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Wednesday 30 August 2017
Taiwan passive component firms bracing for seasonal demand pickup
Taiwan-based suppliers of capacitors, chip resistors, MLCCs and power inductors, as well as suppliers of materials for manufacturing these passive components, are bracing for a seasonal...
Tuesday 29 August 2017
Commentary: Innovation is key to survival for Taiwan IC designers
Due to lackluster business performances recorded by most Taiwan IC design houses in the first half of 2017, the overall production value of Taiwan's IC design industry will see only...
Tuesday 29 August 2017
LGD to double OLED TV panel production capacity by 2019
LG Display will double its OLED TV panel production capacity to 120,000 substrates a month in 2019, when its new 8.5G production line in Guangzhou, China comes online, according to...
Tuesday 29 August 2017
Taiwan to install 3 million smart power meters by 2024, says paper
The Taiwan government will boost the use of smart power meters, aimming to install three million such devices by 2024, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report
Tuesday 29 August 2017
HTC, Asustek smartphone businesses hit headwinds
Taiwan's top-two smartphone vendors HTC and Asustek Computer are facing mounting pressure on how to make a turnaround of their beleaguered smartphone business amid increasing competition,...
Tuesday 29 August 2017
Taiwan approves 5-year NT$16 billion AI development plan
The Taiwan government has approved a Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) proposal to undertake five strategic tasks with a 5-year budget of NT$16 billion (US$527 million) to...
Tuesday 29 August 2017
Silicon Works striving for orders from China, Taiwan
Korea-based Silicon Works is striving for orders from China- and Taiwan-based panel vendors, and intends to reduce its reliance on orders placed by LG Display, according to a Korea-based...
Tuesday 29 August 2017
Nidec to acquire SV Probe
Japan-based Nidec has announced plans to acquire SV Probe, a Singapore-based probe card manufacturer, through subsidiary Nidec-Read. A stock purchase agreement has been reached between...
Monday 28 August 2017
Domestic demand may save Taiwan solar cell makers, says TSEC chairman
The Taiwan government has decided to strengthen development of renewable energy, mostly PV and wind power, as it seeks to phase out nuclear power, and this has afforded opportunities...
Monday 28 August 2017
Taiwan market: Shopee combines C2C and B2B2C
Singapore-based mobile e-commerce operator Shopee has combined C2C and B2B2C in the Taiwan market into a single platform to simplify use of its shopping services, according to the...
Monday 28 August 2017
AI complementary to HI, says Microsoft Taiwan marketing head
AI (artificial intelligence) and HI (human intelligence) have respective advantages and thus should complement each other, according to Microsoft Taiwan's new marketing and operating...
Friday 25 August 2017
Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments down in July, but Oppo moves up
Shipments of smartphones in the Taiwan market reached 604,000 units in July, down 4.14% on month and 2.37% on year, according to data compiled by local channels.
Thursday 24 August 2017
Taiwan handsets – 2Q 2017
The revival of the Nokia brand by HMD Global is benefitting Taiwan's handset manufacturing sector. Orders for Nokia-branded feature phones have become a main growth driver for Taiwan's...
Thursday 24 August 2017
Taiwan July manufacturing production index up on year
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 113.45 for July 2017, decreasing 0.07% on month but increasing 2.94% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic...
Wednesday 23 August 2017
Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to launch smartphone-based affinity credit card
Taiwan Mobile plans to team up with EasyCard and Taipei Fubon Bank to launch in September Taiwan's first smartphone-based affinity credit card to promote mobile payments in the local...