Young Fast expects performance to improve in 2H13

May 13, 21:37

Young Fast Opto-Electronics has a conservative outlook for its performance in the second quarter of 2013 but expects that to change in the second half of the year when the company's...

Young Fast, J Touch, HansTouch see increased March revenues

Apr 8, 22:47

Taiwan-based thin-film touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch as well as touch panel maker HannsTouch Solution saw March consolidated revenues rise significantly...

Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 expected to spur G1F touch panel module shipments in 2Q13

Mar 1, 15:20

Upstream suppliers' shipments of G1F touch panel module technology are expected to pick up in the first quarter of 2013 followed by a large increase in the second quarter of the year...

Young Fast ships metal mesh thin-film type touch screens to Lenovo

Jan 14, 14:52

Young Fast Optoelectronics has reportedly begun shipping metal mesh thin-film type touch screens to Lenovo for is 13.3-inch notebook products as of the beginning of January 2013,...

Young Fast, J Touch see decreased September revenues

Oct 9, 10:28

Taiwan-based touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics saw September revenues of NT$1.351 billion (US$45.7 million) slip on month by 6.49% and on year by 19.48%, while fellow maker...

Young Fast losses continue in 2Q12

Aug 27, 11:19

Young Fast Optoelectronics, a Taiwan-based maker of touch panels, posted net operating loss of NT$504 million (US$16.9 million) for the second quarter of 2012, the third consecutive...

YFO reports on-year decrease in revenues due to supply chain adjustments

Jul 11, 13:41

Young Fast Optoelectronics (YFO), a Taiwan-based leading manufacturer of small to medium-sized touch panel sensors, has reported a 36.65% decrease in on-year revenues for the first...

Touch panel maker G-Tech reports healthy revenue gains for May

Jun 11, 16:09

Touch panel maker G-Tech Optoelectronics saw its revenues grow 18.6% on month and 4.8% on year to NT$714 million (US$23.82 million) in May. For the first five months of 2012, revenues...

Young Fast medium-size thin-film touch panels to grow 50% sequentially in 2Q12

May 25, 01:10

Young Fast Optoelectronics is expected to see its shipments of medium-size thin-film touch panels grow by 50% sequentially in the second quarter of 2012, but revenues are likely to...

Young Fast looks to strong shipments of medium-size touch solutions in 3Q12

May 3, 01:45

Touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics expects its shipments of medium-size touch solutions to gain momentum starting the third quarter of 2012 but revenues will stay flat in...

Second-tier touch panel makers still operating in low gear in 1Q12

May 2, 16:05

Most second-tier touch panel makers were still operating in red in the first quarter of 2012 due to off-peak seasonal effects and slow orders from clients, while seeing the top vendor...

Three touch panel makers March revenues down on year

Apr 10, 01:40

Young Fast Optoelectronics, J Touch and Sintek Photronic, three Taiwan-based makers of touch panels, saw their revenues for March slip on year by 35.25%, 46.31% and 69.98% respectively,...

Most touch panel makers post losses for 4Q11, affecting 2011 performance, say sources

Apr 2, 16:19

Despite the increasing popularity of tablet PCs that has stirred up demand for touch panels, most touch panel solution makers have posted decreased profits or even significant losses...

Touch panel makers Young Fast, J Touch post declined sales in January

Newswatch - Feb 10, 16:26

Touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch both have posted declined sales in January due to seasonal factors, according to the companies.

Touch panel makers Young Fast, J Touch see orders rebounding

Nov 16, 15:34

Thin-film touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch have seen a rebound of orders from the handset sector recently, pushing revenues of the two companies to the year's...

Pressure mounting on touch panel gross margins in 4Q11

Nov 1, 14:54

Pressure on gross margins for Taiwan-based touch panel makers will continue to mount up in the fourth quarter of 2011 despite revenues and profits gained in the third quarter, according...

Young Fast, J Touch revenues grow in August

Sep 9, 15:35

Touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics has posted August 2011 revenues of NT$1.64 billion (US$56.17 million), with on-month growth of 4.6% but an on-year decline of 0.4%. Fellow...

Young Fast net profits down nearly 85% on year in 1H11

Aug 25, 01:05

Touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics has reported net profits of NT$235 million (US$8.11 million) for the first half of 2011, declining 84.6% from a year earlier. For the...

J Touch, Young Fast post record July sales

Aug 10, 11:12

Thin-film touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch have both reported record sales for July, gaining revenues of NT$1.57 billion (US$5.41 million) and NT$0.7 billion,...

J Touch and Young Fast to see increasing demand for film-type capacitive panels

May 26, 01:50

Touch panel makers J Touch and Young Fast Optoelectronics are expected to see their revenues increase substantially in the second half of 2011 due to increasing demand for film-type...

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...

Touch panel makers aim for better 2Q11 profitability by improving yield rates

May 2, 16:23

Since the capacity of the top-tier touch panel makers such as TPK Holding and Wintek have all already been booked up, and tablet PC players are turning to smaller touch panel makers...

Yong Fast sees worsening 1Q11 financial performance

Apr 27, 01:20

Taiwan-based touch panel maker Yong Fast Optoelectronics released its first-quarter 2011 financial report at an investors conference on April 26, with figures all dropping on quarter...

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 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...

Taiwan production of touch panels to double in 2H11

Mar 17, 01:20

The production capacity of touch panels in Taiwan is likely to double in the second half of 2011 when new production lines of local makers, including TPK Touch Solutions, Young Fast...

Young Fast posts February revenues of NT$915 million

Mar 9, 01:05

Touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics has announced revenues of NT$915 million (US$31.12 million) for February 2011, a decrease of 13.87% on year.

Young Fast to report lower gross margin for 4Q10

Jan 17, 16:29

Young Fast Optoelectronics has said that it will report lower-than-expected gross margin for the fourth quarter of 2010 due to worse-than-expected shipments of medium- to large-size...

Young Fast December revenues drop 27%

Jan 10, 15:26

Young Fast Optoelectronics has announced revenues of NT$1.23 billion (US$42.07 million) for December 2010, down 27% compared to NT$1.69 billion in November, the most significant drop...

Young Fast, J Touch see December revenues decline

Jan 5, 12:02

Young Fast Optoelectronics' December 2010 revenues are expected to remain at NT$1.6 billion (US$54.94 million), and total revenues for the fourth quarter are expected to increase...

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...

Capacitive touch panel makers Young Fast and J Touch post mixed November revenues

Dec 9, 01:25

Thin film-based capacitive touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch have posted mixed results for November 2010, with the former seeing its monthly figures drop 9%...

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.

Young Fast, J Touch expect resistive touch shipments to drop below 40% in 2011

Dec 6, 10:40

Capacitive touch panel demand has been increasing significantly in 2010. In addition to demand from 5-inch and larger tablet PCs, demand from the handset market is also picking up...