Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see January revenues decrease

Stockwatch - Feb 10, 16:09

Optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT has reported January consolidated revenues of NT$3.77 billion (US$127 million), dropping 7.1% on month and 24.7% on year. Fellow maker Quanta Storage posted January consolidated revenues of NT$778 million, falling 2.2% on month and 10.4% on year.

Lite-On IT expected to ship 1.5-2.0 million SSDs in 2012, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 10, 10:31

Lite-On IT is expected to ship 1.5-2.0 million SSDs in 2012, five times the volume in 2011, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.

More passive component makers report falling revenues for January

Feb 9, 15:58

Following announcements made by Yago, Chilisin Electronics and Lelon Electronics of sequential revenue decreases in January 2012, TXC and Polytronics Technology have joined the group reporting drops in January sales from the previous month.

Kinpo-Compal Group aims at combined revenues of US$40 billion in 2012

Feb 9, 14:15

Taiwan-based Kinpo-Compal Group has set a challenging goal of increasing combined revenues to US$40 billion for 2012, with three key members Compal Electronics, Compal Communications and Cal-Comp Electronics (Thailand) expected to mainly contribute to revenue growth, according to group president Rock...

Foxlink, Sinbon January revenues down sequentially

Feb 8, 16:26

Electronic connector makers Foxlink and Sinbon Electronics saw January consolidated revenues of NT$6.443 billion (US$218 million) dropping 14.64% on month and NT$710 million slipping 0.62% respectively. However, Foxlink's January consolidated revenues rose on year by 21.96% and Sinbon's by 4.68%.

Component players see different worker return rates after Lunar New Year

Feb 7, 13:58

Foxconn Electronics's (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) plants in Shenzhen, Chongqing and Zhengzhou, China have all reportedly seen over 90% of their employees return to work after the Lunar New Year and the high return rate is believed to have been triggered by improvements in salary and welfare as well...

Asia Optical sees decreased January revenues

Feb 7, 11:51

Asia Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lenses and digital cameras, has reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$1.26 billion (US$42.6 million) for January, dropping 36.5% on month and 15.4% on year.

Catcher announces on-year growth in January revenues

Feb 7, 01:25

Catcher Technology announced consolidated revenues of NT$2.82 billion (US$95.19 million) for January, down 13.3% on month, but up 16.7% on year; however, the company's non-consolidated revenues in January suffered a larger drop on month of 49.4% to only NT$1.1 billion.

Simplo, Dynapack January revenues down sequentially

Stockwatch - Feb 6, 11:01

Battery pack makers Simplo Technology and Dynapack International Technology had January revenues of NT$3.604 billion (US$120 million) decreasing on month by 10.10% and NT$2.070 billion down 0.52% respectively, according to the companies.

Getac, Bin Chuan to begin shipments of fiberglass, metal stamping notebook casings

Feb 6, 10:51

Taiwan-based Getac Technology and Bin Chuan Enterprise will begin to ship fiberglass and plastic combined with metal stamping, respectively, cases for use in ultrabooks in the second quarter of 2012, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.

Shin Zu Shing to further expand capacity of hinges used in ultrabooks, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 6, 10:33

Taiwan-based Shin Zu Shing expanded its monthly production capacity of hinges used in ultrabooks from 800,000-900,000 units to 1.4-1.5 million units at the end of 2011 and will add 100 CNC sets to further expand capacity to a total of 3.2-3.3 million units, equivalent to 1.6-1.7 million ultrabooks,...

Largan see decreased January revenues

Stockwatch - Feb 6, 10:24

Largan Precision, a Taiwan-based maker of lens modules for handsets, has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.099 billion (US$36.4 million) for January 2012, dropping 16.03% on month and 9.41% on year to reach the lowest monthly level since March 2011.

China market: Sales of household appliances lower than expected during Lunar New Year holidays

Feb 4, 16:23

Sales of large-size electrical household appliances including LCD TVs in the China market were lower than expected during the Lunar New Year holidays, according to data compiled by retail channels in China.

Lite-On IT expected to see huge growth in SSD sales in 2012, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 2, 13:51

Taiwan-based optical disc drive maker Lite-On IT, while stepping into production of SSDs three years ago and generating revenues of over NT$1 billion (US$33.9 million) in 2011, is expected to bring in revenues of NT$6-7 billion from the product line in 2012 mainly due to fast growing demand for tablet...

Li-poly battery penetration expected to rise to 24% in 2012, say makers

Feb 1, 16:12

The proportion of global demand for lithium-ion polymer (Li-poly) batteries is expected to increase from 15-16% in 2011 to 24% in 2012 due to fast growing sales of tablets and ultrabooks, according to Taiwan-based battery makers.

Asia Optical expects revenue proportion for digital cameras to drop to 30% in 2012

Feb 1, 01:00

Optical device and digital camera maker Asia Optical, mainly due to the impact of Eastman Kodak's bankruptcy filing, expects the proportion of its consolidated revenues for digital cameras to decrease from 45-50% in 2011 to 30% in 2012, according to the company.

Asia Optical, Altek impacted by Kodak bankruptcy

Jan 20, 10:44

Asia Optical and Altek, two Taiwan-based digital camera ODMs, have suffered overdue accounts receivable payments and losses in inventory from the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filed by Eastman Kodak in New York on January 19, according to the two companies.

Taiwan market: Aleees to cooperate with transportation industry for electric buses

Jan 19, 13:44

Taiwan-based electric bus player Advanced Lithium Electrochemistry (Aleees) has recently announced it has signed contracts with two Taiwan-based bus transportation service providers to supply two electric buses for a free shuttle bus service between Taoyuan county government buildings and the railway...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan 4Q11 digital camera shipments decrease

Jan 17, 11:14

Taiwan-based Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics and Asia Optical shipped 12.219 million digital cameras in the fourth quarter of 2011, decreasing 21.8% on quarter and 18.6% on year, data collected by Digitimes Research show.

Taiwan ODMs considering cash only transactions with Kodak

Jan 17, 01:30

As Kodak is facing bankruptcy crisis, rumors about the company filing lawsuits against Apple, High Tech Computer (HTC) and Fujifilm as a last resort to help its financial situation, Kodak's Taiwan-based ODM partners are striving to shorten their payment period and are even considering to only transact...

NAND flash demand to soar in 2012 due to eMMC, SSD, Wi-Fi mobile storage

Jan 16, 11:04

Global demand for NAND flash is expected to drastically increase due to fast growing demand for eMMCs, SSDs (solid-state drives) and Wi-Fi wireless mobile storage devices, according to sources with memory product makers.

Asia Optical aims to ship 2 million LCoS pico projectors in 2012

Jan 16, 10:23

Asia Optical expects to ship one million LCoS pico projector modules built in smartphones and one million LCoS external pico projectors in 2012, according to company chairman Robert Lai.

CMC Magnetics, Ritek expected to land OEM orders for optical discs from Mitsubishi Chemical, says paper

Newswatch - Jan 16, 10:21

CMC Magnetics and Ritek, the largest Taiwan-based makers of blank optical discs, are expected to receive OEM orders for DVD and CD-R discs from Japan-based Mitsubishi Chemical which has decided to stop production in 2012, with shipments to begin in the second quarter of 2012, according to a Chinese-language...

Teco revenues grow 11% on year in 2011

Jan 13, 15:22

Motor maker Teco has posted revenues of NT$26.07 billion (US$869 million) for 2011, increasing 11.2% from a year earlier. The company expects wind-power generating equipment to account for 5% of its total revenues in 2012.

Notebook connector maker Aces inaugurates new product center

Jan 12, 15:16

Notebook connector maker Aces Electronics will inaugurate its new precision product center in Chungli, northern Taiwan soon, and the company will dedicate its R&D efforts to the development of car-use electronics devices and cloud computing applications.

Cal-Comp to enjoy strong external hard drive shipments in 2012; Min Aik announces 4Q11 result

Jan 12, 01:30

Taiwan-based Cal-Comp Electronics expects its external hard drive shipments in 2012 to double from those in 2011 with global market share to reach 50%.

Coretronic posts December shipments of 102,000 projectors, 4.52 million BLUs

Jan 11, 15:09

Taiwan-based Coretronic shipped 102,000 projectors and 4.52 million backlight units (BLUs) to bring in consolidated revenues of NT$5.893 billion (US$194 million) in December, according to the company.

SuperSpeed USB-enabled device shipments to top one billion in 2014, says In-Stat

Jan 11, 15:02

SuperSpeed USB-enabled device shipments are on a fast track and will surpass one billion in 2014, up from 70 million in 2011, according to In-Stat.

Lite-On IT December revenues decrease

Jan 11, 11:24

Optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT has reported consolidated revenues of NT$4.05 billion (US$133.7 million) for December 2011, decreasing 9.1% on month and 15.4% on year.

Delta Electronics December revenues down

Jan 11, 10:11

Taiwan-based Delta Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$13.444 billion (US$443.7 million) for December 2011, falling 10.13% on month and 7.49% on year.

Foxconn reports record high December revenues

Jan 11, 01:30

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) reported unconsolidated December revenues of NT$316.944 billion (US$11 billion), a 3.17% increase on month and 29.53% increase on year. Accumulated revenues for 2011 reached NT$2.77 trillion, a 19.89% increase compared to 2010.

Lite-On Technology ramping up camera module capacity

Jan 10, 11:18

Taiwan-based Lite-On Technology is expanding its monthly capacity of CCMs (compact camera modules) from 15-16 million units in second-half 2011 to 20 million units in 2012, according to company CEO KC Terng.

Ability, Altek see decreased December revenues

Jan 10, 11:12

Taiwan-based digital camera makers Ability Enterprise and Altek have reported unaudited revenues of NT$2.1 billion (US$69.3 million) and NT$1.358 billion respectively for December 2011, both decreasing on month and year.

Kinko Optical 4Q11 revenues hit record

Jan 9, 10:57

Kinko Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lens pieces, generated consolidated revenues of NT$1.833 billion (US$60.5 million) in fourth-quarter 2011, a new quarterly record, according to the company.

Catcher, Dynapack see mixed sequential growth in December revenues

Jan 6, 01:15

Taiwan-based notebook-use casing maker Catcher Technology and notebook-use battery pack maker Dynapack International Technology on January 5 reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$3.247 billion (US$107 million) and NT$2.080 billion respectively for December 2011, sequentially growing by 24.6%...

Largan December revenues slightly up on month, down on year

Jan 6, 01:05

Largan Precision, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lens modules, on January 5 reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$1.308 billion (US$43.2 million) for December 2011, increasing by 1.04% on month but decreasing by 0.87% on year.

New Kinpo Group pursues revenues of US$10 billion in 2012

Jan 6, 01:00

Taiwan-based New Kinpo Group, consisting of three key members Kinpo Electronics, AcBel Polytech and Thailand-based Cal-Comp Electronics, generated consolidated revenues of US$5.66 billion in 2011 and has set a challenging target of US$10 billion for 2012, according to market analysts in Taiwan.

Foxlink lands connector orders from China smartphone vendor Xiaomi

Jan 4, 15:27

Foxlink has obtained connector orders from China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi, according to industry sources.

Delta subsidiary gets US government funding for R&D on electric vehicle chargers

Jan 3, 16:31

Taiwan-based Delta Electronics has announced that the US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded funding of nearly US$2 million to Delta Products, its US-based subsidiary, for a research project to develop residential electric vehicle chargers which are cost-effective and can be connected to smart grids...

Panasonic to release more camera orders to Taiwan in 2012-2013

Jan 3, 10:53

Japan-based vendor Panasonic, in order to minimize production cost, began placing orders for its Lumix digital cameras with Taiwan-based makers Ability Enterprise and Foxconn Electronics in the second half of 2011. It is expected to release ODM orders for more Lumix models to more Taiwan-based makers,...

Taiwan camera makers expect Kodak orders to decrease

Jan 3, 10:50

Taiwan-based ODM makers of digital still cameras for Eastman Kodak, viewing that Kodak's global market share is decreasing due to increasing competition from Japan-based vendors such as Canon, Nikon and Sony, expect Kodak to reduce order volumes in 2012, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Taiwan market: 1.2 million digital cameras sold in 2011

Dec 29, 15:55

An estimated 1.2 million digital cameras, including DSLR models and MILCs (mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras), were sold in the Taiwan market in 2011, according to industry sources.

Supply chain players see dropping iPad 2 orders

Dec 29, 15:48

Although Apple is reportedly set to use its iPad 2 to compete in the entry-level tablet PC market against Amazon's Kindle Fire when its next-generation iPads hit the market in March 2012, sources from Apple's supply chain have pointed out that Apple's orders for iPad 2 are dropping gradually, while...

Apple to increase battery capacity of upcoming high-end version of new iPad, say sources

Dec 29, 10:53

The battery capacity for the high-end version of Apple's new iPad - due to be unveiled in January 2012 - will be increased to 14,000mAH compared to 6,500mAH used currently, according to industry sources.