Last update: Monday 13 May 2013 [108 news items]
Young Fast ships over 17 million touch panels in 1Q10
Apr 28, 15:57
Shipments of touch panels from Young Fast Optoelectronics totaled 17.6 million units in the first quarter of 2010 compared to 18 million units shipped in the previous quarter, according...
Young Fast continues capacity expansion
Apr 20, 15:50
Taiwan-based touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics continues expanding capacity of ITO film-based capacitive touch panels at its plant in Huizhou, southern China and will also...
Young Fast March revenues up over 50% sequentially
Apr 9, 15:25
Taiwan-based touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics has posted revenues of NT$1.58 billion (US$50.09 million) for March, up 51.3% sequentially and 80.52% on year.
Young Fast, J Touch see capacitive touch panels shipments on the rise
Mar 30, 15:35
Taiwan-based Young Fast Optoelectronics expects to increase its shipment proportion of capacitive touch panels to 20% in 2010, while fellow maker J Touch expects its proportion to...
Taiwan-based touch panel makers benefit from Nitto Denko lowering ITO film prices
Mar 23, 16:07
Taiwan-based touch panel makers, such as Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch, will enjoy reduced production costs due to Japan-based Nitto Denko's lowering its quotes for ITO films,...
Young Fast 2009 profits almost NT$3 billion
Mar 10, 17:07
Taiwan-based touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics generated a net profit of NT$2.97 billion (US$90.4 million) for 2009, equivalent to net EPS of NT$22.75, and will deal out...
Young Fast sales of touch panels down slightly in February
Mar 9, 16:10
Taiwan-based touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics had February revenues of NT$1.047 billion (US$32.7 million), decreasing 5.95% on month but increasing 37.13% on year, according...
Young Fast sees December revenues drop almost 30% sequentially
Jan 8, 14:49
Taiwan touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics has posted revenues of NT$1.02 billion (US$32.01 million) for December, down 27.93% sequentially from NT$1.41 billion, but up 88.32%...
Young Fast November 2009 revenues more than double on year
Dec 8, 16:24
Taiwan touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics has posted November 2009 revenues of NT$1.42 billion, an decrease of 9.22% sequentially from NT$1.56 billion, but an increase of...
Young Fast reports strong growth for October revenues
Nov 9, 15:13
Taiwan touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics has posted revenues of NT$1.56 billion (US$48.2 million) for October, up 14.47% sequentially from NT$1.36 billion and up 81.06%...
Young Fast 3Q09 net profit reaches almost NT$1 billion
Oct 28, 11:54
Taiwan touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics has posted net profit of NT$958 million (US$29.48 million) for the third quarter, up 28% sequentially and up 205% on year. Net...
Young Fast September revenues double on year
Oct 20, 15:38
Taiwan touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics has reported revenues of NT$1.36 billion (US$41.98 million) for September, up 14.21% sequentially and up 101.91% on year, according...
LCD, touch panel orders rising for Samsung, LG handsets
Sep 21, 15:39
Handset panel shipments are expected to increase significantly in the third quarter and early fourth quarter, as Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are gearing up their handset...
PC vendors turning optimistic toward touchscreen notebooks, touch panel makers say
Sep 10, 11:15
PC vendors are turning positive about the potential of touchscreen notebooks for 2009 as they prepare to launch touchscreen notebooks next month, along with the aggressive entrance...
Young Fast Vietnam plant to start production of touch panels in 4Q09
Sep 9, 16:32
Taiwan touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics plans to start small volume production at its Vietnam plant in the fourth quarter of 2009, and ramp up the production in 2010,...
Small- to medium- size panel makers expect shipments to peak in October
Sep 4, 12:32
Taiwan panel makers AU Optronics (AUO) and Giantplus Technology have forecast small- to medium-size panel shipments will peak between September and October, while Wintek and Young...
Young Fast designing multi-touch panels for Windows 7 netbooks
Aug 26, 15:06
Taiwan touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics is developing analog matrix resistive (AMR) multi-touch panels for use in netbooks, with availability scheduled for the end of...
Touch panel makers Young Fast and J Touch July revenues up on orders for handsets
Aug 11, 15:18
Taiwan touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch saw revenues increase in July due to orders from first-tier handset vendors preparing for the launch of touchscreen...
Young Fast, J Touch to see strong resistive touch panel shipment growth in 2H09
Jul 10, 17:13
Taiwan touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch are expected to enjoy significant shipment growth for resistive touch panels in the second half of 2009 driven by...
Young Fast reports over 70% annual growth for May revenues
Jun 9, 15:06
Taiwan-based touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics has posted revenues of NT$962.53 million for May, up 4.28% from NT$923.03 million for April, and up 73.31% from NT$555.37...
Young Fast and J Touch report mixed April results
May 12, 16:39
Taiwan-based touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch have reported mixed result for April revenues. Young Fast's April revenues totaled NT$923.03 million (US$28.04...
Touchscreen expected to be adopted by 20% of handsets in 2009, says Young Fast chairman
Apr 16, 12:18
The penetration rate of touchscreen panels in the handset market is expected to reach above 20% this year, double from a year earlier, thanks to Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics...
Young Fast and J Touch report significant increases in March revenues
Apr 13, 15:39
Taiwan-based touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch have reported significant increase in March revenues.
Samsung touch panel orders driving Young Fast and J Touch sales
Mar 30, 15:27
Handset-use touch panel orders from Samsung Electronics have been driving sales of Taiwan-based suppliers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch, with the latter maker seeing over...
Young Fast to cut into netbook touch panel market in 2H09
Mar 26, 16:48
Taiwan-based touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics started mass production of capacitive touch panels in February and will cut into the netbook touch panel market in the second...
Touch panel makers to increase supply to China market in 2H09
Mar 19, 12:18
Several Taiwan-based touchscreen makers, including Young Fast Optoelectronics and Emerging Display Technologies (EDT), are expected to see their shipment volume to the China white-box...
Touch panel makers Young Fast and J Touch see revenues up in February
Mar 12, 11:52
Taiwan-based resistive touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch both saw on-month revenue growth in February this year benefiting from handset vendors' aggressive...
Touch panel maker Young Fast to list on TSE main board on March 25
Newswatch - Feb 25, 15:28
Taiwan-based resistive touch panel maker Young Fast has confirmed the date for its listing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) main board, saying trading on the main board will start...
Young Fast to list on TSE mainboard, Mildex on OTC market by end of February
Feb 17, 14:55
Resistive touch panel makers Mildex Optical and Young Fast Optoelectronics are expected to start trading on the over-the-counter (OTC) market and the mainboard of the Taiwan Stock...
Touch panel makers Young Fast and J Touch see January revenues up over 30% on year
Feb 12, 16:01
With first-tier handset vendors adopting their frameless resistive touch panels, touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch saw their January revenues go up significantly...
High-end and niche products drive LCD touch-panel sales upward in 4Q
Jan 13, 01:00
Despite slow demand for consumer electronics amid a sluggish economy, touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch saw their 2008 fourth quarter revenues increase as...
Touch panel makers' November revenues drop
Dec 12, 17:05
With the touch panel industry entering the low season amid the global economic downturn, several Taiwan touch panel makers ahve reported sequential drops in November revenues.
Resistive touch panel maker Mildex to list on OTC
Nov 28, 15:12
Taiwan-based resistive touch panel maker Mildex Optical will list on the Over The Counter (OTC) market of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) after the Lunar New Year holidays (January...
Touch panel makers see strong October sales
Nov 12, 01:20
Despite a gloomy display industry outlook, Taiwan's touch panel makers have reported strong results for October chiefly driven by shipments of high-end handset applications, according...
HTC Dream features LCD panel from Sharp and touch solutions from Synaptics and TPK
Sep 24, 12:06
High Tech Computer (HTC) builds its newly unveiled HTC Dream, or known as T-Mobile G1 in the US, using LCD panels from Sharp and capacitive touch screen solutions from Synaptics,...

Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
Before Going to Press | 13min ago
Asia set to be largest 4G LTE market, says Nokia Siemens executive
Before Going to Press | 14min ago
Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
Before Going to Press | 22min ago
AUO to supply LTPS panels for use in 2nd-generation Nexus 7, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 31min ago
Unity Opto expects orders to increase from June to September
Before Going to Press | 44min ago
CSOT showcases 110-inch Ultra HD TV panel at 2013 SID Display Week
Before Going to Press | 51min ago
TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$11 million
Before Going to Press | 1h 12min ago
Lenovo aims to surpass Samsung in global smartphone market share, says paper
Before Going to Press | 1h 24min ago
AMD unveils Temash, Kabini SoC APUs
Before Going to Press | 1h 25min ago
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- Wintek expects to see positive turnaround in July 2013; develops Retina display technology, says chairman
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- Foxconn able to produce carbon nanotube touch panel sizes up to 10-inch
- Buynow expects EPS of at least NT$4.50 for 2013
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- China market: Online gaming revenues over CNY 12 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- One quarter of all notebooks to ship with touchscreens by 2016, says IHS
- Taiwan market: LG launches waterproof smartphone
- Hermes to see revenues grow higher than 10% sequentially in 2Q13
- Elan shipping touchscreen controller ICs for new Nexus 7
- Samsung showcases new displays at SID 2013
- UMC Singapore unit expands and puts focus on R&D
- E Ink launches 3 pigment electronic paper display
- Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Solar industry capex hits 7-year low in 2013, says IHS
- Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
- Large-size TFT LCD panel shipments expected to drop 6% in 2013, says DisplaySearch
- Flat panel public display market expected to grow 23% annually through 2017, says DisplaySearch
- China Labor Day LCD TV sales surge by double-digit percentage, says IHS
- E Ink unveils low temperature matrix electronic paper display for freezers
- CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
- China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
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- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- 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
23-May-2013 markets closed
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| TAIEX (TSE) | 8237.83 | -161.01 | -1.92% |

| TSE electronic | 311.32 | -6.23 | -1.96% |

| GTSM (OTC) | 119.35 | -1.36 | -1.13% |

| OTC electronic | 144.06 | -1.58 | -1.08% |

- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- 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

Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...

Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...

MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...

Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
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...
- 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.
















