Amtran reports net profit of NT$2 billion for 2009

Mar 15, 14:46

LCD TV maker Amtran Technology has reported a net profit of NT$2 billion (US$62.91 million) for 2009, while revenues reached NT$64.4 billion, up 111.81% on year.

Tatung Group to see growth in LCD monitor shipments in 2010

Mar 11, 15:54

The Tatung Group is expected to see a 20-30% on-year shipment growth in its LCD monitor OEM business in 2010, while the company's own-brand LCD TV business is expected to see shipments...

LCD panel makers cutting costs to improve profitability, says iSuppli

Mar 9, 16:59

Despite the prodigious growth of the global large-size LCD market in recent years, panel suppliers are struggling to maintain profitability, forcing them to cut materials and component...

Taiwan market: 20% of BenQ LCD TVs will be LED-backlit in 2010, says executive

Mar 9, 15:43

BenQ will begin shipments of LED-backlit LCD TVs in Taiwan in the second quarter of 2010, and expects LED models to account for over 20% of its total LCD TV shipments in 2010, according...

Qisda reports revenues down for 2009 and February 2010

Mar 8, 11:56

Qisda has announced fourth-quarter 2009 revenues of NT$19.57 billion (US$613.93 million) and revenues for the full year of NT$79.67 billion.

LCD monitor shipments increase 3.8% in 2009, says iSuppli

Mar 5, 16:37

Global LCD monitor shipments increased by 3.8% in 2009 to 176.5 million units, up from 170.1 million units in 2008, according to iSuppli.

Monitor and notebook panel prices up, TV panel prices flat in 2H February

Feb 22, 15:20

Prices of LCD panels for monitors and notebooks have increased for the second half of February, while prices for TV and netbook applications remain flat, according to latest pricing...

Shipments of top-5 LCD monitor vendors to grow in 2010

Newswatch - Feb 12, 14:53

The top-five LCD monitor vendors – Samsung Electronics, Dell, LG Electronics (LGE), Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer – are expected to see a 6pp growth in their total shipments...

Compal announces growth in January 2010 revenues

Feb 10, 16:06

Compal Electronics shipped 4.36 million notebooks, 275,000 LCD TVs and 134,000 LCD monitors to bring in consolidated revenues of NT$73.41 billion (US$2.29 billion) in January 2010,...

Taiwan market: BenQ aims to become second largest LCD monitor vendor in 2010

Feb 8, 15:37

BenQ aims to become the second largest vendor in Taiwan's LCD monitor market with a 20-22% share in 2010 mainly through sales of its LED-backlit models, according to the company.

CPT sees 4Q09 revenues decrease

Feb 8, 11:44

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$16.77 billion (US$522.39 million) for the fourth quarter of 2009, down 12.8% sequentially from NT$19.25 billion...

LCD monitor production highest in January since mid-2008, says DisplaySearch

Feb 2, 16:29

January LCD monitor production for top PC and monitor brands - about 85% of the market - was 12.5 million units, the highest level in more than a year, according to DisplaySearch...

HannStar to invest NT$5 billion to set up color filter plant

Feb 2, 12:19

TFT-LCD panel maker HannStar Display decides to invest NT$5 billion (US$156 million) to establish a color filter (CF) plant with a monthly capacity of 50,000 sheets to meet the demand...

LED to surpass CCFL in large-size LCD backlights in 2011, says DisplaySearch

Jan 27, 16:40

LED backlight units (BLUs) will surpass CCFL/EEFL BLUs in large-size TFT-LCD panels in 2011, and achieve 74% penetration in 2013, according to DisplaySearch.

Monitor vendors not to hike prices despite rising panel costs

Jan 27, 11:41

LCD monitor vendors in Taiwan have no plans to increase the prices of LCD monitors despite rising panel costs, fearing that raising their product prices will dampen sales during the...

Taiwan market: LCD monitor sales to stay flat in 2010

Jan 26, 15:08

About 1.3-1.4 million LCD monitors will be sold in the Taiwan market in 2010, the same as in 2009, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Monitor panel prices up; TV and notebook panel prices flat in 2H January, DisplaySearch says

Jan 22, 16:31

LCD monitor panel prices for the second half of January have increased due to tight supply, while prices for TV and monitor panels mostly remain flat, according to latest pricing...

Global monitor shipments to remain flat or drop slightly in 2010

Jan 22, 12:08

Global LCD monitor shipments in 2010 are expected to remain flat or decrease slightly on year, and panel supply will hold key influence over overall monitor shipments for the year,...

Taiwan market: Asustek takes the lead in 2009 brand LCD monitor sales

Jan 21, 16:34

Asustek Computer was the brand vendor that sold the most LCD monitors in the Taiwan market in 2009 followed by Chimei and Acer in second and third, according to industry sources.

Second-tier maker Jean aims to ship over one million LCD TVs in 2010, says paper

Newswatch - Jan 20, 15:29

Taiwan-based LCD display maker Jean aims to ship 1.1 million LCD TVs and 1.4-1.5 million LCD monitors in 2010, and expects LED-backlit models to account for 60% and 30%, respectively,...

Innolux ships over 30 million LCD monitors in 2009

Jan 15, 13:20

Innolux Display shipped 33.63 million LCD monitors in 2009, worth a total of NT$122.4 billion (US$3.85 billion), and accounting for 23% of the global LCD monitor market for the year,...

AOC and Great Wall to leap in 2010 LCD monitor shipments

Jan 14, 15:30

AOC, the branding subsidiary of TPV Technology, is expected to ship 15 million LCD monitors in 2010, up from 10 million units in 2009, while China-based brand vendor Great Wall -...

LED-backlit monitors to become mainstream in 2011

Jan 4, 16:22

LED-backlit LCD monitors are expected to become the mainstream models in the global monitor market in 2010, the schedule is push back from previous expectations of in 2009, according...

Wistron subsidiary starts development of LCD park in southern China

Newswatch - Dec 30, 16:21

A subsidiary of Taiwan-based Wistron has begun development of an LCD industrial park in Zhongshan, southern China, with a total investment of three billion yuan (US$439 million),...

Global LCD monitor shipments to reach 180 million units

Dec 30, 14:50

Global LCD monitor shipments are expected to reach 170-180 million units in 2010, of which 10 million units will be all-in-one PCs, according to market sources.

LCD monitor panel prices up in 2H December, says DisplaySearch

Dec 21, 15:46

LCD monitor panel prices are higher in the second half of December than in the first half, as clients have started replenishing their inventories, according to DisplaySearch. Notebook...

AAT, Leadtrend trim 4Q09 revenue forecast due to decreased LCD monitor demand

Dec 17, 15:23

IC design houses Advanced Analog Technology (AAT) and Leadtrend Technology have both said their fourth-quarter 2009 revenues may be weaker than expected mainly due to sharply decreased...

LCD monitor supply facing shortage

Dec 17, 12:05

Recent supplies of LCD monitors are facing a shortage due to monitor makers and brand vendors having lower-than-usual panel inventory levels, according to sources from panel player...

Notebook panel prices expected to stabilize in January 2010

Dec 16, 11:58

The current downward trend in prices for notebook panels is expected to stabilize for a while in January, as panel makers are shifting more capacity to the monitor segment due to...

Quanta hits new high, Wistron sees on-month drop in November 2009 revenues

Dec 9, 15:32

Quanta Computer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$93.3 billion (US$2.88 billion) for November 2009, the highest monthly figure on record and up 8.5% on month and 36.6% on year;...

Qisda sees both sequential and on year revenue drop for November

Dec 4, 16:59

Qisda has announced consolidated revenues for November 2009 of NT$5.9 billion (US$183.45 million), down 11.8% sequentially from NT$6.69 billion, and down 26.6% on year from NT$8.03...

Everlight, Lite-On Tech optimistic about 2010 LED business

Dec 2, 16:35

Taiwan-based LED packaging houses Everlight Electronics and Lite-On Technology are optimistic about their operations in 2010. Everlight expects record revenues in first-quarter 2010,...

Chimei brand operation to remain despite CMO-Innolux merger

Nov 30, 17:10

Chimei, the LCD display brand affiliated with Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), will continue its brand operations and see limited impact from the merger of Innolux Display and CMO,...