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Wednesday 24 August 2016
Taiwan market: Philips launches Hue 2.0 smart LED lighting
Philips has launched Hue 2.0 series smart LED lighting systems in the Taiwan market, with an entry-level system consisting of three 800-lumen light bulbs, an E27 lamp holder and Hue...
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Taiwan July manufacturing production index up, says MOEA
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 110.05 for July 2016, increasing 0.94% on month and 0.65% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs...
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Taiwan market: Acer, CHT jointly launch smart mobile office solutions
Acer Communications and Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) have jointly launched smart mobile office solutions for the Taiwan market. The smart mobile office solutions are based on Acer's abPBX...
Tuesday 23 August 2016
Innolux to showcase various notebook-use panels at Touch Taiwan 2016
Innolux will exhibit a number of notebook-use panels at Touch Taiwan 2016 to take place in Taipei during August 24-26, according to the company.
Tuesday 23 August 2016
Digitimes Research: Japan to focus on developing self-driving, medicare and smart-factory industries
The Japan Revitalization Strategy 2016 calls for the development of key technologies related to the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), including IoT, robot and artificial...
Tuesday 23 August 2016
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$6 billion in January-July, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 1,948 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) totaling US$6.07 billion in January-July 2016, the former decreasing...
Tuesday 23 August 2016
Taiwan July export order value decreases, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders totaling US$35.03 billion in July 2016, decreasing 1.9% on month and 3.4% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).
Tuesday 23 August 2016
Lenovo shifts component orders back to Taiwan makers
Lenovo reportedly has shifted back some of its component orders from China-based suppliers to Taiwan-based ones in the second half of 2016 in order to improve its profitability, since...
Tuesday 23 August 2016
Taiwan market: Sharp to launch Aquos Z2 smartphone for high-end segment
Sharp plans to launch its new flagship smartphone, the Aquos Z2, in the Taiwan market on August 25, according to the vendor's local sales agent Commtiva Technology.
Monday 22 August 2016
Taiwan networking device makers see profits rebound remarkably in 1H16
A number of Taiwan-based networking device makers, including Accton Technology, Arcadyan Technology, Gemtek Technology, Alpha Networks and SerComm, have seen their earnings improve...
Monday 22 August 2016
Taiwan July unemployment rate up, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 472,000 jobless citizens in July 2016, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 4.02% which rose 0.10pp on month and 0.2pp on year, according to statistics released by the...
Monday 22 August 2016
Taiwan 2Q16 economic growth estimated at 0.70%, says DGBAS
Taiwan's economic growth rate, growth in GDP, for the second quarter of 2016 is estimated at 0.70%, upward adjusted by 0.01pp from the estimate made in July 2016, according to the...
Friday 19 August 2016
Commentary: Taiwan makers reluctant to yield to Apple requests to lower quotes
Apple has met resistance from makers in Taiwan's supply chain to lower their quotes for parts and components for iPhone 7 devices, a move which aims to force Apple to discontinue...
Friday 19 August 2016
Korea DRAM firm rumored to scrap 30,000-50,000 wafers produced at 21nm
A DRAM production slip-up has forced a Korea-based vendor to scrap 30,000-50,000 wafers from its 21nm node, according to industry sources.
Thursday 18 August 2016
Iljin Materials joins Tesla EV battery supply chain, says report
Korea-based Iljin Materials' ectrodeposited (ED) copper foil technology reportedly has been validated by Tesla and Panasonic recently and the company will be able to join Tesla's...