Last update: Tuesday 14 May 2013 [303 news items]
CMI December revenues drop slightly by 0.5%
Jan 11, 02:15
Chimei Innolux (CMI) has announced its consolidated TFT-LCD related revenues of NT$44.7 billion (US$1.53 billion) in December, a decrease of 0.5% sequentially. CMI shipped 12.1 million...
CPT, HannStar see December revenues drop sequentially
Jan 11, 01:15
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display saw their December revenues decreased 8.8% and 2.3%, respectively.
Prices for large-size chip resistors to rise 5-10% in 1Q11
Jan 7, 02:05
Chip resistor makers are mulling plans to raise quotes for large-size products, including 0603-and-above sizes, by 5-10% later in the first quarter of 2011 to reflect tight supply,...
CPT small- to medium-size panel shipments exceed 350 million units in 2010
Jan 7, 01:30
Chunghwa Picture Tubes' (CPT's) shipments of small- to medium-size panels increased up to 134% on year and exceeded 350 million units in 2010 and the company aims to ship 500 million...
Sitronix and BOE to cooperate for medium- to large-size panel plant, says report
Newswatch - Jan 5, 15:53
Taiwan-based IC design house Sitronix Technology will reportedly cooperate with China-based BOE Technology to set up production plant for medium-to large-size TFT-LCD panels, according...
TV panel prices hit bottom in 4Q10
Dec 27, 15:47
LCD TV panel prices are expected to hit bottom in the fourth quarter of 2010, and start to improve in terms of both prices and supply-demand situations in the first quarter of 2011...
Dec 22, 17:08
Prices for LCD TV panels continue to drop in the second half of December with more significant price drop for LED-backlit models, while prices for monitor and notebook panels remain...
Korea panel utilization rate reaches over 90% in November, says DisplaySearch
Dec 14, 14:09
Korea-based TFT-LCD panel makers' average utilization rates reached over 90% in November, while Taiwan-based panel makers were gradually increasing their utilization rates mainly...
CMI November revenues up 10% sequentially
Dec 10, 01:20
Chimei Innolux (CMI) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$44.96 billion (US$1.49 million) for November 2010, up 10.5% sequentially.
CPT sees revenues up sequentially in November
Dec 9, 01:20
TFT LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has posted consolidated revenues of NT$5.75 billion (US$190.9 million) for November 2010, up 2.6% sequentially but down 0.9% on yea...
HannStar November revenues up sequentially
Dec 8, 12:30
HannStar Display has announced revenues of NT$3.48 billion (US$115.4 million), up 4.5% sequentially but down 21% on year.
AUO November revenues up sequentially but down on year
Dec 8, 12:05
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$36.87 billion for November, up by 5% sequentially but down by 4% on year.
Novatek November sales up 18% on-month
Dec 7, 12:37
IC design house Novatek Microelectronics has reported revenues of NT$3.08 billion (US$102.09 million) for November, up 18% sequentially and 30.8% on year. Sales were buoyed by a pick-up...
BLU maker Radiant 2011 revenues to rise thanks to orders from Samsung, Sony and Sharp
Nov 30, 01:15
Radiant Opto-Electronics is one of the few back light unit (BLU) makers to show growth despite a widespread demand drop off in the large-size panel sector. The company's revenues...
Tablet PC touch panel ICs account for 40% of EETI revenues in October
Nov 26, 01:05
Taiwan-based IC design house Egalax_Empia Technology's (EETI's) revenues for medium- to large-size touch panel ICs for tablet PCs increased to 40% of its total revenues in October,...
Korea-based makers see high share of large-size LCD panel market in October
Nov 24, 11:36
Shipments from Korea-based makers accounted for 53.9% of the global large-size TFT LCD panel market in October, a record-high share since the beginning of 5G production.
Nov 12, 12:08
Shipments of large-size TFT-LCDs over 9.1-inch fell to 163 million units in the third quarter of 2010, with 4% sequential decline, but 7% on year growth. Revenues reached US$21.3...
Delta to mass produce e-paper products in 1H11
Nov 12, 10:41
Delta Electronics will start mass producing e-paper products in the first half of 2011 and the company will initially focus on the Greater China market, starting with e-reader devices...
FPD International 2010: Sharp displays large-size TV wall
Nov 12, 02:30
Sharp is showcasing its large-size TV wall at the ongoing FPD International 2010 in Makuhari, Japan, from November 10 to 12.
CPT October revenues down 5% sequentially
Nov 10, 15:03
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has posted revenues for October 2010 of NT$5.6 billion (US$185.64 million), an decrease of 4.9% sequentially but increasing 5.5% on year.
CMI October revenues down 10.7% sequentially
Nov 10, 14:14
LCD panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$40.7 billion (US$1.35 billion) for October, a decrease of 10.7% sequentially.
HannStar Display posts revenue decline for October
Nov 9, 01:10
LCD panel maker HannStar Display has posted October revenues of NT$3.328 billion (US$110.24 million), down 15.8% sequentially and 33.5% on year. Revenues from January through October...
MPI sees LED equipment order visibility through 1Q11
Nov 5, 10:42
MJC Probe (MPI) has seen its order visibility for LED probers and sorters extend to the first quarter of 2011, according to company president Steve Chen.
CPT, HannStar report net loss for 3Q10
Nov 1, 10:43
LCD panel makers Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display have announced net loss of NT$5.2 billion (US$170.44 million) and NT$2.2 billion, respectively, for the third quarter...
Novatek looks to declining sales for 4Q10
Oct 28, 01:25
Driver-IC designer Novatek Microelectronics expects its fourth-quarter 2010 revenues to drop by 10-15% on quarter, as the market for large-size panel applications enters the slow...
AUO threatens CMI leading position for TV panels
Oct 27, 02:00
Amid AU Optronics' (AUO's) efforts to strengthen its LCD module cooperation with China-based players, as well as strategic cooperation with TPV Technology, AUO's LCD TV panel shipments...
Asia Optical turns profitable in 3Q10; to see 30% on-year revenue growth in 2011
Oct 26, 02:05
Taiwan-based digital camera maker Asia Optical saw its operating incomes swing from losses to profits of NT$99 million (US$3.24 million) in the third quarter of 2010 mainly benefited...
Large-size LCD panel shipments up 1% in September, says DisplaySearch
Oct 22, 16:04
Despite the over-supply situation and rapidly falling panel prices, large-size panel shipments continue to increase from July 2010, especially for LCD TV panels. Shipments of large-size...
EETI to double medium- and large-size capacitive touch panel shipments in 4Q10
Oct 14, 01:45
Taiwan-based IC design house Egalax_Empia Technology (EETI) expects its shipments of medium- to large-size capacitive touch panels to more than double sequentially in the fourth quarter...
CMI posts flat revenues for September
Oct 11, 10:53
Chimei Innolux (CMI) has announced that consolidated TFT-LCD related revenues reached NT$45.6 billion in September, an increase of 0.1% sequentially.
CPT and HannStar report declines in September revenues
Oct 8, 01:00
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display saw their September 2010 revenues decrease sequentially by 11.4% and 3.9%, respectively, to NT$5.89 billion (US$194.69 million) and...
TV panel prices continue to drop, monitor panel prices stable in 1H October, says DisplaySearch
Oct 6, 15:42
LCD TV panel prices in the first half of October 2010 will continue to drop amid high inventory levels, while the price drop for LCD monitor panels is starting to slow down as panel...
AUO September revenues down 3.6% sequentially
Oct 6, 01:40
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$41.99 billion (US$1.35 billion) for September 2010, down 3.6% sequentially but up 2.5% on year.
Large-size panel prices to remain flat in 4Q10
Sep 17, 01:15
Large-size TFT-LCD panel prices are expected to remain flat in the fourth quarter of 2010 and may start increasing in the first half of 2011, according to Taiwan-based panel makers...
Taiwan and Japan flat panel makers lower utilization rates
Sep 16, 02:35
Taiwan- and Japan-based flat panel makers began to reduce their production recently, lowering their capacity utilization rates to 60-70% on average, and even to below 50% for some...
- 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
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- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
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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
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