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Friday 23 January 2015
Taiwan solar cell makers may see continued losses in 1H15, says KGI Securities Taiwan
As it is difficult for Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers to hike quotes mainly due to the US International Trade Commission's (ITC) investigation of imported Taiwan-...
Thursday 22 January 2015
Taiwan December unemployment rate down on month, year, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 439,000 jobless citizens in December 2014, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.79% and down 0.1pp on month and 0.29pp on year, according to statistics released by the...
Thursday 22 January 2015
HP, Dell adopt new approaches to regain server orders
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell have both recently taken steps looking to win back orders that were lost to Taiwan-based white-box server players. HP has partnered with Foxconn Electronics...
Wednesday 21 January 2015
Taiwan market: HTC to ramp up sales through retail channels
HTC plans to strengthen its cooperation with open retail channels to promote sales of its smartphones in the Taiwan market, aiming to ramp up the ratio of channel sales to 35-40%...
Wednesday 21 January 2015
Taiwan notebooks – 4Q 2014
The notebook market saw significant demand for entry-level devices whose pricing levels were comparable to those of tablets in the fourth quarter of 2014, which maintained Taiwan...
Wednesday 21 January 2015
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$5.7 billion in 2014, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 3,577 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) totaling US$5.770 billion in 2014, respectively increasing 11.57%...
Tuesday 20 January 2015
Taiwan market: Proportion of LCD TVs sized 47-inch and above reaches 50.3%
From January-November 2014 the proportion of LCD TVs sized 47-inch and above sold in the Taiwan market reached 50.3%.
Tuesday 20 January 2015
Taiwan December export order value marks second high, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$44.23 billion in total in December 2014, the second highest monthly figure on record with growth of 1.6% on month and 4.5% on year, according...
Tuesday 20 January 2015
Taiwan has chance to serve as major IoT application center, says TCA chairman
Taiwan's technology industry, being a major design and manufacturing base for the global IT industry, is now stepping up efforts developing Internet of Things (IoT) and smart city...
Tuesday 20 January 2015
Taiwan touch panel makers report dismal 2014 results
Price wars in the touch panel segment are said to have been a major factor in Taiwan makers' declining performances in 2014, resulting in TPK seeing an on-year 18.58% decline and...
Monday 19 January 2015
Taiwan makers halt expansion of PERC capacities
Many Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers in 2014 upgraded their production lines for P-type monocrystalline silicon solar cells to produce PERC (passivated emitter...
Monday 19 January 2015
Taiwan market: PC vendors step up competition
Toshiba reportedly will turn to focus mainly on enterprise products in Taiwan in 2015 as parts of its plan to gradually phase out from the consumer market worldwide and vendors including...
Monday 19 January 2015
Taiwan market: Ultra HD TV sales expected to reach 3,000 in 1Q15; 10,000 in 2015
Ultra HD TVs in the Taiwan market held an estimated 30% share of overall TV sales during the fourth quarter of 2014 and are likely to see a five-fold increase in on-year sales over...
Friday 16 January 2015
Taiwan market: LED light bulb penetration reaches 50% in 2014, says Philips executive
In the Taiwan market, LED light bulbs accounted for 50% of all types of light bulbs in 2014 and the penetration rate is likely to rise to 60% in 2015, according to Philips Taiwan...
Thursday 15 January 2015
China LED chip production value expected to surpass Taiwan's in 2015-2016
Many China-based LED chip makers have expanded or been expanding production capacities and consequently, China's production value for LED chips is expected to exceed Taiwan's in 2015...