JTouch reports losses in 1H11

Aug 31, 15:05

JTouch reported total revenues of NT$1.58 billion (US$54.47 million) in second-quarter 2011, with an on-quarter growth of 30% but with sliding gross profit margin due to postponed...

Giantplus reports operating loss for 1H11

Aug 30, 12:32

Giantplus Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$6.61 billion (US$228 million) with gross margin of 2.36% for first half of 2011. Operating loss came to NT$281 million...

Young Fast net profits down nearly 85% on year in 1H11

Aug 25, 01:05

Touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics has reported net profits of NT$235 million (US$8.11 million) for the first half of 2011, declining 84.6% from a year earlier. For the...

Amazon adds TPK to tablet PC supply chain

Aug 24, 13:58

Amazon, considering that the supply of 7-inch touch panels by Wintek and JTouch may not be sufficient for use in its tablet PCs, has decided to add TPK Holding as a third supplier,...

Apple orders boost touch panel shipments, but margins are low

Aug 18, 16:07

Strong sales of Apple's iPhone 4 and iPad 2 have boosted orders for Taiwan's touch panel makers in third-quarter 2011, but the low quotes for these orders may hurt their profitability,...

Sintek to benefit from increasing Asustek orders

Aug 10, 16:38

Touch sensor supplier Sintek Photronic has reported July revenues of NT$802 million (US$28 million), showing a 2.2% on-month and 46.35% on-year decrease. Total revenues for the first...

J Touch, Young Fast post record July sales

Aug 10, 11:12

Thin-film touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch have both reported record sales for July, gaining revenues of NT$1.57 billion (US$5.41 million) and NT$0.7 billion,...

Giantplus sees July revenues up

Aug 9, 11:55

Taiwan-based small- and medium-size panel maker Giantplus has reported consolidated July revenues of NT$1.382 billion (US$48 million), representing on-month increase of 5.2% and on-year...

Wintek sees increased July revenues

Aug 3, 01:20

Touch panel maker Wintek reported July revenues of NT$8,561 million (US$297 million), an on-month increase of 16% and on-year increase of 61%. Accumulated revenues from January-July...

Efun selects Applied Materials system for production of touch screen films

Jul 22, 15:35

Taiwan-based Efun Technology, a manufacturer of critical components for touch screens, LCD monitors and backlight modules, has started to produce flexible substrates coated with indium...

Touch panel revenues to soar 90% in 2011, says DisplaySearch

Jul 13, 15:48

Total touch screen module revenues will reach US$13.4 billion in 2011, and nearly double in six years, reaching US$23.9 billion by 2017, according to DisplaySearch.

Sitronix 2Q11 sales meet guidance

Jul 11, 11:06

Sitronix Technology has announced consolidated revenues for the second quarter of 2011 increased 19.1% sequentially to NT$1.22 billion (US$42.5 million). The results were at the high...

Touch panel IC designer EETI posts 18% sequential drop in June sales

Jul 7, 01:25

IC design house Egalax_empia Technology (EETI), which specializes in touch panel controllers and solutions, saw its June revenues decline 18% on month, but rise 77% on year, to NT$93.45...

Touch panel market likely to grow in 3Q11

Jul 6, 01:25

The market for small- to medium-size panels continues to thrive while capacity utilization rates for large-size panel makers have been lower than expected. Riding on the wave of the...

Second-grade 9.7-inch IPS panels may flow to China-based white-box vendors

Jul 1, 14:17

Second-grade 9.7-inch IPS panels, those failing to meet requirements for use to make touch screens for iPad 2, may have been procured by China-based white-box vendors for use in their...

Taiwan touch panel makers eyeing orders from Amazon

Jun 30, 01:10

Taiwan-based touch panel makers including Wintek, HannStar Display and J Touch, are all eyeing touch panel orders to be released by Amazon for its tablet PCs to be launched in the...

Shipments of touch panels for mobile phones showing growth in 2Q11, says Wintek

Jun 29, 01:05

Wintek is expected to benefit as Apple increases its outlook for the production of its mobile phone and tablet PC products. According to Wintek, shipments of touch panels for mobile...

CMI to cut 2011 capex by 20-30%

Jun 28, 14:48

Taiwan-based panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) will hold a shareholders meeting on June 28. According CMI, the company will return to the fundamental business, emphasizing on the production...

White-box players supply close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in 1Q11

Jun 28, 01:05

White-box tablet PC players are rising quickly in the tablet PC industry with related shipments already accounting for close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in the first quarter...

Cando developing reworkable lamination for touch panels

Jun 27, 10:55

Cando is developing a method of using reworkable liquid UV (ultraviolet) adhesive to laminate cover glass on touch sensors in producing projected capacitive touch panels to improve...

HannStar Display to ship three million LCD monitors in 2011

Jun 21, 16:06

LCD panel maker HannStar Display, which has shifted its focus to the production of small- and medium-size panels, still aims to ship three million monitors in 2011, according to the...

Tablet PC panel shipments up 28% on month in May, says Displaybank

Jun 17, 12:37

Global shipments of touch panels used in tablet PCs reached 6.43 million units in May, growing nearly 28% sequentially, according to data compiled by Displaybank.

CPT showcasing 3D, touch, and window LCD applications at Display Taiwan 2011

Jun 15, 01:40

Taiwan-based Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) is currently showcasing it latest technologies in 3D imaging, touch, and green energy related panels at Display Taiwan 2011. WS Lin, chairman...

Taiwan-based firms need to focus on niche markets to win, says AUO chairman

Jun 13, 15:50

South-Korea based Samsung Electronics has been a customer, supplier and competitor to Taiwan-based firms in DRAM and LCD panels. In order for Taiwan-based firms to win, chairman of...

Touch panel industry to take off in 2011, says TPK chairman

Jun 10, 01:05

While touch panels have seen rapid adoption in various terminal devices, business for the touch panel industry is taking off in 2011 and will grow quickly over the next 3-5 years,...

CMI panel supply for iPad 2 to increase in 3Q11

Jun 8, 01:10

Rumors have been circulating about Taiwan-based TFT LCD panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) supplying touch panels to Apple to be certified for iPad 3. According to industry sources,...

Taiwan Glass to produce glass for touch panels

Jun 2, 15:01

Taiwan-based Taiwan Glass Group is set to produce glass for touch panels due to the increasing demand for smartphones and tablet PCs. Sales of fiber glass account for 40% of total...

Wintek May revenues up over 53% on year

Jun 2, 01:30

Touch panel maker Wintek has posted consolidated revenues of NT$7.23 billion (US$252.4 million) for May 2011, increasing 53.03% from a year earlier. Wintek also indicated that its...

AimCore sees additional ITO glass capacity booked up by TPK, HTC, says newspaper

Newswatch - May 27, 16:03

AimCore Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of ITO glass used in capacitive touch panels, will set up two more production lines to expand its total monthly capacity by 500,000 sheets...

CMI developing touch sensors for tablet PCs, say sources

May 27, 15:19

Chimei Innolux (CMI), after signing an IPS (in-plane switching) technology licensing agreement with Hitachi recently, has also begun the development of touch sensors aiming to start...

Wintek receives Touch on Lens orders from Samsung

May 24, 13:56

While global smartphone vendors have started adopting Touch on Lens technology onto their smartphones, Taiwan-based maker Wintek is shipping 500,000-600,000 units of Touch on Lens...

Packaging material supplier Chang Wah eyeing solar, touch panel applications

May 23, 15:46

Chang Wah Electromaterials is looking to venture into the solar- and touch panel-use material sectors to sustain future growth, according to company chairman Chia-neng Huang.

Taiwan touch panel capacity to double in 2H11, says Displaybank

May 20, 15:31

Displaybank has announced that due to change of existing lines and construction of new lines, production capacity of Taiwan touch panel makers in the second half would double the...

TPK to take over control of touch sensor maker Cando

May 19, 01:30

Taiwan-based touch sensor maker TPK Holding has announced to obtain 19.9% of shareholding in Cando with a price of NT$31 (US$1.08) per share and the process will allow TPK to become...