Compal to use new panel plant for in-house tablet PC development

Dec 30, 14:37

Taiwan-based notebook maker Compal Electronics has announced will spend NT$1.4 billion (US$47.67 million) to acquire Chunghwa Picture Tubes' (CPT's) 4.5G color filter (CF) plant via...

Intel personnel change sparks speculation about future of Micron

Dec 30, 14:22

Michael Chen, director of Intel's Asia-Pacific embedded sales and ultra-mobility group, has reportedly resigned from the company. The news comes after comments were made by the CEO...

SZS to establish a joint venture in China for metal product manufacturing

Dec 23, 15:06

Taiwan-based notebook hinge maker Shin Zu Shing (SZS) has announced plans to establish a joint venture with its partners in Tianjin, China for manufacturing and selling metal products...

Gintech reportedly mulls joint venture fab for solar wafer production

Dec 23, 12:24

Solar cell maker Gintech Energy reportedly plans to team up with Taiwan Fertilizer, CTCI and a major Japanese solar company to set up a solar wafer manufacturing company capable of...

Fujian government and Taiwan companies have plans to form LED lighting joint venture

Dec 22, 12:25

China's Fujian provincial government reportedly is planning to invest CNY20-30 billion (US$3.01-4.51 billion) to develop the public LED lighting market over the next five years, and...

Wah Hong to increase investment in Jun Hong for capacity expansion

Dec 15, 02:00

The board of directors of Taiwan-based optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial has approved plans to invest NT$123 million (US$4.1 million) in Jun Hong Optronics, a joint venture between...

Compal, Sitronix to set up joint venture to design touch ICs for tablets

Dec 13, 10:29

Compal Electronics and Sitronix Technology will establish a joint venture to design touch controller ICs specifically for use in tablet PCs.

Coretronic reportedly to supply BLUs for iPad 2

Dec 8, 02:05

Coretronic has reportedly entered the supply chain for the second generation iPad, and will supply BLUs to Chimei Innolux (CMI) and LG Display.

SAS-Solartech joint venture to start operating in 2011

Nov 30, 10:17

A joint venture between Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and Solartech Energy will start operations around the end of 2011, with planned capacity for solar wafers and cells to...

Epistar denies reports about China BLU joint venture with Korea companies

Nov 18, 16:28

LED chipmaker Epistar has denied media reports from South Korea that Epistar, Lumens and backlight unit (BLU) maker Hansol LCD will invest 10 billion won (US$8.84 million), 30 billion...

No more pure LCD panel makers, says AUO executive VP

Nov 11, 01:15

Through years of development, TFT-LCD panel makers have gained the concept of forming a system, which means no more pure LCD panel makers, and AU Optronics (AUO) has changed its operation...

SAS and Solartech form solar cell and wafer joint venture

Oct 29, 10:46

Solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and solar cell producer Solartech Energy on October 28 announced plans to establish a solar wafer and cell joint venture, with...

Unity Opto to set up subsidiary, joint venture in China

Oct 28, 02:00

Taiwan-based LED-packaging house Unity Opto Technology will invest US$9 million to set up a subsidiary maker of medium- to large-sized LED backlight units and LED lighting products...

Phison confirms plan to establish JV with Kingston for embedded memory

Oct 26, 01:10

Phison Electronics, in a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE), announced that its board of directors has approved a plan to form a joint venture with Kingston Technology...

Kingston, Phison to set up mobile memory joint venture to compete with Samsung, say Taiwan makers

Oct 25, 13:52

Kingston Technology and Phison Electronics will spin off their respective embedded business units and combine them into a joint venture to supply eMMC, MCP and other mobile memory...

Inotera grabs contract orders for mobile RAM from Micron

Oct 21, 01:35

Micron Technology has decided to outsource mobile RAM production to Inotera Memories, its DRAM-manufacturing joint venture with Nanya Technology. Inotera is set to volume produce...

Arima Optoelectronics to obtain 270 million yuan licensing income from China joint venture

Oct 21, 01:15

Arima Optoelectronics on October 20 announced the licensing of its patents and proprietary technologies to its joint venture in northern China for a total charge of 270 million yuan...

AUO and Taiwan Cogen to jointly set up solar power plant company

Oct 1, 10:28

Taiwan's National Science Council (NSC) has approved plans for AU Optronics (AUO) and Taiwan Cogen to set up a solar power plant joint venture. AUO indicated that the company is currently...

Foxconn joint venture cancels investment in Bestec

Stockwatch - Sep 29, 17:07

Taiwan-based power supply maker Bestec Power Electronics has announced that Ampower Holding, a joint venture between Chi Mei Optoelectronics and Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry),...

Inventec to set up joint venture for solar cells

Sep 29, 10:42

Inventec on September 28 announced that it will form a joint venture with GaAs semiconductor maker WIN Semiconductors to produce polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) solar cells. Inventec...

Taiwan market: FET sets up joint venture Omusic to launch online music services

Sep 28, 01:30

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) on September 27 announced the establishment of Omusic to provide online digital music services in the Taiwan market. The company is a joint venture...

Genesis breaks ground for Kunshan joint venture

Sep 24, 01:45

LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Genesis Photonics, on September 23, broke ground for its joint venture with the Kunshan city government in China.

Toyoda, Epistar joint venture enters LED market with better pricing advantage

Sep 23, 16:39

TE Opto, the new joint venture between Toyoda Gosei and Epistar will be able to provide LED chips without worrying about patent infringement issues due to patent support from Toyoda,...

Toyoda Gosei, Epistar to set up joint venture in Taiwan

Sep 23, 15:55

Toyoda Gosei, Epistar and Twin Hill have agreed to set up a joint venture in Taiwan to develop, manufacture, and market LEDs.

To advance into Brazil, AUO and TPV to establish JV for LCM plant

Sep 20, 10:48

To provide closer services to customers and to develop the emerging market, AU Optronics (AUO) has announced plans to establish a joint venture LCD module (LCM) plant with TPV Technology,...

Systek subsidiary sets up joint venture with Rimage to tap China market

Sep 14, 15:23

Systek, a Taiwan-based provider of IT management solutions and system integration services, on September 13 announced its subsidiary Taiwan Electronic Data Processing (TEDPC) and...

Foxconn LCD inverter joint venture to acquire shares from a power supply maker

Sep 14, 15:00

Ampower Holding, a joint venture between Chi Mei Optoelectronics and Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry), will join a private fund raiser started by Taiwan-based power supply maker...

Catcher-Wistron chassis joint venture reportedly to halt plans to build plant

Aug 30, 16:08

WIT Precision, a chassis-production joint venture between notebook maker Wistron and chassis maker Catcher Technology, has reportedly halted its plans to establish new plants in China...

Compal to set up joint venture in China with LG Display

Aug 25, 15:50

Compal Electronics has announced the establishment of a joint venture, Lucom Display Technology (Kunshan), in eastern China with LG Display, with a total investment of US$15 million...

GTOC, TPK halt establishment of joint venture in China

Aug 25, 15:36

Optical glass processing services provider G-Tech Optoelectronics (GTOC) and ITO glass-based projected capacitive touch panel maker TPK Touch Solutions will temporarily suspend the...

AUO, Wistron to establish LCM JV in China

Aug 20, 17:12

The board of directors of AU Optronics (AUO) has approved a plan to set up an LCD TV panel module joint venture (JV) with Wistron at the Wistron Optical Campus of the Zhongshan Torch...

TCL, Toshiba to set up JV in China

Jul 16, 16:15

China-based TV vendor TCL and Japan-based Toshiba have announced a plan to set up a joint venture (JV), the Toshiba Visual Products (China), in Huizhou, China.

China market: Taobao, Wasu set up joint venture to offer online shopping, digital content

Jun 30, 11:35

Taobao, China's largest C2C online web portal under the Alibaba Group, and local IPTV service supplier Wasu on June 29 announced a joint venture capitalized at 100 million yuan (US$14.7...

Epistar and Delta to join forces in LED lighting, sources say

Jun 28, 12:23

LED chipmaker Epistar is in talks with Delta Electronics about a strategic alliance that will involve product development and establishment of a LED chip production facility in China,...

G-Tech and TPK Touch to establish reinforced glass substrate JV in China

Jun 24, 17:08

Taiwan-based optical glass processing service provider G-Tech Optoelectronics (GTOC), a member of the Foxconn (Hon Hai) Group, announced on June 23 it will establish a joint venture...