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Tuesday 6 January 2026
Chang Wah interview: strong lead frame growth despite precious metals shortage
Post-pandemic inventory digestion for mature semiconductor processes has come to an end. Market conditions have rebounded amid tariff-hedging and precautionary stocking, driving Taiwan's...
Saturday 3 January 2026
Chang Wah accelerates Asia expansion as chip packaging booms
Chang Wah Electromaterials and its affiliate Chang Wah Technology are expanding operations across Taiwan, China, and Malaysia as global chipmakers and packaging houses ramp up capacity...
Friday 31 October 2025
CWTC sees stable 4Q25 operations as IC and LED leadframe price hikes take effect
Chang Wah Technology Co., Ltd. (CWTC), a leading Taiwanese IC leadframe manufacturer, held its fourth-quarter 2025 earnings call on October 30, 2025, during which the company projected...
Tuesday 7 October 2025
Upstream substrate and leadframe price hikes pressure IC packaging costs
Since early 2025, rising costs of precious metals such as gold and silver have triggered price increase signals in the supply chain for key materials like substrates and leadframes...
Friday 1 August 2025
Leadframe maker CWTC sustains growth momentum in 2Q25 despite currency headwinds
Chang Wah Technology Co., Ltd. (CWTC), a leading Taiwanese leadframe manufacturer, demonstrated operational resilience in the second quarter of 2025, weathering currency headwinds...
Tuesday 29 July 2025
TI tempers outlook as leadframe makers seek new markets
US-based semiconductor giant Texas Instruments (TI) recently released its financial report for the second quarter of 2025. Although quarterly revenue increased by 16% year-over-year,...
Thursday 29 May 2025
Leadframe maker CWTC upbeat about market, with capacity expansion on track in Malaysia
Taiwan-based leadframe maker Chang Wah Technology (CWTC) is upbeat about 2025 as demand recovers, and will continue to expand its production capacity in Malaysia, according to company...
Thursday 1 February 2024
Leadframe supplier CWTC upbeat about MiniLED potential, Q423 performance
Taiwan's Chang Wah Technology (CWTC) announced that its operational focus for 2024 will be on the continued roll-out of MiniLED solutions.
Thursday 7 December 2023
Haesung DS reportedly expanding automotive leadframe business
Haesung DS is establishing additional production lines to boost its leadframe business for automobile IC substrates, according to Korean media sources.
Friday 15 September 2023
IC leadframe suppliers brace for profit decrease in 2023
IC packaging leadframe suppliers are bracing for on-year profit decreases in 2023, as demand for automotive chips cannot offset the impact of diminishing consumer chip demand, according...
Friday 11 August 2023
Leadframe maker I-Chiun diversifying products
LED leadframe specialist I-Chiun Precision Industry has stepped up efforts to improve its product mixes, with plans to enhance its heatspreader output for advanced packaging, according...
Thursday 27 July 2023
IC lead frame demand for China-developed auto chips to pick up in 2024, says CWTC
Taiwan-based IC lead frame maker Chang Wah Technology (CWTC) expects to gain momentum for its automotive product segment in 2024, driven by major achievements in car chip developments...
Tuesday 20 June 2023
Packaging capacity expansions to shore up IC leadframe demand
IC leadframe demand is expected to grow sharply in the next several years, as a result of expansions of packaging capacity. Texas Instruments (TI), for example, has recently announced...
Tuesday 13 June 2023
Leadframe maker I-Chiun sees customers near end of inventory correction
I-Chiun Precision Industry, a leadframe manufacturer, has noticed that its downstream clients are nearing the end of their inventory adjustments.
Wednesday 7 June 2023
CWTC likely to report higher-than-anticipated 2Q23 revenue
IC packaging leadframe supplier Chang Wah Technology (CWTC), which saw its monthly revenue exceed NT$1 billion (US$32.5 million) for the second consecutive month in May, is likely...