Last update: Wednesday 9 January 2013 [34 news items]
CCL makers post mixed results for December
Jan 9, 16:26
CCL maker Elite Materials (EMC) saw its consolidated revenues edge up 2.8% sequentially to NT$1.32 billion (US$45.5 million) in December 2012, while fellow companies Iteq and Taiwan...
CCL makers facing difficulties to hike prices
Sep 24, 14:32
Attempts by copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers to pass increased copper foil prices on to their downstream PCB clients in the fourth quarter may turn out to be difficult, since the...
Demand for high-end CCLs rising
Nov 25, 15:40
With consumer products getting more portable, coupled with the rise in environmental awareness, demand for halogen-free and high-Tg laminates, and aluminum heat sink substrates has...
CCL makers look to strong sales in August
Aug 11, 11:09
Major Taiwan-based copper-clad laminate (CCL) manufacturers Elite Material (EMC), Iteq, and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) have reported sequential growths in consolidated revenues...
Taiwan makers cut CCL prices along with international copper price drops
May 24, 13:37
Taiwan-based CCL (copper-clad laminate) makers have lowered their quotes by 10% on average recently because of dropping international copper prices and bleak order prospects, according...
CCL makers to post strong 1Q11
Jan 14, 01:05
Copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers Elite Material (EMC), Iteq, Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) and Uniplus Electronics are expected to see the first-quarter of 2011 buck seasonal trends,...
CCL makers EMC, TUC sales bounce back in November
Dec 14, 01:40
Copper-clad laminate (CCL) suppliers Elite Materials (EMC) and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) have both announced growth in November 2010 consolidated revenues from the previous mon...
CCL makers post mixed results for October
Nov 9, 10:50
CCL (copper clad laminate) maker Iteq has registered NT$1.67 billion (US$55.3 million) in October consolidated revenues, up 1.8% from September. Fellow company Elite Materials (EMC)...
CCL makers pessimistic about 4Q10
Oct 14, 02:00
Taiwan-based copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers, including Elite Material (EMC), Iteq, Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) and Uniplus Electronics, have turned cautious about their business...
TUC stepping up shipments of halogen-free copper-clad laminates
Aug 30, 11:28
Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) expects its shipments of halogen-free copper-clad laminates (CCLs) to account for 30-35% of its total CCL shipments by year-end 2010 compared to 24%...
CCL makers Hwa Woei and TUC post handsome profits in 1H10
Aug 20, 12:16
Two Taiwan-based CCL (copper clad laminate) makers - Hwa Woei Laminate and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) - have seen their profits improve on year significantly in the first half...
TUC expects to obtain orders for server-use CCLs
Aug 19, 14:45
Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) has been preparing for production of copper-clad laminates (CCLs) used in high-end servers for which prices are 3-4 times those of ordinary CCLs, and...
CCL demand drifts down in August
Aug 18, 15:40
Demand for copper clad laminates (CCLs) from the PCB industry has slowed down in August which may affect CCL makers' performance for the third quarter, according to industry source...
CCL makers to ramp up capacity in 2H10
May 19, 14:59
Most Taiwan-based CCL (copper clad laminate) makers, including Elite Materials (EMC), Nanya Plastics, Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) and Iteq, are running at full capacity at the moment...
TUC to see rising shipment ratio of halogen-free CCLs in 2010
Jan 13, 16:23
Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) will see halogen-free copper-clad laminates (CCLs) account for more than 15% of its total CCL shipments later in 2010 from 12% in the second half of...
CCL prices to rise after Lunar New Year
Jan 6, 14:30
The price of copper-clad laminates (CCLs) is likely to be raised after the Lunar New Year holidays as the average copper price has exceeded US$7,300 per ton and PCB demand remains...
CCL makers see July revenues up on month
Aug 11, 15:50
Copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers Iteq, Elite Material (EMC) and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) saw July 2009 consolidated revenues of NT$1.096 billion (US$33.5 million), a rise on...
Copper foil prices likely to be raised by 2-3% in August
Jul 28, 11:55
Taiwan copper foil makers have said they may raise prices by 2-3% in August as the average copper price has hit another record of US$5,500 per ton. Taiwan copper-clad laminate (CCL)...
CCL makers report mixed June results
Jul 9, 16:55
Copper clad laminate (CCL) makers Elite Material (EMC), Iteq and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) have reported mixed revenue results for June, but all expect to see revenues grow sequentially...
CCL makers see strong mass lamination demand
Jul 3, 16:17
Copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers Elite Material (EMC) and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) have seen mass lamination orders increase sharply. Elite's capacity is overloaded while TUC...
TUC to see strong sales of halogen-free CCLs in 3Q09
Jun 24, 16:30
Copper-clad laminate (CCL) maker Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) is expected to see an over 40% growth in its third-quarter consolidated revenues amid increased shipments of halogen-free...
CCL makers see May revenues drop
Jun 8, 16:54
Taiwan-based copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers saw May revenues drop and expect further declines in June, as clients are starting seasonal inventory correction, industry sources sa...
CCL maker TUC to restart China plant construction
Jun 1, 16:40
Copper-clad laminate (CCL) maker Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) has decided to resume its capacity expansion plan in Zhongshan, China as a result of improved demand, according to the...
Copper-clad laminate prices expected to rise again
Apr 15, 15:43
Nan Ya Plastics will likely adjust upward its copper-clad laminate (CCL) prices by the end of April as a result of rising commodity prices, according to industry sources. The leading...
PCB and CCL makers seeing recovery on China stimulus push
Feb 25, 16:59
The PCB industry appears to be recovering, as PCB and copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers are seeing clearer order visibility thanks to increasing demand from the China market due to...
Feb 9, 12:13
Quotes for glass fabric have recently stabilized following a rebound in the price of copper foil. China cloth makers have increased glass fabric quotes by 10%, while prices remain...
Court denies Isola injunction against TUC
Jan 20, 11:57
Copper clad laminate (CCL) maker Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) has announced that the ROC Intellectual Property Court on January 15 denied Isola USA's application of preliminary injunction...
CCL prices may rise in 2Q on stabilized copper prices
Jan 15, 17:11
Copper prices have rebounded in January, stabilizing the prices of copper clad laminates (CCLs), and industry players expect CCL prices to rise in the second quarter if average international...
CCL demand sags amid weak PCB industry
Newswatch - Dec 22, 16:26
The PCB industry has remained sluggish during the second half of 2008, resulting in copper clad laminate (CCL) suppliers slowing down their operations, according to a report from...
CCL makers 4Q08 profitability to be crippled by oversupply and price drops
Nov 28, 17:11
Copper clad laminate (CCLs) suppliers Iteq, Taiwan Union Technology (TUC), Hwa Woei Laminate, Uniplus Electronics and Elite Material (EMC) are coming under strong pressure from oversupply...
CCL maker Iteq settles patent dispute with Isola
Nov 20, 16:11
Isola USA filed patent infringement complaints against Taiwan-based copper clad laminate (CCL) makers Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) and Iteq in September. Iteq has settled with Isola,...
Isola sues TUC and Iteq for patent infringement
Sep 24, 12:21
PCB material supplier Isola USA last week filed patent infringement complaints against Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) and Iteq with the US Patent and Trademark Office. Industry players...
PCB mass lamination sales to drop 30% on year in 3Q
Sep 16, 12:22
In order to cut costs during an industry downturn, PCB makers have reduced their outsourcing proportion, affecting mass lamination services of copper clad laminate (CCL). According...
CCL prices stable although demand from PCB clients remains weak
Jul 23, 01:00
Prices for copper clad laminates (CCLs) remain stable although demand from PCB clients has yet to see a seasonal upturn, according to CCL suppliers.
GSEO sees profits in 2012
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 22:09
Acer positions Gateway and Packard Bell as mid-range/entry-level brands
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 21:51
IC distributor WPG to see quarterly revenues exceed NT$100 billion in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 20:47
Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 20:21
Innolux expects slowdown in TV panel shipments
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 19:24
HTC to continue supplying HTC Butterfly after launch of HTC Butterfly S
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 19:16
- LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
- Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
- Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
- Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- DRAM market grows up, IHS finds
- Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
- Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
- Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
- Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
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- PowerByProxi aims to cooperate with Taiwan makers to explore wireless power market
- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- 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
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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- 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
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...
Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- 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...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.