Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) expects its fab operation in Xiamen, China to remain unprofitable in 2018 due to insufficient economies of scale.

Globalfoundries has disclosed plans to cut 5% of its global workforce, or about 900 employees, with the layoff to take place mainly in Europe and the US.

Taiwan-based Unique Materials will invest NT$70 million (US$2.346 million) to set up a plant in the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) to develop and produce quantum dot materials...

DRAM and flash memory maker Winbond Electronics will start constructing a new fab in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan in September followed by equipment move-in slated for 2020.

Taiwan-based Taiflex Scientific, which supplies flexible copper clad laminates (FCCL), expects the flexible PCB (FPCB) market to continue growing.

The IC industry in Hefei is one of the fast-growing IC industry clusters in China. In less than three years, a total of 129 IC companies including fabless firms, foundries and backend...

Globalfoundries has denied recent rumors indicating the company is looking for a strategic partner or buyer to transfer the ownership of its 12-inch wafer plant in Chengdu, China.

China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) has signed a deal which calls for an investment of up to CNY42.68 billion (US$6.682 billion) to build a new 11G flat panel plant - the...

Foundry chipmaker Powerchip Technology plans to build a new 12-inch wafer plant in the Tongluo campus of Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) in Miaoli, northern Taiwan with total investment...

Taiwan Tohcello Functional Sheet, a subsidiary of Japan-based Mitsui Chemicals Tohcello, has broken ground for the first phase construction of its new plant in the Kaohsiung campus...

IC testing specialist King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) saw its net profits fall to a 24-quarter low of NT$348 million (US$11.7 million) in the first quarter of 2018. EPS for the most...

Taiwan-based PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial, which has more than 70% of its revenues from the auto industry, has estimated that losses resulting from a deadly fire at its production...

Polymer and high-tech materials supplier Covestro is expanding its polycarbonate capacity at its production base in Shanghai to 600,000 metric tons a year by 2019 to meet the strong...

Backend house Powertech Technology (PTI) has seen its order visibility extend to the third quarter of 2018, but expressed concerns that tight supplies of certain components and materials...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has cut its revenue growth forecast for 2018 to 10% from the previously-estimated 10-15%, citing weaker-than-expected smartphone...

Silicon wafer company GlobalWafers has struck a deal with a provincial government in South Korea for expansion of its local plant in Cheonan, South Chungcheong, according to a report...

IC packager Siliconware Precision Industries' (SPIL) Jinjiang plant in Fujian, China will initially focus on providing backend services for DRAM memory, and will start generating...

Taiwan's clean room engineering specialist Acter has reported clear order visibility through the first half of 2019 thanks to robust demand from overseas semiconductor firms and LCD...

Taiwan-based Taiflex Scientific, which supplies flexible copper clad laminates and PV module backsheets, has reported net profits for the first quarter of 2018 fell 39.8% sequentially...

China-based Fujian Jin Hua Integrated Circuit will complete equipment move-in as early as July, paving the way for volume production in the third quarter of 2018, according to industry...

TPV Technology has begun trial production of TV sets at its newly completed plant at Xianyang High-Tech Industrial Development Zone in Shaanxi, China, according to company chairman...

Taiwan-based Innodisk, which develops and manufactures industrial-class storage products, will soon begin to operate a new plant which will increase its overall production capacity...

Micron Technology is adding a new facility to its existing 12-inch wafer plant for the manufacture of NAND flash memory in Singapore. The new facility is expected to come online by...

Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI), which supplies epi-wafers to the electronics and optoelectronics industries, is expected to see its overall production capacity expand...

China-based flat panel maker BOE Technology has denied recent market speculations that claimed low yield rates had marred production of its 10.5 line in Hefei and 8.5G line in Fuzh...