Last update: Monday 14 May 2012 [17 news items]
Leatec to build new ceramic substrate plant in Kunshan
May 14, 14:15
Passive component maker Leatec Fine Ceramic plans to set up a new plant in Kunshan, China for the production of high-end ceramic substrates of LED lighting, back-light and in-car...
Laser Tek, Leatec seeing orders rise
Apr 2, 15:53
Chip resistor companies have stepped up their pace of orders as they plan to expand capacity especially that for 0201- and 01005-size products used in smartphones and tablets. Equipment...
Passive component material suppliers say capacity remains tight
Jul 22, 12:23
Taiwan-based suppliers of passive component materials are still running at full capacity despite that their downstream clients foresee a weaker-than-expected third quarter, industry...
Sapphire ingot demand strong, no signs of price retreat yet
Jan 18, 12:04
Though the first quarter is typically considered the annual low season, sapphire ingot makers are currently seeing strong demand due to sapphire substrate clients moving up procurement...
Solar junction box and connector shipments account for 15-20% of Leatec revenues
Oct 27, 10:48
Shipments of solar junction boxes and connectors currently account for about 15-20% of Leatec Fine Ceramics' revenues, according to industry sources. Leatec is also a major supplier...
Leatec Fine Ceramic August revenues hit record high
Sep 13, 10:15
Aluminum ceramic substrate supplier Leatec Fine Ceramic saw its consolidated revenues grow 17.5% sequentially and 127.4% on year to a record high of NT$140.78 million (US$4.42 million)...
Ceramic substrate vendor Leatec looks to improved gross margin in 3Q10
Sep 3, 11:39
Aluminum ceramic substrate supplier Leatec Fine Ceramic is expected to see it gross margin improve to 30-33% in the third quarter from 23.6% in the second thanks to price hikes of...
Chip-resistor substrate supply to remain tight through year-end 2010
Aug 10, 15:23
Supply of chip-resistor substrates, especially for large-size resistor parts and high-power ones, will likely remain tight through the end of 2010, according to sources at Taiwan-based...
Chip-resistor substrate maker Leatec likely to hike prices in June
May 24, 14:14
Taiwan-based aluminum ceramic substrate supplier Leatec Fine Ceramic plans to raise its quotes for chip-resistor substrates in June, according to the company.
Laser Tek, Leatec April sales buoyed by strong demand for passive components
May 13, 16:44
Passive component material suppliers Laser Tek and Leatec Fine Ceramics both reported strong revenue gains for April 2010 amid strong booming sales of passive components, according...
Apr 27, 15:26
Laser Tek, which mainly produces SMD (surface-mount-device) packaging materials, and chip-resistor substrate supplier Leatec Fine Ceramics are expected to see second-quarter revenues...
Passive-component material suppliers see revenues decrease in February
Mar 11, 16:06
Laser Tek, which mainly produces SMD (surface-mount-device) packaging materials for passive components, has reported an 8.3% sequential drop in consolidated revenues to NT$154 million...
Laser Tek, Leatec more bullish on passive component market
Dec 14, 10:39
With passive component makers seeing better-than-expected performance, upstream material suppliers Laser Tek and Leatec Fine Ceramics have both expressed optimism for fourth-quarter...
Passive component makers begin seeing contributions from automotive segment
Nov 30, 12:00
Passive component makers Yageo, Thinking Electronic Industrial and Leatec Fine Ceramics have each seen fruit from their automotive component lines and expect to see significant revenue...
Chip resistor substrate ASP will remain stable
Nov 18, 16:54
Chip resistor substrate ASPs will not see large fluctuations as demand remains high, according to market sources. Alumina substrate supplier Leatec Fine Ceramics has resumed all of...
Alumina substrate supplier Leatec expects 4Q09 revenues to grow
Nov 6, 15:09
Leatec Fine Ceramics, a Taiwan-based alumina substrate supplier for chip resistor manufacturers, expects its fourth-quarter 2009 revenues to grow from NT$190 million (US$5.84 million)...
Chip resistor substrate supplier Leatec maintaining high utilization rate in 4Q09
Oct 14, 15:42
Leatec Fine Ceramics, a Taiwan-based alumina substrate supplier for chip resistor manufacturers, has seen clearer order visibility through the fourth quarter as customers are preparing...
- LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
- Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
- Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
- Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
- Taiwan market: HTC launches HTC Butterfly S and HTC Desire 600
- Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
- Digitimes Research: TSMC expanding in China
- Lite-On Technology to deal out 2012 cash dividend of NT$2.35
- Innolux not to be largely affected by subsidies ending in China, says company president
- Genius Electronic to expand lens capacity by 60%
- AUO likely to turn around performance in 2013, says company chairman
- DRAM market grows up, IHS finds
- Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
- Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
- Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
- Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- IC distributor WPG to see quarterly revenues exceed NT$100 billion in 2Q13
- Taiwan market: ViewSonic to launch Full HD projectors by end of 2013
- IDC lowers forecast growth for monitors while average screen size increases
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- Chilisin eyes strong prospect of tablet market, expects strong growth
- PowerByProxi aims to cooperate with Taiwan makers to explore wireless power market
- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...
Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
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.