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...
Samsung Electronics reportedly will place more orders with its existing suppliers DAP and Korea Circuit, rather than their Taiwanese peers, after the withdrawal of its PCB supply...
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco), following the footsteps of LG Innotek, has announced quitting the HDI market, officially closing its plant in Kunshan, China to focus on production...
Taiwan-based Yageo announced recently plans to acquire fellow US-based passive component company Kemet in an all-cash transaction valued at US$1.8 billion. The acquisition is expected...
Nan Ya PCB has disclosed plans to invest an additional US$48 million in its factory in Kunshan, China, where the Taiwan-based company will expand ABF substrate production capacity...
LCD driver IC backend specialist Chipbond Technology has reported net profit surged 76.2% from a year earlier to NT$1.98 billion (US$63.2 million) in the first half of 2019. EPS for...
Taiwan-based JMC Electronics, which uses both subtrative and semi-additive processes to manufacture chip-on-film (COF) substrates, has strength to better compete with its larger international...
Qualcomm has introduced the world's first 5G NR mmWave antenna modules and sub-6 GHz RF modules for smartphones and other mobile devices, but Samsung is fast catching up.
COF substrate makers plan to adjust upward quotes for the second quarter by 8-15% sequentially to reflect their tight supplies, according to market sources.
LCD driver IC backend specialist Chipbond Technology has reported net profits climbed to a record high of NT$2.71 billion (US$87.6 million) in the third quarter of 2018. EPS for the...
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (SEMCO) under the Samsung group has been engaged in the development of fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP) technology for the production of application...
Yageo has repurchased around NT$2.42 billion (US$178.6 million) worth of its common shares from the open market, at average price per share of NT$816.71, according to a company filing...
Japan-based Toray will invest a total of JPY1.1 billion (US$10 million) in building additional production capacity of release films for MLCC materials, according to a Taiwan-based...
Though lower-tier commodity MLCCs have become a seller's market due to lingering supply shortfall, Taiwan makers must step up the development of niche-type MLCCs if they want to tap...
China-based PCB manufacturers including Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing (DSBJ) and Jiangxi Holitech Technology have moved to expand their production capacities eyeing a bigger...
