Most Taiwan-based PCB makers have projected that their revenues in February will be better than those recorded in January due to increases in rush orders and more working days this...
Despite an expected decline in PCB production value, PCB makers expect netbook and smartphone applications to be growth drivers in 2009, benefiting related PCB companies Unitech Printed...
PCB makers have seen an increase in rush orders in particular to the notebook segment during the past one to two weeks. Demand for optoelectronics PCBs is also better than expected...
HannStar Board, whose low-cost strategy has won it an over 50% share of netbook printed circuit board (PCB) market in 2008, stands a good chance of grabbing a 70% share next year,...
With notebook demand worsening, HannStar Board, a major supplier of notebook-use printed circuit board (PCB) supplier, saw losses in November and its utilization rate has dropped...
Affected by a sharp order drop in November, HannStar Board and Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) have both reduced their annual PCB shipments guidance for 2008 by 10%.
PCB companies are being forced to freeze capacity expansion plans next year due to sagging end market demand and the China government's restrictions on wastewater emissions, according...
Having downward adjusted their fourth-quarter guidance recently, the two major Taiwan notebook PCB makers – HannStar Board and Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) – have also...
PCB industry players indicated PCB orders have dropped dramatically since October, as customers are seeking to delay shipments amid a weakening economic outlook. Even notebook PCB...
Due to weak order volumes for notebook PCBs, fourth-quarter lead times of HannStar Board have decreased from four weeks to three weeks. The company said sales for the fourth quarter...
Because of weak market demand amid a slowing world economy, PCB makers HannStar Board and Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) both failed to meet their third-quarter shipment targets and...
Although the peak season effect for the notebook market was not as good as expected this year, notebook PCB maker HannStar Board reported record consolidated sales of NT$2.12 billion...
HannStar Board expects its PCB shipments to the regular notebook segment to stay flat or have weak growth in the fourth quarter, as demand will have been squeezed by netbooks.
HannStar Board expects its PCB shipments to grow at least 10% sequentially in the third quarter as a result of a seasonal upturn in the notebook market.
With Taiwan-based multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) supplier Walsin Technology Corporation (WTC) announcing that it would be increasing its stake in printed circuit board (PCB)...
