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...

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...

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

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,...

Driven by growing demand for 5G applications, Taiwan MLCC suppliers are managing to gradually lower their inventory levels and will possibly return to a growth track in 2020, according...

Flexible PCB (FPCB) maker Career Technology has elected a new member to its board of directors - HannStar Board's chairman Anthony Chiao, a move signaling a strategic partnership...

Lackluster terminal market demand has prompted Taiwan's leading passive components makers Yageo and Walsin Technology to step up implementing new development roadmaps for the next...

Consolidated revenues at Yageo, a manufacturer of MLCCs and chip resistors, fell to a 20-month low of NT$3.07 billion (US$98.4 million) in June 2019.

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...

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...

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...

The world's top-tier passive component makers will continue to focus production on medium- and high-capacitance MLCCs for industrial control and automotive applications in 2019 to...

MLCC specialists Yageo, Walsin Technology and Holy Stone Enterprise have reported sequential decreases in consolidated revenues for December 2018 of 15.7%, 24.7% and 36.4%, respect...

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

Taiwan MLCC makers have seen market demand slow down significantly since the beginning of the fourth quarter amid a spate of undesirable factors, and the past strong demand growth...

Passive component company Walsin Technology has reported net profits of NT$9.16 billion (US$297.6 million) for the third quarter of 2018, up 109% sequentially and hitting a record...

Passive component company Yageo has expressed caution about its sales performance in the fourth quarter of 2018, citing a slowdown in demand from its customers based in the Greater...

Walsin Technology has reported net profits climbed to a record high of NT$1.46 billion (US$47.7 million) in May, while fellow MLCC firm Holy Stone Enterprise saw its net profits hike...

Passive component maker Walsin Technology has ramped up its investments in capacity expansion quarter by quarter since the beginning of 2018, with the investments to drive up capacity...

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,...

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...

Following the footsteps of MLCC, chip resistors have evolved into the seller's market, and Taiwan suppliers have implemented a 100% hike in quotes for some specs of resistors in serious...

Murata has reportedly raised prices for part of its general-type multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC), while cutting back production capacity for its conventional product lines.

Yageo and Walsin Technology, two major Taiwan-based passive component suppliers, both delivered record net profits for 2017.