Largan sees decreased April revenues

Stockwatch - May 7, 15:52

Largan Precision, a Taiwan-based maker of lens modules for phone cameras, saw its consolidated revenues of NT$1.179 billion (US$40.0 million) for April slip by 10.09% on month and...

Newmax aggressively striving for notebook camera orders

Apr 24, 01:15

Taiwan-based optical lens maker Newmax Technology is aggressive trying to land high quality optical lens orders from ultrabook and notebook players, according to sources from upstream...

Asia Optical, Kinko see March revenues up

Apr 9, 15:28

Asia Optical, which makes optical lens kits and digital cameras, and Kinko Optical, which makes optical lenses, had consolidated revenues for March growing by 15.1% and 27.9% respectively...

DSLR camera lenses become major shipment force for Kinko Optical

Mar 15, 01:35

With camera brand vendors including Canon, Nikon, Panasonic and Sony aggressively pushing into the DSLR camera and mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera (MILC) industries, upstream...

Asia Optical sees decreased January revenues

Feb 7, 11:51

Asia Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lenses and digital cameras, has reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$1.26 billion (US$42.6 million) for January, dropping 36.5%...

Largan see decreased January revenues

Stockwatch - Feb 6, 10:24

Largan Precision, a Taiwan-based maker of lens modules for handsets, has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.099 billion (US$36.4 million) for January 2012, dropping 16.03% on...

Kinko Optical 4Q11 revenues hit record

Jan 9, 10:57

Kinko Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lens pieces, generated consolidated revenues of NT$1.833 billion (US$60.5 million) in fourth-quarter 2011, a new quarterly record, according...

Kinko breaks ground for factory

Newswatch - Dec 20, 14:42

Kinko Optical, which makes optical lenses, has held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new factory in central Taiwan, according to the Chinese-language newspaper Economic Daily...

Kinko November revenues down sequentially

Dec 7, 10:22

Kinko Optical, which makes optical lens pieces, has reported consolidated revenues of NT$603 million (US$20 million) for November, decreasing 7.36% on month but increasing 15.04%...

Altek to set up lens firm in China

Nov 29, 10:20

Taiwan-based digital camera maker Altek has decided to invest US$15 million to establish a subsidiary maker of aspherical plastic lenses and glass lenses in Kunshan, eastern China,...

Kinko October revenues hit record

Nov 7, 10:49

Optical lens kit maker Kinko Optical has reported consolidated revenues of NT$651 million (US$21.5 million) for October, hitting a company record and growing 13.40% sequentially and...

Asia Optical 3Q11 losses shrink

Oct 31, 11:26

Asia Optical, which makes optical lenses and digital cameras, has reported third-quarter losses narrowed significantly, with net loss reduced to NT$20 million from net loss of NT$309...

Largan revenues hit record in September

Oct 6, 12:40

Taiwan-based optical lens module maker Largan Precision has reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$1.542 billion (US$51.8 million) for September, hitting a record for the...

Newmax sees dropping camera module shipment due to weak Kinect sales

Sep 27, 01:15

Although Microsoft has been aggressive in pushing its Kinect into non-Xbox 360 platforms, the effects of weakening US and Europe economies have caused a drop in Kinect sales, and...

Genius Electronic, Kinko see August revenues increase

Sep 7, 12:01

Lens module maker Genius Electronic Optical and lens kit maker Kinko Optical have reported unaudited consolidated revenues rose to NT$880 million (US$30.3 million) and NT$610 million...

Ability obtains majority stake in lens maker

Sep 5, 10:50

Digital camera maker Ability Enterprise has revealed it has invested NT$367 million (US$12.7 million) to acquire a 52.24% stake in E-Pin Optical Industry, a Taiwan-based maker of...

Largan revenues hit record highs

Stockwatch - Jul 6, 10:02

Largan Precision, which makes optical lens kits/modules, has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.366 billion (US$47.3 million) for June, hitting a record for the third consecutive...

Foxconn announces plans to expand investments in China subsidiaries

Jul 5, 01:40

Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has announced it will increase its investments in its subsidiaries in...

Lite-On reports record high revenues for 2010

Jun 24, 16:01

Lite-On Technology (Lite-On) reported record high revenues for 2010 and said it will distribute dividends of NT$2.92 (US$0.10) per share at its shareholders meeting on June 22. CEO...

Asia Optical to ramp up handset optical lens capacity in 2H11

Jun 17, 12:40

Asia Optical plans to ramp up its monthly production capacity for handset-use optical lenses from 6-7 million units to more than 10 million units in the second half of 2011.

Asia Optical revenues decrease in May

Jun 9, 16:57

Asia Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lenses and digital cameras, has reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$2.17 billion (US$75.2 million) for May, dropping 4.0%...

Kinko May revenues highest so far in 2011

Jun 8, 11:00

Kinko Optical, a maker of optical lens kits, has reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$485 million (US$16.8 million) for May, the highest monthly level so far in 2011, growing...

Newmax cuts into Motorola supply chain with optical lenses

May 19, 16:19

Taiwan-based optical lens maker Newmax Technology has successfully cut into Motorola's smartphone supply chain and landed orders for 5-megapixel camera lenses in the second quarter...

Asia Optical sees increased March revenues

Apr 7, 16:13

Asia Optical, which makes digital cameras and optical lenses, has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.03 billion (US$68.8 million) for March, up 69.7% sequentially and 11.8% on...

Largan Precision 1Q11 revenues down over 9% sequentially

Apr 6, 11:02

Optical lens kit maker Largan Precision saw its consolidated revenues of NT$3.512 billion (US$117 million) for the first quarter of 2011 drop by 9.58% sequentially, mainly due to...

Kinko aims to ship 184 million glass optical lens pieces in 2011

Mar 8, 11:07

Kinko Optical expects to ship 184 million glass optical lens pieces for digital cameras, phone cameras, projectors, and other products in 2011, increasing by 16.5% from 2010, according...

Largan February revenues down over 18% sequentially

Mar 7, 10:44

Largan Precision, which makes optical lens kits mainly for phone camera modules, has reported consolidated revenues of NT$988 million (US$33.5 million) for February, decreasing 18.56%...

Largan January revenues dip sequentially

Feb 11, 10:43

Taiwan-based optical lens kit/module maker Largan Precision has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.212 billion (US$41.1 million) for January, slipping by 8.14% sequentially.

Optical lens makers to see revenue contributions from tablet PCs in 2Q11

Feb 10, 01:55

Taiwan-based optical lens makers Largan Precision, Genius Electronic Optical and Newmax Technology will start seeing revenue contributions from tablet PC products in the second quarter...

Optical lens makers see hard times raising product prices

Jan 20, 02:05

Taiwan-based optical lens makers including Largan Precision, Genius Electronic Optical and Asia Optical are facing dropping gross margins because of Taiwan's rising exchange rate;...

Largan sees 2010 net profits over 3 times its capital

Stockwatch - Jan 19, 16:54

Largan Precision, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lens kits, reported net profits of NT$4.046 billion (US$126 million) for 2010, 3.02 times its current paid-in capital of NT$1.341...

Largan Precision expanding capacity

Jan 4, 09:43

Taiwan-based Largan Precision is expanding capacity for optical lens kits/modules used in smartphones, tablet PCs and sensors for game consoles and smart TVs, according to industrry...

Largan begins shipping 5-megapixel lens modules for tablet PCs

Nov 30, 01:10

Largan Precision has extended production of optical lens modules to tablet PC applications and has begun small-volume shipments of 5-megapixel models, according to industry sources...

Newmax to ship 14 million camera modules for Kinect sensors in 2010, say sources

Oct 28, 14:20

Taiwan-based optical lens maker Newmax Technology has become the only supplier of camera modules used in Microsoft Kinect sensors and will ship as many as 14 million units of these...

Young Optics posts net profits of NT$116 million for 3Q10

Oct 22, 14:41

Optical components maker Young Optics has posted net profits of NT$116 million (US$3.77 million) for the third quarter of 2010, down NT$44 million from the second quarter. EPS was...