CPT sees booming shipments of touch sensors used in AMOLED panels

Apr 17, 01:10

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT), a Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker stepping into production of touch sensors, has seen growing shipments of touch sensors mainly for use in AMOLED panels...

Three touch panel makers March revenues down on year

Apr 10, 01:40

Young Fast Optoelectronics, J Touch and Sintek Photronic, three Taiwan-based makers of touch panels, saw their revenues for March slip on year by 35.25%, 46.31% and 69.98% respectively,...

Sintek chairman steps down

Newswatch - Feb 2, 14:02

Sintek Photronic chairman Chang Wen-yi has resigned from the company, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). The company will elect a new chairman within...

Wintek to ramp up one-glass touch panel shipments in 2012

Dec 21, 15:04

Wintek is expected to see the ratio of its shipments of OGS (one glass solution) touch-panel solutions increase to over 20% of its total touch panel shipments in 2012 compared to...

Cover glass demand rising on increasing large-size touch applications

Dec 13, 14:47

Demand for cover glass is set to increase significantly as the application of touch-controlled technology has expanded to include large-size panels for outdoor advertising windows,...

Sintek 5.5G line to begin producing touch sensors in March-April 2012

Dec 2, 01:05

Touch sensor maker Sintek Photronics has revealed that its 5.5G line located in Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP), a joint venture with Samsung Electronics, will begin volume production...

Asustek buys touch panel modules from TPK; aiming to ship over 350,000 Transformer Prime tablet PCs in 2011

Nov 24, 01:20

Asustek Computer has added TPK Holding to its supplier list for touch panel modules in addition to current supplier Sintek Photronics, according to sources in the upstream supply...

Cando, Sintek look to declining touch sensor shipments in 4Q11

Nov 4, 01:20

Touch sensor makers Cando and Sintek Photronics are expected to see their sensor shipments decline sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2011 due to seasonal effects. Additionally,...

Touch panel makers post mixed results for September

Oct 11, 12:06

Taiwan-based touch panel makers have posted mixed results for September as Apple shifted its touch panel orders among suppliers due to a product flaw found at Wintek's panels, according...

Sintek August revenues decline sequentially

Newswatch - Sep 13, 16:42

Touch panel maker Sintek Photronic has posted August 2011 revenues of NT$624.18 million (US$21.18 million), down 22% on month but up 8.9% on-year.

LCD industry yet to feel threatened by AMOLED

Aug 25, 16:58

AMOLED may be the next big thing for the display industry, but players in Taiwan's LCD industry have yet to feel real pressure from Samsung ramping up AMOLED production, industry...

Over expansion may hurt profits of touch sensor makers

Aug 16, 16:41

Touch sensor suppliers in Taiwan could see lower profitability in third-quarter 2011 as a result of over expansion if there is oversupply, according to the industry sources.

Sintek to benefit from increasing Asustek orders

Aug 10, 16:38

Touch sensor supplier Sintek Photronic has reported July revenues of NT$802 million (US$28 million), showing a 2.2% on-month and 46.35% on-year decrease. Total revenues for the first...

Sintek may be forced out of Apple supply chain for touch sensors, say Taiwan makers

Aug 8, 10:23

Taiwan-based TPK Holding, the main supplier of touch panels for Apple, has made a large decrease in procurement of touch sensors from Sintek Photronic since July, and this may eventually...

HannStar Display to ramp up capacity for touch-panel modules and IPS panels

Jul 15, 14:16

HannStar Display will step up its production of touch-panel modules and IPS panels, with monthly capacity for touch-panel modules to top 1.5 million units at the end of 2011 and IPS...

CMI shipped 400,000-500,000 touch sensors for iPad 2 in June

Jul 8, 15:18

Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) in June shipped 400,000-500,000 touch sensors for iPad 2, signaling its success of improving yield rates for the product since...

Sintek May revenues up nearly 60% on year

Jun 9, 11:27

Touch sensor maker Sintek Photronics has posted revenues of NT$851.18 million (US$29.66 million) for May, up 8.3% sequentially and 58.9% on year. For the January-May period, revenues...

Taiwan touch panel capacity to double in 2H11, says Displaybank

May 20, 15:31

Displaybank has announced that due to change of existing lines and construction of new lines, production capacity of Taiwan touch panel makers in the second half would double the...

Touch panel makers aim for better 2Q11 profitability by improving yield rates

May 2, 16:23

Since the capacity of the top-tier touch panel makers such as TPK Holding and Wintek have all already been booked up, and tablet PC players are turning to smaller touch panel makers...

Sintek starts shipments of touch sensors for iPad 2

Mar 25, 01:20

Sintek Photronics started to supply touch sensors for iPad 2 to Apple in March 2011, and along with orders for smartphone from Samsung Electronics, Sintek expects revenues to continue...

Touch panel maker Wintek sees revenues up nearly 200% on year in February

Mar 3, 01:45

Touch panel maker Wintek has posted consolidated revenues of NT$5.97 billion (US$202 million) for February 2011, down 14.6% sequentially but up 196% on year. For the first two months...

Sintek increase investment for touch panel business

Stockwatch - Feb 25, 11:55

Sintek Photronics on February 24 announced that its board of directors has decided to increase a budget for expanding touch panel business and capacity to NT$20.5 billion (US$687.82...

TSE fines Sintek for misleading announcements

Newswatch - Feb 22, 14:35

The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE), on February 21, announced it will fine Sintek Photronics for NT$100,000 (US$3,382.1) due to misleading announcements regarding its cooperation with...

Sintek chairman asks for focus on reform

Feb 18, 01:35

Sintek Photronic chairman Chang Wen-yi has indicated that Sintek has successfully improved its position in the industry after years of effort to transform, and hopes the public can...

Sintek not building 5.5G LTPS plant

Feb 17, 15:55

Sintek Photronic chairman Chang Wen-yi has corrected quotes regarding Sintek's cooperation with Samsung Mobile Display (SMD) in a Digitimes report on Feb 16 saying that Sintek is...

Apple secures 60% of global touch panel capacity, causing tight supply

Feb 17, 01:50

In order to achieve its internal goal of shipping 40 million iPad products in 2011, Apple has occupied close to 60% of the global touch panel capacity causing tight supply among Apple's...

Sintek, SMD sign deal for 5.5G LTPS production and touch sensors supply

Feb 16, 01:25

Sintek Photronics has announced the signing of a technological cooperation and supply agreement with the leading AMOLED maker Samsung Mobile Display (SMD), and Sintek will set up...

Touch panel makers transform to cover front- to back-end production

Jan 18, 01:50

Due to capacity shortages for capacitive touch panel products 0150 – from touch sensor, binding, thinning to cover lenses – touch panel makers are now actively transforming...

Cando December revenues up 30%, Sintek down 6%

Jan 10, 16:02

Touch panel maker Cando saw its December 2010 revenues increase 30% sequentially, while fellow touch panel maker Sintek Photronics' December revenues decreased about 6%.

Sintek monthly capacity to reach 100,000 substrates in February

Jan 4, 02:00

Monthly capacity of Sintek Photronics is expected to reach 100,00 substrates when the company's production return to full operation in February from the remodeling for glass-based...

Touch panel makers expect sequential drop in December revenues

Dec 29, 01:00

Touch panel makers Wintek, TPK Touch Solutions, Sintek Photronics, J Touch and Young Fast Optoelectronics all expect revenues in December 2010 to drop sequentially.

Apple reportedly adds new touch panel suppliers for iPad 2

Dec 16, 01:10

Apple has reportedly added two additional touch panel makers, Chimei Innolux and Cando, to its touch panel supplier list for iPad 2 in addition to current suppliers Wintek, Sintek...

HannStar and Sintek land tablet PC touch panel orders from ViewSonic

Newswatch - Dec 2, 14:42

HannStar Display and Sintek Photronics together have landed touch panel orders for 10.1-inch tablet PCs from ViewSonic, according to a Chinese-language report in the Economic...

Wintek signs loan, Sintek to float GDRs

Nov 25, 01:55

Touch panel makers Wintek and Sintek Photronics on November 24 settled on their fund-raising plans, with the former signing a five-year syndicated loan and the latter to release new...