Cando may adjust IPO plans and product roadmap after TPK becomes major shareholder

Jun 30, 01:35

Touch sensor and touch module maker Cando may adjust its IPO plans as well as its product roadmap once fellow company TPK Holdings completes its acquisition of a 19.9% stake in Cando...

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,...

Sintek May revenues up nearly 60% on year

Jun 9, 11:27

Touch sensor maker Sintek Photronics has posted revenues of NT$851.18 million (US$29.66 million) for May, up 8.3% sequentially and 58.9% on year. For the January-May period, revenues...

TPK to ship 3 million touch modules for iPad 2 in June

Jun 9, 01:55

TPK Holdings is expected to ship over three million touch modules for Apple's iPad 2 in June and a total of over 6.3 million units for the second quarter, according to an estimate...

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,...

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...

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...

AUO to dispose of Cando shares

May 19, 01:05

AU Optronics (AUO) has announced plans to sell a large portion of the shares it holds in affiliate Cando, a maker of touch sensors and panels, at a unit price of NT$31 (US$1.07)....

TPK to obtain 19.9% stake in Cando

Stockwatch - May 18, 16:12

TPK Holding, a Taiwan-based maker of touch panels, on May 18 announced an investment of NT$5.582 billion (US$194 million) to acquire a 19.9% stake in Cando, a Taiwan-based maker of...

TPK plans to outsource production of ITO touch sensors to CPT

May 16, 10:36

TPK Holding, a Taiwan-based maker of touch panels, plans to have Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) produce ITO touch sensors on an OEM basis, according to industry sources.

Supply chain may not be able to satisfy demand from Apple

May 12, 01:05

Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is reportedly facing a shortage of both labor and materials at its plants...

Production of medium- and large-size touch panels increasing

May 6, 01:20

The prevailing trend for the production of touch panels has migrated from small-sizes, to medium- and large-size models, as evidenced by the launch of 4-inch mainstream smartphones,...

TPK sees 1Q11 net profit exceed paid-in capital

May 5, 12:35

Taiwan-based touch panel maker TPK Holding generated net profit of NT$2.470 billion (US$82.9 million) in the first quarter of 2011, 10.23% in excess of its current paid-in capital,...

Wintek comments on report speculating fewer-than-expected orders for iPad 2

Stockwatch - May 2, 17:08

A recent Chinese-language Commercial Times report cited market rumors as saying Wintek has secured less than 30% of Apple's total contract orders for touch panels used in...

Smartphone vendors to use Touch on Lens solutions to reduce costs

Apr 26, 16:30

Some brand handset vendors including HTC will start manufacturing their touch-enabled smartphones using the Touch on Lens technology aiming to lower production costs as well as weight,...

TPK to deal out 2010 dividend of NT$0.5

Stockwatch - Apr 19, 10:42

Touch panel maker TPK Holding has announced the distribution of dividend per share of NT$0.5 in stock for 2010 operation, accounting for only 2.1% of the corresponding net earnings...

TPK sets price for US$400 million CB issue

Newswatch - Apr 15, 15:05

TPK Holding has announced that it has priced its US$400 million convertible bond (CB) offering. The 3-year CBs bear zero coupon and zero yield-to-maturity and will mature in 2014...

TPK sees increased March revenues

Stockwatch - Apr 8, 11:22

Taiwan-based TPK Holding, the parent company of projected-capacitive touch solutions maker TPK Touch Solutions, has reported consolidated revenues of NT$10.272 billion (US$348 million)...

Cover lens supply key for Apple to reach 2Q11 iPad 2 shipment goal, say sources

Apr 6, 14:08

A sufficient supply of cover lenses for touch panel modules will be the key for Apple and other vendors to reach their shipment goals for tablet PCs in second-quarter 2011, according...

Wintek shipping Touch on Lens panels to handset clients

Mar 31, 01:20

Wintek has begun shipping its touch panels made using Touch on Lens technology to clients in the handset sector in addition to clients from the DSC segment in Japan. The company is...

TPK sees no material shortages

Mar 29, 16:06

Touch panel solution maker TPK Touch Solutions remains optimistic regarding its business, seeing no impact from the Japan disaster. With 30-45 days of material inventory, TPK does...

Taiwan production of touch panels to double in 2H11

Mar 17, 01:20

The production capacity of touch panels in Taiwan is likely to double in the second half of 2011 when new production lines of local makers, including TPK Touch Solutions, Young Fast...

TPK touch panel shipments unaffected by Japan earthquake

Mar 16, 01:15

Touch panel solution maker TPK Touch Solutions has stated that its shipments have not been disrupted by the earthquake that hit Japan on March 11 and its new plant will come online...

TPK posts 17% sequential growth in February revenues

Mar 8, 02:15

TPK Touch Solutions has posted consolidated revenues of NT$8.12 billion (US$276.71 million) for February, an increase of 17% sequentially and 564.3% on year.

TPK internally appropriates production equipment

Mar 2, 01:15

Taiwan-based TPK Holding on March 1 announced the transfer of production equipment among its four wholly owned subsidiaries through internal purchases, a bid to adjust production...