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...

MLCC and chip resistor supplier Yageo has received a green light from Taiwan's government to nearly double the investment amount for a previously approved expansion project aiming...

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 makers Yageo and Walsin Technology both posted sequential and annual falls for February 2020 revenues due to significant contraction in output of MLCCs and chip...

Passive components maker Yageo has seen its inventory for MLCCs and chip resistors hit the lowest levels in nearly 10 years and will properly raise prices to reflect increased costs,...

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...

Prices for MLCCs and chip resistors are expected to rise through the fourth quarter of 2020 as supply will increasingly fall short of demand for 5G applications while fallouts of...

The coronavirus outbreak in China has further tightened supply of CMOS image sensors (CIS) and chip resistors, with severe shortages set to surface and price hikes to follow, according...

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 supply of MLCC and resistor chips is getting increasingly tight with delivery lead time stretching significantly, which may soon push up quotes as major makers including Yageo...

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...

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...

Taiwan-based suppliers of MLCCs and chip resistors are expected to see demand pick up gradually later in the second quarter of 2019, with factory utilization rates rebounding, according...

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...

MLCC and chip resistor specialist Yageo saw its net profits climb to a record high of NT$33.84 billion (US$1.09 billion) in 2018, with EPS coming to NT$80.30.

Taiwan-based passive component companies saw their November revenues decrease on month as a result of disappointing demand from the handset and PC segments.

Yageo expects its operation to weaken in the fourth quarter of 2018 as the company has seen its customers decelerate their pace of orders.

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

Passive component vendor Yageo has disclosed net profits of NT$15.06 billion (US$491.9 million) for the first half of 2018, with EPS reaching NT$42.95.

As suppliers of passive components are mulling further price hikes in July amid the sustained supply shortfalls seen through the end of 2018 at least, Taiwan notebook ODMs including...

Taiwan leading passive component maker Yageo will still do its best to satisfy customer demand for standard-type MLCCs for consumer devices despite its enhanced deployments in niche-type...

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...

Passive component makers Yageo and Chilisin Electronics have reported sequential increases in April consolidated revenues of 13.3% and 6.5%, respectively.

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...