Acer unveils new ultrabooks with touch panels

Oct 31, 22:12

Acer has unveiled its latest ultrabook products, the M series, offering 10-point touch, frameless HD displays, Intel Core processors, and more than 8 hours of battery life.

Notebook brands competing over touch panel supply

Oct 31, 21:07

Acer, Lenovo and Asustek Computer have all recently launched touchscreen notebooks with Windows 8, but due to tight supply of touch panels, the brand vendors have reportedly stationed...

AUO announces 1mm border width on 4.46-inch panel integration technology

Oct 29, 11:33

AU Optronics (AUO) has announced what it claims to be the world's narrowest border on its 4.46-inch cell phone and touch panel integration technology. AUO's super narrow border technology...

Touch panel supply 70% short of demand for Windows 8 touch notebooks, say Taiwan makers

Oct 26, 15:17

Vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Lenovo, Acer, Asustek Computer and Sony have offered or will offer Windows 8 touch controlled notebook models, but touch panel supplies are...

Materials for touch screens in short supply

Oct 26, 10:39

Due to the recent releases of tablets by Apple, Microsoft and Samsung Electronics as well as a recent explosion at a chemical plant in Japan, upstream thin-film type touch screen...

EETI to focus on touch ICs for large-size panels in 2013

Oct 12, 12:07

IC design house Egalax_empia Technology (EETI) expects demand for touch panel ICs for large-size applications to rise significantly in 2013, thanks to the launch of Windows 8 devic...

TPK risks decrease in gross margin due to increase in full lamination touch screen products

Oct 11, 11:38

TPK's revenues from full-lamination large-size touch panel products for use in notebooks are expected to increase in the fourth quarter of 2012 following the release of Windows 8,...

Young Fast, J Touch see decreased September revenues

Oct 9, 10:28

Taiwan-based touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics saw September revenues of NT$1.351 billion (US$45.7 million) slip on month by 6.49% and on year by 19.48%, while fellow maker...

Wintek September revenues down sequentially

Oct 2, 10:51

Touch panel maker Wintek saw consolidated revenues of NT$9.72 billion (US$330 million) for September decrease by 3.13% on month but increase by 33.65% on year due to adjustments in...

Henghao may purchase 6G factory from CPT to expand touch panel capacity

Sep 26, 15:36

Taiwan-based touch panel maker Henghao Technology may acquire a 6G color filter factory in northern Taiwan from display panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) at the end of 2012...

Order visibility clear to November, says touch panel maker Cando

Sep 21, 12:15

Touch panel maker Cando has indicated production of ultrabook touch products began in September and that order visibility is clear until November with orders exceeding capacity.

Large-size touch panel shipments will not increase until 4Q12

Sep 20, 14:58

Shipments for large-size touch panels are not expected to increase until the fourth quarter of 2012 due to conservative outlooks for the release of Windows 8, according to industry...

Henghao to start production of notebook touch panels

Sep 5, 10:30

Henghao Technology, a glass projected capacitive touch panel subsidiary maker of Taiwan-based Compal Electronics, has obtained Microsoft certification for touch panels for 11.6-inch...

Young Fast losses continue in 2Q12

Aug 27, 11:19

Young Fast Optoelectronics, a Taiwan-based maker of touch panels, posted net operating loss of NT$504 million (US$16.9 million) for the second quarter of 2012, the third consecutive...

Wintek expanding touch panel capacity in Vietnam, says report

Aug 16, 16:12

Wintek is expanding its production capacity of touch panels for use in iPad and iPhone in Bac Giang Province, northeastern Vietnam, with an investment of US$870 million, according...

TPK expects increased medium- and large-sized touch panel shipments in 3Q12

Aug 10, 15:01

TPK expects to see increasing shipments of medium- and large-size touch screen products in the third quarter due to the release of Windows 8 and ultrabooks during the same period,...

CMI suffers 50% decline in touch panel revenues in 2Q12 due to product delays

Aug 8, 16:05

Chimei Innolux (CMI) saw sharp declines in revenues from touch panels in the second quarter mainly because of customers adjusting their products as well as delaying them to the market,...

Wintek July revenues sequentially up over 60%

Aug 2, 15:22

Taiwan-based touch panel maker Wintek had consolidated revenues of NT$8.368 billion (US$279 million) for July hiking by 60.72% on month but dipping by 1.51% on year, while January-July...

Giantplus holds conservative view for 3Q12

Jul 31, 14:54

Giantplus Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of small- to medium-sized LCD panels and touch panels, has said it holds a conservative outlook for the third quarter.

Giantplus expected to stick with niche markets

Jul 19, 15:51

Giantplus Technology, a Taiwan-based small- and medium-sized LCD panel maker who has diversified into the touch panel market, is expected to stay focused on niche touch applications...

Elan 2Q12 sales hit record high

Jul 4, 16:23

IC design house Elan Microelectronic has reported revenues of NT$680 million (US$22.8 million) for June 2012, a record high for the second straight month. Elan's revenues for the...

EETI touch-IC shipments to boom in 2H12

Jul 4, 15:12

IC design house Egalax_Empia Technology (EETI) is expected to see its shipments of touch controller ICs expand significantly in the second half of 2012, boosted by a surge in demand...

Packaging material supplier Chang Wah 3Q12 shipments to rise

Jul 4, 13:43

Chang Wah Electromaterials is forecast to post shipment growth of more than 10% sequentially in the third quarter of 2012 as its IC customers including Advanced Semiconductor Engineering...

Wintek ships 500,000 OGS touch panels to Google in June, say sources

Jun 29, 01:35

Wintek shipped 500,000 units of OGS (one glass solution) touch panels for Google's Nexus 7 tablet PCs in June, according to industry sources. The company's total shipments of OGS...

J Touch plant in China to reach 90% capacity in September

Jun 28, 15:05

The newly inaugurated touch panel plant of J Touch in Changsha, China will reach 90% of its capacity in September, as it is ramping up its supply of touch panels for low-end smartphones...

Wintek introduces own-brand LED lightings

Jun 28, 11:25

Touch panel maker Wintek introduces own-brand LED lighting products, Otali. According to Hyley Huang, company chairman, Wintek will develop businesses of OEM and own-brand.

Google to unveil Nexus 7 at Google I/O 2012, say sources

Jun 28, 01:35

Google is expected to unveil its new own-brand tablet PC, the Nexus 7, during Google I/O 2012 which opens on June 27. Market sources indicate that Google will outsource production...

CPT to roll out OGS touch panels in October

Jun 21, 11:16

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) will begin to roll out OGS (one glass solution) touch panels from its 6G lines in October 2012, according to company president Lin Sheng-chang. CPT has...

Touch panel maker G-Tech reports healthy revenue gains for May

Jun 11, 16:09

Touch panel maker G-Tech Optoelectronics saw its revenues grow 18.6% on month and 4.8% on year to NT$714 million (US$23.82 million) in May. For the first five months of 2012, revenues...