Consolidated revenues at Taiwan-based PCB manufacturer Unimicron Technology registered decreases of 16.5% sequentially and 10.7% on year in the first quarter of 2013.
Unimicron has announced that March consolidated revenues increased 22.3% on month to NT$5.16 billion (US$172 million), indicating a pick-up in customer orders.
However, Unimicon's consolidated sales slipped to NT$14.62 billion in the first quarter from NT$17.03 billion in fourth-quarter 2012, due to unpleasant results in the first two months of 2013.
Unimicron previously said that a seasonal slowdown in orders would drag down its utilization rates and revenues in the first quarter. Unimicron produces PCBs, HDI boards and flexible PCBs for consumer technology products, such as smartphones, and also supplies packaging substrates for IC components.
In other news, IC substrate specialist Kinsus Interconnect Technology has reported March consolidated revenues of NT$1.75 billion, up 10.3% on month. Consolidated sales for the first quarter of 2013 amounted to NT$5.32 billion, up 3.4% on year but down 4.8% sequentially.
Previous reports quoted industry observers as saying that Kinsus would enjoy a particularly strong first quarter of 2013, driven by shipments of FC CSP (flip-chip chip-scale package) substrates to clients including Qualcomm and MediaTek.
Article translated by Jessie Shen
