PCB maker Unitech Printed Circuit Board will begin to install production lines at its new plant in Ilan, northeast Taiwan in August with the commercial run of the plant slated for...
Apple has increased the number of PCB suppliers for iPad 2 from three to seven, industry sources have claimed. The newly-added contract makers, Compeq Manufacturing, Gold Circuit...
A fire broke out at a PCB plant in Dayuan, northern Taiwan operated by Compeq Manufacturing on January 8. The fire was put out quickly and no injuries were reported. The cause of...
Nanya PCB (NPC) plans to drop its capital spending from NT$5 billion (US$171 million) in 2010 to less than NT$1 billion in 2011, as most of its investment for expanding capacity for...
Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) plans to ramp up its combined capacity for HDI boards in Taiwan and China by 66% to 500,000 square feet by the end of first-quarter 2011, according...
Wus Printed Circuit plans to buy back 28 million shares of common stock, about 7.37% of its outstanding shares, in a price range of NT$14.21 (US$0.48) to NT$30.42 per share between...
PCB maker Compeq Manufacturing on December 27 announced self-evaluated net income of NT$134 million (US$4.5 million) or NT$0.11 a share for November. With strong shipments for handset...
Compeq Manufacturing, a major Taiwan-based PCB supplier, on December 22 announced it has completed a syndicated loan of NT$5 billion (US$167 million) with a 19-member banking consortium...
With strong demand from the smartphone and tablet PC sectors, HDI board supply has shown signs of shortage since the third quarter of 2010, according to PCB makers. Laser drilling...
PCB maker Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) plans to ramp up its production capacity for HDI boards from 200,000 square feet a month currently to 350,000 square feet in the first quarter...
Nanya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) has reported revenues of NT$3.35 billion (US$110.51 million) for November 2010, an increase of 6.07% sequentially. The monthly figures were also...
Taiwan's Eva Technologies, which provides OEM PCB drilling services for HDI boards and IC substrates, has said its capex is targeted at US$20 million for 2011. The number is far higher...
As PCB manufacturers are scaling up their purchases of laser drills for HDI PCB production to meet rising demand from the smartphone and tablet PC markets, manufacturers of the equipment...
Ibiden, Tripod Technology and TTM Technologies have been named as the initial PCB suppliers for a second-generation Apple tablet PC, which is expected to be launched in the first...
PCB supplier Unimicron Technology has announced third-quarter consolidated revenues of NT$17.45 billion (US$568 million), up 5% sequentially. But gross margin for the quarter slid...
