Young Fast, Lite-On Mobile to set up touch panel module JV in China

Jun 18, 11:59

Young Fast Optoelectronics and Lite-On Mobile, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lite-On Technology, have announced a plan to set up a joint venture (JV) for touch panel module business...

Everlight, Epistar and TPV to form LED packaging JV in China

Jun 17, 11:57

LED chipmaker and packager Everlight Electronics will establish a joint venture with Epistar and TPV Technology in Fuzhou City in China's Fujian Province for LED chip packaging and...

LGD to establish JV with iRiver for e-book readers

Jun 14, 16:22

LG Display (LGD) has announced plans to establish an e-book reader joint venture (JV) with iRiver to reinforce its presence in the fast-growing global e-book reader market.

Young Fast, RiTek subsidiaries to set up glass-based capacitive touch panel JV

May 4, 11:07

Taiwan-based touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics has announced to set up a joint venture (JV) with the Ritek Group's subsidiaries RiTdisplay and AimCore Technology for glass...

Foxconn retail joint venture in China to start operations at end of 2010

Apr 23, 16:43

Media Markt, a joint venture retail chain established in China by the Taiwan-based Foxconn Group and Germany-based Metro Group (the largest consumer electronics retailer in Germany),...

Rexchip to list on Taiwan ESB on April 20

Apr 14, 10:57

Rexchip Electronics, which was founded in 2006 as a joint venture between Elpida Memory and Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), has received approval to list on Taiwan's Emerging...

Asustek and SiS partner on DRAM modules through joint venture, says paper

Newswatch - Apr 12, 17:08

In a move to ensure a sufficient supply of DRAM and maintain price stability, Asustek Computer has teamed up with Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) to form a joint venture to target...

Ju Teng expects metal chassis capacity of 24 million in 2010

Apr 2, 14:42

Chassis maker Ju Teng International Holdings expects its metal chassis capacity to reach three million units per month in the third quarter of 2010 as the company's joint venture...

Chassis maker Catcher opens Taipei operation center

Apr 1, 14:21

Catcher Technology, a southern Taiwan-based maker of notebook and handset metal chassis, on March 30 opened an operation center in the northern city of Taipei to better serve its...

Arima Optoelectronics to downsize capital by 25%

Mar 31, 15:58

Arima Optoelectronics, a Taiwan-based maker of LED epitaxial wafers and chips, on March 30 announced the reduction in its paid-in capital by NT$920.31 million (US$28.8 million) or...

Motech, Itogumi to set up PV module joint venture in Japan

Stockwatch - Mar 24, 16:43

Taiwan-based solar cell maker Motech Industries announced today (March 24) it has signed with Japan-based Itogumi Construction to set up a joint venture which will acquire the photovoltaic...

AUO and TPV to establish joint venture for LCM production and TV ODM in Poland

Mar 15, 09:40

AU Optronics (AUO) held a meeting of the board of directors on March 12, 2010, at which the board approved a resolution establishing a joint venture of TFT-LCD module production and...

Simplo to set up joint venture for electric car batteries in China, reveals chairman

Feb 5, 14:09

Taiwan-based notebook battery maker Simplo Technology has decided to spend 48 million yuan (US$7.03 million) to set up a joint venture with the China Putian Information Industry Group...

Rexchip names new chairman

Feb 2, 12:25

Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has announced its president Brian Shieh has resigned and taken over the chairman post of Rexchip Electronics, PSC's joint venture with Elpida...

Accton and LG-Nortel form joint venture targeting North America SMB networking device market

Jan 29, 16:12

Taiwan-based network equipment maker Accton Technology has signed an agreement with LG-Nortel to form a network equipment joint venture that will offer voice and data solutions for...

Inventec to expand server R&D center in Taiwan

Jan 26, 12:23

Inventec plans to expand its server R&D center in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan from 1,400 staff members at present to 3,000 in 2012, according to company vice president and spokesman...

PSC dismisses report on Rexchip shares buyback

Stockwatch - Jan 26, 11:47

DRAM maker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has indicated that it is not the source of a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report saying it will...

Foxconn reportedly to set up China LED epitaxial wafer joint venture with Nichia

Jan 12, 15:43

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is reportedly negotiating the use of LED patents from Japan-based LED chipmaker Nichia, and the two companies are also discussing...

Accton to set up joint venture with Viettel Telecom in Vietnam

Jan 7, 11:54

Taiwan-based network equipment maker Accton Technology has decided to set up a joint venture (JV) with Viettel Telecom in Vietnam to develop carrier-grade networking equipment targeting...

Rexchip plans IPO in 2010, says president

Jan 6, 12:17

Rexchip Electronics, which is 64%-owned by Elpida Memory, has announced plans to go public in 2010. The DRAM maker will file an application for IPO (initial public offering) in Taiwan's...

Kenmos to recognize loss from investment in Kenmos PV

Dec 31, 15:03

Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) maker Kenmos Technology has announced it will recognize a loss of NT$380 million (US$11.81 million) for its investment in Kenmos PV, a joint venture...

Ritek to invest NT$800 million more in CIGS thin-film PV module joint venture PVNext

Dec 31, 11:38

Ritek, the second largest Taiwan-based maker of blank optical discs, on December 30 announced the additional investment of up to NT$800 million (US$24.8 million) in PVNext, a CIGS...

GMT and AUO form joint venture to develop LED driver ICs

Dec 25, 15:22

Analog IC design house Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) and AU Optronics (AUO) have set up a joint venture dedicated to the development of LED driver ICs as well as other analog...

Epistar commits to two investments in China

Dec 22, 12:16

Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar will carry out two investment projects in China with a total investment amount of US$128 million, according to company filings at the Taiwan Stock...

Chunghwa Telecom to set up joint venture in China

Dec 16, 11:22

Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on December 15 announced a plan to invest up to 15 million yuan (US$2.2 million), through its subsidiary Chunghwa Investment, to establish a joint...

Rexchip to apply for listing in 2010, say sources

Dec 15, 11:34

Rexchip Electronics, a 64%-held subsidiary of Japan's Elpida Memory, plans to apply for listing on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) stock market in 2010, according to industry sources...

Arima Opto to set up LED chip joint-venture in China

Dec 9, 11:32

Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Arima Optoelectronics Corporation (AOC) on December 8 announced the establishment of a joint-venture to make high-brightness LED chips...

Foxconn biomedical joint venture to start operating in 1H10

Dec 7, 15:52

Conn Lian, Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) biomedical joint venture with Bionet Corporation, a Taiwan-based company engaged in cell-tissue banking and stem-cell...

Taiwan digital camera maker Ability Enterprise to float convertible bonds, set up joint venture in China

Stockwatch - Dec 2, 14:39

Ability Enterprise, one of the three largest Taiwan-based ODM/OEM makers of digital cameras, will issue 5-year, zero-interest domestic convertible bonds worth up to NT$1.5 billion...

PSC seeking to buy back Rexchip shares

Newswatch - Dec 2, 14:06

Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has proposed talks about buying back Rexchip Electronics shares from Elpida Memory, according to industry sources. PSC's stake in Rexchip...

TCL joint venture headhunting talent from Taiwan panel industry, sources say

Nov 26, 15:37

The joint venture (JV) of China-based LCD TV vendor TCL and Century Science & Technology Investment Corporation is headhunting talent from Taiwan's panel industry, according to...

Vizio LCD TV sales hit high prior to Thanksgiving, says Amtran

Nov 25, 15:52

Vizio saw its LCD TV shipments surge to 86,000 units in the US market during the week preceding Thanksgiving, hitting the highest weekly level so far in 2009, according to Amtran...

Toshiba to form China joint venture for system LSI assembly and testing

Nov 20, 16:36

Toshiba on November 20 announced it plans to team up with Nantong Fujitsu Microelectronics (NFME), a joint venture owned by China-based Nantong Huada Microelectronics, Fujitsu of...