Strong demand for commercial notebooks, servers and other devices enabling work from home has allowed Taiwanese passive components vendors to see clear order visibility for MLCC and...

IPC makers are beginning to see tight supply of components from Southeast Asia due to impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, with prices likely to rise, according to industry sources...

Notebook ODMs have been stocking extra parts and components, as they are wary of limited availabilities of cables/wires, connectors and passive components amid the coronavirus pandemic,...

Chip resistors are seeing the tightest supply among passive components with book-to-bill ratios at suppliers rising to 1.8, higher than 1.5 for MLCCs, and major makers Yageo, Walsin...

Many Taiwan-based passive component makers have posted significant sequential increases in March consolidated revenues, bolstered by strong shipments of MLCCs, resistors, inductors...

Taiwan-based passive component makers have landed mostly short lead time orders recently from clients seeking to replenish their inventory, with order visibility clear just one month...

Passive components maker Yageo is gearing up to boost capacity utilization at its plants outside China to mitigate the coronavirus impact on its overall output of MLCCs and resistor...

Walsin Technology, a maker of MLCCs and resistor chips, has said its production lines in Taiwan and Malaysia are operating at full capacity and those in China at 70%, with shipments...

Taiwan-based passive component makers will be freeing up non-China production capacity if necessary, as their manufacturing operations in China have experienced low labor return rates...

Taiwan-based passive component makers are being requested by clients to scale up production in Taiwan or Southeast Asia to offset possible production contraction in China due to the...

The coronavirus outbreak is disrupting Taiwan-based passive components makers' massive post-Lunar New Year recruitment plans, which may compound labor shortages, tightening global...

Passive components suppliers and clients have kept their inveotory levels low in 2019 amid US-China tradce tensions. But now inventory is running low and they are starting to rebuild...

Inventory levels in the passive components sector are running low, with clients now starting to replenish their stocks, promising tight supply of capacitors, resistors and inductors,...

MLCC firms have struck new long-term contracts for the supply of high temperature-resistant and medium- to high-capacitance MLCCs for 5G base station equipment and industrial applications,...

The market for passive components is likely to bottom out in the fourth quarter of 2019 and gradually rebound on 5G commercialization in 2020, according to industry sources.

Taiwanese passive component suppliers have seen inventory approach healthy levels after two to three quarters of correction. But while their third-quarter...

Demand for MLCCs, chip resistors, as well as other passive components, has started picking up substantially, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Chilisin Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$7.71 billion (US$248.3 million) for the first half of 2019, up 4.5% on year. The passive component vendor is optimistic...

Several passive component companies have pushed back the schedule to install new equipment and facilities for additional production capacities, judging from a number of macro factors...

MLCC and chip resistor supplier Walsin Technology will carry on its capacity expansion project in Taiwan, but is cautious about its performance in the third quarter, according to...

In response to the US-China trade tensions, Yageo has turned conservative about the IT market outlook and is looking to keep its utilization rate at around 30-40% and to cut its inventory...

Taiwan passive components makers are conservative about their business prospects for the first half of 2019, as market demand, especially for components for consumer devices, still...

Passive component vendor Yageo has reported sequential decreases in both revenues and profits for the first quarter of 2019, and remains cautious about its performance in the second...

Passive components vendor Chilisin Group has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.27 billion (US$41.3 million) for March 2019, up 27.5% sequentially, with its aggregate revenues...

Passive component supplier Chilisin Electronics has reported consolidated revenues fell 30.1% sequentially but grew 27.8% on year to NT$998 million (US$32.3 million) in February 20...