Wintek May revenues up over 53% on year

Jun 2, 01:30

Touch panel maker Wintek has posted consolidated revenues of NT$7.23 billion (US$252.4 million) for May 2011, increasing 53.03% from a year earlier. Wintek also indicated that its...

HTC to begin volume production of Puccini tablet PCs in June

May 26, 01:35

HTC has entered the final stages of testing for its 10.1-inch Puccini tablet PCs, with volume production slated for June 2011. The tablet will be powered by a Qualcomm MSM8660 1.5GHz...

Wintek receives Touch on Lens orders from Samsung

May 24, 13:56

While global smartphone vendors have started adopting Touch on Lens technology onto their smartphones, Taiwan-based maker Wintek is shipping 500,000-600,000 units of Touch on Lens...

Taiwan touch panel capacity to double in 2H11, says Displaybank

May 20, 15:31

Displaybank has announced that due to change of existing lines and construction of new lines, production capacity of Taiwan touch panel makers in the second half would double the...

Supply chain may not be able to satisfy demand from Apple

May 12, 01:05

Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is reportedly facing a shortage of both labor and materials at its plants...

Wintek April revenues down nearly 18% on month

May 4, 16:07

Touch panel maker Wintek saw its consolidated revenues drop 17.95% sequentially to NT$6.87 billion (US$236 million) for April, while January-April revenues of NT$28.226 billion rose...

Wintek comments on report speculating fewer-than-expected orders for iPad 2

Stockwatch - May 2, 17:08

A recent Chinese-language Commercial Times report cited market rumors as saying Wintek has secured less than 30% of Apple's total contract orders for touch panels used in...

Smartphone vendors to use Touch on Lens solutions to reduce costs

Apr 26, 16:30

Some brand handset vendors including HTC will start manufacturing their touch-enabled smartphones using the Touch on Lens technology aiming to lower production costs as well as weight,...

Wintek enjoys increased March revenues

Apr 6, 10:45

Wintek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$8.382 billion (US$284 million) for March, growing 40.31% on month and 158.85% on year mainly due to increasing shipments of touch panels...

Wintek shipping Touch on Lens panels to handset clients

Mar 31, 01:20

Wintek has begun shipping its touch panels made using Touch on Lens technology to clients in the handset sector in addition to clients from the DSC segment in Japan. The company is...

Wintek to set up factory in Vietnam

Mar 28, 12:10

Wintek will begin establishing a factory for touch panel modules and LCD modules (LCMs) in Bac Giang Province, northeastern Vietnam, with an initial investment of US$100-150 million,...

Touch panel maker Wintek to see gross margin decline in 1Q11

Mar 24, 01:20

Touch panel maker Wintek is expected to see its gross margin decline in the first quarter due to reduced shipments of 7- to 10-inch touch panels as clients are transitioning to new...

Touch panel maker Wintek sees revenues up nearly 200% on year in February

Mar 3, 01:45

Touch panel maker Wintek has posted consolidated revenues of NT$5.97 billion (US$202 million) for February 2011, down 14.6% sequentially but up 196% on year. For the first two months...

Wintek to be the sole touch panel supplier for white iPhone 5, says report

Newswatch - Feb 22, 15:05

Wintek reportedly to be the sole touch panel supply for white iPhone 5s and may replace TPK Touch Solutions to become the leading touch panel maker worldwide in 2011 as Apple plans...

Apple secures 60% of global touch panel capacity, causing tight supply

Feb 17, 01:50

In order to achieve its internal goal of shipping 40 million iPad products in 2011, Apple has occupied close to 60% of the global touch panel capacity causing tight supply among Apple's...

Wintek January revenues down 13% sequentially

Feb 9, 01:40

Wintek has announced consolidated revenues of NT$6.99 billion (US$241.78 million) for January 2011, down 13.2% sequentially but up 199.05% on year.

Touch panel makers TPK and Wintek to see revenues decline 10-15% sequentially in 1Q11

Jan 20, 01:35

Touch-panel providers TPK Touch Solutions and Wintek are expected to see their revenues decline 10-15% sequentially in the first quarter of 2011 due to a high base reached in the...

Touch panel makers transform to cover front- to back-end production

Jan 18, 01:50

Due to capacity shortages for capacitive touch panel products 0150 – from touch sensor, binding, thinning to cover lenses – touch panel makers are now actively transforming...

Wintek finalizes GDR plans

Jan 14, 01:15

Wintek's GDR project has been finalized and the company will issue 40 million units to rise a total of US$331 million, mainly for overseas purchases.

Wintek acquires more land for touch panel capacity expansion

Jan 12, 01:45

Wintek has announced that the company spent NT$404 million (US$13.85 million) to acquire land around its Taichung Huanzhong plant for future capacity expansion.

Wintek December revenues down 9%

Jan 4, 01:40

Wintek has announced consolidated revenues of NT$8.06 billion (US$276.97 million) for December 2010, representing a decrease of 9% sequentially but increased 221.08% on year. Consolidated...

Global touch panel market to grow more than 30% on year in 2010, says DisplaySearch

Dec 30, 15:01

The global touch panel industry is on track for more than 30% on year growth in 2010, according to DisplaySearch.

Touch panel makers expect sequential drop in December revenues

Dec 29, 01:00

Touch panel makers Wintek, TPK Touch Solutions, Sintek Photronics, J Touch and Young Fast Optoelectronics all expect revenues in December 2010 to drop sequentially.

Touch panel makers lower December revenue goals

Dec 17, 01:40

Touch panel makers have recently started to downward adjust their revenue goals for December 2010 as shipment growth for handset and touch panels in the second half of December are...

Wintek share prices fall sharply amid pessimistic December revenue outlook

Dec 16, 01:40

Share prices of touch panel maker Wintek suffered a sharp decline on December 15 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) amid market reports stating that the touch-panel maker's December...

Apple reportedly adds new touch panel suppliers for iPad 2

Dec 16, 01:10

Apple has reportedly added two additional touch panel makers, Chimei Innolux and Cando, to its touch panel supplier list for iPad 2 in addition to current suppliers Wintek, Sintek...

Wintek November revenues up 7%, TPK up 31%

Dec 8, 01:55

Touch panel makers Wintek and TPK Touch Solutions saw their November 2010 revenues increase 7% and 31% on month in November.

Taiwan-based touch panel makers to increase recruiting in 2011

Dec 7, 15:08

Touch panel makers TPK Touch Solutions and Young Fast Optoelectronics will increase recruitments to accommodate their capacity expansions in 2011.

Morgan Stanley gets Wintek NT$12 billion GDR project, says report

Newswatch - Dec 6, 14:55

Morgan Stanley reportedly has won a deal for underwriting Wintek's GDR worth NT$12 billion (US$396.43 million), according to a Chinese-language report in the Economic Daily News...

Light guide plate supplier JSP to list on OTC market on December 8

Dec 3, 01:55

Light guide plate (LGP) supplier Jeng Shiang Precision (JSP) will be listed on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) market on December 8. The company is expected to ship up to 140 million...

Wintek decides not to file suit against JP Morgan analyst, says report

Newswatch - Dec 2, 11:55

Wintek has decided to not take legal action against a JP Morgan analyst over a recent report that cited wrong data, as it has not caused any damage to the company, according to chairman...

Wintek revenues to top NT$66 billion in 2010, says chairman

Dec 2, 11:36

Wintek has reported consolidated November revenues of NT$8.85 billion (US$289.92 million), up 7.36% on year. Wintek chairman Hyley Huang indicated that the company's revenues in December...

Wintek to expand touch panel capacity at Taichung plant

Dec 2, 01:45

Wintek plans to add additional capacity for 2.2 million 10-inch touch panels to its plant in Taichung, central Taiwan by June 2011, ramping up its total capacity to 5.2 million units,...

Small- to medium-size panel makers have strong sales in November, says paper

Newswatch - Nov 30, 16:27

Due to strong demand for handsets, DSCs and e-book readers, small- to medium-size panel makers Wintek and E Ink Holdings (EIH) expect record revenues in November, while revenues of...

Wintek signs loan, Sintek to float GDRs

Nov 25, 01:55

Touch panel makers Wintek and Sintek Photronics on November 24 settled on their fund-raising plans, with the former signing a five-year syndicated loan and the latter to release new...