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Thursday 17 May 2018
Taiwan startups showcasing latest applications at IoT World 2018
Five tech startups from Taiwan are showcasing their latest developments in IoT applications at the Internet of Things World 2018 held May 14-17 in Silicon Valley, seeking to enter...
Thursday 17 May 2018
Taiwan proposes new bill to attract foreign professionals
The Taiwan government has proposed a New Economy Immigration Act, drafted with an aim to attract foreign professionals and mid-level technicians to support the country's industrial...
Thursday 17 May 2018
MLCC shortage to undermine 2Q18 shipmets by Taiwan IC designers
The ongoing shortage of MLCCs is affecting negatively shipments of Taiwan-based IC design houses, with some of the companies likely to revise downward their shipment goals for the...
Thursday 17 May 2018
Korea LCD equipment firms to rely more on exports to China in 2018, says Digitimes Research
Most Korea-based LCD equipment makers saw their revenues hit high in 2017, driven by expansion projects initiated by Samsung Display and LG Display to ramp up their OLED panel production...
Wednesday 16 May 2018
EMS firms see profits eroded by ever-rising passive component costs
Taiwan EMS firms, especially smaller ones, are seeing their profitability increasingly eroded as their downstream customers are reluctant to absorb increases in production cost driven...
Tuesday 15 May 2018
ChipMOS obtains NT$12 billion syndicated loan
Backend house ChipMOS Technologies has signed a five-year syndicated loan for NT$12 billion (US$401.4 million) with 11 local banks in Taiwan, according to a company filing with the...
Tuesday 15 May 2018
Taiwan, SU to jointly host APAC Global Impact Challenge 2018
The government in Taiwan will host, for the first time, the Singularity University (SU) Asia Pacific Global Impact Challenge (GIC) 2018, in an effort to boost the country's international...
Tuesday 15 May 2018
Silicon wafer shipments hit record high in 1Q18
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments climbed to a record-high 3.084 billion square inches in the first quarter of 2018, according to SEMI. The shipments represented increases of...
Tuesday 15 May 2018
Taiwan startups gearing up to tap blockchain market potentials
Taiwan-based blockchain startups OwlTing and Star Bit Innovation are proceeding at full throttles with deployments in new tech sectors to capture the growing application business...
Monday 14 May 2018
AI may be last growth driver for Taiwan IT players, says Quanta chairman
Ongoing AI (artificial intelligence) applications may provide the last wave of huge growth in business opportunities for Taiwan IT firms, as they have done little about the development...
Thursday 10 May 2018
Taiwan PCB firms post revenue growth in April
Zhen Ding Technology, Compeq Manufacturing and Flexium Interconnect all enjoyed revenue growths in April 2018. The three Taiwan-based companies are reportedly among Apple's PCB sup...
Thursday 10 May 2018
Taiwan government to boost smart machinery development, says president
The Taiwan government will make efforts to promote development of smart machinery by integrating resources, cultivating high-level talent and encouraging local production of smart...
Thursday 10 May 2018
Taiwan machinery exports up 18.3% to US$6.43 billion in 1Q18
Taiwan's machinery exports, after surging 21.1% on year to US$25.6 billion in 2017, soared 18.3% from a year earlier to US$6.43 billion in the first quarter of 2018, with China remaining...
Wednesday 9 May 2018
Taiwan Tohcello breaks ground for new ICROS tape factory
Taiwan Tohcello Functional Sheet, a subsidiary of Japan-based Mitsui Chemicals Tohcello, has broken ground for the first phase construction of its new plant in the Kaohsiung campus...
Wednesday 9 May 2018
Taiwan April export value up on year
Taiwan export value totaled US$26.73 billion in April 2018, slipping 10.9% sequentially but growing 10.0% on year, while the month's import value reached US$22.58 billion, down 5.9%...