TPK looks to strong demand for medium- to large-size touch solutions in 2H12

May 17, 01:40

Touch panel maker TPK Holding expects demand for medium- to large-size touch solutions to outpace supply in the second half of 2012 due to the proliferation of touch applications...

TPK to increase manufacturing of GFF products

May 9, 15:01

Touch panel maker TPK plans to increase the percentage of thin-film type touch panels to accommodate increasing demand for thinner and lighter touch panel products, according to industry...

TPK, Wintek to see touch panel shipments for iPhones slip 15-20% in 2Q12, say sources

May 4, 14:34

TPK Holding and Wintek are expected to see their shipments of touch panels for iPhones decline 15-20% sequentially in the second quarter, as iPhone 4S is moving into the final stage...

TPK posts EPS of NT$10.71 for 1Q12

Apr 27, 01:05

TPK Holding has reported net profits of NT$2.62 billion (US$88.74 million) on revenues of NT$40.48 billion for the first quarter of 2012. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$10.71...

TPK revenues up 60% on year in 1Q12

Apr 6, 14:34

TPK Holding has announced consolidated revenues of NT$13.29 billion (US$450.22 million) for March, up 2.7% sequentially and 27.2% on year. For the first quarter of 2012, revenues...

TPK to start volume production of Touch on Lens panels in July

Mar 16, 01:20

TPK Holding will begin volume production of Touch on Lens (ToL) single glass touch panels in July despite looming competition from comparable OGS (one glass solution) and in-cell...

Market expects Wintek to return to profitability in 2Q12

Mar 14, 01:10

Taiwan-based touch panel maker Wintek reported 2011 net losses of NT$1.871 billion (US$63 million). EPS was negative NT$1.16. The market expects revenue growth of 5-10% in the first...

TPK, Wintek to see gross margins improve in 2Q12

Mar 9, 01:05

Touch panel makers TPK Holding and Wintek are expected to see their gross margins improve starting the second quarter of 2012 along with rising shipments of the newly released iPad,...

TPK, Wintek expected to see revenues rebound in February, March

Feb 21, 01:05

Taiwan-based touch panel makers TPK Holding and Wintek, mainly due to the coming launch of a new version of the Apple iPad, are expected to have revenues increasing in February and...

TPK, Wintek January revenues significantly down on month

Feb 7, 01:00

TPK Holding and Wintek, two Taiwan-based makers of touch panels, had consolidated revenues of NT$14.226 billion (US$481 million) and those of NT$8.891 billion dropping on month by...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Cando, Sintek look to declining touch sensor shipments in 4Q11

Nov 4, 01:20

Touch sensor makers Cando and Sintek Photronics are expected to see their sensor shipments decline sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2011 due to seasonal effects. Additionally,...

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),...

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...

Touch panel makers post mixed results for September

Oct 11, 12:06

Taiwan-based touch panel makers have posted mixed results for September as Apple shifted its touch panel orders among suppliers due to a product flaw found at Wintek's panels, according...

E-book reader component suppliers expect sales surge

Oct 3, 17:03

Component suppliers have reported strong orders for October from vendors of e-book readers and tablet devices, both of whom are trying to differentiate themselves from Apple products...

TPK sees mild revenue decline in August

Sep 6, 15:25

Touch panel maker TPK Holding has reported consolidated revenues of NT$11.09 billion (US$381.27 million) for August 2011, with a less-than-expected decline of 6% on month as reductions...

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,...

Over expansion may hurt profits of touch sensor makers

Aug 16, 16:41

Touch sensor suppliers in Taiwan could see lower profitability in third-quarter 2011 as a result of over expansion if there is oversupply, according to the industry sources.

TPK posts EPS NT$25.30 in 1H11

Aug 11, 01:25

Touch panel maker TPK Holding has posted EPS of NT$25.30 (US$0.87) in the first half of 2011. However, the company expects third-quarter revenues to drop 3-5% sequentially to NT$30.9-31.55...

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...