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Friday 1 June 2018
Protective component maker Thinking gearing up for automotive, 5G
Circuit protection device specialist Thinking Electronic Industrial is gearing up to grasp new business opportunities in the automotive and 5G sectors with plans to expand its factory...
Friday 18 May 2018
Murata, Pegatron, Inventec dismiss reports about MLCC deals
Murata Manufacturing, Pegatron and Inventec have dismissed recent reports from Taiwan about deals they had allegedly struck over stable MLCC supply amid serious shortages of the passive...
Wednesday 16 May 2018
EMS firms see profits eroded by ever-rising passive component costs
Taiwan EMS firms, especially smaller ones, are seeing their profitability increasingly eroded as their downstream customers are reluctant to absorb increases in production cost driven...
Monday 14 May 2018
Quanta sees weak 1Q18 results
Quanta Computer has announced its first-quarter 2018 financial results with its profits, gross margin and operating profit margin all slipping from the same quarter a year ago, with...
Tuesday 8 May 2018
Yageo, Chilisin post revenue growths in April
Passive component makers Yageo and Chilisin Electronics have reported sequential increases in April consolidated revenues of 13.3% and 6.5%, respectively.
Wednesday 2 May 2018
Yageo to launch tender offer for China circuit protection device specialist
Taiwan-based passive component vendor Yageo has announced plans to acquire shares of China-based BrightKing for NT$73 (US$2.46) per unit from May 4 to June 21, with a goal of fully...
Friday 27 April 2018
MLCC shortatges disrupting downstream production and shipments
Channel distributors of MLCCs are increasingly plagued by the growing supply shortfall of the passive component, as they can hardly find new supply sources to meet customer demand,...
Friday 27 April 2018
Chilisin to downsize capital 30%
Taiwan-based Chilisin Electronics has announced plans to reduce its share capital by about 91.82 million units, or 30%, to 214 million units. The amount of reduction in capital will...
Thursday 19 April 2018
Acer prepares new notebooks for Spring Computer Show 2018 in Taiwan
For the upcoming Spring Computer Show 2018 in Taipei from April 27-30, Acer has unveiled several Avengers special edition notebooks partnership Marvel.
Tuesday 17 April 2018
Taiwan makers to gain from Murata move to drop lower-end MLCC production
Taiwan makers of MLCCs will stand to benefit from Japan-based Murata Manufacturing's move to drop the production of general-type MLCCs before the end of fiscal 2020 to allow more...
Tuesday 17 April 2018
EMS production disrupted by passive components shortages
Increasingly serious shortfalls in the supply of passive components have disrupted production at some major EMS firms in Taiwan, undermining their shipments to brand clients, with...
Tuesday 10 April 2018
Yageo March revenues surge 80%
Passive component maker Yageo has reported consolidated revenues for March 2018 surged 32.8% sequentially and 80.1% from a year earlier to a record high of NT$4.27 billion (US$146.2...
Friday 9 March 2018
Passive component supply to remain tight through 2019, says Yageo chair
The global supply of passive components is expected to remain tight through 2019, thanks to robust end-market demand, according to Pierre Chen, chairman for Yageo.
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Yageo February revenues surge 61%
Passive component maker Yageo has reported consolidated revenues for February 2018 surged 60.6% from a year earlier to NT$3.22 billion (US$109.7 million).
Friday 23 February 2018
Yageo, Walsin post record profits for 2017
Yageo and Walsin Technology, two major Taiwan-based passive component suppliers, both delivered record net profits for 2017.