PQI chair departs after Foxlink takes stake

Jul 5, 14:25

Jance Lu has left her post as chairman and president of memory module maker Power Quotient International (PQI), effective July 2, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock...

Skymedi to sell new shares via private placement

Jun 24, 15:24

NAND flash controller designer Skymedi will issue up to 10 million new shares through a private placement, with a face value of NT$10 (US$0.31) per share, the company's shareholders...

UMC reiterates no specific target for private placement

Stockwatch - Jun 23, 14:03

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has dismissed recent media reports speculating Elpida Memory is a potential investor for its private placement.

Fitel plans to downsize capital by 60%, raise new capital via private placement

May 24, 10:31

First International Telecom (Fitel), the only operator of PHS low-power mobile communication services, and a WiMAX licensee in Taiwan , plans to reduce its current paid-in capital...

UMC to unveil new facilities at Fab 12A ahead of schedule

May 6, 11:26

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has revealed it will hold a ceremony to officially kick off operations of the phase-three and phase-four production facilities at its 12-inch...

King Core acquires stake in Atech via private placement

Newswatch - Apr 28, 12:07

Taiwan-based inductor maker King Core Electronics on April 27 announced that it has acquired a certain amount of new shares released by transformer and adapter maker Atech OEM through...

Drill bit maker Topoint to draw investment from Asustek

Apr 20, 11:56

Taiwan-based drill bit maker Topoint Technology plans to issue NT$150 million (US$4.766 million) worth of convertible bonds through a private placement, with an investment arm of...

AboCom to raise capital through private placement

Stockwatch - Apr 13, 10:23

AboCom Systems, a maker of network/communication equipment, will raise additional paid-in capital of NT$306 million (US$9.6 million) through issuing 30 million new shares for private...

Phison to issue new shares through private placement

Mar 29, 16:09

Phison Electronics' board of directors has approved the issuing of up to five million new shares through private placement to raise fund for its operations and capital investment...

PCB maker Tripod to invest in Victory Circuit

Newswatch - Mar 23, 10:23

PCB maker Tripod Technology has announced that it plans to take up a total of up to 53.48% stake in fellow company Victory Circuit for NT$420 million (US$13 million), or NT$3.5 per...

Macronix preps fund-raising

Mar 16, 14:03

Mask ROM and NOR flash memory maker Macronix International Company (MXIC) has revealed plans to issue up to 1.5 billion new shares through a rights issue, private placement offerings...

Leadframe maker SDI to attract investment from material supplier

Mar 3, 14:51

Shuen Der Industry (SDI) has announced it plans to draw investment via private placement from Mitsubishi Shindoh, which produces copper strips for leadframes. The leadframe maker...

AUO subsidiaries invest in LED maker Lextar

Feb 5, 15:35

AU Optronics (AUO) subsidiaries including polarizer maker Daxon Technology, Qisda and LCD TV inverter maker Darfon Electronics have invested in LED chipmaker Lextar Electronics, also...

HTC chairperson invests in solar cell maker Solartech

Feb 5, 14:09

Cher Wang, chairperson of Taiwan-based HTC (High Tech Computer) and VIA Technologies, has subscribed to over 50% of 28 million new preferred shares issued by Taiwan-based crystalline...

Motech shareholders approve TSMC investment

Jan 27, 11:06

Shareholders of Motech Industries approved a private placement plan to raise additional capital at a provisional meeting on January 26, introducing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...

HannStar to invest in Unity Opto

Dec 14, 16:18

TFT-LCD panel maker HannStar Display will subscribe to 60% of the new shares that will be issued by LED packaging houses Unity Opto Technology through private placement, according...

Motech to raise additional capital of up to more than NT$6.5 billion; TSMC main investor

Dec 10, 15:08

Motech Industries, a Taiwan-based maker of crystalline silicon solar cells, on December 9 announced that it will raise an additional capital of up to NT$6.616 billion (US$204.8 million)...

Edimax likely to take up management of Pro-Nets Technology, say sources

Dec 2, 14:05

Network equipment maker Edimax Technology is expected to take up the management of peer company Pro-Nets Technology through a reshuffle of Pro-Nets' board members at a provisional...

Taiwan panel makers rise over NT$100 billion in funding in 2009

Nov 24, 16:15

Taiwan TFT-LCD panel makers have raise NT$130 billion (US$4.03 billion) in 2009, including NT$115 billion in syndicated loans by AU Optronics (AUO), Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO)...

Solar wafer maker GET swings to profits in 3Q09

Oct 27, 10:49

Taiwan-based solar wafer supplier Green Energy Technology (GET) has reported third-quarter net profit of NT$105 million (US$3.2 million), which has more than offset the loss incurred...

Memory module maker PQI raises NT$475 million in private placement

Oct 12, 16:54

Power Quotient International (PQI) has announced it completed a private placement for the issue of new shares at NT$19.56 per unit. The Taiwan-based memory module maker has raised...

Epistar to invest in Tekcore through private placement

Oct 7, 11:37

LED chipmaker Epistar has decided to invest in fellow competitor Tekcore by acquiring 43 million common shares via private placement. The total investment is expected to amount to...

China-based Irico to raise fund for LCD glass substrate production

Sep 23, 17:00

China-based panel maker Irico Group Electronics plans to issue new shares to raise up to 3.5 billion yuan (US$512.75 million) through private placement, according to a company announcement...

A-Data buys PQI shares

Stockwatch - Sep 23, 10:36

A-Data Technology has posted a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) announcing a purchase of new shares worth NT$39.25 million (US$1.2 million) from rival Power Quotient International...

A-Data draws investment from UMC

Newswatch - Aug 27, 15:55

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has announced it will subscribe to the private placement of memory module house A-Data Technology, which is seeking to raise capital by issuing...

Alcor Micro sets private placement share price

Aug 24, 16:44

IC design house Alcor Micro has set the price of its private placement for seven million shares at NT$39.35 (US$1.20) per share, with market observers expecting the company to see...

DelSolar plans to raise NT$3 billion through private placement

Stockwatch - Aug 14, 10:02

Taiwan-based solar cell maker DelSolar will issue up to 100 million new shares for private placement to raise about NT$3 billion, according to a decision made on August 13 by the...

Taiwan pre-recorded disc maker U-Tech gets tiny stake in Feng Sheng

Aug 6, 15:44

U-Tech Media, the largest Taiwan-based pre-recorded optical disc maker, on August 5 announced it has invested NT$1.05 million (US$32,100) to acquire a 0.3% stake in fellow maker Feng...

Compal to take a major stake in CPT

Jul 17, 15:44

Compal Electronics has announced a decision to subscribe to a Chunghwa Picture Tube (CPT) private placement to become the second largest shareholder of the second-tier LCD panel maker...

Compal subscribes to half of Vibo Telecom convertible bonds

Jul 17, 10:24

Compal Electronics on July 16 announced that it will subscribe to 50% of the unsecured convertible bonds to be issued by Vibo Telecom, one of the five 3G mobile telecom carriers in...

Winbond remains cautious about expansion

Jul 16, 14:45

Winbond Electronics, a Taiwan-based DRAM maker that has diversified its products to include niche memory and NOR flash, has said its capital spending for 2009 may be less than its...

Quanta and KYE obtain shares from Pixart

Jul 15, 16:37

Quanta Computer and KYE Systems both have announced that they have obtained 500,000 and 110,000 shares from Pixart Imaging at a cost of NT$73 million (US$2.21 million) and NT$16 million...