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.

New products to account for 60% of AUO total shipments in 2012

Feb 10, 16:14

Shipments of new products, including 65-inch panels, one glass solution (OGS) touch panels, and other panels for in-car devices and tablet PC applications, will account for 60% of total shipments by AU Optronics (AUO) in 2012, according to the company.

Coretronic looks to rising projector shipments in February

Feb 10, 14:13

Coretronic expects to ship more projectors in February to boost its revenues after the company saw its consolidated revenues decrease 6% on month and 3% on year to NT$5.53 billion (US$187.5 million) in January.

Delta sees falling January revenues

Feb 10, 10:45

Taiwan-based power supply firm Delta Electronics reported January revenues of NT$12.061 billion (US$407 million), down 10% on month and 13% on year.

Penetration rate of LED-backlit TVs to top 60-70% in 2012, says sources

Feb 9, 16:00

With branded TV vendors continuing to expand their product lineups for LED TVs, the penetration rate of LED-backlit TVs to global TV shipments is expected to climb to 60-70% in 2012, according to an estimate of industry sources.

Veeco reports 4Q11 revenues

Feb 9, 13:33

Equipment provider Veeco Instruments has announced financial results for fourth-quarter 2011 and full year 2011.

E Ink sees revenues decline over 60% on year in January

Newswatch - Feb 8, 16:05

EPD maker E Ink Holdings (EIH) has posted consolidated revenues of NT$1.42 billion (US$48.02 million) for January, down 11% sequentially and 63.6% on year, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).

LCD monitor sales to remain sluggish in Europe in 2012, say sources

Feb 8, 14:56

Sales of LCD monitors in Europe are expected to remain sluggish in 2012 after suffering a slump a year earlier as consumer demand has been weakened by the prolonged debt crisis in the region, according to industry sources.

Everlight, Edison Opto see decreasing January revenues

Feb 8, 01:10

Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight reported January revenues of NT$1.147 billion (US$39 million), down 10.5% on month and 2.4% on year. According to Everlight, the falling revenues were due to fewer working days.

Taiwan market: February LCD monitor sales to grow 10% sequentially

Feb 7, 14:41

Branded LCD vendors in Taiwan including Asustek Computer, Chimei, BenQ and ViewSonic will offer incentives to promote sales to students in the local market upon the beginning of the spring semester in mid-February and expect total sales to increase 10% sequentially in the month, according to industry...

Alltek looks to wireless and LED products for 2012 revenue growth

Feb 7, 12:18

IC distributor Alltek Technology expects products used for wireless and LED applications to drive its revenue growth in 2012. Overall, the company is more optimistic about its sales performance in the second half of the year than that in the first half.

Radiant sees increased January revenues

Feb 7, 11:37

Radiant Opto-Electronics, a Taiwan-based maker of backlight units (BLUs), has reported consolidated revenues of NT$5.696 billion (US$193 million) for January, increasing 19.86% on month and 41.37% on year.

TPK, Wintek January revenues significantly down on month

Feb 7, 01:00

TPK Holding and Wintek, two Taiwan-based makers of touch panels, had consolidated revenues of NT$14.226 billion (US$481 million) and those of NT$8.891 billion dropping on month by 19.89% and 15.78% respectively, according to the companies.

Corning and Samsung Mobile Display form new OLED glass venture

Feb 6, 15:03

Corning and Samsung Mobile Display have signed an agreement to establish a new equity venture for the manufacture of specialty glass substrates for the rapidly expanding organic light emitting diode (OLED) device market. The new business will be located in Korea.

Taiwan to hold first touch exhibition in August 2012

Feb 6, 14:39

The 2012 Touch Taiwan will take place at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall from August 29 to September 1, 2012.

Sapphire substrate maker Wafer Works Optronics reports net loss for 2011

Feb 6, 14:20

Weak demand in the LED market in 2011 caused pricing of upstream sapphire substrates to decrease as well. 2-inch substrates have been quoted around US$8-10/unit.

CCFL maker Wellypower reports negative EPS for 2011

Feb 6, 12:18

CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent lamp) maker Wellypower Optronics has reported net losses of NT$307.11 million (US$10.4 million) for 2011, compared to a net income of NT$444.03 million recorded in 2010.

CCFL maker GIO to further consolidate workforce

Feb 4, 14:30

Having reportedly slashed its workforce by 30% in the second half of 2011, CCFL and LED light bar maker GIO Optoelectronics plans to once again cut the number of its employees soon, according to industry sources.

Wintek reports sequential revenue declines for January

Newswatch - Feb 3, 12:08

Touch panel maker Wintek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$8.89 billion (US$300.85 million) for January 2012, down 15.8% on month but up 27.1% on year, according to the company.

Apple unlikely to launch iTV in 2Q12, say sources

Feb 3, 01:35

The chance is low for Apple to launch so-called iTV products in the second quarter of 2012 as there are no signs indicating that Sharp is ready to ship IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) panels to Apple, according to industry sources.

AUO signs OLED technology cooperation pact with Idemitsu Kosan

Feb 3, 01:25

AU Optronics (AUO) has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Japan-based Idemitsu Kosan for the development of OLED technologies and related applications, according to AUO.

Renesas to terminate large-size LCD driver IC business

Feb 2, 14:44

Renesas Electronics has unveiled plans to withdraw from the large-size display driver IC business, citing the slowdown of the flat panel display market and falls in prices.

Sintek chairman steps down

Newswatch - Feb 2, 14:02

Sintek Photronic chairman Chang Wen-yi has resigned from the company, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). The company will elect a new chairman within this month, Sintek said.

Taiwan market: Nearly 27,000 projectors shipped in 4Q11

Feb 2, 12:22

There were 26,925 projectors shipped in the Taiwan market during fourth-quarter 2011, increasing 3% sequentially but decreasing 11.4% on year, according to IDC Taiwan.

GT Advanced sees FY 3Q12 revenues decrease

Feb 2, 11:24

GT Advanced Technologies has reported results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2012, which ended December 31, 2011.

Philips reports 4Q11 net losses

Jan 30, 14:51

Philips has reported fourth-quarter 2011 sales of EUR6.7 billion (US$8.8 billion) with lighting sales up by 7% on year. Fourth-quarter 2011 net losses resulted in EUR160 million due to low earnings and a loss from discontinued operations, according to Philips.

Samsung posts record profit in 4Q11

Jan 30, 14:10

Booming smartphone sales made Samsung Electronics' latest quarter its most profitable quarter ever, according to the company.

Corning profit down in 2011

Jan 30, 10:48

Corning has reported fourth-quarter 2011 revenues of US$1.9 billion, down 9% on quarter but up 7% on year. Net incomes were US$491 million, down 39% from third-quarter 2011.

Worldwide projector market neared 10 million units in 2011, says Pacific Media

Jan 30, 10:04

Total projector volume hit nearly 10 million in 2011 as annual sales registered a solid double-digit gain in Asia along with single-digit gains in the Americas and EMEA (Europe, Mid-East, Africa), according to Pacific Media Associates (PMA).

Everlight to enter Japan lighting market in 2012, says chairman

Jan 20, 11:50

The market conditions for LED may still be in the clouds in first-half 2012, according to Robert Yeh, chairman of Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight. While attending Lighting Japan 2012, Yeh indicated that the industry might see a return of demand in the second half of 2012 as the price of...

ODM orders for Kindle Fire tablet PCs to drop to 3 million units in 1Q12, say sources

Jan 20, 01:15

ODM orders for Kindle Fire tablet PCs are expected to be cut by half to three million units in the first quarter of 2012, down from about six million units shipped in the last quarter of 2011, according to sources in the supply chain.

Chang Wah seeing orders for driver IC-use packaging materials surge

Jan 19, 17:00

Chang Wah Electromaterials, which distributes packaging materials and equipment for the semiconductor and LCD industries, expects orders for COF (chip-on-film) packaging materials to increase 20% sequentially in the first quarter of 2012 bucking seasonal patterns, according to company chairman Chia-neng...

Commentary: Large-size TVs, big opportunities

Jan 19, 16:41

The LCD TV market went through severe price competition in 2011 with products such as 42-inch CCFL-backlit TVs costing only US$199/unit. Industry sources believe this price is close to production costs.

Penetration rate of IPS/FFS panels in mobile PC sector to reach 20% in 2014-2015, says DisplaySearch

Newswatch - Jan 19, 16:27

The penetration rate of IPS (in-plane switching) and FFS (fringe-field switching) panels in the mobile PC (including notebook, netbooks and tablet PCs) segment is expected to climb from 11% in 2011 to 20% in 2014-2015, Display Search has indicated in a Chinese-language press release.