Last update: Thursday 25 April 2013 [91 news items]
Largan and Kinko enjoy robust sales in April
May 6, 11:47
Optical lens kit makers Largan Precision and Kinko Optical have reported unaudited consolidated revenues for April, with the former seeing on-month increase to NT$881 million (US$27.90...
Largan nets NT$735 million from 1Q10 operation
Apr 23, 11:49
Taiwan-based optical lens kit maker Largan Precision generated net profit of NT$735 million (US$23.1 million) in first-quarter 2010, according to the company.
Largan Precision sees increased March revenues
Stockwatch - Apr 6, 09:52
Optical lens kit maker Largan Precision on April 5 reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$862.9 million (US$27.0 million) for March 2010, rising by 37.11% on month and by...
Largan expects 5-megapixel segment to account for over 10% of lens kits shipped in 2Q10
Mar 26, 16:09
Taiwan-based optical lens maker Largan Precision expects the 5-megapixel segment to account for nearly 10% of its total shipments of handset-use lens kits for first-quarter 2010,...
Largan Precision to deal out 2009 dividend of NT$10
Stockwatch - Mar 23, 10:55
Taiwan-based optical lens maker Largan Precision will distribute a dividend per share of NT$10 in cash for its 2009 operation, its board of directors decided on March 22.
Largan sees February 2010 revenues down nearly 15% on month
Mar 8, 10:43
Taiwan-based optical lens kit maker Largan Precision has reported consolidated revenues of NT$629.3 million (US$19.7 million) for February 2010, dropping by 14.58% on month.
Feb 8, 09:56
Asia Optical and Largan Precision have each reported consolidated revenues for January 2010 dropping on month but rising on year, according to the companies.
Largan Precision shifting main resolution of cameraphone lens kits to 3- to 5-megapixel
Feb 3, 11:11
Largan Precision saw 2- and 3-megapixel lens kits for cameraphones each account for 40% of its total shipments in 2009, but will focus on the 3- and 5-megapixel segment in 2010 to...
Lens kit maker Largan sees December 2009 revenues drop on month
Jan 7, 16:38
Taiwan-based optical lens kit maker Largan Precision has reported consolidated revenues of NT$873.6 million (US$27.0 million) for December 2009, falling 7.47% from the record level...
Lens kit maker Largan sees high revenues for October
Nov 6, 11:52
Taiwan-based optical lens kit maker Largan Precision has reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$913.2 million (US$28 million) for October, hitting a record for the third consecutive...
Lens kit maker Largan posts strong 3Q09 sales, but gross margin drops
Oct 22, 10:07
Taiwan-based optical lens kit maker Largan Precision generated record consolidated revenues of NT$2.451 billion (US$74.6 million) in third-quarter 2009, but the gross margin of 41.70%...
Optical lens maker Largan posts strong sales for September
Oct 6, 10:25
Taiwan-based optical lens kit maker Largan Precision on October 5 reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$879 million (US$27.1 million) for September, hitting a record for...
Optical lens maker Largan hits record consolidated revenues in August
Sep 7, 09:57
Taiwan-based optical lens maker Largan Precision on September 5 reported record monthly consolidated revenues of NT$826.5 million (US$25.1 million) for August.
Optical lens maker Largan sees increasing shipments of 3-megapixel lens kits
Aug 19, 10:57
Taiwan-based Largan Precision's shipments of 3-megapixel lens kits for phone cameras has been on the rise, accounting for 30% of the company's revenues in the first half of 2009,...
Asia Optical and Largan Precision see July revenues highest in 2009
Aug 7, 11:59
Asia Optical and Largan Precision, two Taiwan-based makers of optical lens kits or lenses, on August 6 reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$1.83 billion (US$56 million)...
Optical lens kits maker Largan posts strong June revenues
Jul 6, 10:29
Taiwan-based Largan Precision has reported self-estimated consolidated revenues of NT$646.8 million for June, the highest monthly level so far in 2009 mainly due to booming shipments...
Taiwan lens kit maker Largan benefits from Nokia's offering of new handsets
Jun 8, 12:14
Largan Precision, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lens kits, has offered EDoF (extended depth of field) lenses for use in the phone camera of Nokia's new slim handset model 5630 XpressMusic,...
Asia Optical and Largan report on-month increase in April revenues
May 7, 10:38
Asia Optical and Largan Precision, two Taiwan-based makers of optical lens kits, on May 6 reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.65 billion (US$49.3 million) and NT$534.9 million...
Largan 1Q09 gross margin falls close to 43%
Apr 24, 15:25
Taiwan-based optical lens kit maker Largan Precision released its financial report for the first quarter on April 23. The data showed that gross margin declined 8.4 percentage points...
Top 3 Taiwan makers of optical lenses suffer revenue drops in November
Dec 8, 10:01
Asia Optical, Largan Precision and Kink Optical, the three largest Taiwan-based makers of optical lenses or lens kits, have reported self-estimated consolidated revenues for November...
Largan Precision enjoys large profits in 3Q08
Oct 22, 14:54
Lens kit maker Largan Precision saw an estimated net profit of NT$1.133 billion (US$34.39 million) for the third quarter of 2008, increasing by 56.9% on quarter and by 72.7% on year,...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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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

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Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...

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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...
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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...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.

















