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Wednesday 1 April 2009
Commentary: Upstream LED players turning aggressive in downstream lighting market
Taiwan LED chipmakers and packaging houses, such as Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy, Everlight Electronics, and Bright LED, are crossing into the general lighting and streetlamp market in...
Tuesday 31 March 2009
LED players remain cautious about recent rebound in market
Taiwan LED players, cautious about the industry's outlook beyond June, have indicated that recent increases in orders may only be a rebound whose momentum may not last long, according...
Monday 23 March 2009
DRAM chipmakers Nanya and Inotera gain capital support from Formosa Plastics
Taiwan's Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories have received additional capital of over NT$10 billion (US$296 million) from parent company the Formosa Plastics Group, according to...
Thursday 19 March 2009
LED chipmakers have better order visbility and utilization rates
Taiwan LED chipmakers Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy, and Opto Tech have all reported sequential increases in their February revenues, with their order visibility and utilization rates...
Thursday 12 March 2009
DRAM maker Nanya to gain funding from parent company, sources say
The Formosa Plastics Group has decided to pour a substantial amount of capital, in the form of equity investment or loans, into its subsidiary Nanya Technology, one of Taiwan's struggling...
Friday 6 March 2009
Formosa Plastics and Nanya look to participate in Taiwan Memory
The Formosa Plastics Group, parent company of DRAM makers Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories, is prepared to pursue talks with John Hsuan, chairman elect of Taiwan Memory Company...
Friday 27 February 2009
Micron agrees to release DRAM technology to Taiwan
The Formosa Plastics Group, parent company of Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories, has assured the Taiwan government that Micron Technology will release more than 2,500 patents...
Thursday 26 February 2009
LED chipmaker Formosa revenues halved in 4Q08
LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) has reported revenues of NT$203.16 million (US$5.83 million) for the fourth quarter of 2008, down 49.64% on quarter and down 51.47% on year,...
Wednesday 25 February 2009
Nan Ya PCB gains over NT$838 million in capital
Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) has raised its capital to NT$57.2 billion (US$1.6 billion), after receiving NT$838.8 million from its parent company the Formosa Plastics Group,...
Wednesday 25 February 2009
Taiwan government-backed memory operation reportedly to source funds from Nanya parent company, and technology from Elpida
The Taiwan government is considering inviting the Formosa Plastics Group, the parent company of Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories, to co-fund a planned state-run operation called...
Wednesday 11 February 2009
Qimonda approaches Formosa Plastics for takeover, paper says
The Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan's largest petrochemical business group to which Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories belong, has been approached by Qimonda over the possibility...
Tuesday 20 January 2009
Losses expected for most Taiwan LED chipmakers in 4Q08
With LED market demand being affected by the global financial crisis, most Taiwan LED upstream players are expected to perform poorly in the fourth quarter 2008, according to market...
Wednesday 7 January 2009
Formosa Plastics to invest NT$44 billion in solar industry, paper says
The Formosa Plastics Group (FPG), Taiwan's largest petrochemical business group, plans to invest NT$11 billion (US$333 million) to set up a factory of silane, a gas material used...
Wednesday 26 November 2008
Nan Ya and Inotera lend Micron US$285 million for Qimonda deal
Nan Ya Plastics and Inotera Memories will lend Micron Technology a total of US$285 million to facilitate Micron's acquisition of Qimonda's stake in Inotera, according to the compan...
Wednesday 15 October 2008
Formosa to implement technology to increase brightness of high-power LEDs
After licensing technology from a US-based vendor for increasing the brightness of high-powered LEDs, Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy is said to be expecting new manufacturing...