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Tuesday 22 August 2017
China PCB firms step up capacity expansion
China-based PCB manufacturers including Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing (DSBJ) and Jiangxi Holitech Technology have moved to expand their production capacities eyeing a bigger...
Tuesday 22 August 2017
Taiwan reliance on diamond wire-sliced solar wafers to surge in 4Q17
As China-based poly-Si wafer makers are fast replacing slurry slicing with diamond wire slicing to reduce production cost, Taiwan-based solar cell makers have been compelled to adopt...
Tuesday 22 August 2017
Taiwan sees foreign direct investment of US$4.4 billion in January-July, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has disclosed it approved 1,853 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) totaling US$4.407 billion in January-July 2017,...
Tuesday 22 August 2017
Taiwan July export order value up on year, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders totaling US$38.72 billion in July 2017, decreasing 4% sequentially but increasing 10.5% on year. It was 12th consencutive month that saw on-year growth,...
Tuesday 22 August 2017
Compal reportedly to sell stake in China JV soon
Compal Electronics has started to relocate its executives at LCFC (Hefei) Electronics Technology - the notebook manufacturing joint venture between the ODM and Lenovo - back to the...
Monday 21 August 2017
Digitimes Research: Top-5 notebook brand and top-3 ODMs see shipments slide on month in July
With inventory preparation for back-to-school demand reaching an end in June, first-tier notebook vendors' shipments slowed down in July with the top-5 brands' combined shipments...
Monday 21 August 2017
Competition heating up among Taiwan contact lens makers
Taiwan-based contact lens makers' competition in the domestic and overseas markets has become increasingly intense, according to industry sources.
Monday 21 August 2017
Taiwan to build AI innovation ecosystem, says MOST
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) will undertake five strategic tasks to establish an AI (artificial intelligence) innovation ecosystem in a bid to boost development...
Monday 21 August 2017
Taiwan 2Q17 economic growth estimated at 2.13%, says DGBAS
Taiwan's economic growth for first-quarter 2017 has been upward adjusted by 0.06pp from 2.60% estimated in late May to 2.66% and growth for second-quarter 2017 is estimated at 2.13%,...
Monday 21 August 2017
Taiwan science ministry may introduce smart power storage system from Tesla
With a recent massive power outage revealing the fragility of Taiwan's electrical grid and highlighting the need for power storage, the nation's Ministry of Science and Technology...
Monday 21 August 2017
HY Electronic plans TSE listing
Power discrete component supplier HY Electronic plans to be listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) between late third-quarter and early fourth-quarter 2017, according to the Cayman-incorporated...
Friday 18 August 2017
Taiwan market: Asustek launches Zen Fone 4 family products
Asustek Computer has officially launched its ZenFone 4 series products at an event in Taiwan, with three out of the family's four models to be available immediately in the local ma...
Friday 18 August 2017
Taiwan ICT vendors have to offer turnkey solutions in Indonesia market: Q&A with TAITRA representative
Taiwan has adopted a New Southbound Policy eyeing trade opportunities from ASEAN and South Asia economies. The government-sponsored Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA)...
Friday 18 August 2017
Taiwan market: Acer sponsors smarwatches for Universiade Taipei
Acer has sponsored 13,000 units of its limited-edition Leap Ware smartwatches for the Summer Universiade 2017 sporting event, hosted in Taipei, Taiwan from August 19-30.
Friday 18 August 2017
Wafer Works expects wafer prices to continue rising on strong demand
Taiwan-based Wafer Works, which makes small- to medium-size semiconductor-grade wafers, expects silicon wafer prices to continue rising on strong demand.