Last update: Tuesday 16 April 2013 [47 news items]
Southern Taiwan Science Park sees January-February revenues up over 6% on year
Apr 16, 12:21
The government-run Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) generated revenues of NT$87.873 billion (US$2.95 billion) for January-February 2013, growing on year by 6.39%, according to...
Inspection tool supplier HMI to expand capacity
Dec 13, 22:18
Acknowledging huge demand for electron beam inspection equipment, Hermes Microvision (HMI) has unveiled plans to build a new production factory in Southern Taiwan.
Southern Taiwan Science Park sees January-August revenues up 4.29% on year
Oct 8, 11:10
The Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP), one of the three science parks operated by the government in Taiwan, generated total revenues of NT$401.688 billion (US$13.4 billion) for...
Phase 4 development at Central Taiwan Science Park to focus on precision machinery
Aug 14, 14:50
Taiwan's National Science Council (NSC) on August 13 announced that the development of the Central Taiwan Science Park fourth phase site will shift industry focus from optoelectronics...
Central Taiwan Science Park sees on-year growth in 2Q12 export, import values
Jul 16, 13:03
The Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) recorded total export value of NT$50.407 billion (US$1.71 billion) and total import value of NT$67.807 billion during the second quarter of...
Hermes-Epitek inaugurates second factory at STSP
Jun 20, 01:00
Hermes-Epitek, a Taiwan-based provider of semiconductor and display panel manufacturing equipment and supporting services, on June 19 inaugurated its second factory at the Southern...

NSC adjusts industry structure for phase 4 development of Central Taiwan Science Park
Jun 1, 11:41
Taiwan' National Science Council (NSC) on May 31 announced adjustments in industry structure using the phase 4 site of the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) to be developed by the...
UMC to break ground for new factory buildings at 12-inch fab in May
Apr 10, 01:30
United Microelectronics (UMC) is scheduled to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for new factory buildings (Phase 5 and 6) at its 12-inch Fab 12A located at the Southern Taiwan Science...

Central Taiwan Science Park posts 2011 export value of over NT$189 billion
Jan 16, 15:35
The Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) recorded total export value of NT$189.184 billion (US$6.10 billion) and total import value of NT$123.096 billion in 2011, according to CTSP...
Touchingtek to set up plant in Hsinchu Science Park
Sep 21, 15:45
Touchingtek, a new player of touch panel in Taiwan, will invest NT$50 million (US$1.67 million) to set up a plant in the Hsinchu Science Park, supplying capacitive touch panels and...
Southern Taiwan Science Park to cut water supply to cope with drought
May 10, 01:10
The Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP), one of the three government-developed science parks in Taiwan, plans to reduce daily water supply by 5% from 100,000 metric tons (MT) to 95,000...
Southern Taiwan Science Park sees January-February revenues down on year
Apr 8, 10:55
The Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP), one of Taiwan's three government-developed science parks, generated total revenues of NT$84.560 billion (US$2.87 billion) for January-February...
Taiwan Foresight, C-Life to be stationed at Southern Taiwan Science Park
Apr 1, 10:18
Taiwan Foresight will invest NT$50 million (US$1.69 million) initially to set up an FPD and touch panel materials and components factory at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP),...
Tainan Science Park to generate revenues of NT$700 billion in 2011
Feb 10, 01:25
Revenues generated by companies located in the Tainan Science Park in southern Taiwan are expected to total NT$700 billion (US$24 billion) in 2011, up 15.5% from 2010's NT$605.9 bi...
Central Taiwan Science Park records 2010 export value of over NT$244 billion
Jan 18, 01:00
The Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP), one of the three government-developed/operated science parks in Taiwan, posted total export value of NT$244.422 billion (US$7.64 billion) in...
Touch panel supply chain forming in STSP
Jan 14, 16:34
Amid the surging demand for touch panels from handset and tablet PC markets, a complete supply chain is forming at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) as more and more Taiwan-based...
Qualcomm all set for a 4.5G Mirasol plant in Taiwan
Jan 4, 01:20
Qualcomm MEMS Technologies (QMT) is expected to install equipment at its new Mirasol plant in Taiwan in October 2011, and start volume production at the beginning of 2012, according...
Optimax rents out STSP plant to SJA
Dec 24, 11:26
Polarizer maker Optimax Technology will rent out its plant at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) to Sheng Jay Automation Technologies (SJA) in order to activate assets, and increase...
Cando breaks ground for new plant in Central Taiwan
Dec 21, 15:47
Touch panel maker Cando on December 20 broke ground for a new plant, which will be able to include two 4.5G production lines and one 6G line, at the Central Taiwan Science Park (CT...
BenQ Materials aims to become top-3 worldwide supplier of polarizers
Nov 12, 01:45
Taiwan-based polarizer maker BenQ Materials aims to become a top-three supplier worldwide and is actively expanding its capacity including purchasing two production lines and renting...
CMI to invest almost NT$4 billion for touch panels
Oct 27, 01:40
Chimei Innolux (CMI) has decided to invest NT$3.85 billion (US$125.76 million) to set up a touch panel production plant at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) due to fast expanding...
Central Taiwan Science Park sees 3Q10 export value up over 22% on year
Oct 13, 12:06
The Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) recorded a total export value of NT$65.793 billion (US$2.06 billion) in the third quarter of 2010, rising on year by 22.31%, according to CTSP...
AUO and Taiwan Cogen to jointly set up solar power plant company
Oct 1, 10:28
Taiwan's National Science Council (NSC) has approved plans for AU Optronics (AUO) and Taiwan Cogen to set up a solar power plant joint venture. AUO indicated that the company is currently...
Equipment maker BZPC to expand facility
Oct 1, 01:45
Taiwan-based Bay Zu Precision Company (BZPC), a manufacturer and developer of vacuum process equipment, will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory building next to its...
GTOC to start production at China subsidiary at the beginning of 2011
Sep 17, 01:10
Optical glass processing services provider G-Tech Optoelectronics (GTOC), an affiliate of the Foxconn (Hon Hai) Group, is scheduled to start operating its reinforced glass production...
Science park companies step forward to support AUO over environmental row
Aug 6, 15:23
Members of Taiwan's Association of Industries in Science Parks (AISP) have stepped forward to support AU Optronics (AUO) after the LCD panel maker was forced to suspend construction...
TSMC to break ground for new 12-inch fab on July 16
Jul 14, 12:15
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will break ground soon for the construction of Fab 15 at the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP), according to an invitation to the...
Southern Taiwan Science Park sees January-April revenues up 76% on year
Jun 7, 11:36
The Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP), one of the three government-developed science parks in Taiwan, generated total revenues of NT$193.36 billion (US$6.06 billion) for January-April...
TSMC board approves US$1.65 billion for capacity expansion
May 12, 11:47
The board of directors of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has approved plans to allocate US$1.65 billion, including US$210 million for construction of a new chip...
CTSP project coming under fire from environmentalists
Mar 12, 16:44
While the development of the phase-three site of the government-run Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) is under way, environmental activists are demanding the Cabinet's National Science...
Southern Taiwan Science Park revenues to reach NT$600 billion in 2010
Mar 1, 09:54
Revenues of the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) are expected to reach NT$550-600 billion (US$17.13-18.69 billion) in 2010 amid Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC),...
Daxin aims at 50% revenue growth for 2010
Jan 22, 12:26
LCD component supplier Daxin Materials, an affiliate of AU Optronics (AUO), saw its 2009 revenues increase over 50% to around NT$2 billion (US$62.57 million), and is aiming for another...
Cando to set up touch panel plant in CTSP
Dec 1, 16:02
Taiwan-based color filter (CF) maker Cando, a subsidiary of LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO), will invest as much as NT$24 billion (US$745.1 million) to set up a touch panel production...
Foxlink to set up R&D center in Dongguan Songshan Lake Science Park, says paper
Newswatch - Nov 27, 16:42
Taiwan-based connector and handset maker Foxlink will invest NT$9.4 billion (US$291 million) to set up a R&D center at the Dongguan Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industry...
Camera module maker AOET ready for LED chip production
Oct 27, 14:11
Camera lens and module maker Ability Opto-Electronics Technology (AOET), a subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), has reportedly entered the production of...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- 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
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal

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Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.

















