Niche-market copper clad laminate (CCL) supplier Ventec International expects demand for automotive and 5G related applications to drive its revenue and profit growth in 2019.

Copper-clad laminate (CCL) firm Iteq has reported net profits surged 42.6% to NT$1.78 billion (US$57.6 million) in 2018, when consolidated revenues increased 5.6% on year to NT$22.4...

Taiwan-based IC and materials distributors are unlikely to see demand pick up until after the second quarter of 2019, according to industry sources.

Taiwan-based CCL suppliers including Elite Materials (EMC), Iteq and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) are all expected to see their first-quarter revenues decrease from the same period...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw its consolidated revenues decline 22% sequentially and hit a 22-month low of NT$60.89 billion...

Taiwan makers of flexible copper clad laminate (FCCL) and coverlay, materials for flexible PCBs, are gearing up to develop new material solutions and build new production lines to...

Topco Technologies, which distributes mainly silicone materials, expects to post another revenue and profit growth in 2019, citing brisk demand for mainly non-consumer electronics...

Taiwan-based Taiflex Scientific has announced financial results for the fourth quarter of 2018 and the whole year 2018. The company saw its 2018 consolidated revenues drop from a...

China's central government has decided to intervene in the case of Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit accused of stealing trade secrets from US-based Micron Technology, while the Fujian...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has confirmed that yield rates were affected by certain substandard chemical used in the manufacturing process, following media reports...

Despite sales growth stagnancy for smartphones, handset PCB suppliers are moving to develop high-end board materials as they believe handsets still have great room for sales growth...

Polarizer supplier Cheng Mei Materials Technology (formerly Chimei Materials Technology) has announced a controversial reshuffle of its top management ousting its incumbent chairman...

Semiconductor material distributors Topco Scientific and Wahlee Industrial have both reported on-year increases in consolidated revenues for 2018 of 21.4% and 23.4%, respectively.

Suppliers of glass substrates and liquid crystal materials for Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) are likely to incur the highest amounts of arrears due to the recent shutdown of CPT's...

The board of directors of flexible PCB specialist Flexium Interconnect has approved plans to budget NT$8 billion (US$259.5 million) in capex for 2019, which will be utilized for capacity...

Chung Yo Materials will invest NT$300 million (US$9.74 million) to expand production capacity for metal powders used in 3D printing, including next-generation gas atomization manufacturing...

Taiwan-based IC fabrication and packaging material distributors including Topco Scientific, Niching Industrial and Wahlee Industrial are expected to end 2018 with impressive annual...

LCD chemical material supplier Daxin Materials expects its shipments of organic coating materials for IC packaging process to further expand in 2019, having begun to ship such advanced...

Taiwan-based polarizer supplier Cheng Mei Materials Technology (formerly Chimei Materials Technology) has managed to swing back to profitability in the third quarter of 2018, ending...

ASML expects some delay in deliveries during the start of 2019, due to a fire at one of its suppliers of electronics components and modules.

Not everybody owns the "entrepreneurship DNA," and not too many people would choose to choose to create startups, according to Dan Shechtman, an Israeli materials scientist who was...

Catcher Technology is developing new casing materials and structures to meet higher performance requirements for casing products in the 5G era, as it aims to continue to sharpen its...

Power inductor specialist Chilisin Electronics has announced net profits hiked 130% from a year earlier to NT$513 million (US%16.6 million) in September 2018, with EPS reaching NT$...

As digital manufacturing is gradually becoming an important part of the worldwide manufacturing industry, data security and supply chain management are major concerns for many large...

Taiflex Scientific has disclosed sales of its electronic materials products consisting of mainly flexible copper-clad laminates (FCCL) surged 30.1% sequentially and 10.9% on year...