Last update: Monday 14 May 2012 [51 news items]
Passive component maker Thinking reports declined profits for 1Q12
May 14, 13:03
Passive component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial has reported net profits of NT$78 million (US$2.65 million) for the first quarter of 2012, decreasing 26.1% from a year earli...
Thinking Electronic sees decreased April revenues
May 7, 10:24
Thinking Electronic Industrial, a Taiwan-based maker of thermistors, has reported April consolidated revenues of NT$363 million down 2.37% on month and 2.54% on year, while January-April...
Protective component makers post sales growth in March
Apr 6, 14:26
Thinking Electronic Industrial and Polytronics Technology, which make circuit protection components for handsets and PCs, both saw their consolidated revenues increase more than 10%...
Thinking Electronic positive about ultrabook demand
Feb 10, 11:56
Protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial expects orders coming from the ultrabook sector to become strong later in 2012, which will drive company revenues.
Protective component makers report better-than-expected December revenues
Jan 10, 16:08
Thinking Electronic Industrial and Polytronics Technology, which make protective components for power supplies, have both reported slight sequential drops in fourth-quarter revenues...
Most passive component makers report November sales growth
Dec 8, 11:08
Most Taiwan-based passive component manufacturers including Chilisin Electronics, Holy Stone Enterprise, Lelon Electronics, Polytronics Technology and Thinking Electronic Industrial...
Thinking Electronic November revenues up sequentially
Dec 6, 01:05
Thinking Electronic Industrial, a Taiwan-based maker of circuit protection components, on December 5 reported consolidated revenues of NT$371 million (US$12.3 million) for November,...
Passive component maker Thinking posts on-quarter growth in 3Q11 pre-tax earnings
Oct 25, 15:29
Thinking Electronic Industrial, a Taiwan-based maker of thermistors and varistors, has posted pre-tax profits of NT$148 million (NT$4.91 million) for the third quarter of 2011, up...
Most passive component makers see sequential drops in June revenues
Jul 6, 15:14
Most Taiwan-based passive component makers, including Polytronics Technology (PTTC), Thinking Electronic Industrial and Chilisin Electronics, suffered a decline in revenues in June...
Protective component suppliers to see lower growth in 3Q11
Jul 1, 14:16
Protective component makers Thinking Electronic Industrial and Polytronics Technology (PTTC) both expect their revenues to grow by a small margin in the third quarter after posting...
Thinking Electronic expanding resistor capacity
May 31, 14:44
Taiwan-based passive component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial has seen its production capacity fully occupied and is expanding its production capacity for varistors, thermistors...
Thinking shipping protective components to Apple, say sources
May 19, 11:07
Thinking Electronic, which mainly makes protective components for power supplies, reportedly has landed windfall orders from Apple after the Japan earthquake with shipments beginning...
Protective component supplier Thinking sales rebound in March
Apr 6, 15:53
Taiwan-based Thinking Electronic, which mainly makes protective components for power supplies, has reported that consolidated revenues for March 2011 rose 60.5% sequentially to NT$382...
Thinking wins thermo-sensitive resistor orders from US tablet PC vendors
Mar 23, 01:15
Protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial has received thermo-sensitive resistor orders for US-based tablet PC vendors, according to the company.
Passive component maker Thinking posts over 30% drop in February sales
Mar 4, 01:15
Taiwan-based passive component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial has announced consolidated revenues of NT$238 million (US$8 million) for February 2011, down 35.8% sequentially...
Protective component maker Polytronics wins PPTC orders for tablet PCs
Feb 22, 14:05
Since Apple's iPad 2 reportedly will not incorporate ALD/SLD polymeric positive temperature coefficient (PPTC) resistors, Taiwan's protective component makers will not be able to...
Protective component makers announce positive 2010 results
Feb 15, 01:30
Taiwan-based protective component makers Thinking Electronic and Polytronics Technology have announced unaudited financial results for 2010. Hampered by exchange rate volatility in...
Thinking reports NT$371 million in January revenues
Feb 9, 11:16
Passive component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial reported January consolidated revenues of NT$371 million (US$12.8 million), up 1.2% sequentially. Thinking indicated that capacity...
Passive component makers post solid revenues for December
Jan 4, 14:05
Passive component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial has posted consolidated revenues of NT$367 million (US$12.61 million) for December 2010, down 3.7% sequentially. Fellow company...
Kinect launch boosting shipments of passive component makers
Nov 29, 14:49
Protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial and MLCC distributor Honey Hope Honesty (3H) are expected to register strong sales in November buoyed by the launch of Microsoft's...
Taiwan passive component makers gear up to cultivate car electronics market
Nov 18, 11:14
Chip resistor suppliers Yageo and Walsin Technology, and protective component makers Thinking Electronic Industrial and Polytronics Technology have all geared up to enhance their...
Passive component makers Yageo and Thinking see revenues decline in October
Nov 8, 10:54
Passive component makers Yageo and Thinking Electronic Industrial both saw their revenues decline sequentially in October amid seasonality and reduced working days in China during...
Protective component maker Thinking looks to strong sales in 4Q10
Oct 18, 14:30
Thinking Electronic Industrial, which mainly makes protective components for power supplies, expects its revenues to remain strong in the fourth quarter of 2010 due to increasing...
Protective component makers Thinking and Mag.Layers see declines in August revenues
Sep 8, 15:31
Protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial has reported consolidated revenues of NT$392 million (US$12.26 million) for August, down 5.9% sequentially due to declining...
Thinking expected to enjoy 10% sales growth in 3Q10, launches new SMD NTC thermistors
Aug 31, 14:58
Thinking Electronic Industrial, which mainly makes protective components for power supplies, is expected to see third-quarter 2010 revenues grow 10% sequentially, according to market...
Passive component makers Thinking and Acme post record high revenues in July
Aug 9, 16:51
Protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial and ferric core maker Acme Electronics both saw their revenues hit a historical high in July amid strong demand for their...
Thinking Electronic to invests US$12 million to build plant in China
Jun 2, 16:44
Taiwan-based passive component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial has approved plans to invest US$12 million in a new production plant in Jiangxi Province, China. The facility is...
Protective component maker Thinking posts record monthly revenues in April
Newswatch - May 11, 14:03
Thinking Electronic Industrial has announced consolidated revenues of NT$389 million (US$12.35 million) for April 2010, a monthly record. In addition to a recovery seen in its core...
Protective component maker Polytronics reports profits for 2009
Mar 16, 15:41
Polytronics Technology has announced net income of NT$199 million (US$6.24 million) on revenues of NT$949 million for 2009, representing an on-year growth of 5.8% in sales and 23.2%...
Component maker Thinking Electronic to ramp capacity 20% in 2010
Feb 25, 16:52
Taiwan-based protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial plans to ramp up its capacity by 20% in 2010 after seeing order visibility extended to the end of second quarter,...
Passive component makers expanding capacity
Feb 23, 16:25
Taiwan-based passive component suppliers are expected to see their new capacity come on line by the end of second-quarter 2010, according to industry sources. They are gearing up...
Supply of protective components tightens
Jan 27, 10:54
Taiwan-based protective component makers have seen better-than-expected order volumes in January, with the shortage gap reaching tens of millions of units, according to market sources...
Thinking Electronic to set up new plant in China for protective components
Jan 4, 14:09
Taiwan-based protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial plans to spend US$5 million building a new plant in Jiangxi, China for capacity expansion. Further details will...
Taiwan passive component makers to see better-than-expected 4Q09
Dec 9, 16:20
Taiwan-based passive component makers are expected to post better-than-expected revenues for the fourth quarter, according to market sources. Most of the players saw November revenues...
Passive component makers begin seeing contributions from automotive segment
Nov 30, 12:00
Passive component makers Yageo, Thinking Electronic Industrial and Leatec Fine Ceramics have each seen fruit from their automotive component lines and expect to see significant revenue...

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23-May-2012 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 7147.75 | -127.14 | -1.75% |

| TSE electronic | 271.94 | -5.69 | -2.05% |

| GTSM (OTC) | 103.29 | -1.28 | -1.22% |

| OTC electronic | 132.45 | -1.69 | -1.26% |

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