Quartz component maker Siward swings to profits in 2010

Apr 1, 01:35

Siward Crystal Technology, a major Taiwan-based quartz component supplier, has announced that it swung to net profits of NT$50.18 million (US$1.71 million) in 2010 from losses of...

SAS, OCI ink supply agreement

Apr 1, 01:15

Solar wafer supplier Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) on March 31 announced that it has signed a polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) supply agreement with South Korea's OCI. The...

Wellypower announced corrected financial result for 2010

Mar 29, 01:20

CCFL supplier and LED chip packaging company Wellypower Optronics has announced the corrected finical result for 2010 of NT$548 million (US$18.6 million) for consolidated profit before...

Taiwan passive component material suppliers seeing uptick in orders

Mar 24, 01:10

Aluminum foil maker Liton Technology and Leatec Fine Ceramic, a supplier of chip resistor substrates, are both seeing increases in orders amid uncertainty over the supply line from...

Japan earthquake: Taiwan digital camera industry to see limited short-term impact

Mar 17, 01:55

Taiwan-based digital camera makers Altek and Ability, in response to Japan's earthquake, pointed out that they have already confirmed with their Japan-based upstream CCD suppliers...

Wah Hong and Wellypower report sequential drop in February revenues

Mar 8, 14:50

Optical film maker Wah Hong Industrial saw its consolidated revenues decrease by 12.52% sequentially, and CCFL supplier and LED chip packaging company Wellypower Optronics' revenues...

GCL-Poly to spend US$500 million to set up LED plant

Mar 2, 01:50

China-based upstream solar material supplier GCL-Poly recently started construction of an LED production plant in Jiangsu, scheduled to complete at the end of 2011. Initial investment...

Chip-R substrate maker Leatec to raise quotes

Mar 2, 01:20

Ceramic substrate supplier Leatec Fine Ceramic plans to increase chip-resistor substrate prices with current capacity full, order visibility reaching the end of the second quarter...

AimCore reports 20% sequential growth in January revenues

Feb 23, 01:30

ITO glass supplier AimCore Technology has announced revenues of NT$119 million (US$4.03 million) for January, up 20% sequentially and 126% on year, a record high in monthly revenue...

Wintek to be the sole touch panel supplier for white iPhone 5, says report

Newswatch - Feb 22, 15:05

Wintek reportedly to be the sole touch panel supply for white iPhone 5s and may replace TPK Touch Solutions to become the leading touch panel maker worldwide in 2011 as Apple plans...

Aide Solar invests US$22 million for capacity expansion in China

Feb 17, 10:58

Aide Solar Energy has spent CNY144 million (US$21.85 million) to acquire a 88,000-square-meter plot of land in Xuzhou Economic Development Zone, China, its parent company Panjit said...

Quanta to start pilot production at Chongqing plants in March

Jan 27, 01:30

Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer will start pilot production for Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) orders at its plants in Chongqing, China in March with a volume of 40,000-60,000...

HDD component maker Min Aik expects double-digital growth in 2011 shipments

Jan 13, 02:00

Taiwan-based hard disk drive (HDD) component maker Min Aik Technology has announced revenues of NT$3.1 billion (US$106.69 million) for the fourth quarter of 2010, up 2.89% on quarter...

Taiwan upstream supply chain to benefit from increasing Canon DSLR orders

Jan 11, 02:10

Taiwan-based glass lens maker Kinko Optical, benefiting from increasing Canon DSLR camera orders, is expected to see its glass lens shipments in 2011 increasing 16.45% on year to...

CCFL and LED BLU supplier Wellypower posts record high December revenues

Jan 6, 02:15

CCFL supplier and LED chip packaging company Wellypower Optronics saw its consolidated revenues hit a record high of NT$820 million (US$28.16 million) in December 2010. However, Wellypower...

TSMC reportedly sees Nvidia orders increase by 60%

Jan 6, 01:35

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) reportedly has seen its Nvidia orders increase by 60% mainly because of strong demand for Tegra 2 processors. TSMC declined to comment...

Radiant to post new record in December revenues

Jan 5, 01:45

Consolidated revenues of backlight unit (BLU) supplier Radiant Opto-Electronics are estimated to reach a new record high in December 2010, exceeding NT$4.6 billion (US$157.94 million),...

Smartphone demand to buoy AWSC, Win Semi 2011 shipments

Jan 4, 15:57

Taiwan-based GaAs foundries Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) and Win Semiconductors will enjoy rising shipments in 2011, benefiting from the continued growth expected...

ITO glass supply to remain short in 1H11, says AimCore president

Dec 31, 01:20

ITO glass supplier AimCore Technology expects the shortage of ITO glass to continue into the first half of 2011, and in order to meet client demand, AimCore has started capacity expansion...

Diode supplier Pan Jit expects 30% growth in 2011 sales

Dec 30, 11:36

Taiwan-based diode supplier Pan Jit International projects revenues will climb about 30% in 2011, as the company continues to extend its business scope into optoelectronics, batteries...

Episil seeing epi-wafer orders pick up, says paper

Newswatch - Dec 29, 16:09

Taiwan-based Episil Technologies, which makes silicon epitaxial wafers as well as providing foundry services at its 5- and 6-inch wafer fabs, has seen its epi-wafer production utilization...

LG Display ships 1.5 million iPad panels in November, Samsung ships 1.2 million units

Dec 29, 01:55

Shipments of 9.7-inch iPad panels from LG Display reached 1.5 million units in November 2010, and fellow supplier Samsung Electronics' shipments reached 1.2 million units for the...

Compeq secures NT$5 billion syndicated loan

Dec 23, 01:00

Compeq Manufacturing, a major Taiwan-based PCB supplier, on December 22 announced it has completed a syndicated loan of NT$5 billion (US$167 million) with a 19-member banking consortium...

Toshiba disposes of Phison shares

Dec 21, 02:15

Toshiba has disposed of six million shares of Phison Electronics, its supplier of controllers for flash memory cards. Toshiba's stake in Phison is therefore reduced to 11.99% from...

LG Display aims to become leading panel supplier in China, says CEO

Dec 20, 16:23

LG Display CEO Young Soo Kwon, commenting on competitor AU Optronics (AUO) receiving approval to set up a 7.5G TFT-LCD panel production plant in China, has claimed that 8.5G is more...

GCL-Poly and LDK extends battle to strategic alliances and Taiwan solar cell market

Dec 14, 15:03

As more players enter the solar arena and companies continue to ramp up capacity, strategic integrations and alliances have become critical for success, particularly in the China...

Equipment supplier GPM revenues up over 90% in November

Dec 14, 11:29

Gallant Precision Machining (GPM), which mainly makes equipment for semiconductor and panel manufacturing, has announced revenues of NT$610 million (US$20.3 million) for November...

Equipment supplier Csun expects 20-30% growth in 2011 sales

Dec 13, 14:40

Csun Manufacturing will likely see consolidated revenues grow 20-30% in 2011, according to company president Webber Wong. Growth will be driven by rising demand coming from the semiconductor,...

Light guide plate supplier JSP to list on OTC market on December 8

Dec 3, 01:55

Light guide plate (LGP) supplier Jeng Shiang Precision (JSP) will be listed on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) market on December 8. The company is expected to ship up to 140 million...

SSD supplier InnoDisk gains order for POS computers

Nov 30, 01:30

Taiwan-based InnoDisk, which in-house develops and produces flash storage devices for industrial applications and embedded systems, has cut into the supply chain of Toshiba's POS...

GaAs wafer supplier VPEC sees flat November revenues

Nov 22, 12:22

Taiwan's Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) has said sales for November are likely to stay at a high level. November shipments have been driven by sustained power amplifier (PA)...

Apacer secures approval for mainboard listing

Nov 18, 02:00

Apacer Technology, a supplier of memory modules and other storage solutions, has secured approval to list on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). If granted approval from Taiwan's Securities...

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...

Cable maker Copartner Tech lists on TSE

Nov 11, 01:50

Taiwan-based cable maker Copartner Tech, the largest LVDS cable supplier of Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, was officially listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on November...

SAS and Solartech form solar cell and wafer joint venture

Oct 29, 10:46

Solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and solar cell producer Solartech Energy on October 28 announced plans to establish a solar wafer and cell joint venture, with...