Last update: Thursday 21 February 2013 [56 news items]
Chip resistor maker Ta-I registers 400% profit growth in 1Q10
Apr 28, 12:05
Taiwan-based chip resistor maker Ta-I Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$840 million (US$27 million) for the first quarter of 2010, a 47.4% increase on year. After-tax...
Rising costs to push up chip resistor prices in 2Q10
Apr 21, 11:48
Due to rising production costs, Taiwan-based chip resistor (chip-R) makers Ta-I Technology, Yageo and Ralec Electronic will raise prices in the second quarter. Prices for larger 0603...
Chip resistor maker Ta-I to expand capacity by 20%
Mar 17, 14:38
Ta-I Technology plans to spend NT$1 billion (US$31.45 million) in the next two years expanding chip resistor, protective component and LED heat sink substrate lines, according to...

Chip resistor maker Ta-I enters ceramic heat sink substrate market
Mar 10, 15:30
Taiwan-based Chip resistor maker Ta-I Technology has stepped into the ceramic heat sink substrate segment and is sampling related products, which are mainly used in LED applications,...
Taiwan makers expanding chip resistor capacity
Mar 4, 11:32
Taiwan-based chip resistor makers Yageo, Ta-I Technology and Ralec Electronic are planning to expand their capacities to fulfill market demand, according to industry sources. Chip...
Taiwan-based chip resistor makers still at high utilization
Nov 24, 14:42
Taiwan-based chip resistor makers, including Ta-I Technology and Ralec Electronic, have recently enjoyed high utilization rates because order volumes have dropped only slightly from...

Chip resistor makers to see strong sales in September
Sep 28, 16:32
Taiwan-based chip resistor makers Ta-I Technology and Ralec Electronic are both expected to see record sales in September due to strong demand, while Yageo's revenues will also remain...
Passive device makers seeing tight capacity due to strong seasonal demand
Newswatch - Sep 22, 15:24
Some of Taiwan's passive component makers have seen their production capacities fall short of order volumes due to seasonal demand from the notebook, handset and home appliance sectors,...
Chip resistor maker Ralec to expand capacity in 4Q09
Aug 28, 16:23
Ralec Electronic plans to expand its monthly capacity of 0201 resistors to up to 400 million units in fourth-quarter 2009, from 200 million currently, as it has seen full utilization...
Taiwan passive component makers to expand capacity
Aug 4, 16:28
Thinking Electronic and Ralec Electronic both have plans to expand capacity by adding equipment, while Ta-I Technology will spend NT$80 million (US$2.45 million) to make more protective...
Chip resistor makers see shipments increase in panel, notebook segments
Jul 31, 16:57
Taiwan chip resistor makers have seen increased orders from panel and notebook customers this quarter and expect their July shipments to grow sequentially.
Taiwan chip resistor makers increase inventory levels in expectation of rising demand in 2H09
Newswatch - Jul 1, 14:10
Most Taiwan chip resistor makers have reached utilization rates of 80-90% to build up their inventory levels with the expectation of increased demand in the second half of 2009, according...
Chip resistor maker Ta-I to issue new shares
Jun 24, 15:05
Ta-I Technology has approved plans issue up to 30 million new shares at a tentative price of NT$20 (US$0.61) each. The chip resistor maker said its utilization rate has rebounded...
Passive component makers Yageo, Ta-I to expand capacity amid increasing demand
Jun 11, 16:51
Yageo has signed contracts with equipment makers and begun equipment installation, while Ta-I Technology plans to resume production at lines halted earlier, according to the compan...
Prosecutors drop Yageo defamation suit against Ta-I
Stockwatch - Jun 1, 15:57
Passive component maker Ta-I Technology has been notified by the Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office that no further action will be taken regarding its ongoing investigation initiated...
Chip resistor makers Ta-I, Ralec hit record revenues in April
Newswatch - May 12, 11:16
Taiwan-based chip resistor makers Ta-I Technology and Ralec Electronic have reported April consolidated revenues of NT$251 million (US$7.5 million) and NT$147 million respectively,...
Passive component utilization rates climbing on resumed orders for notebooks
Apr 15, 15:25
Chip resistor maker Ta-I Technology and power choke specialist Cyntec have enjoyed rising utilization rates since March, thanks to resumed orders from the notebook segment. Ta-I noted...
Chip resistor makers see shipment growth in March
Newswatch - Apr 9, 16:27
Chip resistor makers Ta-I Technology and Ralec Electronic saw demand for chip resistors increase driven by strong sales of notebooks. Both companies have reported revenue growth for...
Taiwan chip resistor makers see utilization rates increase to 95%
Mar 24, 15:13
Ta-I Technology and Ralec Electronics, two Taiwan-based makers of chip resistors, have seen their utilization rates climb to 95%. First-quarter shipments are likely to be better than...
More troubles for Yageo concerning its acquisition of Ta-I
Nov 3, 16:55
While sources have indicated that Yageo chairman Pierre TM Chen is currently being investigated by Taiwan's Investigation Bureau for suspicion of insider trading and breach of trust...
Jun 16, 13:48
Passive components supplier Yageo has reiterated its sales goal of reaching NT$50 billion (US$1.6 billion) in annual revenues within three years.
- 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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- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 8368.19 | -21.86 | -0.26% |

| TSE electronic | 316.17 | -0.60 | -0.19% |

| GTSM (OTC) | 119.56 | +0.49 | +0.41% |

| OTC electronic | 143.91 | +0.93 | +0.65% |

- 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

Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...

Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...

MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...

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...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- 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.

















