Young Optics January revenues up 10% sequentially

Feb 11, 01:15

Optical components maker Young Optics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$581 million (US$20.07 million) for January 2011, up 10.4% sequentially and 46.87% on year.

Global touch panel market to grow more than 30% on year in 2010, says DisplaySearch

Dec 30, 15:01

The global touch panel industry is on track for more than 30% on year growth in 2010, according to DisplaySearch.

G-Tech increases investment in Shenzhen subsidiary

Dec 23, 14:49

Optical glass processing service provider G-Tech Optoelectronics, an affiliate of the Foxconn Group, has obtained approval from the Taiwan government to add an additional investment...

CMI to set up touch panel plant in China

Dec 17, 01:10

Chimei Innolux (CMI), on December 16, announced plans to invest US$20 million to set up InnoTouch Optical for touch panel and component production and binding processing in Shenzhen,...

Foxlink reportedly to establish a subsidiary for cutting into optical touch industry

Dec 7, 01:15

Foxlink reportedly plans to establish a subsidiary and will cooperate with its upstream and downstream partners to cut into the optical touch industry.

Ambient-light sensor maker Capella debuts on OTC market

Jun 29, 14:06

Capella Microsystems, a fabless design house specializing in analog and analog/digital mixed signal ICs for optical systems, will begin trading on Taiwan's OTC (over-the-counter)...

AUO, CMI cooperating with NextWindow for 'in panel' optical touch solutions

Jun 15, 16:06

Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel makers AU Optronics (AUO) and Chimei Innolux (CMI) have been cooperating with NextWindow to develop "in panel" optical touch panels, and AUO is...

Optical touch technology to gain advantage in future, says NextWindow

Jun 8, 12:37

Optical touch technology will gain the upper hand over projected capacitive touch technology in terms of cost for touch panel applications over 15-inches within the next 3-4 years,...

Computex 2010: Touchscreen products are everywhere

Jun 1, 11:42

Touchscreen products will be one of the focuses during Computex 2010, despite that there is no individual section dedicated to the segment, as vendors of handheld devices such as...

Touch panel shipments pass 600 million in 2009, says DisplaySearch

May 21, 17:09

Global touch panel shipments increased 29% on year to 606 million units in 2009, according to DisplaySearch.

Kinko to start production of lenses used in optical touch cameras

May 21, 12:13

Kinko Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of precision molded glass aspherical lenses, has cooperated with Quanta Computer to develop lenses for use in cameras for optical touch panels...

Camera lens maker AOET expects 20-30% growth in 2Q10 revenues

May 14, 15:36

Camera lens maker Ability Opto-Electronics Technology (AOET) expects revenues in the second quarter of 2010 to increase 20-30% sequentially amid new orders from Lite-On Technology,...

Smart Technologies acquires NextWindow

Apr 26, 10:15

Smart Technologies, a provider of interactive whiteboards, has announced the acquisition of New Zealand-based NextWindow (Next Holdings Limited), a designer and manufacturer of optical...

Lite-On Semi to see better-than-expected 1Q10 results

Mar 23, 16:18

Lite-On Semiconductor has estimated that its consolidated revenues for the ongoing first quarter are likely to drop by less than 5% sequentially thanks to growing shipments of semiconductor...

Albatron announces on-month increase in February revenues

Mar 15, 15:02

Second-tier motherboard maker Albatron Technology has posted revenues of NT$50.8 million (US$1.6 million) for February, up slightly by 0.76% on month, but down 13.96% on year. The...

Optical touch to continue dominating large-size screens in next 1-2 years

Mar 4, 15:57

Larger-size touchscreen (20-inch and above) products such as LCD monitors, all-in-one PCs and LCD TVs are expected to mainly adopt optical touchscreen technology for the next 1-2...

CMO to start production of monitor panels with 3D and touch functions

Feb 23, 15:08

Taiwan-based Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) will begin volume production of 23.6- and 27-inch LCD monitor panels with 3D and touch functions in the first quarter of 2010, according...

Touchscreen module shipments to increase 5x in 2010, says iSuppli

Jan 13, 14:56

Global shipments of touch-screen modules for applications are set to grow more than fivefold in the coming years, rising to 5.4 million units in 2013 from 971,755 in 2009, according...

Quanta all-in-one PC mass shipments may be delayed due to touchscreen module

Jan 6, 15:59

Quanta Computer has reportedly found the optical touchscreen technology, which the company co-developed with Pixart Imaging, has some minor defect and is currently redesigning the...

Optical touchscreens to feature in 70% of Quanta all-in-one PCs in 2010

Dec 1, 14:46

Quanta Computer's optical touchscreen-based all-in-one PCs are estimated to account for more than 70% of the company's four million total shipments in 2010, according to market wat...

Sonix to sample optical touch solutions for Windows 7 targeting all-in-one PCs

Newswatch - Sep 16, 15:05

Sonix is scheduled to sample optical touch solutions for Windows 7 certification in the fourth quarter of 2009, initially targeting the all-in-one PC market, according to the IC design...

Sonix to sample optical touch solutions in 4Q09

Sep 4, 16:14

IC design house Sonix Technology plans to sample a new optical touch solution, which integrates in-house DSP and CMOS sensors, in the fourth quarter, according to the company. Sonix...

Pixart 3Q09 revenues to beat projections

Sep 3, 15:41

CMOS sensor supplier Pixart Imaging is expected to see its revenues for the third quarter of 2009 grow at a sequential rate higher than the 30% it projected earlier due to increasing...

Pixart to begin small-volume shipments of optical-touch solutions in 3Q09

Aug 14, 14:31

Pixart Imaging will ship optical-touch solutions in small volumes in the third quarter, and expects the segment to be its major growth driver in 2010, according to the company.

SOI cooperates with Japan-based Xiroku to offer CMOS-based optical touch panels

Jul 22, 16:31

Taiwan-based CMOS image sensors maker Silicon Optronics (SOI), a joint venture of Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) and OmniVision Technologies, is working with Japan-based...

NextWindow earns Windows 7 logo certification for optical touchscreens

Jul 2, 11:53

Optical touchscreen solution supplier NextWindow has announced that it has received Windows 7 logo certification from Microsoft.

Quanta, Pixart partner to develop CMOS optical-touch solutions

Jun 23, 12:32

Quanta Computer and Pixart Imaging have announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which will see Quanta delegate optical touch ASIC designs to Pixart to...

Quanta to invest NT$6 billion in R&D, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 22, 15:54

Quanta Computer plans to budget NT$6 billion (US$182.37 million) in research and development for 2009, higher than the NT$5.4 billion from 2008, according to a Chinese-language Commercial...

NextWindow introduces touchscreen overlay

Jun 16, 15:04

Optical touchscreen specialist NextWindow has announced it is launching the 2700 Touch Overlay, a new line of multi-touch enabled touchscreens this week. The NextWindow 2700 Touch...

Display Taiwan 2009: CPT plans to resume 4.5G plant operations by the end of July

Jun 12, 16:17

Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) is considering resuming operations at a 4.5G plant to manufacture LCD panels, as well as touch panels, according to the...

Efun says ITO films to bring in solid revenue contribution in July

Jun 5, 11:15

Efun Technology has said its indium tin oxide (ITO) conductive films have been delivered to customers in China, Korea and Taiwan for validation, with revenues generated from the product...