Leatec to build new ceramic substrate plant in Kunshan

May 14, 14:15

Passive component maker Leatec Fine Ceramic plans to set up a new plant in Kunshan, China for the production of high-end ceramic substrates of LED lighting, back-light and in-car...

Sapphire substrate sales increase in April

May 11, 16:01

Substrate manufacturers such as Crystal Applied Technologies and Wafer Works reported increased revenues during April due to upstream sapphire substrates becoming more in demand as...

Tong Hsing expects revenue growth through 4Q12

Apr 24, 00:33

Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, which provides assembly and packaging services for niche ICs and produces ceramic substrates for the production of LED devices, has guided that its...

Sapphire substrate makers expect February revenues to improve

Mar 1, 01:35

Demand in the LED industry has been returning and some LED chipmakers have been enjoying 90% capacity utilization rates. Nevertheless, inventory levels are still high, causing sapphire...

Sapphire substrate maker Wafer Works Optronics reports net loss for 2011

Feb 6, 14:20

Weak demand in the LED market in 2011 caused pricing of upstream sapphire substrates to decrease as well. 2-inch substrates have been quoted around US$8-10/unit.

Firms to phase out COF substrate business

Dec 26, 09:42

With LCD panel demand for large-size applications such as TVs remaining dull, Mitsui Kinzoku and Sumitomo Electronics Taiwan (SET) are looking to withdraw from the standard chip-on-film...

Backend firms gearing up for new MediaTek solution

Dec 23, 01:05

IC packagers Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), and substrate makers Unimicron Technology and Kinsus Interconnect Technology are...

LED sapphire substrate price stabilizes at US$8/unit in December

Dec 14, 01:15

The price of 2-inch sapphire substrates has been stabilizing in November and December at around US$8/unit, according to industry sources. The price is expected to rebound soon.

Leatec expects strong sales from automotive, LED applications

Nov 30, 10:41

Taiwan-based Leatec Fine Ceramic, which mainly manufactures chip resistor substrates, expects sales to the automotive and LED segments to climb substantially starting the third quarter...

LED sapphire substrate makers post mixed results for October

Nov 11, 14:42

Crystalwise Technology and Tera Xtal Technology have reported sequential growth in revenues for October 2011, while Crystal Applied Technology posted a drop.

GCL Group enters sapphire substrate market

Oct 31, 16:17

Following its recent accouncement to suspend development of its LED epitaxy due to low demand in the LED industry, Hong Kong-based GCL Group has spelt out the intention to enter the...

Sapphire substrate makers report mixed September revenues

Oct 12, 11:41

The price of sapphire substrates has been low due to weak demand in the downstream LED market. According to sapphire substrare maker, Crystalwise, order visibility has been low despite...

Sapphire substrate price leveling out in October

Oct 5, 16:17

The price of sapphire substrates continues to fall due to decreasing demand from LED applications. However, industry sources indicate the price decline has been coming to a slow stop...

Kinsus ramping up FC CSP substrate shipments for Apple A5 CPUs, says paper

Newswatch - Oct 4, 12:28

Shipments of flip-chip chip-scale package (FC CSP) substrates for Apple's A5 processors from Taiwan-based Kinsus Interconnect Technology are expected to top one million units a month...

Fire strikes Unimicron Taoyuan IC substrate plant

Oct 3, 13:12

A fire broke out at a PCB/substrate plant operated by Unimicron Technology in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan at 2.00 am in the morning of October 2. No employees have been reported harmed...

LED sapphire substrate firms post poor August sales

Sep 13, 14:04

Major Taiwan-based sapphire substrate makers Crystal Applied Technology, Crystalwise Technology and Tera Xtal Technology have reported sequential declines in revenues of 52%, 44%...

Major sapphire substrate makers post heavy losses in 1H11

Sep 1, 01:20

Three major Taiwan-based sapphire substrate makers Crystalwise Technology, Tera Xtal Technology and Crystal Applied Technology all have posted losses for the first half of 2011 due...

Kinsus announces strong sales for July

Newswatch - Aug 11, 15:29

IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology has announced revenues of NT$1.48 billion (US$50.95 million) for July, up 5.5% sequentially and 8.3% on year, according to a company...

Tong Hsing 2Q11 profits meet guidance; expects flat growth in 3Q

Aug 11, 14:32

Ceramic substrate supplier Tong Hsing Electronic Industries has posted net profits of NT$214 million (US$7.37 million) for the second quarter of 2011, which met with the company's...

Demand for aluminum capacitors likely to subside in July-August

Jul 28, 15:54

Demand for aluminum capacitors from the consumer electronic product sector may decline in the July-August period before a rebound in September, according to sources at capacitor ma...

Kinsus Interconnect reports strong IC substrate orders for July-August

Jul 20, 11:11

IC-packaging substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology has stated that it has landed sufficient orders for July and August with order momentum to further strengthen onward month...

IC substrate suppliers post mixed June results

Jul 7, 01:20

Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) saw a sequential decline in June revenues, while Kinsus Interconnect Technology's June figures enjoyed growth and hit a record high.

Foxconn reportedly hires Unimicron executive to expand substrate business

Jun 24, 01:10

The Foxconn (Hon Hai) Group has hired Chu-Ching Hu, who in May resigned as head of Unimicron Technology's IC substrate division, to lead the substrate business unit of Foxconn Advanced...

New sapphire substrate plant to break ground in July, says SAS

Jun 17, 16:20

Taiwan-based wafer maker, Sino-American Silicon (SAS) stated there is stable demand for semiconductors and a slight return of demand for solar products at its shareholders meeting...

Taiwan market: Korea-based Simmtech to raise IC substrate quotes

Jun 10, 14:19

Korea-based memory module substrate vendor Simmtech is likely to raise its quotes during June 2011 with the increase rates marching those offered by rival companies in Taiwan, according...

4-inch sapphire substrates to reach 50% of capacity in 2012, says Tera Xtal chairman

Jun 1, 01:20

Demand for large-size sapphire substrates has been increasing and according to Chien Fu Shieh, chairman of Taiwan-based sapphire substrate maker Tera Xtal, 4-inch sapphire substrates...

Ta-I to ramp up LED heat sink substrate capacity

May 30, 12:13

Chip resistor maker Ta-I Technology plans to ramp up its monthly production capacity of LED heat sink substrates to 200,000 units by the end of June 2011, according to company chairman...

ITRI flexible substrate can increase silicon dioxide content and lower costs for displays

May 20, 11:14

Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan received the silver award for The Display of the Year Awards (DYA) from The Society for Information Display (SID) for its...

NPC to ramp up CPU-use FC substrate output

May 20, 01:10

Nan Ya PCB (NPC) will be able to grow its output of flip-chip (FC) substrates for Intel's x86 CPUs later in the second quarter of 2011, on the strength of improved yields, according...

Viking Tech ships LED heat sink substrates to leading LED lighting players

May 18, 14:03

Chip-resistor maker Viking Tech reportedly has begun to ship its LED heat sink substrates to the supply chain of international LED lighting players, including Osram, and has also...

Kinsus lands FC CSP substrate orders from Intel, says paper

Newswatch - May 17, 14:12

IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology has landed orders for FC CSP (flip-chip chip-scale packaging) substrates from Intel, according to a Chinese-language Commercial...

Asahi Glass to set up second substrate factory in China

May 13, 15:52

Japan-based Asahi Glass will establish a new glass substrate factory in Shenzhen, southern China, to produce substrates for 8.5G TFT-LCD panel production lines with volume production...

Top-3 sapphire substrate makers to ramp up capacities in 2H11

May 12, 12:15

The top-three Taiwan-based sapphire substrate makers – Crystal Applied Technology (CAT), Tera Xtal Technology and Crystalwise Technology – all plan to ramp up capacity...