Last update: Wednesday 27 February 2013 [18 news items]
Wah Lee 1Q13 revenues to fall 5% despite strong January sales
Feb 27, 14:00
Semiconductor materials distributor Wah Lee Industrial is expected to see its revenues slip 5% sequentially in the first quarter of 2013 despite strong sales recorded in January,...
Wah Lee to see revenues drop within 5% in 1Q13, say sources
Jan 28, 10:10
Semiconductor materials distributor Wah Lee Industrial is expected to see consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2013 decrease within a range of 5% sequentially due to off-season...
Topco, Wah Lee look to strong sales in 4Q12
Nov 29, 14:00
Semiconductor materials distributors Topco Scientific and Wah Lee Industrial will see their sales remain relatively strong in the fourth quarter of 2012, as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Wah Lee to see flat performance in 4Q12, say sources
Nov 19, 15:44
Semiconductor materials distributor Wah Lee Industrial is expected to see its revenues for the fourth quarter of 2012 stay flat or drop in a range below 5% from NT$5.57 billion (US$190.88...
Topco, Wahlee 4Q12 sales to slip under 5%
Oct 12, 14:51
Semiconductor materials distributors Topco Scientific and Wahlee Industrial are expected to see their fourth-quarter sales decrease under 5% on quarter due to seasonality, according...
Wah Lee to see revenues drop 5% on quarter in 3Q12
Sep 12, 15:23
Semiconductor materials distributor Wah Lee Industrial is expected to see its revenues slip 5% sequentially in the third quarter of 2012 due to declining solar energy revenues and...
IC distributor Wahlee sees net profits up over 37% in 1H12
Aug 21, 01:00
IC component and material distributor Wahlee Industrial has reported net profits of NT$462 million (US$15.39 million) for the first half of 2012, decreasing 37.8% from last year ea...
IC component distributor Wahlee sees profits decline in 2Q12
Jul 23, 16:10
IC component and material distributor Wahlee Industrial saw its net profits drop 8.6% sequentially to NT$221 million (US$7.37 million) in the second quarter of 2012 although revenues...
IC materials distributors Topco, Wah Lee post strong revenue gains in 2Q12
Jul 12, 01:55
IC materials distributors Topco Scientific and Wah Lee Industrial saw their revenues soar 23% and 10%, respectively, in the second quarter of 2012, and the two companies are positive...
TSMC capex budget hike to benefit equipment and materials suppliers, say sources
Apr 12, 14:44
The decision by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to raise its capex budget for 2012 will benefit suppliers and distributors of semiconductor equipment in Taiwan,...
Nov 15, 14:44
IC component and material distributor Wahlee Industrial expects solar wafers, LEDs and touch-panel products to account for about 15-20% of the company's 2011 revenues, up from 9.5%...
IC distributors Wahlee and WPG expanding sales of energy products
Nov 2, 11:23
IC component and material distributors Wahlee Industrial and WPG Holdings both expect sales of green energy products to grow substantially in 2011, with WPG looking to generate revenues...
IC material supplier Wahlee expects sales to green energy industries to rise
Oct 22, 01:55
Taiwan's Wahlee Industrial, which mainly distributes production materials for semiconductors, expects sales of its green energy division to account for 15-20% of total revenues in...
Sales of distributed solar wafers growing, says Wahlee
Sep 24, 16:47
Taiwan-based Wahlee Industrial, which mainly distributes production materials for semiconductors, has revealed that monthly sales of its solar module materials have topped NT$100...
Semiconductor material supplier Wahlee sees pre-tax profits up 119% in 1H10
Jul 16, 14:52
Wahlee Industrial, a materials supplier for semiconductor production, saw its pre-tax profits grow 119% on year to NT$810 million (US$25.22 million) in the first half of 2010. The...
IC material distributor Wah Lee sees sales contribution from green-energy products reach 10%
May 18, 14:48
Taiwan-based IC material manufacturer and distributor Wah Lee Industrial has said sales of its green energy division topped 10% of its total revenues for the first time in April 20...
Taiwan companies gearing up for touch panel market
Jun 16, 10:14
More Taiwan companies have entered the touch panel market where strong growth is expected to be generated by the upcoming Windows 7, according to industry sources. IC distributors...

Wahlee shows strong sales growth in 1H08 on healthy solar module demand
Aug 26, 12:48
Wahlee Industrial, a materials supplier for semiconductor production, reported NT$9.44 billion in sales in the first half of 2008, with NT$730 million in pre-tax income and NT$3.38...
Taiwan panel industry output value worth US$7.86 billion in 1Q13, says IEK
Displays | 3min ago
Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 12min ago
- AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
- Revenues for drivers in LED general lighting applications to triple, says IMS Research
- Supply chain to begin volume shipments of new Xbox console orders in 3Q13
- MediaTek 2Q13 sales likely to beat guidance
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
- Taiwan panel makers lower pricing for Ultra HD TV panels
- Innolux expected to ship 1 million TOD units in 2013
- China market: Third-party e-payment services generate CNY1.2 trillion in 1Q13 total trade value, says Analysys
- China market: Online advertising valued at CNY18 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
- AUO publishes 65-inch Full HD OLED panel technology paper at SID Display Week
- Taiwan networking device makers see decreasing profit-to-R&D spending ratio
- Win Semi expects to post double-digit revenue growth in 2013
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- TSMC presence in advance process market remains strong
- Chicony seeks growth from non-notebook product lines
- Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
- LED firms to lower prices through improved technology
- Commentary: High-end LED lighting in demand
- Digitimes Research: Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- BenQ Materials expects performance to improve in 2Q13
- TV panel pricing expected to further drop in May, says WitsView
- Demand for large-size driver ICs to boom in 2H13, say backend firms
- TPK expected to see decline in touch screen notebook market share during 2Q13
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- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- Clientron to exhibit its latest Zero/Thin Client and POS solutions along with the full product line at Computex Taipei 2013
- DIGIEVER partnership with EverFocus for better professional network surveillance solutions
- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- 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

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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 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.
















