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Thursday 15 October 2015
Panasonic looking to Europe as key to OLED strategy
Panasonic aims to tackle the Europe market with high-end OLED TVs initially in order to assess market potential before moving onto other areas, according to market observers.
Thursday 15 October 2015
Largan to spend NT$2.01 billion to build air conditioning systems
Largan Precision will invest NT$2.01 billion (US$61.94 million) to establish air conditioning systems for its clean rooms, according to a company posting on the Taiwan Stock Exchange...
Thursday 15 October 2015
China downstream firms should be allowed to invest in Taiwan IC design houses, says science minister
China-based downstream clients of Taiwan's IC design houses should be allowed to make equity investments or buy a portion of stakes in Taiwan-based IC vendors so as to form strategic...
Wednesday 14 October 2015
Unity Opto selling Toshiba LED light bulbs in Europe
LED packaging service provider Unity Opto Technology has begun selling Toshiba LED light bulbs in the Europe market and expects monthly shipments to reach 10 million units, according...
Tuesday 13 October 2015
Taiwan IC design industry not yet open to China investments, says MOEA
China-based companies are still prohibited from setting up independent IC design houses in Taiwan or committing equity investments in the local IC design firms, according to the Ministry...
Tuesday 13 October 2015
Korea makers decrease PET film production amid declines in demand, says report
Korea makers are decreasing production of PET film as demand in the market is slowing down coupled with an increase in production efforts from Taiwan and China makers.
Tuesday 13 October 2015
Acer positive about Microsoft Surface Book release
Commenting on market watchers' concerns that Microsoft's Surface Book could potentially hurt its PC brand partners, Acer's president of corporate business planning and operations...
Monday 12 October 2015
Taiwan preparing for 2nd-round TPP talks
As the initial members of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) on October 5 reached an agreement to the trade pact, Taiwan is now in active preparation...
Monday 12 October 2015
Taiwan market: Japan-based Sansui Electric launches inexpensive LED light bulbs
Japan-based own-brand audio and video equipment maker Sansui Electric has launched inexpensive LED light bulbs in the Taiwan market, with a 6W LED light bulb equivalent to a 40W incandescent...
Thursday 8 October 2015
Maanshan Electronics Expo to open on October 30
Maanshan Electronic Expo will be hosted from October 30-November 1 in Maanshan, China and staff from the local government, the Maanshan Economic and Technological Development Zone...
Thursday 8 October 2015
Taiwan market: iPhone 6s device distributor Data Express looks to strong sales
Data Express, a Taiwan-based distributor for iPhone devices and other branded IT products, expects its sales to grow by a double-digit rate in the fourth quarter of 2015 as compared...
Thursday 8 October 2015
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom to launch 1Gbps/600Mbps Internet-access services
The National Communications Commission (NCC) on October 7 approved the pricing for 1Gbps/600Mbps and 500Mbps/250Mbps fixed-line broadband Internet-access services proposed by Chunghwa...
Thursday 8 October 2015
Compal to establish healthcare business unit in 2016
Following its partnership with Taiwan's Chang Gung University on the development of smart garments and healthcare cloud services, and the establishment of a healthcare R&D center,...
Thursday 8 October 2015
Taiwan panel makers show revenue declines for 3Q15
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display have both reported revenue declines for September and the third quarter of 2015.
Thursday 8 October 2015
Taiwan exports decrease in September, says MOF
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$22.54 billion for September 2015, decreasing 5.8% on month and 14.6% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$17.30 billion...