Unimicron Technology has announced consolidated revenues climbed to a record high of NT$21.39 billion (US$687.3 million) in the third quarter of 2018, driven by a seasonal pick-up in shipments of its PCB products mainly HDI boards.
Unimicron posted September revenues of NT$7.23 billion, down 2.2% sequentially but up 14.6% from a year ago. Revenues for the third quarter of 2018 represented increases of 23.6% on quarter and 26.2% on year.
Unimicron also supplies IC substrates, and has seen demand for ABF (ajinomoto build-up film) substrates become tight recently thanks to growing demand for server and high-performance computing applications.
Fellow PCB company Compeq Manufacturing has reported September revenues increased 6.1% sequentially to NT$5.26 billion, while revenues at Unitech Printed Circuit Board stayed nearly flat on month at NT$1.81 billion.
Compeq, which provides HDI boards as well as substrate-like PCBs and rigid-flex boards, posted revenues of NT$14.74 billion in the third quarter of 2018. The results were 39.6% higher than the prior quarter's levels, but down 1.4% from a year earlier.
Unitech has expanded its offerings to include any-layer HDI PCBs, rigid-flex PCBs, automotive boards and substrate-like PCBs. The company disclosed its cumulative 2018 through September rose 19.2% from a year ago to NT$14.31 billion.
Tripod Technology, which makes PCBs for a broad range of applications including PCs, mobile devices, automotive electronics, servers and networking equipment, has reported September revenues slipped 1.9% sequentially to NT$4.9 billion. Revenues for the third quarter of 2018 came to NT$14.72 billion, rising 19.7% on year and 15.6% sequentially.
Chin-Poon Industrial, which has more than 70% of its revenues from the auto industry, has announced consolidated revenues for September 2018 decreased 7.6% sequentially and 24.1% on year to NT$1.57 billion. Revenues totaled NT$15.77 billion for the first nine months of 2018, down 12.9% fro a year earlier.
Article translated by Jessie Shen
