Last update: Monday 22 April 2013 [188 news items]
LED wafer maker Huga to list on TSE
May 26, 01:45
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Huga Optotech has obtained approval from Taiwan's Securities and Futures Board (SFB) to list on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). Huga...
May 4, 14:10
Taiwan-based wireless module maker AzureWave Technologies on May 3 debuted its shares on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE), opening at NT$35 (US$1.22) and closing at NT$35.70.
HTC market capitalization exceeds NT$1 trillion mark
Apr 21, 15:25
The market capitalization of HTC exceeded the NT$1 trillion (US$34.47 billion) mark on April 20 when the company's share price surged by NT$60 or 5% to close at NT$1,265 on the Taiwan...
AzureWave to debut on TSE in May
Apr 14, 11:17
AzureWave Technologies, which makes wireless communication devices/components, digital camera modules and entertainment products, plans to debut its shares in the Taiwan Stock Exchange...
Phison posts NT$4.18 in 1Q11 EPS
Apr 14, 01:15
Phison Electronics, which supplies memory controller ICs as well as NAND flash-based products, has announced revenues slid 1.8% sequentially to NT$7.71 billion (US$266 million) in...
Yageo to delist from TSE after being acquired, chairman says
Apr 13, 16:48
Yageo will delist from the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) after venture capital firm Orion Taiwan completes its tender offer to acquire the passive component maker, according to Yageo...
Foxconn reportedly plans to establish 10 subsidiaries and list them on TSE within 5 years
Apr 7, 01:50
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) reportedly plans to establish 10 new subsidiaries within the next five years and is set to list them all on the Taiwan Stock Exchange...
HTC 1Q11 revenues expected to beat forecast
Apr 7, 01:35
Smartphone vendor HTC is expected to post more than NT$100 billion (US$3.44 billion) in revenues in the first quarter of 2011, beating the company's guidance of NT$94 billion, according...
Acer to buy back up to NT$68.8 billion worth of shares
Stockwatch - Apr 1, 01:05
Acer plans to buy back 54 million shares of common stock at a price range of NT$55 (US$1.87) to NT$100 per share between April 1 and May 31, according to a company filing with the...
GaAs foundry Win Semi preps for listing on TSE, says paper
Newswatch - Mar 28, 15:07
Win Semiconductors, a major GaAs IC foundry, will soon submit an application to list its stock on the main board of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE), according to a Chinese-language...
MediaTek says 1Q11 guidance unchanged
Mar 3, 01:20
IC design house MediaTek has reiterated that its previous guidance for a sequential 7-14% drop in revenues for the first quarter of 2011 remains unchanged. In addition, the company...
Motech signs contract with GCL-Poly for wafer supply
Stockwatch - Feb 25, 01:00
Solar cell maker Motech Industries has signed a contract with China-based GCL-Poly Energy Holdings for a 5-year supply of solar wafers worth a total of about US$1.026 billion, according...
TSE fines Sintek for misleading announcements
Newswatch - Feb 22, 14:35
The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE), on February 21, announced it will fine Sintek Photronics for NT$100,000 (US$3,382.1) due to misleading announcements regarding its cooperation with...
Aide Solar invests US$22 million for capacity expansion in China
Feb 17, 10:58
Aide Solar Energy has spent CNY144 million (US$21.85 million) to acquire a 88,000-square-meter plot of land in Xuzhou Economic Development Zone, China, its parent company Panjit said...
Lextar posts net profit of NT$1.23 billion for 2010
Feb 9, 01:45
Lextar Electronics has announced a net profit of NT$1.23 billion (US$42.55 million) for 2010 with an EPS of NT$3.65.
Jan 20, 01:05
IC design firm MStar Semiconductor has decided to buy back its common shares from the Taiwan stock market to avert further slumps in its share price.
Cando 2011 capex to reach NT$8.5 billion
Jan 19, 01:30
Cando's capex for 2011 is expected to reach NT$8.5 billion (US$293.16 million), all for capacity expansion. Cando has NT$3.6 billion available and will sign a syndicated loan for...
ITO film maker I&I to list on TSE mainboard in 2Q11
Jan 11, 02:00
ITO film maker Innovation and Infinity Group (I&I) is listed on the Taiwan emerging stock market on January 11 and is scheduled to be listed on the mainboard of the Taiwan Stock...
Aide Solar to list on TSE after issuing private placement
Dec 30, 02:00
PV module supplier Aide Solar Energy, a China-based subsidiary under Taiwan's Panjit Group, will launch a private placement before trading on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE), according...
Honeymoon period for MStar stock ends early
Dec 29, 01:35
IC design house MStar Semiconductor saw its share price dip below NT$300 (US$10.17) on the company's third day of trading on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).
Apacer diversifying away from standard memory modules
Dec 28, 15:42
Apacer Technology expects to see more growth from what the company calls the "value-added" business in 2011. Its standard memory module business, which consists of DRAM...
Buynow to adopt LED lighting devices from Chicony Power
Dec 28, 01:55
Taiwan-based power supply maker Chicony Power Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicony Electronics, started shipping LED lighting device in November to Clevo's China retail...
China-based TCL Communication planning for TDR issue
Dec 27, 10:48
China-based TCL Communication Technology Holdings, a China-based handset vendor listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, plans to issue Taiwan depositary receipts (TDRs) worth up to...
LCD driver IC firm Ilitek scheduled for TSE listing
Stockwatch - Dec 23, 15:18
LCD driver IC design house ILI Technology (Ilitek) is scheduled to debut on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) before the Lunar New Year holidays, at the earliest, with a planned listing...
Apacer to begin trading on TSE on December 29
Newswatch - Dec 23, 14:15
Apacer Technology is scheduled to list on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on December 29 at NT$21 (US$0.70), according to the memory module maker. Ahead of the listing, the company...
MStar to begin trading on TSE soon
Dec 14, 02:15
IC design house MStar Semiconductor is scheduled to begin trading on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on December 24, 2010. The company has set its per share listing price at NT$310...
Largan declines to comment on rumors about lens module order for iPad 2
Stockwatch - Nov 30, 10:20
Largan Precision has declined to comment on market rumors indicating the company will be the sole lens module supplier for Apple's upcoming iPad 2 tablet with shipments to kick off...
Apacer to list on TSE after IPO
Nov 26, 12:19
Memory module maker Apacer Technology will be allowed to list on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) after closing its NT$1.095 billion (US$36 million) initial public offering (IPO),...
Greatek denies rumor of Amkor acquisition
Stockwatch - Nov 25, 01:10
Taiwan's Greatek Electronics, a packaging and testing house specializing in consumer ICs, has denied local media reports indicating that it will be acquired by Amkor Technology of...
Apacer secures approval for mainboard listing
Nov 18, 02:00
Apacer Technology, a supplier of memory modules and other storage solutions, has secured approval to list on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). If granted approval from Taiwan's Securities...
Chunghwa Telecom sells land to TSE
Nov 17, 11:54
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on November 16 announced that it will sell a piece t of land near Taipei City to the company that runs the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) for NT$647.7 million...
AUO declines comment on merger reports
Stockwatch - Nov 17, 01:10
AU Optronics (AUO) has declined to comment on a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report that it is planning to merge with fellow panel manufacturer Chunghwa Picture...
Edison to list on TSE mainboard
Nov 11, 02:00
High-power LED packaging house Edison Opto will list on the mainboard of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on November 12.
Cable maker Copartner Tech lists on TSE
Nov 11, 01:50
Taiwan-based cable maker Copartner Tech, the largest LVDS cable supplier of Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, was officially listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on November...
China-based Digital China to be listed on Taiwan bourse
Nov 5, 11:54
Digital China Holdings, the largest China-based distributor of IT products and provider of integrated IT solutions, on November 4 obtained approval from Taiwan's Financial Supervisory...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- GIGABYTE Launches the BRIX Ultra Compact PC Kit
- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- 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
24-May-2013 markets closed
| Last | Change |
| TAIEX (TSE) | 8209.78 | -28.05 | -0.34% |

| TSE electronic | 310.89 | -0.43 | -0.14% |

| GTSM (OTC) | 118.64 | -0.71 | -0.59% |

| OTC electronic | 143.77 | -0.29 | -0.2% |

- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- 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

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