Last update: Tuesday 5 March 2013 [21 news items]
Resistor maker Viking Tech has good order visibility
Mar 5, 15:02
Resistor and heat sink ceramic substrate maker Viking Tech has seen its order visibility extend to six weeks, with its production lines for thick-film chip resistors and RF inductors...
Viking to expand capacity for high-frequency inductors
Jan 24, 14:29
Thin-film passive component maker Viking Tech plans to expand its capacity for high-frequency inductors by 40% in 2013 to meet growing demand from China-based networking/communication...
Passive component makers reshuffling top management
Dec 12, 15:40
Passive component makers, including Ralec Electronic, Jaan Cherng Technological, Thinking Electronic, Viking Tech, Laser Tek and Walsin Technology, all performed management reshuffles...
Viking Tech gross margin to top 40% in 3Q12
Oct 23, 11:01
Passive component maker Viking Tech is expected to report a gross margin of over 40% for the third quarter of 2012 compared to 37% recorded in the previous quarter, according to estimates...
Viking Tech to post flat growth in 3Q12 sales
Sep 27, 01:15
Revenues at passive component maker Viking Tech are expected to stay flat on quarter. However, the firm will likely report profit growth during the period as its high-margin inductor...
Passive component makers Thinking, Viking Tech August sales up slightly
Sep 5, 15:09
Taiwan-based passive component manufacturers Thinking Electronic Industrial and Viking Tech have both reported slight sequential increases in revenues for August 2012.
Viking Tech at full capacity for high-frequency inductors
Aug 15, 13:57
Passive component maker Viking Tech has fully utilized its monthly capacity of 140 million high-frequency inductors as well as 70-80% of capacity for thin-film chip resistors due...
Viking Tech fully utilizing RF inductor capacity
Jul 24, 01:20
Viking Tech, a Taiwan-based maker of thin-film resistors, inductors and heat-dissipation ceramic substrates, has reached full utilization of its production capacity of RF inductors...
Ta-I, Viking look to increasing orders for LED heat dissipation substrates in 2H12
Jun 27, 01:05
Ta-I Technology and Viking Tech, Taiwan-based makers of chip resistors and thin-film integrated passive devices respectively, have extended production to ceramic heat dissipation...
Viking Tech expects heat dissipation substrate revenues in 2H12 to show growth
Jun 21, 01:10
Thin film resistor supplier Viking Tech has been seeing demand for aluminum nitride substrates increase. According to Stone Wei, president of Viking Tech, this is likely to help grow...
Passive component maker Viking Tech looks to 15-20% sales growth in 2Q12
May 29, 15:06
Thin film resistor supplier Viking Tech is expected to generate record high revenues in May and post 15-20% sequential revenue growth in the second quarter, buoyed by strong demand...
Viking Tech sees March revenues increase above 16% on-month
Apr 12, 01:15
Viking Tech, which specializes in the design and manufacture of chip resistors, reported March revenues of NT$97 million (US$3.3 million), a record high since June 2011. The firm...
Viking Tech March revenues to grow
Mar 15, 16:53
Revenues at Viking Tech are expected to enjoy another sequential rise of more than 10% in March thanks to new contracts for high-frequency inductors used in wireless communication...
Viking Tech optimistic about February performance
Feb 16, 01:10
Viking Tech, which specializes in the design and manufacture of chip resistors, believes performance in February will show on-month growth of more than 10%. Viking Tech reported January...
Chip-resistor makers post mixed results for June
Jul 11, 16:00
Chip-resistor makers Ta-I Technology, Ralec Electronic and Viking Tech have posted mixed results for June, with only Viking enjoying a sequential growth in revenues for the month.
Viking Tech steps into production of heat-dissipation ceramic substrates of HCPV
Jun 28, 01:00
Viking Tech, a Taiwan-based maker of thin-film chip resistors and heat-dissipation ceramic substrates used in packaging LED chips, has extended the production of the latter to substrates...
Viking Tech ships LED heat sink substrates to leading LED lighting players
May 18, 14:03
Chip-resistor maker Viking Tech reportedly has begun to ship its LED heat sink substrates to the supply chain of international LED lighting players, including Osram, and has also...
Viking Tech shares up 34% on first-day OTC trading
Mar 17, 01:40
Taiwan-based Viking Tech, which specializes in the design and manufacture of chip resistors, saw its share price soar 33.75% on its first day of trading on Taiwan's over-the-counter...
Tong Hsing, Viking Tech to expand LED heat sink substrate capacities
Mar 11, 11:50
Taiwan-based LED heat sink substrate makers Tong Hsing Electronic Industries and Viking Tech both plan to ramp up their capacities to accommodate rising demand coming from the LED...
Viking projects over 40% growth in 2011 revenues
Mar 11, 01:10
Taiwan-based Viking Tech, which specializes in the design and manufacture of chip resistors, has forecast that its revenues for 2011 will climb 40-50%. Automotive thin-film resistors...
Viking Tech to expand thin-film resistor capacity 20-30% in 2011
Mar 1, 16:45
Taiwan-based Viking Tech, which specializes in the design and manufacture of chip resistors, plans to expand capacity for thin-film resistors by 20-30% in 2011 to meet demand from...
Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
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Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
Bits + chips | 1h 22min ago
Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
Bits + chips | 1h 24min ago
Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
Mobile + telecom | 2h 24min ago
Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
Mobile + telecom | 2h 39min ago
Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 21:08
DRAM shortages to continue for 3 years, says Inotera executive
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:56
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- New Csun solar manufacturing facility in Turkey opens door for maker
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
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- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
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- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
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- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
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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.