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Tuesday 25 August 2015
Touch Taiwan: Innolux to showcase new vehicle displays
Innolux will feature a new assortment of vehicle displays sized 8- and 10.2-inch at Touch Taiwan 2015, according to the company.
Monday 24 August 2015
Taiwan July manufacturing production index up on month, down on year, says MOEA
Taiwan recorded a manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 108.96 for July 2015, increasing 1.81% on month but decreasing 3.11% on year, according to statistics released...
Monday 24 August 2015
E Ink Holdings to showcase various e-paper applications at Touch Taiwan 2015
Electrophoretic technology-based electronic paper (e-paper) display maker E Ink Holdings will showcase a variety of applications of e-paper display technology at the Touch Taiwan...
Monday 24 August 2015
AUO spends NT$3.62 billion to acquire equipment from Marubeni
Taiwan-based panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) has announced it has spent NT$3.62 billion (US$109.71) to acquire panel manufacturing equipment from Japan-based Marubeni, according to...
Monday 24 August 2015
Touch Taiwan: AUO to display new technologies
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced several mobile device displays and technologies, including slim, light and power-saving displays for wearable devices, Ultra HD (4K) displays for...
Monday 24 August 2015
Taiwan July unemployment rate up on month, down on year, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 445,000 jobless citizens in July 2015, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.82% which rose 0.11pp on month but dropped 0.20pp on year, according to statistics released...
Friday 21 August 2015
Taiwan LCD TVs – 2Q 2015
Taiwan-based LCD TV makers are seeing improving shipments. Among them, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will have the strongest shipment growth in the second half...
Friday 21 August 2015
Taiwan science parks post January-June total revenues of over NT$1 trillion, says MOST
The three science parks developed and operated by Taiwan's government, Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP), generated...
Friday 21 August 2015
Taiwan market: BenQ to sponsor gaming event
Taiwan-based monitor brand vendor BenQ will sponsor the Capcom Pro Tour gaming event in Taiwan, which will be hosted starting August 22. The company's RL-series monitors will be the...
Friday 21 August 2015
Second-tier IC foundries face low utilization in 4Q15
Second-tier IC foundries will struggle to maintain their capacity utilization rates above 60% in the fourth quarter of 2015, due to disappointing demand for smartphones, tablets,...
Thursday 20 August 2015
China pushes for homegrown display driver IC industry
China is looking to build a homegrown panel-use driver IC industry in Hefei, China, which will likely threaten Taiwan's IC driver IC sector, according to industry sources.
Thursday 20 August 2015
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$2.3 billion in January-July, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 2,068 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$2.310 billion in January-July 2015, increasing...
Thursday 20 August 2015
Taiwan July export order value down, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$36.29 billion in total in July 2015, decreasing 0.8% on month and 5% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs...
Thursday 20 August 2015
Touch Taiwan: ITRI to display new On-Cell Touch AMOLED technology
The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) will display On-Cell Touch AMOLED technology in addition to new wearable display solutions at Touch Taiwan 2015.
Thursday 20 August 2015
Taiwan market: Taiwan Star Cellular opens online store
Taiwan Star Cellular, a 4G mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, on August 20 announced the opening of its online store as an auxiliary retail channel to its retail chains.