Last update: Wednesday 6 March 2013 [64 news items]
Most passive component makers see revenues drop over 20% sequentially in February
Mar 6, 22:05
Most passive component makers have seen their revenues drop over 20% sequentially in February, but sales performance of respective firms are expected to return to normal in March,...
Most passive component suppliers see revenues up in January
Feb 6, 14:02
Most passive component makers saw their revenues grow by a double-digit rate in January 2013 due mainly to a low base in the previous month, according to data released by the compa...
Thinking Electronic reports EPS of NT$3.41 for 2012
Feb 1, 15:01
Thinking Electronic Industrial, which makes circuit protection components for handsets and PCs, has reported net profits of NT$432 million (US$14.6 million) for 2012, up 7.3%. The...
Passive component makers reshuffling top management
Dec 12, 15:40
Passive component makers, including Ralec Electronic, Jaan Cherng Technological, Thinking Electronic, Viking Tech, Laser Tek and Walsin Technology, all performed management reshuffles...
Passive component makers to post decreased sales in December
Dec 6, 15:22
Most passive component suppliers are expected to post negative revenue growth in December due to inventory checks at clients, after reporting mixed results for the previous month,...
Taiwan passive component makers enter supply chain of China brands
Nov 30, 15:26
Taiwan-based passive component makers including Chilisin Electronics, Polytronics Technology, Thinking Electronic Industrial and TXC reportedly have secured orders from China-based...
Protective component makers to enjoy booming sales in 4Q12
Nov 20, 15:38
Protective component makers Polytronics Technology and Thinking Electronic Industrial will continue to enjoy strong sales in the fourth quarter of 2012, as booming sales of smartphones...
Passive component makers see sequential drop in October revenues
Nov 5, 22:58
Yageo, Thinking Electronic Industrial and Polytronics Technology, three Taiwan-based passive component makers, on November 5 reported consolidated revenues for October, slipping on...
Thinking Electronic to see slight sequential drop in 4Q12 revenues
Oct 17, 13:34
Protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial is expected to see its revenues dip within a range of 5% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2012 due to weak demand from...
Thinking Electronic cautious about 4Q12
Oct 2, 16:26
Protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial has expressed caution about its business outlook for the fourth quarter of 2012, and indicated profits may come under downward...
Passive component makers Thinking, Viking Tech August sales up slightly
Sep 5, 15:09
Taiwan-based passive component manufacturers Thinking Electronic Industrial and Viking Tech have both reported slight sequential increases in revenues for August 2012.
Mag.Layers, Thinking see pre-tax profits improve in 2Q12
Aug 2, 15:35
Passive component makers Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics and Thinking Electronic both saw their pre-tax profits increase sequentially in the second quarter of 2012 thanks to a low...
Protective component makers 2Q12 sales up
Jul 6, 01:35
Thinking Electronic Industrial and Polytronics Technology, which make circuit protection components for handsets and PCs, both enjoyed double-digit sales growth sequentially in the...
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...
- 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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- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
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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
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- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
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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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