Foundry revenues to grow 40% in 2010, says iSuppli

May 12, 11:53

After a year that was decidedly skewed by macroeconomic forces impacting the entire electronics value chain, pure-play foundry suppliers will see revenues jump by 39.5% this year...

UTAC reportedly joins race to buy EEMS plants in Singapore and China

May 10, 14:46

Singapore's United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC) has expressed its interest in EEMS's two plants in Singapore and Suzhou, China, which have also been eyed by Advanced Semiconductor...

Accton Technology to acquire Mototech

Apr 20, 10:55

Taiwan-based network/communication equipment maker Accton Technology on April 19 announced a merger with Mototech Incorporated, a Taiwan-based designer of digital video recorder STBs...

WPG-Yosun merger may challenge Arrow, says iSuppli

Apr 9, 14:05

The approval of the board of directors for the merger of WPG and Yosun Industrial sets the stage for the creation of what could become the world's largest electronics distributor,...

Renesas may integrate distribution networks

Newswatch - Apr 7, 16:10

Taiwan-based IC distributors for the former NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology may undergo consolidation of their distributed products for Renesas Electronics, formed as a result...

Chipbond completes merger with peer IST

Stockwatch - Apr 1, 15:21

LCD driver IC packaging house Chipbond Technology announced on April 1 the completion of its merger with International Semiconductor Technology (IST), with Chipbond being the surviving...

WPG continues acquisitions with purchase of AIO Components

Mar 31, 13:51

IC distributor WPG Holdings has announced that it will acquire Hong Kong-based passive component distributor AIO Components for US$3 million. The announcement came just one week after...

Silicon Motion, 3S deny merger rumor

Mar 23, 14:53

Flash controller suppliers Silicon Motion Technology and Solid State System (3S) have both dismissed recent rumors that the two companies would merge.

Commentary: WPG-Yosun merger a win-win deal

Mar 22, 16:20

WPG Holdings and Yosun Industrial, Asia's largest and second largest IC distributors, announced their merger at a right time, which is expected to consolidate operations of both companies...

CMO, Innolux, TPO complete merger

Mar 19, 16:13

Chimei Innolux Corporation (CIC) - the entity merging Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), Innolux Display and TPO Displays - was officially established on March 18, with Hsing C Tuan,...

Foxconn denies it will invest in Amtran

Stockwatch - Mar 16, 15:59

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has dismissed a recent Chinese-language media report in Taiwan that claimed the EMS giant was mulling acquiring a 40% stake in Amtran...

Chimei Innolux to shake up LCD panel IC sector

Mar 15, 16:52

The birth of Chimei Innolux Corporation (CIC) is expected to shake up the LCD panel-related IC design sector, according to industry sources.

Ralink-TrendChip merger to help Taiwan makers win ADSL procurement, say sources

Mar 15, 14:34

The merger of Ralink Technology and TrendChip Technologies is expected to help Taiwan-based networking equipment makers expand their presence in the telecom procurement markets, according...

Amtran silent on merger rumors

Mar 12, 15:44

Taiwan-based LCD TV maker Amtran Technology has declined to respond to recent rumors that Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will merge with Amtran.

Ralink and TrendChip enter into merger agreement

Mar 12, 14:51

Taiwan-based WLAN chip maker Ralink Technology and sDSL CPE chipset supplier TrendChip Technologies have announced that a merger agreement has been approved by their boards of dire...

Raydium February 2010 revenues drop 16%

Mar 10, 16:26

LCD driver IC maker Raydium Semiconductor reported revenues of NT$688 million (US$21.64 million) in February, down 16% on month. The company has increased its wafer starts with foundries...

Rumor says Ralink and TrendChip to merge

Newswatch - Mar 3, 14:01

Ralink Technology may merge with TrendChip Technologies, according to market rumors. Both companies declined to comment on the speculation, while shares of the two companies surged...

Innolux to issue over NT$34 billion new shares

Feb 24, 15:38

Taiwan-based LCD panel maker Innolux Display on February 23 announced the issuance of new shares worth NT$34.754 billion (US$1.086 billion), its capital increment due to its merger...

CMO, Innolux, TPO revise merger date again

Feb 9, 16:17

Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), Innolux Display and TPO Displays have rescheduled the date of their merger to March 18 from April 1, the date they set just last week, according to...

Lextar to set up LED subsidiary in China

Feb 2, 15:55

LED epitaxial wafer maker Lextar Electronics, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), will invest US$20 million to set a subsidiary of its own in Suzhou, eastern China, according to...

HannStar Display swings to losses in 4Q09

Feb 2, 11:51

Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker HannStar Display swung to an operating loss of NT$2.568 billion (US$80.3 million) and net loss of NT$4.304 billion in fourth-quarter 2009, partly...

CMO, Innolux and TPO set new merger schedule

Jan 29, 15:20

Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), Innolux Display and TPO Displays have rescheduled their merger date for April 1, a month later than the date they last set, according to the companie...

Chipbond capex to more than double in 2010

Jan 26, 15:07

Chipbond Technology has set a capex goal of NT$1.5 billion (US$47 million) for 2010 compared to NT$700 million allocated for the previous year, according to company chairman Fei-Jain...

Shanghai government to invest in new HHNEC-GSMC 12-inch fab

Jan 22, 11:00

The Shanghai municipal government will invest 4.5 billion yuan (US$658.7 million) in a new 12-inch (300mm) wafer fab to be built by a joint venture of Hua Hong NEC (HHNEC) and Grace...

AUO reportedly headhunting talent from CMO

Jan 21, 15:01

AU Optronics (AUO) reportedly has set up an office in southern Taiwan to headhunt talent from Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) ahead of the rival LCD panel maker's merger with Innolux...

Chipbond, IST merger may complete ahead of schedule

Newswatch - Jan 20, 12:17

LCD driver IC packaging house Chipbond Technology has said its merger with International Semiconductor Technology (IST) may be finalized on April 1, 2010 at the earliest. The merger...

Chi Mei Corporation to merge with subsidiary, downsize capital

Jan 13, 16:25

Chi Mei Corporation, a producer of plastic resins and intermediate petrochemicals, will merge with its wholly owned subsidiary Chi Mei Specialty Chemicals in line with the ongoing...

CMO, Innolux, TPO merger moves ahead to March 1

Jan 12, 16:42

Taiwan-based Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), Innolux Display and TPO Displays on January 11 decided to push forward the official date for their merger from April 30, 2010 to March...

Innolux, CMO to hold board of directors meeting on January 6 for official merger approval

Jan 4, 12:50

Innolux Display and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) will hold a board of directors meeting on January to officially approve the merger of the two companies on April 30, 2010.

PTI chairman denies merger rumors

Dec 30, 13:37

Powertech Technology (PTI) chairman DK Tsai has denied rumors that the memory IC packaging and testing house plans to merge with Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE), a memory card...

HHNEC-GSMC merger talks proceeding at slow pace

Dec 29, 15:58

Merger talks between Hua Hong NEC (HHNEC) and Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (GSMC), which have drawn active involvement from the Shanghai municipal government, are...

Chipbond-IST merger set to complete in June 2010

Stockwatch - Dec 28, 16:34

LCD driver IC packaging house International Semiconductor Technology (IST) has announced that its board of directors on December 25 approved a deal to merge with Chipbond Technology,...

Charterted, Globalfoundries set to merge foundry operations

Dec 22, 15:17

Singapore-based Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, which is scheduled to be delisted from the Nasdaq stock market on December 28, has begun to proceed with its merger with Globalfoundries...

Taiwan IC backend industry to see more consolidation in 2010, says TICP chairman

Dec 17, 16:22

The Taiwan IC packaging and testing industry will continue to consolidate in 2010, in the wake of Chipbond Technology's recently-announced merger with counterpart International Semiconductor...