Taiwan-based panel makers to benefit from increasing smartphone demand in China

Sep 21, 01:20

Taiwan-based panel makers' small- and medium-size panel shipments to China are expected to increase by 10% in September 2012 due to the October 1 holidays, according to industry so...

CMI striving to reduce impact of quantitative easing on 4Q12 performance, says spokesperson

Sep 20, 16:21

Taiwan's panel industry is worried that the US Federal Reserve's third round of quantitative easing, known as QE3, will cause the Taiwan dollar to increase in value.

Large-size touch panel shipments will not increase until 4Q12

Sep 20, 14:58

Shipments for large-size touch panels are not expected to increase until the fourth quarter of 2012 due to conservative outlooks for the release of Windows 8, according to industry...

LG Display holds 70% of iPad panel shipments

Sep 20, 01:05

LG Display is now responsible for 70% of iPad panel shipments while Samsung Electronics, Sharp and Chimei Innolux (CMI) have all been seeing decreasing shipments, according to industry...

Panel makers speed up glasses free 3D 4Kx2K panel production

Sep 19, 01:10

Japan-, China- and Taiwan-based panel makers are reportedly speeding up production of glasses-free 3D 4Kx2K panels in order to compete better with Korea-based AMOLED panel makers,...

iPhone 5 in-cell panel technology receives mixed responses

Sep 14, 14:54

Following the launch of the iPhone 5, the in-cell touch panel technology adopted by the Apple smartphone has generated mixed views from market observers. Some observers say inc-cell...

Taiwan-based panel makers slowly fade from Apple supply chain

Sep 14, 14:53

Taiwan-based panel makers are seeing decreasing orders for Apple products such as the iPad 2 due to decreasing demand for products that do not have Retina display or in-cell technology,...

Taiwan panel industry to do better than expected in 3Q12

Sep 13, 16:15

Taiwan-based TFT panel providers and touch screen panel makers are expected to see better than expected financial results by the end of the third quarter of 2012 due to demand for...

Investment from China will help Taiwan panel industry

Sep 12, 01:25

Investment from China will help boost Taiwan's panel industry by combining its technological strength with China's market strength and will help Taiwan-based panel makers make up...

China TV panel makers continue to increase production capacity

Sep 12, 01:20

The proportion of TV panels made by China-based panel makers used in Taiwan-based TV vendors' products is rising due to increasing panel production capacity and lower prices, according...

Upstream TFT LCD panel parts suppliers to profit in 4Q12

Sep 12, 01:10

Upstream TFT LCD panel parts suppliers are expected to see increased revenues in the fourth quarter of 2012 due to increased demand for smartphones and tablets in the third quarter,...

AUO August revenues increase

Sep 10, 10:30

AU Optronics (AUO) has announced its preliminary consolidated August 2012 revenue of NT$35,103 million (US$1.1 billion), up by 10.7% on month and 5.5% on year.

Taiwan-based panel makers are still the main providers of TV panels for China-based TV vendors

Sep 7, 01:00

Taiwan-based panel makers are still maintaining their positions as the main TV panel providers for China-based TV vendors. This is because of the panel makers' increased cooperation...

CMI to focus more on large-sized 4Kx2K panel production, say sources

Sep 6, 15:03

Chimei Innolux (CMI) is focusing on 4Kx2K technology for use in large-sized LCD panels more than on OLED technology due to poor yield rates and low prospects for OLED, sources with...

E Ink shifts panel orders from CPT to AUO

Sep 6, 01:20

AU Optronics (AUO) has reportedly obtained small- and medium-sized panel orders from electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink due to E Ink's dissatisfaction with tablet panels made...

Taiwan-based panel makers expect most orders to be driven by tablet and notebook demand in 2H12

Sep 5, 01:20

Taiwan-based panel makers expect most of their orders in the second half of 2012 to come from growing tablet and notebook demand as ultra-mobile devices are showing increasing popu...

Taiwan-based LCD panel makers need to improve business model

Sep 4, 16:06

Taiwan-based panel makers Chimei Innolux (CMI), AU Optronics (AUO), Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar will most likely continue to face losses in the second half of 2012 unless...

Asia-based panel makers move away from small-sized TV panel production

Sep 4, 15:23

Taiwan- and Korea-based panel makers are slowly shifting away from focusing on producing low-priced 32-inch sized LCD TV panels to producing high-end panels, according to industry...

Taiwan market: Nexus 7 available for pre-order at NT$8,990

Sep 4, 01:40

Google and Asustek Computer's jointly developed Nexus 7 tablet PC on September 3, became available for pre-order in Taiwan market with the 16GB model priced at NT$8,990 (US$300),...

TV panel prices expected to be stable in 3Q12, say makers

Aug 31, 11:25

TV panel prices are expected to be relatively stable in the third quarter due to expected peak sales of LCD TVs during China's National Day holidays in early October, according to...

China- and Taiwan-based panel makers should cooperate more to increase competitiveness, says Success Electronics

Aug 31, 01:10

Small- and medium-sized panel makers located in China and Taiwan could be more competitive in the panel industry if they further cooperation between one another, said China-based...

Taiwan panel makers continue ramping up production of new size panels

Aug 30, 13:49

Taiwan's top-2 LCD panel makers Chimei Innolux (CMI) and AU Optronics (AUO) will continue to ramp up the production ratio of new-size TV applications to fend off increasing competition...

Panel makers focus on differentiation for their large-size panel products

Aug 29, 01:25

AU Optronics (AUO) and Chimei Innolux (CMI) are focusing more on differentiation strategies for their large-size panel products in order to combat the growing impact of small- and...

Touch Taiwan to showcase latest panel and optical film technology in the industry

Aug 29, 01:15

Touch Taiwan is set to open August 29 with as many as 290 vendors and 700 different booths displaying the latest and greatest technology in the panel and optical film industries.

CMI to showcase 5-inch Full HD panel module with 443ppi

Aug 29, 01:10

Chimei Innolux (CMI) is planning to showcase its new 5-inch Full HD panel module with a 443ppi for the first time at Touch Taiwan.

Chimei Materials focuses on polarizing films for 50-inch TV panel products

Aug 27, 16:35

Chimei Materials is looking to bump up its profits in the second half of this year by providing polarzing films for use in 50-inch TV panels, according to industry sources.

China-based TV panel makers pose threat due to increased shipments

Aug 27, 14:30

TFT LCD TV panel shipments from China-based makers have been increasing fast, leaving Taiwan- and South Korea-based makers apprehensive over the repercussions of China-based competitors...

Notebook panel prices drop in August

Aug 27, 10:44

Notebook panel prices have dropped during August due to lack of recovery in North American and European economies as well as weak demand from markets awaiting the fourth-quarter release...

LCD TV panel prices to remain steady throughout August

Aug 24, 14:36

LCD TV panel prices will remain steady throughout the month of August due to the TV market recovering worldwide, according to industry sources.

Pegatron conservative about touchscreen notebook in 4Q12

Aug 24, 12:00

Despite Microsoft being set to release Windows 8, on October 26, mainly pushing its touchscreen controls, Pegatron Technology CEO Jason Cheng is rather conservative about touchscreen...

Taiwan LCD TV panel makers need to enhance production technology to stay competitive

Aug 23, 16:47

Taiwan-based LCD TV panel makers will be left to fulfilling market requirements for mostly low- and mid-range products if they fail to enhance their production technology to make...

URT conservative about 4Q12

Aug 23, 15:14

Taiwan-based United Radiant Technology (URT), a small- to medium-size STN panel maker, said it holds a conservative outlook for fourth-quarter revenues due to lack of demand in the...

Spurred by iPad business, LG Display tablet panel revenues more than double in 2Q12, says IHS iSuppli

Aug 23, 14:47

LG Display (LGD) more than doubled its tablet display revenues in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the first, thanks to panel shipments for Apple iPad, according to IHS iSupp...

HannStar secures handset panel orders for August

Aug 23, 01:00

China-based panel maker HannStar has secured orders for panels used in handsets from various China-based companies, giving the company steady revenue for August.

Large-size touch screen panel makers to see increased orders in 4Q12

Aug 22, 16:31

Large-sized touch screen panel makers such as TPK expect to see increased orders in the fourth quarter with the release of Windows 8, new tablet PCs and various notebooks, according...