Eris Technology to list on OTC at the end of June

May 23, 01:05

Eris Technology, a Taiwan-based ODM of rectifier diodes, will list on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) stock market at the end of June at a possible initial price of NT$24.30 (US$0.82)...

Career to ramp up FPCB capacity by 30% in 2H12

May 22, 15:23

Flexible PCB maker Career Technology plans to ramp up its capacity by 30% in the second half of 2012, focusing on the production of high-end FPCBs, according to company president...

Taimide completes phase-1 of new polyimide factory

May 21, 10:26

Taimide Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of PI (polyimide) which is a basic material to make flexible copper-clad laminates (FCCLs), has completed the construction of a new factory...

TXC expected to see robust growth in 3Q12

May 18, 14:27

Quartz crystal device maker TXC is expected to post substantial sequential growth in third-quarter sales driven by shipments to the smartphone and network communications equipment...

Supreme adds AMOLED panels to distribution line

May 17, 14:55

Taiwan-based IC distributor Supreme Electronics has begun distributing AMOLED panels from Samsung Electronics in China targeting second-tier handset and tablet PC makers, according...

Walsin sees increase in 2Q12 orders

May 17, 01:20

Walsin Technology, which makes multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC), reported first-quarter 2012 consolidated revenues of NT$3.074 billion (US$103 million) and net losses of NT$640...

Wah Lee benefiting from TSMC, UMC full capacity

May 16, 01:10

Wah Lee Industrial, a Taiwan-based distributor of electronic materials, has obtained growing orders for silicon wafers, photo resist and other materials used by wafer foundries arising...

Holy Stone hiking in-house MLCC production

May 16, 01:00

Holy Stone Enterprise, a Taiwan-based supplier of multi-layer ceramic capacitors, is increasing in-house production from 33% of its total revenues currently to a target of 40% in...

Apex Circuit tops listed PCB makers in 1Q12 EPS, says paper

Newswatch - May 15, 16:33

Apex Circuit International, a Thailand-based PCB maker listed in the Taiwan stock market, posted net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$1.79 for the first quarter of 2012, the highest...

Laser Tek expected to see 10% sequential growth in 2Q12 revenues

May 15, 14:45

Laser Tek, a Taiwan-based supplier of laser equipment and SMD packaging materials, is expected to have consolidated revenues for the second quarter of 2012 rising 10% on quarter due...

Leatec to build new ceramic substrate plant in Kunshan

May 14, 14:15

Passive component maker Leatec Fine Ceramic plans to set up a new plant in Kunshan, China for the production of high-end ceramic substrates of LED lighting, back-light and in-car...

Passive component maker Thinking reports declined profits for 1Q12

May 14, 13:03

Passive component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial has reported net profits of NT$78 million (US$2.65 million) for the first quarter of 2012, decreasing 26.1% from a year earli...

WPG, WT Micro look to post sales gains in May-June

May 11, 15:38

IC distributors WPG Holdings and WT Microelectronics have reported sequential revenue decreases for April 2012, but both expect sales to register on-month growth in May and June driven...

FPCB production value to rise 6% in 2012, says IEK

May 11, 12:03

Production value of the global flexible FPCB industry will grow 5.91% to US$6.81 billion in 2012 driven by demand for compact and slim-profile consumer devices, according to the Industrial...

China PCB production value to grow over 9% in 2012

May 10, 16:48

The production value of PCBs in China is expected to grow over 9% in 2012 from the levels recorded in 2011, in which the production value edged up 14.8% to US$25.46 billion, accounting...

Counterfeit-part risk to rise as semiconductor market shifts into higher gear, IHS says

May 10, 10:23

With the semiconductor industry entering a phase of accelerating growth, the number of counterfeit-part incidents also is expected to rise to new record highs, according to IHS iSu...

Lelon April revenues down 18.95% on-year

May 9, 01:15

Aluminum electrolyte capacitor maker Lelon Electronics saw April consolidated revenues down 18.95% on year to NT$503 million (US$17.12 million). Accumulated consolidated revenues...

Holy Stone 2Q12 sales to rise 5-10%, say sources

May 8, 14:54

MLCC maker Holy Stone Enterprise is expected to post sales growth of 5-10% sequentially in the second quarter of 2012 despite a decline in revenues in April, according to market so...

Polytronics April revenues hit record high

May 8, 01:35

Polytronics Technology, which makes circuit protection components for mobile phones and PCs, saw its consolidated revenues grow 7.6% on month and 1.7% on year to an all time high...

GaAs wafer firm VPEC to post 5% sales growth in 2Q12

May 8, 01:20

Taiwan's Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), a manufacturer of GaAs pi-wafers made to fabricate power amplifiers (PA) or consumer technology products such as smartphones and...

Chilisin April sales up, Yageo down

May 7, 15:47

Yageo has announced consolidated revenues slid 5.1% sequentially in April 2012 while its subsidiary Chilisin Electronics reported sales growth of 5.8% on month.

TXC April revenues down sequentially

May 7, 10:59

Taiwan-based quartz crystal device maker TXC saw its consolidated revenues of NT$850 million (US$28.8 million) decrease on month by 4.13% but increase on year by 0.06%. January-April...

Thinking Electronic sees decreased April revenues

May 7, 10:24

Thinking Electronic Industrial, a Taiwan-based maker of thermistors, has reported April consolidated revenues of NT$363 million down 2.37% on month and 2.54% on year, while January-April...

IC distributor Zenitron sees sales growth through 3Q12

May 4, 14:42

Zenitron expects to post a 10-15% sequential revenue increase in the second quarter of 2012. With demand coming from China's consumer electronics and smartphone sectors set to boom,...

Unic reports April revenues increase 21% on-month

May 4, 01:20

Unic Technology, a plastic materials distributor in Taiwan, has announced April revenues of NT$512 million (US$17.5 million), an on-month increase of 21.09% and on-year increase of...

LED chipmakers report different results in 1Q12

Apr 30, 14:30

LED chipmakers Epistar and Genesis Photonics both reported losses during the first quarter due to decreasing prices for LED chip products, particularly in backlights for TVs.

Taiwan maket: Firms to further promote LED lighting amongst rising energy costs

Apr 27, 15:40

LED lighting and more energy-efficient products are being pushed more by firms in Taiwan amongst rising energy costs, said industry sources.

Fulltech to see full thin fiberglass fabric utilization in 2Q, 3Q12

Apr 27, 11:56

Fulltech Fiber Glass, a Taiwan-based maker of fiberglass yarns and fabrics, expects its production capacity of electronic-grade (thin) fiberglass fabric to be fully occupied in the...

TXC to deal out 2011 dividend of NT$2.2

Apr 26, 12:31

TXC, a Taiwan-based maker of quartz crystal devices, will distributed a cash dividend per share of NT$2.2 for 2011 operation, accounting for 63.22% of the corresponding net earnings...

Polytronics 1Q12 profits slip 28%

Apr 26, 12:19

Polytronics Technology, which makes circuit protection components for handsets and PCs, saw its net profits for the first quarter of 2012 decrease 28% from a year ago. The firm attributed...

Lextar reports 1Q12 net profit of NT$2 million

Apr 26, 12:12

LED maker Lextar has reported first-quarter 2012 revenues of NT$2.194 billion (US$74 million), showing a 9% sequential decrease but a 22% increase on year.

Epistar may see LED lighting revenues reach NT$4 billion in 2012, says company chairman

Apr 25, 16:04

Integration of downstream lighting module and fixture makers will likely bring in revenues of NT$850 million (US$29 million) for Epistar in 2012, according to Lee Biing-jye, chairman...

WPG to deal out 2011 dividend of NT$2.60

Newswatch - Apr 25, 15:01

IC distributor WPG Holdings has decided to distribute a cash dividend of NT$2.60 (US$0.09) per share for its 2011 operations. Based on the April 24 closing price of NT$38.20, the...

Weikeng conservative about 2Q12 business

Apr 25, 01:05

Weikeng Industrial, a Taiwan-based distributor of semiconductors and electronic components, holds a conservative outlook about the second quarter of 2012 mainly because shipments...