Chinese makers of passive components have been keen on capacity expansions for high-end MLCC capacitors, providing lucrative business opportunities for Taiwan's equipment makers,...

Passive components maker Yageo saw its second-quarter revenues climb 34.4% sequentially to NT$13.47 billion (US$457.7 million), thanks mainly to improvement in factory utilization...

Passive components makers have reported significant sales results for May despite the long Labor Day holiday in China cutting work hours, with Yageo's revenues of NT$4.486 billion...

Yageo has obtained a 5-year syndicated loan of NT$48.5 billion (US$1.6 billion), an amount nearly 60% higher than the company's original expectation, from banks and will use the fund...

As China's car market has started picking up gradually since the second half of April, demand for auto-use passive components, diodes and MOSFET devices is expected to grow significantly...

Strong demand for commercial notebooks, servers and other devices enabling work from home has allowed Taiwanese passive components vendors to see clear order visibility for MLCC and...

Kemet announced recently the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has completed review of the pending acquisition of Kemet by Taiwan-based Yageo and determined...

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...

Taiwan-based IT companies continue to move capacities out of China to avoid placing all the eggs in one basket - a trend first triggered by the US-China trade war and now gaining...

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...

Many Taiwan-based passive component makers have posted significant sequential increases in March consolidated revenues, bolstered by strong shipments of MLCCs, resistors, inductors...

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 is gearing up to boost capacity utilization at its plants outside China to mitigate the coronavirus impact on its overall output of MLCCs and resistor...

Taiwan-based Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, dedicated to backend services for CMOS image sensors (CIS), has disclosed plans to double monthly production capacity to 150,000-160,000...

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,...

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...

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...

A heavyweight CMOS image sensor (CIS) packaging firm will be born in Taiwan soon, as Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, a handset CIS backend and wafer reconstruction specialist, has...

Taiwan- and China-based MLCC suppliers have stepped up their pace of equipment orders for additional production capacities recently, an indicator suggesting the market for MLCCs may...

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...

Taiwan-based Yageo and US-based Kemet have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which the former Yageo will acquire all of the outstanding shares of...