IC material distributor Niching posts revenue decline in July

Aug 12, 16:56

IC material distributor Niching Industrial saw its revenues decline 20% sequentially and 22% on year to NT$87 million (US$3 million) in July, lower than company expectations. For...

SAS merges semiconductor silicon wafer subsidiary of Japan-based Covalent Materials

Aug 12, 11:21

Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon (SAS) announced the merger of the semiconductor silicon wafer subsidiary of Japan-based Covalent Materials on August 10. However,...

SAS to buy silicon wafer unit of Covalent for JPY35 billion

Aug 11, 10:17

Sino American Silicon (SAS) has announced plans to acquire the silicon wafer business of Japan's Covalent Materials for JPY35 billion (US$458 million). The business transfer is scheduled...

Solar cell prices to rise 3-5% in August

Jul 28, 13:40

Solar cell makers have notified clients that August quotes will go up by 3-5% to reflect the rising cost of production materials, according to industry sources.

Efun selects Applied Materials system for production of touch screen films

Jul 22, 15:35

Taiwan-based Efun Technology, a manufacturer of critical components for touch screens, LCD monitors and backlight modules, has started to produce flexible substrates coated with indium...

CCL supplier ShineMore applies for OTC listing

Jul 21, 12:05

Copper clad laminate (CCL) maker ShineMore Technology Materials has submitted an application to list on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) market, according to the company. It is currently...

Laser Tek June sales up 60%

Jul 8, 01:30

Laser Tek, a supplier of surface-mount-device (SMD) packaging materials and semiconductor equipment, has reported NT$325 million (US$11.3 million) in consolidated revenues for June...

HP TouchPad carries US$318 bill of materials

Jul 7, 12:02

The 32GB version of Hewlett-Packard's new TouchPad media tablet carries a bill of materials (BOM) of US$318, according to the preliminary results generated by the IHS iSuppli Teardown...

iPhone 5 and iPad 3 upstream suppliers begin to prepare materials

Jul 1, 16:10

Taiwan-based companies included in the supply chain for iPhone 5 and iPad 3 have begun to prepare materials for the production of the two devices, which are likely to make their debuts...

Chi Mei Materials to begin production of OCA

Jun 27, 11:14

Chi Mei Materials, a TFT-LCD polarizer maker under the Chimei Innolux Group, has developed OCA (optically clear adhesive), a laminating material used in producing touch panels, and...

HiTi to invest in production of materials used in digital photo/card printers

Jun 24, 16:15

HiTi Digital, a Taiwan-based maker of digital photo/card printers based on dye-sublimation technology and related consumable materials, on June 23 announced the investment of NT$3.95...

Polarizer supply to fall short of demand in 3Q11, says Chi Mei Materials

Jun 23, 01:15

The supply of TFT-LCD polarizers may fall short of demand starting the third quarter of 2011 due to limited capacity ramps by makers, while flat panel makers have continued to expand...

PCB material prices fall 3-5% in June

Jun 2, 13:49

Quotes for copper foils and fiber glass fabrics, key raw materials for the production of PCBs, have slid by 3-5% on average in June 2011 amid weakening demand and falling global commodity...

Poly-Si spot prices continue to slide

May 26, 11:58

Spot quotes for poly-Si materials have slid to US$55-60/kg from US$65 last week, continuing their slide amid uncertain market demand, according to industry sources. Downstream solar...

Packaging material supplier Chang Wah eyeing solar, touch panel applications

May 23, 15:46

Chang Wah Electromaterials is looking to venture into the solar- and touch panel-use material sectors to sustain future growth, according to company chairman Chia-neng Huang.

Applied Materials HCT B5 wire saws selected by GCL-Poly for solar manufacturing

May 12, 13:43

Applied Materials has announced that GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, China's largest producer of polysilicon wafers for solar PV applications in 2010, has placed a significant order for...

Packaging material supplier Chang Wah sees growth in 2Q11 sales

May 9, 16:00

Chang Wah Electromaterials, which distributes packaging materials and equipment for the semiconductor and LCD industries, expects sales to grow sequentially in the second quarter...

BenQ Materials quits optical disc production

May 2, 16:16

BenQ Materials (renamed from Daxon Technology), a major maker of polarizers, has decided to stop production of optical discs to devote more resources to new product lines, according...

Green Energy posts 1Q11 profits

Apr 22, 01:15

Solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) has announced net profits of NT$597 million (US$20.7 million) on sales of NT$6.5 billion for the first quarter of 2011. The earnings...

Laser Tek to issue NT$600 million convertible bonds

Apr 20, 10:50

Packaging material supplier Laser Tek plans to issue NT$600 million (US$20.63 million) worth of convertible bonds to strengthen its financial capability. The company also plans to...

2011 finally the year of low-k deployment, says Information Network

Apr 19, 14:40

The recent announcement by Intel and Micron Technology of a new 20nm process technology for manufacturing NAND flash memory could signal the end of the low-k hiatus, according to...

CMC, Ritek may hike optical disc quotes to reflect hiked cost

Apr 13, 10:59

In response to continual hikes in the cost of optical-grade polycarbonate (PC), which now stands at US$3/kg, Taiwan-based blank optical disc makers CMC Magnetics and Ritek are likely...

IC material distributor Niching hits record revenues in 1Q11

Apr 11, 16:10

Semiconductor material distributor Niching Industrial has posted NT$143 million (US$4.94 million) in March revenues, up 26% sequentially. Its cumulative 2011 revenues through March...

Giga Solar 1Q11 sales miss market expectation

Apr 11, 11:30

A number of major PV firms, including Giga Solar Materials, DelSolar and Neo Solar Power, have posted their March sales. Solar-cell conductive adhesive maker Giga Solar saw its March...

Powertec to start production of poly-Si in January 2013

Apr 6, 10:22

Powertec Energy has broken ground on a polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) plant in central Taiwan, with trial run to begin in third-quarter 2012 and volume production in January 2013,...

Motherboard prices to see second wave of increases in May

Mar 31, 01:15

Motherboard prices, affected by upstream component shortages caused by the Japan earthquake, are set to rise for the second time this year after mid-April, according to sources from...

BT resin supply expected to return to normal in May

Mar 31, 01:00

Recovery work at Mitsubishi Gas Chemical's (MGC) Fukushima facility is progressing more quickly than expected, sources at Taiwan-based chip packaging and testing houses have claimed...

Global semiconductor materials sales grow 25% in 2010, says SEMI

Mar 30, 16:10

The global semiconductor materials market increased 25% in 2010 compared to 2009 as the semiconductor industry shipped record units, according to SEMI. Record device shipments are...

ASE shipments affected by material supply interruptions, says paper

Newswatch - Mar 30, 15:02

Major IC packaging house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) will have to postpone a portion of its shipments scheduled for the second quarter of 2011 to the third quarter, due...

Resistor makers to see decreased 1Q11 gross margins

Mar 30, 12:19

Taiwan-based chip resistor makers including Ta-I Technology and Ralec Electronic are expected to see gross margins erode by rising raw material costs in the first quarter 2011, according...

Nintendo 3DS carries US$100.71 bill of materials, says IHS iSuppli

Mar 29, 12:19

Nintendo's groundbreaking 3DS handheld gaming system carries a bill of materials (BOM) of US$100.71, according to a preliminary physical dissection of the product conducted by the...

Shortage of ITO material and delay of equipment to affect LTPS and AMOLED capacity expansion

Mar 29, 01:40

Supply of ITO materials and NF3 gas is reportedly in shortage due to the Japan earthquake, and shipments for equipment from Nikon and Canon reportedly have been delayed also due to...

TSMC more concerned about influence on global IC supply chain by Japan crisis

Mar 28, 12:23

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) does not recognize itself as a beneficiary of increased outsourcing by Japan-based IDMs, which have seen production at their domestic...