Last update: Thursday 9 May 2013 [107 news items]
Qisda sees slightly decreased April revenues
May 9, 13:48
Taiwan-based EMS provider Qisda on May 8 reported consolidated revenues of NT$9.798 billion (US$329 million) for April 2013, decreasing 1% on month and on year, and those of NT$37.304...
Qisda March revenues up on month
Apr 10, 10:35
Taiwan-based LCD monitor ODM Qisda has reported consolidated revenues of NT$9.897 billion (US$331 million) for March, growing 28.85% sequentially but dipping 1.58% on year. Consolidated...
Qisda to focus on high-end medical products in China during 2013, says company president
Dec 6, 16:05
Qisda will aim at promoting high-end electronics products for use in the medical segment in China during 2013, according to company president Hermit Huang.
Sony Mobile likely to outsource 30-40% of smartphones for 2013 to ODMs
Nov 6, 22:17
Sony Mobile Communications aims to ship 50 million smartphones in 2013, with 30-40% out of the total shipments likely to be outsourced to Taiwan-based handset ODMs, including Foxconn...
Oct 5, 14:14
Taiwan-based ODM/OEM Qisda on October 4 reported consolidated revenues of NT$7.933 billion (US$268 million) for September, increasing 3.38% on month and 16.19% on year and the highest...
Qisda August revenues highest in 2012
Sep 7, 15:32
Taiwan-based ODM/OEM Qisda brought in consolidated revenues of NT$7.67 billion (US$256 million) for August, the highest monthly level so far in 2012 and increasing 15.5% on year....
Acer to launch six new smartphones in 2013
Sep 3, 11:56
Acer plans to strengthen its smartphone business by releasing six new models in 2013 targeting all market segments in Europe, China and Southeast Asia, according to company president...
Qisda reports US$138.5 million in 1H12 consolidated revenue
Aug 29, 13:57
EMS provider Qisda, an affiliation of AU Optronics (AUO), has reported NT$4.1 billion (US$138.5 million) in consolidated revenue for the first half of 2012 along with net losses of...
Qisda to focus on other EPD markets
Jul 25, 01:00
Taiwan-based EMS provider Qisda is seeing a decline in e-book reader shipments due to financial instabilities in Europe and an immature market in Taiwan, according to sources.
Qisda reports year-high revenue for June
Jul 6, 12:56
EMS provider Qisda has reported June consolidated revenues of NT$7.24 billion (US$242 million), up 4% on-month but down 3.99% on-year. Accumulated revenues during the second quarter...
Qisda reports May revenues up 8% on-month
Jun 13, 16:26
EMS provider Qisda reported May consolidated revenue of NT$6.96 billion (US$232 million), up 8% on month and 5.5% on year while accumulated revenues for January-May were NT$34.1 billion,...

Second-tier LCD monitor OEMs facing increasing challenges in 2012, say sources
Apr 3, 01:00
Second-tier LCD monitor OEMs will face increasing challenges in terms of shipments in 2012, as the top-2 OEMs - TPV Technology and Foxconn Electronics - combined are expected to take...
Qisda reports 2011 net losses of NT$3.41 billion
Mar 7, 15:19
EMS provider Qisda has reported net losses of NT$3.41 billion (US$115.44 million) or NT$1.74 per share on consolidated revenues of NT$84.89 billion for 2011 due to investment losse...
Qisda, Chimei develop medicare equipment
Jan 18, 16:45
Taiwan-based EMS provider Qisda and branded LCD TV vendor Chimei both plan to strengthen their deployments in the health-care industry, according to industry sources.
Qisda October revenues up over 4% sequentially
Nov 7, 10:30
Qisda has reported October consolidated revenues of NT$7.116 billion (US$236 million) increasing 4.22% on month but decreasing 11.22% on year. Consolidated revenues of NT$70.101 billion...
Oct 27, 01:30
Qisda has reported a net loss of NT$350 million (US$11.62 million) or NT$0.17 per share for the third quarter of 2011. For the January-September period, net losses amounted to NT$1.4...
Qisda sees 2.8% on-month increase in September revenues
Oct 11, 16:39
Taiwan-based EMS provider Qisda reported September revenues of NT$6.83 billion (US$225 million), a slight on-month increase of 2.8%. However, September revenues showed a 14.9% decrease...
Qisda reportedly to produce Nook Color
Sep 5, 11:44
Qisda is expected to receive orders from Barnes & Noble for the vendor's Nook Color e-book reader, with annual shipments likely to reach one million units in 2012, according to...
Qisda reports mild sales decline in 2Q11
Aug 31, 10:51
Qisda posted consolidated revenues of NT$21.05 billion (US$700 million) in second-quarter 2011, with an on-quarter decline of 3.9%. EPS for the second quarter reached NT$0.07. The...
Qisda suffers decrease in July revenue
Aug 8, 10:16
Qisda had consolidated revenues of NT$6.451 billion (US$223 million) for July 2011 dropping 6.4% on moth and 7.99% on year. January-July consolidated revenues of NT$49.512 billion...
Qisda report on-month growth for June revenues
Jul 7, 11:07
Taiwan-based EMS provider Qisda has reported June revenues of NT$6.89 billion (US$239 million), growing 4.5% on month but decreasing 11.4% on year. Revenues of the second quarter...
Qisda to make lighting products for sale under BenQ brand
Jun 27, 10:10
Qisda, a Taiwan-based EMS provider, will use LED chips produced by Lextar Electronics, also a BenQ affiliate, to make LED lighting products for sale under the brand BenQ, according...
Qisda April revenues down sequentially
May 6, 10:34
Taiwan-based EMS provider Qisda on May 5 reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$7.628 billion (US$261 million) for April, dropping 7.13% on month but rising 2.49% on year...
Qisda suffers 1Q11 net loss due to non-operating loss from AUO
Apr 29, 01:05
Taiwan-based EMS provider Qisda brought in net operating profit of NT$250 million (US$8.4 million) in the first quarter of 2011, but saw a net loss of NT$1.183 billion mainly due...
Demand for LCD monitors expected to heat up
Apr 28, 16:46
Recently the demand for LCD monitors shows signs of return after Chinese New Year. The price gap between LED- and CCFL-backlit models also shrank, which allows vendors to have performance...
Electric car solution developed by Delta, Wistron, Qisda revealed in China
Apr 21, 01:40
An electric car solution developed by Taiwan-based upstream supply chain players including Delta Electronics, Wistron and Qisda, has recently been revealed at an automobile exhibition...
Qisda shipments of LCD monitors, projectors hit records in March
Apr 11, 10:54
Qisda shipped 1.5 million LCD monitors and 120,000 projectors in March, both hitting monthly records, according to the company.
Taiwan market: Dell begins to sell smartphones, says paper
Newswatch - Apr 8, 15:37
Dell has begun marketing two of its Android-based smartphones, the Streak and Venue, in the Taiwan market in cooperation with Taiwan Mobile (TWM), according to a Chinese-language...
Qisda February revenues down over 30% on month
Mar 7, 11:01
Qisda's February consolidated revenues dropped 30.77% sequentially to NT$5.617 billion (US$190 million) mainly because Lunar New Year in the month resulted in fewer working days,...
Revenue share for new applications to reach 30% in 2011, says Qisda executive VP
Mar 4, 01:25
With shipments of smartphones, tablet PCs and e-book readers expected to increase significantly in 2011, revenue share of new applications is expected to increase to 30% of BenQ's...
Qisda posts record high quarterly revenues for 4Q10
Mar 4, 01:05
Qisda has announced consolidated revenues of NT$24.18 billion (US$819.46 million) for the fourth quarter of 2010, increasing 5.6% sequentially and a quarterly high since 2009. Operating...
Amtran, Qisda January revenues down sequentially
Feb 11, 01:45
LCD TV maker Amtran Technology's January 2011 consolidated revenues dropped 55% sequentially, and Qisda's January revenues decreased 2.3%.
HP, Dell to debut latest tablet PCs
Feb 10, 01:20
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell are both set to announce their latest tablet PCs shortly with mixed platforms as well as operating systems, according to sources from notebook players...
Qisda settles all lawsuits with Siemens
Dec 1, 10:48
Qisda has announced that, following its settlement of the international arbitral proceeding with Siemens AG in 2009, the company has now resolved all legal proceedings with the insolvency...
BenQ Group eyeing own-brand LED lighting market with product launch in 1H11
Nov 22, 11:32
The BenQ Group reportedly will launch own-brand LED lighting products in the first half of 2011, with BenQ focusing on the light bulb market, and Qisda on high-end LED lighting pro...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN

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