Young Fast, J Touch revenues grow in August

Sep 9, 15:35

Touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics has posted August 2011 revenues of NT$1.64 billion (US$56.17 million), with on-month growth of 4.6% but an on-year decline of 0.4%. Fellow...

Swenc announces it will reduce capital

Jan 25, 02:00

Swenc Technology on January 24 announced it will reduce capital by about NT$302 million (US$10.38 million) or by 45% to NT$369 million in order to make-up losses and strengthen its...

Taiwan-based optical film makers preparing for production of ITO film used in capacitive touch panels

Jan 13, 14:59

Major Taiwan-based optical film makers, viewing the trend of capacitive touch technology replacing resistive, especially in handsets, have been preparing for ITO film volume production,...

ITO film maker I&I to list on TSE mainboard in 2Q11

Jan 11, 02:00

ITO film maker Innovation and Infinity Group (I&I) is listed on the Taiwan emerging stock market on January 11 and is scheduled to be listed on the mainboard of the Taiwan Stock...

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.

Key Ware to invest NT$639 million for touch panel conductive film

Dec 17, 11:48

Key Ware Electronics plans to invest NT$639 million (US$21.45 million) for touch conductive film production and sales at the Kaohsiung Export Processing Zone, Nanzih park.

Young Fast, J Touch expect resistive touch shipments to drop below 40% in 2011

Dec 6, 10:40

Capacitive touch panel demand has been increasing significantly in 2010. In addition to demand from 5-inch and larger tablet PCs, demand from the handset market is also picking up...

J Touch supplies 5.5-inch touch panel for tablet PC to Sharp

Nov 10, 01:40

J Touch has landed touch panel orders for 5.5-inch tablet PCs from Japan-based Sharp, and the touch panel maker will mainly focus on supplying medium-size touch panels to Sharp and...

EDT October revenues remain flat sequentially

Nov 8, 10:50

Emerging Display Technologies (EDT) has announced revenues of NT$401 million (US$13.28 million) for October, remaining flat sequentially and increasing 52% on year.

Young Fast posts net profit of NT$810 million for 3Q10

Oct 27, 01:45

Touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics has announced net profits of NT$810 million (US$26.46 million) for the third quarter of 2010, down 17% sequentially. EPS for the quarter...

Young Fast starts resistive touch panel shipments to Nokia in 4Q10

Newswatch - Sep 24, 15:08

Touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics will start shipping resistive touch panels to Nokia in the fourth quarter of 2010, and start shipping capacitive touch panels in the first...

AimCore order visibility extends to the end of September

Aug 19, 16:41

ITO glass supplier AimCore Technology has seen its order visibility reach the end of September, an extension to two months from the previous year's one month, with fully-loaded capacity,...

Capacitive touch panels to take 40-50% share in handset market in 2011, says Young Fast

Aug 16, 12:51

Resistive touch technology will maintain an over 50% market share in the handset market in 2011 with capacitive touch technology closing in at 40-50%, as touch panel makers continue...

Software vendors help drive touchscreen revolution, says iSuppli

Jul 28, 10:27

Independent software vendors (ISVs) are set to play a central role in the booming market for touch screens in handset and desktop PCs, providing the differentiating features that...

Glass-based capacitive touch panels move into medium- to large-size applications in 3Q10

Jul 27, 16:31

Adoption of glass-based projected capacitive touch panels has extended from small-size panels for handsets to medium- to large-size of 7- to 12-inches for tablet PC models that are...

Major touch panel makers dominate orders from top-5 handset vendors

Jul 23, 15:17

Major touch panel makers including Wintek, TPK Touch Solutions, Young Fast Optoelectronics, J Touch and Japan-based Nissha are dominating orders from the top-five handset vendors,...

Touchscreen module revenues to reach US$14 billion by 2016, says DisplaySearch

Jul 2, 12:14

Global touchscreen module revenues will reach nearly US$14 billion by 2016, increasing from US$4.3 billion in 2009 at a CAGR of 18%, according to DisplaySearch.

Swenc aims to ship 26 million touch panels in 2010

Jun 28, 14:07

Taiwan-based Swenc Technology aims to ship a total of 26 million touch panels in 2010, increasing by 150% on year, according to the company.

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.

Young Fast continues capacity expansion

Apr 20, 15:50

Taiwan-based touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics continues expanding capacity of ITO film-based capacitive touch panels at its plant in Huizhou, southern China and will also...

Young Fast, J Touch see capacitive touch panels shipments on the rise

Mar 30, 15:35

Taiwan-based Young Fast Optoelectronics expects to increase its shipment proportion of capacitive touch panels to 20% in 2010, while fellow maker J Touch expects its proportion to...

Young Fast 2009 profits almost NT$3 billion

Mar 10, 17:07

Taiwan-based touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics generated a net profit of NT$2.97 billion (US$90.4 million) for 2009, equivalent to net EPS of NT$22.75, and will deal out...

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...

Young Fast reports strong growth for October revenues

Nov 9, 15:13

Taiwan touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics has posted revenues of NT$1.56 billion (US$48.2 million) for October, up 14.47% sequentially from NT$1.36 billion and up 81.06%...

Young Fast 3Q09 net profit reaches almost NT$1 billion

Oct 28, 11:54

Taiwan touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics has posted net profit of NT$958 million (US$29.48 million) for the third quarter, up 28% sequentially and up 205% on year. Net...

Innolux to increase touch panel and LCD TV capacity in 2010

Sep 23, 11:50

Innolux Display will increase its monthly capacity for resistive and capacitive touch panels from two million units of 3.5-inch touch panels currently to seven million units in 2010,...

CPT to develop in-cell touch panels, says company CFO

Sep 21, 16:10

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) CFO James Wu indicated that in order to provide total solutions to clients, the company is developing touch panels of both the capacitive and resistive...

Young Fast designing multi-touch panels for Windows 7 netbooks

Aug 26, 15:06

Taiwan touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics is developing analog matrix resistive (AMR) multi-touch panels for use in netbooks, with availability scheduled for the end of...

EETI AMR touch panels pass Windows 7 Logo test

Aug 24, 15:56

Taiwan-based touch panel controller and solution supplier Egalax_empia Technology (EETI) has received Windows 7 Logo certification for its 10.1- and 11.6-inch modified analog matrix...

Prices for 3.5-inch touch panels fall to below US$3.5, say Taiwan makers

Aug 19, 15:14

Prices for 3.5-inch projected capacitive touch panels (not including controller ICs) have dropped to below US$3.5 due to increasingly intensive competition, according to sources with...

CPT expects to get Windows 7 certification for 10.1-inch multi-touch panel

Aug 5, 15:58

LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) is developing 10.1-inch multi-touch panels mainly for use in netbooks, and expects to obtain Windows 7 Logo certification by the end of...