Last update: Wednesday 6 March 2013 [64 news items]
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...

Taiwan-based passive device makers Polytronics, Thinking Electronic see prospects for new products
Nov 18, 14:26
Passive device maker Polytronics Technology has received verification from clients on its new LED heat dissipation plate product line and expects to see demand from Taiwan- and South...

Protective component makers optimistic about future outlook despite revenue decline in October 2009
Nov 10, 14:52
Taiwan-based protective component makers Thinking Electronic and Polytronics Technology both saw revenues decline by more than 10% in October 2009. However, they are optimistic about...
Thinking Electronic to see 10 fold growth in automotive component shipments
Newswatch - Oct 27, 16:19
Taiwan-based passive component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial's monthly shipments of automotive components used in heaters is expected to ramp to ten times its current level...
Taiwan-based passive component suppliers to see 4Q09 revenue drops narrow pushed by iPhone sales
Oct 23, 15:26
Yageo, Cyntec, Polytronics Technology, Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics, Thinking Electronic and TXC are expected to see narrower revenue declines or flat revenues in the fourth quarter...
Passive component maker Thinking posts significant growth in 3Q09
Oct 19, 11:56
Taiwan-based Thinking Electronic saw its third-quarter revenues and pre-tax profits grow 29% and 144% to NT$566 million (US$17.54 million) and NT$310 million, respectively, thanks...
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,...
Thinking Electronic begins shipping passive components for automotive heaters
Sep 16, 15:29
Taiwan-based passive device maker Thinking Electronic has begun small-volume shipments of heater components to the automotive market in Europe. Monthly shipments are expected to rise...

Thinking Electronic sees short capacity in August 2009
Sep 9, 14:16
Taiwan protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial saw orders for SMD-type products exceed its production capacity by about 10 million units in August 2009 and had to...
Taiwan passive component makers to benefit from strong iPhone sales
Newswatch - Aug 21, 13:49
Shipments from Taiwan passive component makers are expected to peak in October thanks to strong sales of iPhone, according to industry sources. Yageo, TXC, Cyntec, Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics,...
Protective component maker Thinking enters China automotive market
Newswatch - Aug 14, 16:28
Thinking Electronic has entered the supply chain of China-based automobile maker BYD Company and expects to begin volume shipments in 2010, according to market speculation.
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...
Protective component suppliers Thinking, Polytronics to see more than 10% revenue growth in July
Jul 30, 10:28
Taiwan protective component makers Thinking Electronic and Polytronics Technology are expected to enjoy more than 10% sequential revenue growth in July thanks to strong seasonal demand...
Protective component maker Thinking cuts into Japan supply chain
Jun 3, 10:58
Thinking Electronic has received power supply orders from Japan-based TV makers with shipments beginning in April. The orders are expected to help boost revenues performance, said...
Protective component maker Thinking seeing full utilization
Apr 10, 16:32
Taiwan-based protective commponent maker Thinking Electronic Industrial saw March revenues increase 22.6% to NT$141 million (US$4.18 million) driven by demand from PC and notebook...
Protective component demand recovers
Mar 10, 17:10
Taiwan protective component makers saw increased shipments in February thanks to recovered downstream demand. Netbook and notebook applications drove Thinking Electronic Industrial's...
Taiwan protective circuit component makers Thinking and Inpaq see sharp decline in November sales
Dec 18, 16:39
Thinking Electronic Industrial has reported November sales of NT$213 million (US$6.56 million), down 33% sequentially. Inpaq's November sales totaled NT$75 million, representing a...
Capella tops analog IC suppliers with highest EPS in 1Q13
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LED firms to lower prices through improved technology
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Commentary: High-end LED lighting in demand
LED | 2h 17min ago
Digitimes Research: Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
Green energy | 3h 37min ago
Trial production of 5th-generation iPad to begin soon, say Taiwan makers
IT + CE | 3h 50min ago
Getac aims at expanding ruggedized PC market share to 30%
IT + CE | 4h 9min ago
- 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
- 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
- GLT expanding light guide plate capacity
- 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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- Advantech Redefines Entry Level Network Application Platforms
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- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
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- 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 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.

















