply chain, says paper
Newswatch - Oct 15, 17:12
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) reportedly became a supplier of Microsoft's game console Xbox 360, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN)...
IC distributors expected to see high sales in October thanks to increased Sony PS3 component orders
Newswatch - Oct 15, 16:25
Taiwan-based IC distributors are expected to see their revenues remain high in October 2009 thanks to strong orders for Sony PlayStation 3 related products, according to industry...
Foxconn said to be tapped to make Apple tablet PC, shipments expected to begin in 1Q10
Oct 7, 17:07
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will be the manufacturing partner for an upcoming tablet PC device from Apple, according to market sources. The device is expected...
Asustek in talks with Quanta and Compal for notebook outsourcing, says paper
Newswatch - Oct 2, 16:54
Asustek Computer has responded to recent rumors that it has begun outsourcing notebook orders to Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics saying it is still in negotiations with the...
Jabil looking to recruit handset R&D talent in Taiwan, say sources
Sep 30, 11:29
EMS provider Jabil Circuit is reportedly following the steps of rival company Flextronics International of seeking to recruit R&D staff from handset ODMs in Taiwan to strengthen...
Wistron expands LCD TV, monitor line in Czech plant
Sep 29, 16:43
Wistron has expanded its plant in Brno, the Czech Republic, for LCD TV and monitor production, according to the company. The company's board of directors in March 2009 approved US$20...
Nvidia showcases Tegra-based smartbook made by Foxconn
Sep 24, 15:29
Nvidia has showcased a Tegra-based 8.9-inch smartbook designed by Mobinnova and manufactured by Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry). The smartbook has already received...
Foxconn expected to spend NT$4-5 billion to take up Sony LCD TV plant, says paper
Newswatch - Sep 2, 16:45
It will cost about NT$4-5 billion (US$121.6-152.0 million) for Taiwan-based Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to acquire a 90% stake of Sony's LCD TV plant in Mexico,...
Foxconn posts gross margin of 9.34% in 1H09
Sep 1, 16:34
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) on August 31 published its first-half 2009 financial report, posting consolidated revenues of NT$812.10 billion (US$24.66 billion),...
Sony to sell LCD TV plant to Foxconn
Sep 1, 16:24
Sony has announced that it will form a strategic alliance with Taiwan's Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) for the production of LCD TVs for the Americas region. Foxconn...
Aug 31, 12:22
Foxconn International Holdings (FIH), the Hong Kong-listed handset subsidiary of Taiwan-based Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), has posted a net loss of US$17.88 million...
Nokia to offer ARM-based smartbook in addition to Booklet 3G, say Taiwan makers
Aug 26, 11:14
Nokia, in addition to its recently unveiled netbook, the Nokia Booklet 3G, will offer an ARM-based smartbook and soon settle ODM orders, according to Taiwan-based handset makers.
China Mobile to spend more than 120 billion yuan for TD-SCDMA CPE products, says chairman
Aug 25, 14:00
China Mobile will invest 120 billion yuan (US$17.57 billion) to build up its TD-SCDMA networks in the next three years, and the company will spend even more on purchasing TD-SCDMA...
Alcor Micro sets private placement share price
Aug 24, 16:44
IC design house Alcor Micro has set the price of its private placement for seven million shares at NT$39.35 (US$1.20) per share, with market observers expecting the company to see...
Foxconn reportedly to acquire Sony LCD TV plant in Mexico
Aug 21, 16:12
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) reportedly plans to acquire Sony's LCD TV plant in Mexico and the maker will also receive Sony's LCD TV orders for North America,...
Wistron receives notebook orders from Sony
Aug 4, 13:58
Sony has added Wistron as a notebook manufacturing, accord to industry sources.
Foxconn reaches compensation deal with suicide's family
Jul 30, 14:27
Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has agreed to pay 360,000 yuan (US$52,700) plus an additional 30,000 yuan every year to the family of the engineer who is believed to have committed...
Apple unlikely to change supplier over Foxconn engineer death, observers in Taiwan say
Jul 24, 16:59
Apple is unlikely to change its supplier despite the death of an engineer at a Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Inudstry) manufacturing base in China in connection with the loss of a device...
CMO denies seeking Foxconn or Pou Chen funding for 8.5G plant
Jul 16, 15:46
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) has denied rumors that said it was looking for funding from Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and the Pou Chen Group to complete the construction...
Foxconn sets up special account to offer stock bonuses to employees in China
Jul 16, 15:08
The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) recently approved Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) application for a special account to allow distribution of its stocks as bonuses...
EMS providers and notebook ODMs are becoming DMS providers, says Acer founder
Jul 16, 13:52
Electronics manufacturing services (EMS) will disappear and be replaced by design manufacturing services (DMS) as EMS providers such as Flextronics and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai...
Neo Solar open to potential investors, says chairman
Jun 22, 11:49
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power is open to opportunities of introducing new shareholders who could offer strategic alliances complementary to the company's business...
Foxconn may step into telematics
Jun 16, 11:09
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) may step into development and production of telematics products, according to industry sources in Taiwan. In response, Foxconn indicated...
Foxconn suffers revenue drop in May
Jun 11, 12:51
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has posted non-consolidated revenues of NT$91.67 billion (US$2.8 billion) for May, a drop of 2.9% on month and 11.2% on year. Company...
Foxconn affiliate withdraws listing application
May 26, 14:29
Taiwan LED maker Advanced Optoelectronic Technology (AOT), an affiliate of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), has withdrawn an application to list on the local emerging...
Foxconn to begin constructing R&D center at Kaohsiung Software Park
May 22, 12:05
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will begin construction of buildings on a site of 1.85 hectares (4.57 acres or 199,132 square feet) in the Kaohsiung Software Park...
Foxconn to set up optoelectronics park in Chinese city of Xiamen, says report
Newswatch - May 21, 12:23
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will invest 30 billion yuan (US$4.39 billion) this year to build an industrial park focusing on the optoelectronics business in Xiamen,...
Foxconn subsidiary G-Tech enters touch panel market
May 19, 12:03
Taiwan-based optical glass processing service provider G-Tech Optoelectronics, in which Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) owns a major stake, started to produce and...
Quanta to relocate LCD joint venture factory in China
May 6, 12:07
Techview International Technology, a LCD joint venture of Quanta Computer and the Pou Chen Group, will shift its factory in southern China to a site inside Quanta's production base...
Foxconn has yet to issue layoff orders, says company spokesman
Nov 27, 12:05
With rumors circulating around the market saying that Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has laid off employees from its plants in China, company spokesman Edmund Ding...
LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
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Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
Before Going to Press | 4min ago
Innolux expects slowdown in TV panel shipments
Before Going to Press | 18min ago
HTC to continue supplying HTC Butterfly after launch of HTC Butterfly S
Before Going to Press | 26min ago
Hiachieve eWonderPad tablet PC
Taiwan-based Hiachieve Digital Technology, which provide digital contents for education purposes, has launched an education-specific tablet PC, the eWonderPad, with cloud computing...
Photo: Company, Nov 26.
Mobinnova smartbook made by Foxconn Electronics
Nvidia has showcased a Tegra-based 8.9-inch smartbook designed by Mobinnova and manufactured by Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry). The smartbook has already received...
Photo: Yen-Shyang Hwang, Oct 26.
Computex 2009: Foxconn demos Windows home server
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) introduced a new Windows home server powered by the 1.6GHz Intel Atom 230 CPU at Computex 2009. Measured in 25x25x20cm (WxDxH), Foxconn's...
Photo: Terry Ku, Digitimes, Jul 8.
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- 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
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- 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
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- 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
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
- Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
- Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
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- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- 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
- 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
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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- 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
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- 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.