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Thursday 21 January 2016
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of nearly US$4.8 billion in 2015, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 3,789 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$4.797 billion in 2015, respectively increasing...
Thursday 21 January 2016
Digitimes Research: CSP LED devices a foucs at Lighting Japan 2016
At the Lighting Japan 2016 exhibition in Tokyo during January 13-15, CSP (chip scale package) LEDs were a major focus. There were CSP LEDs developed by Japan-based GeneLite for smartphone...
Thursday 21 January 2016
Taiwan December export order value down on month, year, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$38.81 billion in total in December 2015, decreasing 4.8% on month and 12.3% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).
Thursday 21 January 2016
SPIL engineer probed over suspected data theft
Taiwan's Investigation Bureau has received a request from Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) to investigate an engineer suspected of stealing confidential company data.
Thursday 21 January 2016
Winbond orders equipment from UIS
Specialty memory specialist Winbond Electronics has purchased a batch of machinery and engineering equipment from cleanroom constructor United Information Systems (UIS) for about...
Thursday 21 January 2016
Richtek to delist from TSE on April 29
Richtek Technology will be delisted from the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on April 29, the date when its acquisition by MediaTek becomes effective, according to the analog IC specia...
Thursday 21 January 2016
VPEC to book record EPS for 2015, says report
Taiwan-based Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), a manufacturer of GaAs pi-wafers made to fabricate power amplifiers (PA) for consumer technology products such as smartphones...
Wednesday 20 January 2016
Taiwan market: Leica to launch range-finder digital camera
Germany-based Leica Camera AG will launch the Leica M (Typ 262), a range-finder digital camera, in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$210,000 (US$6,231, camera...
Wednesday 20 January 2016
Leading TV brands to increase reliance on panel suppliers in Taiwan and China in 2016, says IHS
Leading global TV brands Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, seeking to complete their product lineups, increase back-up supply and boost savings, plan to rely less on their captive...
Wednesday 20 January 2016
Taiwan market: HTC ships over 2 million Android phones in 2015
HTC shipped over two million smartphones in the Taiwan market in 2015, representing an increase of over 20% from a year earlier and making it the top vendor for Android phones in...
Tuesday 19 January 2016
Taiwan LCD monitors – 4Q 2015
Taiwan's LCD monitor makers took a double blow in the fourth quarter of 2015, as shipments dropped on weak demand and ASP declined on a strong US dollar.
Monday 18 January 2016
Delta Electronics completes 4.6MWp PV power-generating station in Japan
Power supply maker and power management solution provider Delta Electronics has completed a PV power-generating station with installation capacity of 4.6MWp in Hyogo Prefecture, southwestern...
Monday 18 January 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD monitor shipments decline over 10% in 2015; global shipments down 10%
Taiwan makers' shipments of LCD monitors reached 19.82 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, down 6.2% on quarter and down 10.9% on year, according to Digitimes Research.
Friday 15 January 2016
Taiwan market: Samsung launches 18.4-inch tablet
Samsung Electronics has unveiled Galaxy View, a 18.4-inch tablet featuring in-house-developed Exynos 7580 1.6GHz 8-core processor, Full HD resolution, 2GB memory and 32GB storage,...
Friday 15 January 2016
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile aims to take second position in local smartphone market in 2016
Sony Mobile Communications aims to capture the second title ranking in Taiwan's smartphone market in 2016, according to Sony Mobile Taiwan general manager Jonathan Lin.