Touch panel makers Young Fast, J Touch post declined sales in January

Newswatch - Feb 10, 16:26

Touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch both have posted declined sales in January due to seasonal factors, according to the companies.

New products to account for 60% of AUO total shipments in 2012

Feb 10, 16:14

Shipments of new products, including 65-inch panels, one glass solution (OGS) touch panels, and other panels for in-car devices and tablet PC applications, will account for 60% of...

Taiwan to hold first touch exhibition in August 2012

Feb 6, 14:39

The 2012 Touch Taiwan will take place at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall from August 29 to September 1, 2012.

Wintek reports sequential revenue declines for January

Newswatch - Feb 3, 12:08

Touch panel maker Wintek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$8.89 billion (US$300.85 million) for January 2012, down 15.8% on month but up 27.1% on year, according to the comp...

TMD in-cell touch panel yields reach 60%

Jan 18, 01:20

Panel makers have been trying to improve technologies to win over peers. Industry sources noted that Japan-based Toshiba Mobile Display's (TMD) in-cell technology yields have increased...

TPK cancels planned GDR issue

Newswatch - Jan 16, 16:44

Touch panel makers TPK Holding has decided to cancel a planned sale of its global depositary receipts (GDRs) due to recent market volatility, according to a company filing with the...

UltraChip extends to touch IC for tablets

Jan 4, 15:13

UltraChip has extended its business operation from LCD driver ICs to touch panel solutions for tablet PCs, according to the Taiwan-based IC design house. The company's touch IC portfolio...

CMI looks to 40% growth in touch panel sales in 2012, says paper

Newswatch - Dec 28, 11:47

Chimei Innolux (CMI) expects sales value of its touch panels to grow 40% in 2012 from NT$40-50 billion (US$1.32-1.65 billion) recorded in 2011, the Chinese-language Commercial...

Tablet PCs to dominate touch-controlled device market in 2012

Dec 28, 01:00

Buoyed by the release of Android 4.0 and Windows 8 operating systems, tablet PCs will dominate the touch-controlled device market in 2012 with models below 10.1-inch sizes accounting...

Sensor-on-cover projected capacitive touch shipping, says DisplaySearch

Dec 23, 12:08

Growing popularity of projected capacitive touch among mobile phone brands is propelling the technology into the mainstream. DisplaySearch estimates over 566 million projected capacitive...

Monitors with touch features to spur replacement demand in 3Q12, say sources

Dec 22, 15:32

Global demand for LCD monitors is expected to remain weak in the first quarter of 2012 before steering a turnaround in the third quarter along with the release of Windows 8 operating...

Wintek to ramp up one-glass touch panel shipments in 2012

Dec 21, 15:04

Wintek is expected to see the ratio of its shipments of OGS (one glass solution) touch-panel solutions increase to over 20% of its total touch panel shipments in 2012 compared to...

Cover glass demand rising on increasing large-size touch applications

Dec 13, 14:47

Demand for cover glass is set to increase significantly as the application of touch-controlled technology has expanded to include large-size panels for outdoor advertising windows,...

Ultrabooks to have touch features, say sources

Dec 7, 16:19

Notebook makers plan to employ touch panels for ultrabooks to accommodate new features in Windows 8 so as to regain market share eaten out by tablet PCs, according to industry sour...

TPK revenues hit record high in November

Newswatch - Dec 7, 14:01

Touch panel maker TPK Holding has announced consolidated revenues of NT$14.9 billion (US$493 million) for November, increasing 11.6% from the previous month and 35.6% from a year...

Wintek posts strong revenue gains in November

Newswatch - Dec 2, 11:10

Touch panel maker Wintek has posted consolidated revenues of NT$9.826 billion (US$325.95 million) for November, up 74.22% sequentially and 10.97% on year.

Sintek 5.5G line to begin producing touch sensors in March-April 2012

Dec 2, 01:05

Touch sensor maker Sintek Photronics has revealed that its 5.5G line located in Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP), a joint venture with Samsung Electronics, will begin volume production...

Asustek buys touch panel modules from TPK; aiming to ship over 350,000 Transformer Prime tablet PCs in 2011

Nov 24, 01:20

Asustek Computer has added TPK Holding to its supplier list for touch panel modules in addition to current supplier Sintek Photronics, according to sources in the upstream supply...

TPK, Wintek not to be affected by in-cell/on-cell touch solutions, say sources

Nov 23, 16:34

Sales of projected capacitive touch panels from Taiwan-based TPK Holding and Wintek are unlikely to be affected by the introduction of in-cell/on-cell touch solutions in the short...

Touch panel makers Young Fast, J Touch see orders rebounding

Nov 16, 15:34

Thin-film touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch have seen a rebound of orders from the handset sector recently, pushing revenues of the two companies to the year's...

Low priced tablet PCs may bring down supply chain gross margins

Nov 15, 15:00

Price competition between Amazon and Barnes & Noble in the 7-inch tablet PC market is likely to squeeze the gross margins of Taiwan-based upstream suppliers, according to industry...

UniBright poised to make small- to medium-size AR cover lenses, touch panel substrates

Nov 15, 11:55

UniBright Chemical has completed a factory for producing small- to medium-sized anti-reflection (AR) cover lenses and touch panel substrates with investment of nearly NT$800 million...

Prospects of touch panels clouded by low order visibility

Nov 14, 15:00

The touch panel industry may not be able to maintain sales momentum in 2012 due to low order visibility from tablet PC vendors, according to industry sources.

AUO to begin volume production of large-size OGS touch panels in 4Q11

Nov 7, 15:35

AU Optronics (AUO) will start volume production of 27-inch OGS (one glass solution) touch panels soon, targeting the large-size touch panel solution market in the all-in-one (AIO)...

Touch panel maker TPK reports sequential revenue decline for October

Newswatch - Nov 4, 14:02

Touch panel maker TPK Holding has announced consolidated revenues of NT$11.55 billion (US$382.2 million) for October, down 32.3% on month but up 34.9% on year. In terms of the US...

Wintek revenues decline in October

Nov 3, 01:35

Touch panel maker Wintek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$5.64 billion (US$187.46 million) for October, down 23.3% sequentially and 31.6% on year. Combined revenues for the...

Wintek looks to improved profits in 4Q11

Nov 2, 15:09

Touch panel maker Wintek is expected to see its profits and gross margin continue to improve in the fourth quarter of 2011, buoyed by increasing shipments of one glass solutions (OGS),...

Pressure mounting on touch panel gross margins in 4Q11

Nov 1, 14:54

Pressure on gross margins for Taiwan-based touch panel makers will continue to mount up in the fourth quarter of 2011 despite revenues and profits gained in the third quarter, according...

AUO shifting focus to high-value applications, says VP

Oct 28, 10:35

LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) has been developing new product lines for high-value applications including touch, car-use, education, 3D imaging and AMOLED, and the company will...

TPK invests in TOL production method

Oct 25, 10:58

Taiwan-based TPK Holdings has been investing in a new production method called touch on lens (TOL) and plans to spend NT$6 billion (US$199 million) to procure a large quantity of...

Foxconn plans to set up touch panel supply chain in Brazil

Oct 20, 01:05

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) reportedly plans to build up a supply chain for touch panels in Brazil, but has not yet decided as to where the production base will...