Last update: Thursday 7 March 2013 [25 news items]
Taiwan solar makers see rising orders in February and March
Mar 7, 21:12
Taiwan-based solar firms have been seeing rising orders in February and March. Some firms believe the changes are due to the EU's anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation against...
Tainergy sees solar module orders increase
Dec 5, 21:37
Taiwan-based solar firm Tainergy has recently seen orders for solar modules increase from Japan and Indonesia. In particular, the modules have been supplied to the public sector in...
Taiwan solar firms reportedly plan to move equipment back from China
Sep 13, 01:35
China-based solar firms are currently facing anti-dumping investigations in the EU. Many Taiwan-based firms that have set up plants in China are also included as targets of the investigation...
Tainergy profits improve on rising orders from Europe
Jun 26, 14:16
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Tainergy became the first solar firm in Taiwan to return to profitability in May since the market downturn in second-quarter 2011.
Tainergy to expand capacity in China
May 10, 12:17
Tainergy Tech will expand annual solar cell production capacity at its factory in Kunshan, eastern China, from 60MW in early 2012 to 120MW in the second quarter, and solar module...
Product differentiation is key to securing orders, says Tainergy
May 8, 15:54
Tainergy, a Taiwan-based solar maker, was expected to suffer due to news that an important Europe-based customer had filed for bankruptcy. But Tainergy reported gross margins of negative...
Jan 3, 16:44
Kenmec Mechanical Engineering is likely to post its first annual loss since it was founded 35 years ago, due to recognized losses from solar-cell making subsidiary Tainergy Tech.
Tainergy expects to turn profitable in 2012
Jan 3, 16:26
Tainergy Tech, the solar cell manufacturing subsidiary of Kenmec Mechanical Engineering, expects its operation to return to profitability in 2012. The market will rebound after hitting...
Solon bankruptcy causes stirs in Taiwan solar industry
Dec 19, 14:39
The wind of bankruptcies of solar firms has been blowing to Europe's solar industry. Europe-based solar module firm Solon declared bankruptcy last week, causing quite a stir. Taiwan-based...
Tainergy to unveil China solar cell plant
Oct 26, 10:39
Solar cell firm Tainergy is to hold an opening ceremony for a new plant in Kunshan, China. Planned capacity at the plant is 1GW. The plant currently has completed production lines...
GCL-Poly in solar wafer supply deal with Tainergy
Oct 13, 12:13
GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, a China-based polysilicon and wafer manufacturer, has announced that it has signed a 5-year letter of intent to supply 1GW of GCL quasi-mono wafer to Taiwan-based...
Tainergy sees order visibility through September
Sep 1, 01:30
Solar cell firm Tainergy Tech expects to enjoy another sequential growth in August revenues thanks to stable orders from Europe-based clients. Order visibility for September remains...
Aug 16, 12:11
Solar cell firm Tainergy has started trading on Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). Market sources said Tainergy has a solid customer base with main customers being Europe-based first-tier...
Solar customers demanding higher conversion efficiency
Aug 16, 12:04
Solar cell prices have been stable in August, but customers are becoming more demanding in terms of quality, according to industry sources. Some customers have been requesting for...
Solar demand in Germany and Italy heating up
Aug 1, 15:18
Downstream solar power system firms indicate the rebound of demand in Germany and Italy has been thriving in comparison of the market conditions in the second quarter of 2011. However,...
Tainergy expanding solar cell capacity to 560MW
Jul 29, 10:20
Tainergy Tech is expanding total polysilicon solar cell annual production capacity to 560MW by the end of 2011. The expansion consisting of the increase of an additional 60MW in No...
DelSolar withdraws listing requests due to weak solar market
May 31, 14:08
Taiwan-based solar firm, DelSolar, announced on May 31 it will withdraw its listing application from the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).
Kenmec reports NT$8.4 billion in 2010 consolidated revenues
Feb 22, 01:50
Equipment provider Kenmec Mechanical Engineering released unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$8.4 billion (US$286 million) in 2010, up 60% from 2009. Kenmec's main equipment business...
Equipment maker Kenmec expects 2011 revenues to reach NT$7 billion
Jan 5, 14:15
Automation equipment maker Kenmec Mechanical Engineering expects 2011 revenues to challenge NT$7 billion (US$240.45 million) thanks to aggressive capacity expansion by TFT LCD panel...
Tainergy posts strong 2010 result, capacity full for January 2011
Jan 3, 15:05
Solar cell maker Tainergy Tech has posted about NT$6 in 2010 EPS and has plans to list publicly at the end of the first quarter to early second quarter of 2011, according to analysts...
Tainergy posts 18% gross margin in April
May 14, 11:00
Solar cell maker Tainergy Tech saw first-quarter 2010 gross margin increase to 18% after it successfully negotiated solar wafer prices with US-based supplier MEMC, according to sources...
Kenmec board of directors approves EMS business spin-off
Mar 10, 15:55
Kenmec Mechanical Engineering, which specializes in industrial automation equipment, has announced plans to spin off its EMS unit have been approved by its board of directors.
Solar cell maker Tainergy to debut on Taiwan emerging stock market in March
Feb 25, 11:50
Tainergy Tech, a maker of 6-inch polycrystalline silicon solar cells, will debut on Taiwan's emerging stock market on March 10, according to the company.
LCD equipment maker Kenmec to raise NT$915 million in capital
Jan 26, 16:42
Chip-manufacturing automation tool maker Kenmec Mechanical Engineering, which also makes production equipment for the FPD and solar-module sectors, has announced the price of its...
Tainergy to double solar cell capacity in 1Q10
Dec 28, 11:45
Tainergy Tech, a Taiwan-based maker of polycrystalline silicon solar cells, has fully utilized its 60MWp annual capacity and outsourced excess orders, according to Kenmec Mechanical...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- 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
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
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 in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.