AUO sees drop in July revenue due to earthquake, says company

Aug 10, 12:40

AU Optronics (AUO) has said an earthquake in Taiwan affected its July revenue by causing one of its 6G LCD panel plants to stop for 3-5 days.

Wistron, Inventec suffer on-month revenue drop in July

Aug 9, 01:40

Wistron has announced consolidated revenues of NT$48.84 billion (US$1.63 billion), down 16.32% on month and 5.28% on year, with combined consolidated revenues for the first seven...

Digitimes Research: Shipments of Taiwan's LCD driver ICs expand over 13% on quarter in 2Q12

Aug 8, 15:25

Shipments of LCD driver ICs by Taiwan-based IC design houses reached NT$18.83 billion (US$628.5 million) in the second quarter of 2012, up 13.5% sequentially and 2.8% on year, according...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship nearly 11 million LCD TVs in 3Q12

Aug 7, 11:39

Taiwan-based makers will ship 10.79 million LCD TVs in total during the third quarter of 2012, increasing by 29.9% on quarter but decreasing by 4.3% on year, according to Digitimes...

LCD driver IC vendor Sitronix posts strong pre-tax profits in 2Q12

Newswatch - Aug 7, 02:05

LCD driver IC vendor Sitronix Technology saw pre-tax profit soar 41% sequentially to NT$114 million (US$3.8 million) for the second quarter of 2012, the highest in the past seven...

AUO adds NT$1.84 billion to 2012 capex budget

Aug 6, 10:45

The board of directors of LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) has approved an additional capital expenditure (capex) budget of NT$1.84 billion (US$61.3 million) in 2012 specifically...

CMI to hold earnings meeting on August 7

Aug 2, 16:24

Chimei-Innolux (CMI) will hold a shareholders meeting on August 7 to discuss its second quarter earnings as well as its operations outlook for the second half of the year.

CPT to benefit from China low-end smartphone market

Jul 30, 15:48

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) is seeing an increase in small-sized panel production due to increasing demand for low-end smartphones in China's market, said sources.

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers see 2Q12 LCD TV shipments hit 8-quarter low

Jul 27, 14:12

Taiwan-based makers shipped 8.307 million LCD TVs in total during the second quarter of 2012, the lowest in eight quarters with a sequential decrease of 2.3% and on-year drop of 29.8%,...

Panel makers will still face losses this year, say sources

Jul 27, 11:54

Panel makers will continue to face challenges and will most likely see losses continue until the end of this year due to increased competition and economic instabilities, said industry...

International LCD TV brands face struggles in emerging economies

Jul 27, 11:48

International LCD TV brands are facing struggles with local brands in emerging economies due to various restrictions and pricing differences, according to industry sources.

Corning reports flat 2Q12 sales amid moderate LCD glass price declines

Jul 27, 10:28

Corning has reported that its second-quarter 2012 sales were US$1.9 billion, down 1% sequentially and 5% on year, but said LCD glass prices were dropping at a much more moderate pace...

Digitimes Research: Global large-size LCD panel shipments to top 393 million units in 2H12

Jul 27, 01:15

Global shipments of large-size LCD panels will top 393 million units in the second half of 2012, increasing 5.9% from the first half of the year, according to Digitimes Research.

AUO predicts small- and medium-size panel shipments to increase in 3Q12

Jul 26, 14:20

AU Optronics (AUO) said it is optimistic about small- and medium-sized panel shipments in the third quarter and that shipments of tablet applications will grow approximately 60% in...

AUO losses continue in 2Q12

Jul 25, 15:38

AU Optronics (AUO) today (July 25) held its investors conference and announced its non-audited earnings results for the second quarter of 2012.

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers see 2Q12 LCD monitor shipments drop

Jul 25, 15:00

Taiwan-based makers shipped 24.01 million LCD monitors during the second quarter of 2012, slipping by 5.6% on quarter and by 19.0% on year, according to Digitimes Research.

LCD TV prices to remain flat in 2H12

Jul 25, 01:10

Taiwan-based LCD panel makers and members of the upstream component supply chain are expressing pessimistic views regarding whether LCD TV prices will rise in the second half of 20...

Giantplus expected to stick with niche markets

Jul 19, 15:51

Giantplus Technology, a Taiwan-based small- and medium-sized LCD panel maker who has diversified into the touch panel market, is expected to stay focused on niche touch applications...

CMI to issue GDR

Jul 19, 11:12

Taiwan-based LCD panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) will raise funds through issuing new shares worth NT$16.25 billion (US$542.8 million) of which 10% will be reserved for subscription...

Government energy subsidies prove effective for TV sales in Taiwan

Jul 17, 01:20

The TV industry in Taiwan is expected to face a major slowdown from August until the end of the year due to recent energy-efficient subsidies that include funding for LCD TVs ending...

Chipbond 3Q12 sales to grow up to 5%

Jul 13, 12:03

LCD-driver-IC packaging and testing house Chipbond Technology is expected to report sales growth of up to 5% sequentially for the third quarter of 2012, according to market sources...

Vizio retakes lead in US LCD TV market; Samsung maintains overall TV dominance

Jul 13, 12:01

One year after falling to second place, Vizio in the first quarter reclaimed leadership in the US LCD TV market as consumers flocked to buy its affordable sets, according to the IHS...

CMI June shipments, revenues down

Jul 12, 15:58

Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) shipped 11.94 million large-sized panels and 30.12 million small- to medium-sized panels in June, decreasing on month by 2.3%...

Global LCD market to slow down in 2H12, says DisplaySearch

Jul 12, 15:31

The global LCD TV market will see limited growth during the second half of 2012 due to economic instabilities in Europe, while the overall TV market is expected to decline for the...

Global LCD monitor shipments drop 7% in first half of this year

Jul 10, 01:25

The global LCD monitor industry has seen a 7% drop in shipments during the first half of this year due to increasing sales with mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets, according...

Amtran reports increased revenues in 2Q12

Jul 6, 12:47

Amtran Technology, a Taiwan-based ODM of LCD monitors and TVs, has reported NT$15.2 billion (US$502 million) in second-quarter consolidated revenues, a 46% on-year increase, due to...

Foxconn chairman guarantees investment in Sakai Factory is virtually risk free

Jul 5, 01:30

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Terry Guo has reportedly pledged his own 160,000,000 shares in the company to accumulate a fund for investments in Sharp's...

Taiwan market: BenQ expects to boost LCD monitor sales this summer

Jul 5, 01:10

BenQ says it is expecting to boost sales of LCD monitors over the summer due to the computer gaming season heating up as it is now officially summer vacation for students in Taiwan...

LCD materials maker Daxin to debut on TSE in July

Jun 29, 15:03

Daxin Materials, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), will debut on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in mid-July, making it the first Taiwan-based chemical materials design house to be listed...

LCD monitor vendors to focus more on smart applications in the future

Jun 28, 11:32

LCD monitor vendors have been discussing how to stay competitive in the global market by researching ways for tablets and smartphones to have better connectivity with large-sized...

LCD panel makers to allocate more production capacity for TV applications

Jun 26, 14:51

Panel makers have appropriated increasing portions of their production capacities for panels used in LCD TVs and tablet PCs in response to less growth potential in the global demand...