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Thursday 15 March 2018
Garmin Pay launched in Taiwan
Garmin has launched Garmin Pay e-payment platform combining electronic ticket cards and credit cards based on smartwatches or wristbands in the Taiwan market through cooperation with...
Thursday 15 March 2018
Advantech to buy 25% stake in Turkey distributor Alitek
Taiwan-based IPC player Advantech has announced plans to acquire a 25% stake in Alitek, the largest channel distributor in Turkey, and will continue increasing the shareholding each...
Thursday 15 March 2018
Taiwan Star expects positive EBITDA in 2018
Taiwan Star Telecom expects its EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) to become positive in 2018 as the number of its mobile service subscribers...
Thursday 15 March 2018
Taiwan FPD equipment makers eyeing lucrative China market
More and More Taiwan-based FPD and semiconductor equipment suppliers are flocking into China to tap the fast growing FPD-manufacturing equipment market there, according to sources...
Wednesday 14 March 2018
Facebook launches Marketplace in Taiwan
Facebook has launched Marketplace in the Taiwan market. Marketplace's C2C competitors in Taiwan include Personal Store and Ruten under PChome Online, Yahoo! Kimo Auction, Singapore...
Wednesday 14 March 2018
Sony Xperia XZ2 launched in Taiwan
Sony Mobile Communications has launched its latest flagship model, Xperia XZ2, in the Taiwan market with the availability to begin on March 21 at a price tag of NT$24,990 (US$854).
Wednesday 14 March 2018
Taiwan top-3 foundries to see combined revenues rise 10% on year in 1Q18, says Digitimes Research
Combined revenues of Taiwan's top-3 foundries - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) - are...
Tuesday 13 March 2018
AirPower launch to sharply boost Taiwan GPP rectifier shipments
With Apple set to launch its in-house designed wireless charging pad AirPower by the end of March, Taiwan suppliers of glass passivated package (GPP) bridge rectifiers needed to support...
Tuesday 13 March 2018
Fab spending poised for 5% growth in 2019, says SEMI
Fab equipment spending will increase at 5% in 2019 for a fourth consecutive year of growth, according to SEMI. China is expected to be the main driver of fab equipment spending growth...
Tuesday 13 March 2018
Taiwan reaches short-term PV installation target
Taiwan has installed PV capacity of 1,535MWp since it began a campaign to promote solar power in 2016, according to the Bureau of Energy (BOE).
Monday 12 March 2018
Taiwan February export value down
Taiwan recorded export value totaling US$22.37 billion for February 2018, slipping 18.3% sequentially and 11.2% on year, while the corresponding import value of US$19.46 billion dropped...
Friday 9 March 2018
Advantech readies new business strategy for worldwide IoT business units
Advantech has disclosed its strategies, plans and goals for 2018, indicating that in November it company will organize an Internet of Things (IoT) summit in Suzhou, China to demonstrate...
Friday 9 March 2018
Silicon wafer prices to rise over 30%, says Macronix chairman
Prices for upstream wafers will rise more than 30% in 2018, according to Miin Wu, chairman for Taiwan-based Macronix International, a supplier of flash memory and mask ROM chips.
Thursday 8 March 2018
Wistron, Taiwan hospital partner to test exoskeleton robots
Wistron Medical Tech, a subsidiary of the Wistron Group, has signed a cooperation contract with the National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) to provide exoskeleton robots for clinical...
Thursday 8 March 2018
Corning increases R&D investments in Taiwan
Corning has continued to increase its R&D investments in Taiwan by expanding the laboratory facilities and operations of its Corning Advanced Technology Center in Taipei, according...