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Thursday 27 July 2017
Foxconn increases server production in southwestern China, says Nikkei
Foxconn Electronics' China-based subsidiary HongFuJin Precision Electronics (Guiyang) set up a server factory in Quizhou Province, southwestern China, at an investment CNY350 million...
Friday 14 July 2017
50 Japan-based PV firms shut down in 1H17, says Nikkei
50 Japan-based companies engaged in PV related business were insolvent and forced to close operations in the first half of 2017, 2.2 times that for the first half of 2016. Total debts...
Monday 20 March 2017
Japan PV makers to face impact from feed-in tariff cuts, says Nikkei
The Japan government will lower feed-in tariff rates for renewable energy beginning April 2017, and for Japan-based PV makers, this is equivalent to ending favorable subsidization...
Wednesday 8 March 2017
Sumitomo Chemical to produce curved-surface AMOLED touch panels in South Korea, says Nikkei
Japan-based Sumitomo Chemical will invest JPY15 billion (US$132 million) to set up a factory for curved-surface AMOLED touch panels based on thin-film substrates in South Korea, according...
Thursday 26 January 2017
Japan market: OLED TV prices fall, says Nikkei
Retail prices for OLED TVs in the Japan market have dropped significantly due to decreases in price for OLED panels, according to Japan-based Nikkei.
Wednesday 18 January 2017
Plus One Marketing sells 4.0 million smartphones globally in fiscal year 2016, says Nikkei
Plus One Marketing, a Japan-based vendor of inexpensive smartphones for sale under the own brand Freetel, estimates global sales of four million smartphones, consisting of one million...
Monday 9 January 2017
Sharp plans to set up OLED line at Foxconn factory in China, says Nikkei
Sharp plans to invest JPY100 billion (US$864 million) to set up an OLED production line at Foxconn Electronics' factory in Zhengzhou City, northern China, with production to begin...
Monday 12 December 2016
Foxconn and Sharp plan to set up LCD TV panel factory in China, says Nikkei
Foxconn Electronics and Sharp plan to cooperatively set up a 10.5G or 11G LCD TV panel factory in China at an estimated total investment of JPY800 billion (US$6.95 billion), with...
Tuesday 15 November 2016
JOLED to offer prototype printed OLED panels, says Nikkei
JOLED, a Japan-based panel maker established in January 2015 through combining Pansonic's and Sony's OLED business units, will offer prototype printed OLED panels initially for use...
Wednesday 2 December 2015
UMC Xiamen fab to go online as early as 3Q16, says report
Operations at United Microelectronics' (UMC) 12-inch wafer fab in Xiamen are expected to kick off as early as third-quarter 2016, according to a report from Japan's Nikkei Asian...
Tuesday 18 August 2015
SoftBank to invest in geothermal power generation, says Nikkei News
Japan-based SoftBank will have SB Energy, its subsidiary specifically for investments in developing renewable energy, extend construction and operation from PV and wind power to geothermal...
Friday 31 July 2015
Sharp plans to stop in-house production of a-Si thin-film PV modules, says Nikkei News
Japan-based Sharp plans to stop in-house production of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film PV modules as they are less price competitive, according to Japan-based Nikkei News
Thursday 2 April 2015
Panasonic in negotiations with Zuiko for plasma plant sale, says report
Panasonic is reportedly planning to sell its production plants, which were originally used for plasma TV manufacturing, in Amagasaki, Japan to Japan-based sanitary product maker Zuiko,...
Tuesday 3 February 2015
Sharp, Panasonic to sell LCD TV plants in Mexico, says report
Sharp and Panasonic will stop their respective TV manufacturing operations in Mexico, as they seek to improve their TV businesses, according to Japan-based Nikkei News.
Thursday 16 August 2012
Wintek expanding touch panel capacity in Vietnam, says report
Wintek is expanding its production capacity of touch panels for use in iPad and iPhone in Bac Giang Province, northeastern Vietnam, with an investment of US$870 million, according...