Last update: Monday 28 May 2012 [30 news items]
Commentary: Investing into China technology park needs further consideration
May 28, 16:09
TPV Technology, the world's largest LCD display producer, began construction of a technology park in Pingtan Island in China's Fujian Province in December 2011. Pingtan Island was...

TPV sees LCD TV shipments down 32.6% on year in 1Q12
May 25, 16:24
TPV Technology reported it shipped 2.1 million LCD TVs in the first quarter of 2012, a decrease of 32.6% from the same time period last year.
TPV steps up LCD TV production
May 23, 16:26
LCD display manufacturer TPV Technology is fast expanding its TV production, thanks to its presence in China and the opportunities offered by the Philips brand.

Wistron, TPV deny rumored sales of LCD TV production business
May 15, 01:10
In response to a market rumor that Taiwan-based ODM maker Wistron will sell its business to produce LCD TVs to China-based LCD display device maker TPV Technology, both Wistron and...
CEC-Panda, TPV to jointly set up 10G LCD panel line in Nanjing
May 4, 01:05
China-based CEC-Panda LCD Technology and Top Victory, a subsidiary of TPV Technology, will jointly invest CNY35 billion (US$5.57 billion) to set up a 10G line for the production LCD...
TPVision likely to showcase OLED TVs in 2012 IFA, say sources
Apr 17, 16:14
TPV Technology has finished a takeover of LCD TV business operations from Philips through the establishment of a joint venture, TPVision, which is expected to showcase OLED TVs at...
TPV net profits reach US$120 million in 2011
Mar 26, 14:18
LCD monitor and TV maker TPV Technology has reported net profits of US$120 million for 2011, decreasing 28.9% from a year earlier. However, it gross margin edged up to 6% from 5.4%...
Growing China TV industry may threaten Taiwan OEM orders, say sources
Feb 15, 14:00
China-based branded TV vendors and TV OEMs have gradually emerged as major players in the global TV market, buoyed largely by their competitive pricing strategies - a trend which...
TPV to ship 70 million monitors in 2012, say sources
Dec 5, 13:47
TPV Technology is expected to ship 70 million LCD monitors in 2012 compared to 60 million units projected for 2011, according to an estimate of industry sources.
Nov 28, 15:28
LCD TV and monitor maker TPV Technology has reported an operating profit of US$9.3 million on revenues of US$2.9 billion for the third quarter of 2011. Gross margin edged up to 6%...
Compal, TPV land 2012 LCD TV orders from Panasonic, say sources
Nov 24, 01:10
Compal Electronics and TPV Technology have reportedly landed LCD TV orders from Panasonic for 2012 as the Japan-based branded vendor is increasing its outsourcing of LCD TVs to cut...
LED-backlight penetration of LCD monitors to rise to 70% at end of 2011, says MMD
Aug 4, 17:09
The proportion of LCD monitors for LED-backlit models in the global market is on the rise to an estimated 70% at the end of 2011, according to Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa...

TPV looks to ship 20 million LCD monitors in 2011
Aug 4, 01:20
TPV Technology expects its total shipments of LCD monitors, including those shipped under the brand names of Philips and AOC, will top 20 million in 2011 and further increase to 30...
TPV, CMI unlikely to reach LCD monitor goals for 2011
Jul 11, 11:58
TPV Technology and Chimei Innolux (CMI) will fail to reach their LCD monitor shipment goals for 2011 mainly because of the impact of booming sales of tablet PCs on consumer desktop...
TPV to set up plant in western China, says newspaper
May 9, 15:38
TPV Technology, the world's largest ODM maker of LCD monitors, will invest US$90 million to establish a factory on a 5.787-hectare site in Chengdu, western China, with production...
AOC expects to ship 2 million LCD TVs in 2011
Apr 21, 12:29
AOC, an own-brand business of TPV Technology, expects to ship two million AOC-branded LCD TVs globally in 2011, growing 66.7% from 2010, and aims at an annual shipment volume of 10...

TPV to set up factory in southwestern China for ASEAN, India markets
Apr 13, 15:35
China-based TPV Technology, the world's largest maker of LCD monitors, will invest US$60 million to establish a factory in Beihai City, southwestern China, to target the ASEAN (Association...
AOC 4Q10 sales up almost 60% on year
Mar 22, 01:50
Sales of AOC, a brand and business unit of TPV Technology, increased significantly by 58% on year in the fourth quarter of 2010 in the Asia Pacific (not include Japan) market and...
TPV to pull away from CMI in LCD monitor shipments
Nov 16, 01:00
TPV Technology is projected to ship 60 million LCD monitors and 20 million LCD TVs in 2011, increasing its lead over Chimei Innolux (CMI) and remain the world's largest LCD monitor...
TPV investment in Taiwan to total NT$120 billion in 2010
Nov 11, 01:45
Hong Kong-listed TPV Technology's investment in Taiwan is expected to reach a total of NT$120 billion (US$3.98 billion) in 2010 and it will finalize plans for setting up an office...
TPV-Inventa to supply all-in-one PC to HP
Nov 4, 01:45
TPV-Inventa Technology, an all-in-one PC joint venture of Inventec and TPV Technology, has recently cut into Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) all-in-one PC supply chain, sharing orders from...
AUO threatens CMI leading position for TV panels
Oct 27, 02:00
Amid AU Optronics' (AUO's) efforts to strengthen its LCD module cooperation with China-based players, as well as strategic cooperation with TPV Technology, AUO's LCD TV panel shipments...
TPV licenses Philips brand for marketing TVs in China, says report
Sep 30, 15:34
TPV Technology, a China-based ODM of LCD monitors and TVs, and its wholly owned subsidiary AOC Holdings, on September 29 signed with Royal Philips Electronics to obtain 5-year exclusive...
TPV may cooperate with Epistar for LED production plant in China
Sep 29, 01:45
Hong Kong-listed TPV Technology will reportedly work with Taiwan-based LED chip maker Epistar to set up an LED epitaxy wafer production plant in China in order to secure LED supply...
Sep 21, 01:15
TPV Technology reportedly is considering issuing Taiwan Depository Receipts (TDR) and has plans to consolidate its various offices on the island into one headquarters near Taipei.
PC vendors reducing LCD monitor orders for 2011 due to weak demand
Aug 26, 17:11
Global first-tier PC brands including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer and Dell have all recently started reducing their LCD monitor orders for 2011 placed to Taiwan-based monitor makers...
CMI unlikely to achieve LCD monitor shipment goal, claim sources
Jul 22, 16:22
Chimei Innolux (CMI) is unlikely to achieve its goal of shipping 43-47 million LCD monitors in 2010 or a shipment growth of 20-30% on year, as the company only shipped 15-16 million...
TPV-Inventec joint venture to be set up in Hong Kong not Taiwan
Jun 23, 15:52
TPV Technology and Inventec originally planned to set up their all-in-one PC joint-venture, TPV-Inventa Technology, in Taiwan, but because of a delay in the legal process, both sides...
TPV Technology and LG Display officially launch JV in China
Jun 22, 12:24
TPV Technology on June 21 held the inaugural ceremony for L&T Display Technology (Xiamen), a joint-venture with LG Display (LGD) for producing LCD modules (LCMs) and LCD TVs and...
AOC aims to ship 15 million LCD monitors, 4-5 million LCD TVs in 2010
Jun 9, 15:26
AOC, a brand and business unit of TPV Technology, expects its shipments of LCD monitors to increase to 15 million units in 2010 from 10 million units in 2009, and LCD TVs from two...

- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- Digital Network Fuels Opportunities in Vehicle Surveillance Market
- Advantech Redefines Entry Level Network Application Platforms
- WD shipping world's first 5 mm 2.5-inch hard drive
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
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- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal

Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...

Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...

MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...

Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.
















