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Wednesday 28 October 2015
Taiwan solar cell makers trialing China-produced PV silver paste
Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers have begun trials of PV silver paste from 2-3 China-based makers, raising the chance of breaking the existing dominance of Samsung...
Wednesday 28 October 2015
Pneumatic component maker Taiwan Chelic debuts on TSE
Shares of pneumatic automation component maker Taiwan Chelic started trading on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on October 27 with an initial price of NT$70 (US$2.16) per unit.
Tuesday 27 October 2015
Taiwan handsets – 3Q 2015
Asustek was the only Taiwan-based handset brand vendor that saw shipment growth in the thrid quarter of 2015. Its shipments already surpassed those from HTC, the once top Taiwan smartphone...
Tuesday 27 October 2015
Differentiation is essential: Q&A with Intersil Taiwan managing director Brian Wan
While the product life cycles of analog ICs are getting shorter and shorter, the technical standards are getting ever higher. This is posing a challenge for industry players who have...
Monday 26 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers see LCD monitor shipments drop 9% in 3Q15
Taiwan makers' shipments of LCD monitors during the third quarter of 2015 dropped 9.3% on year to 20.11 million, which also represented a 1.7% quarterly decline, according to Digitimes...
Monday 26 October 2015
Taiwan September manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
Taiwan recorded a manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 102.74 for September 2015, decreasing 1.24% on month and 5.60% on year, according to statistics released by...
Friday 23 October 2015
Taiwan IC design houses remain cautious about 4Q15
Taiwan-based IC design houses remain cautious about their sales performance in the fourth quarter of 2015 having not received a pull-in of short lead-time orders.
Friday 23 October 2015
North America fab tool book-to-bill continues growth, says SEMI
North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.07 in September 2015, up for the third consecutive month, according to SEMI.
Friday 23 October 2015
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile unveils Xperia Z5 Premium
Sony Mobile Communications on October 22 unveiled Xperia Z5 Premium smartphone for launch in the Taiwan market in early November at a recommended contract-free retail price of NT$25,900...
Friday 23 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 4Q15 handset shipments to reach 19.88 million units
Taiwan-based vendors, ODMs and JDMs (joint design manufacturers) will together ship 19.88 million handsets in the fourth quarter of 2015, increasing 1.7% on quarter but decreasing...
Thursday 22 October 2015
Taiwan September unemployment rate down, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 454,000 jobless citizens in September 2015, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.89% which dropped 0.01pp on month and 0.07pp on year, according to the Directorate-General...
Thursday 22 October 2015
Taiwan market: HTC expects revenues to rise on year in 4Q15
HTC expects its revenues in the Taiwan market in the fourth quarter of 2015 to be higher than those reported a year earlier thanks to the release of its new flagship model the One...
Wednesday 21 October 2015
TPCA Show 2015 to take place from October 21-23
The TPCA Show 2015 will take place at the Taiwan World Trade Center, Nangang Exhibition Hall from October 21-23 with focuses on flexible and printed electronics, automation intelligence...
Wednesday 21 October 2015
Korea makers see increased orders for OLED panels
Despite many makers seeing a slowdown in orders to China during the fourth quarter of 2015 due to increased competition in the market, Korea-based panel makers including Samsung Display...
Wednesday 21 October 2015
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$3.3 billion in January-September, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has revealed it approved 2,769 foreign direct investment projects (excluding those from China) totaling US$3.313 billion in January-September...