IC distributor WPG 4Q10 revenues miss forecast

Jan 11, 11:34

IC distributor WPG Holdings' fourth-quarter revenues of NT$70.1 billion (US$2.4 billion) missed the company's forecast of NT$71-74 billion. The company pointed to a new focus on profit...

Samsung to consolidate its IC distributors in Taiwan, sources say

Dec 30, 13:53

Samsung Electronics reportedly plans to consolidate its IC distributors in Taiwan following WPG Holdings' acquisition of Yosun Industrial, which remains one of Samsung's distributors,...

Zenitron dismisses rumor it is targeted by WPG for acquisition

Stockwatch - Dec 24, 01:10

IC distributor WPG Holdings is mulling plans to buy fellow Taiwan-based firm Zenitron at NT$25.60 (US$0.86) per share, according to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN)...

IC distributor WPG sees revenues up over 40% on year in November

Dec 10, 10:56

IC distributor WPG Holdings has posted consolidated revenues of NT$25 billion (US$829.74 million) for November 2010, up 34% sequentially and 41% on year. The consolidated revenues...

WPG seeing orders rebound, expects 4Q10 sales to meet guidance

Dec 3, 01:15

WPG has seen customers work down their inventory much faster than anticipated, according to the IC distributor, adding that sales along with those from recently-acquired Yosun Industrial...

WPG completes merger with Yosun

Nov 16, 01:45

IC distributor WPG has officially merged with Yosun Industrial on November 15 and has begun operations on a paid-in capital of NT$14.53 billion (US$480 million). After the merger,...

WPG Holdings reports 18.7% sequential decline in October sales

Nov 10, 14:22

IC distributor WPG Holdings has reported an 18.7% sequential decline in October 2010 consolidated revenues at NT$18.72 billion (US$621.1 million), which also represented a 6.47% drop...

WPG to see 6-10% growth in 4Q10 sales

Oct 29, 01:55

IC distributor WPG Holdings expects fourth-quarter 2010 consolidated revenues to be between NT$71 billion (US$2.3 billion) and NT$74 billion, up 6-10% on quarter and hitting a company...

Yosun to delist from TSE on November 15 for WPG merger

Newswatch - Oct 13, 14:26

IC distributor Yosun Industrial will be delisted from the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on November 15, 2010, the date when its merger with WPG Group becomes effective. Trading of Yosun's...

Yosun consolidated revenues up 46% on month in September 2010

Oct 7, 16:40

Taiwan-based IC distributor Yosun Industrial has announced consolidated revenues of NT$13.68 billion (US$45 million) for September 2010, up 45.9% on month. The company attributed...

Acer releases shareholding in Yosun

Sep 21, 01:45

Acer has announced, on September 20, it will release its shareholding in Yosun Industrial and the sale will generate a profit of NT$217 million (US$6.86 million) in the company's...

IC distributors snap up handsome gains in 1H10

Sep 3, 10:53

Most Taiwan-based IC distributors have posted handsome gains for the first half of 2010, with WPG Holdings, WT Microelectronics, and Yosun Industrial each recording an EPS of over...

FTC approves WPG-Yosun merger

Aug 13, 11:09

Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has given a green light on the planned merger between two leading IC distributors, WPG Group and Yosun Industrial. The merger, which is to take...

IC distributor Yosun posts on-year revenue gains in July

Aug 6, 13:49

IC distributor Yosun Industrial has posted revenues of NT$11.79 billion (US$371.08 million) for July, up 6.2% sequentially and 12.2% on year. For the first seven months of 2010, revenues...

Yosun and Supreme June revenues down on month but up on year

Jul 12, 11:32

IC distributor Yosun Industrial has posted consolidated revenues of NT$11.1 billion (US$346.28 million) for June, down 4.5% sequentially but up 18.3% on year, while peer company Supreme...

IC distributor Yosun upbeat about 3Q10

Jun 22, 14:42

Yosun Industrial, which distributes semiconductors and other electronic components for brands such as Samsung, expects revenues for the third quarter of 2010 to grow 10-15% sequentially,...

Taiwan IC component distributors to see sequential revenue growth in 2Q10

Apr 27, 11:10

Taiwan-based IC distributors, including Aeco Technology, Koryo Electronics, WT Microelectronics and Zenitron, are all expected to see second-quarter revenues outperform levels in...

WPG continues acquisitions with purchase of AIO Components

Mar 31, 13:51

IC distributor WPG Holdings has announced that it will acquire Hong Kong-based passive component distributor AIO Components for US$3 million. The announcement came just one week after...

Commentary: WPG-Yosun merger a win-win deal

Mar 22, 16:20

WPG Holdings and Yosun Industrial, Asia's largest and second largest IC distributors, announced their merger at a right time, which is expected to consolidate operations of both companies...

Asia's largest IC distributor gets bigger: WPG and Yosun merge

Mar 21, 15:30

IC distributors WPG Holdings (WPG) and Yosun Industrial (Yosun) have announced that Yosun will join WPG Holdings through a share swap. The two companies' board of directors have approved...

IC distributor Yosun looks to 80-100% sales increase in India in 2010

Mar 11, 14:43

IC distributor Yosun Industrial expects its sales in the India market to increase 80-100% in 2010 buoyed by the establishment of business entities in New Delhi and Bangalore, according...

Yosun February 2010 revenues drop slightly

Mar 8, 14:35

IC distributor Yosun Industrial has reported consolidated revenues of NT$11.51 billion (US$360.22 million) for February 2010, down 8.9% on month but up 56% on year. The company expects...

Top-5 IC distributors in Taiwan see on-month growth in January 2010 revenues except Edom

Newswatch - Feb 11, 15:37

Edom Technology was the only player among Taiwan's top-five IC distributors to see an on-month drop in its January 2010 evenues, while WPG Holdings, Yosun Industrial, WT Microelectronics...

IC distributor Yosun sees slower revenue growth in 2009

Jan 22, 16:07

Yosun Industrial, which is a distributor for brands including Samsung Electronics and STMicroelectronics, has announced consolidated revenues of NT$118.95 billion (US$3.73 billion)...

Yosun stocks surge on speculation of WPG acquisition

Newswatch - Nov 27, 15:15

Stock of IC distributor Yosun Industrial saw trading volumes top 37,000 on November 26, hitting the company's record, on market speculation WPG Holdings is looking to acquire the...

Samsung supplies of memory chips sufficient, say distributors

Nov 26, 16:48

Supreme Electronics, a Taiwan-based memory IC distributor for Samsung Electronics, has remarked that supplies of DRAM and NAND flash chips from the Korea-based vendor became sufficient...

IC distributor Yosun to set up more offices in China

Nov 19, 15:57

Taiwan-based IC distributor Yosun Industrial plans to invest an additional NT$120 million (US$3.73 million) to set up more branch offices in second- and third-class cities in China...

Major IC distributors see revenues drop in October

Nov 11, 12:01

WPG Holdings has reported consolidated revenues of NT$17.57 billion (US$543 million) for October 2009, down around 5% sequentially, while rivals Yosun and WT Microelectronics saw...

IC distributors WPG and Yosun see strong 3Q09 profits

Newswatch - Oct 26, 14:57

WPG Holdings is expected to report a pre-tax EPS (earnings per share) of NT$1.50 (US$0.05) for the third quarter of 2009, similar to the NT$1.55 for the January-June period, according...

WPG denies move to acquire Yosun

Stockwatch - Oct 13, 17:01

IC distributor WPG Holdings has clarified that it has made no moves to acquire Yosun Industrial, in the wake of media reports claiming the two companies had reached a stock-swap merger...

IC distributors post high sales in September

Oct 12, 16:58

Taiwan-based IC distributors WPG Holdings, Yosun Industrial and Zenitron all have posted high revenues for September due to seasonality.

Yosun, Supreme to see low revenue growth but high profit gain in September due to DRAM, NAND flash shortage

Sep 25, 17:10

Memory IC distributors Yosun Industrial and Supreme Electronics may see weaker-than-expected revenues in September due to DRAM and NAND flash shortage, but they may enjoy high profits...

Zenitron and Yosun to see revenues high in September

Sep 14, 15:08

Taiwan-based IC distributors Zenitron and Yosun Industrial are both expected to see record revenues in September 2009 thanks to increasing demand and recovering ASPs of memory products,...

Supreme, Yosun to see significant 3Q09 revenues growth

Sep 7, 16:43

Supreme Electronics and Yosun Industrial, two Taiwan-based IC distributors for Samsung Electronics, are both expected to see significant growth in the third quarter thanks to increasing...