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Wednesday 25 May 2016
NSP to shut down PV module factory in Taiwan
Solar cell maker Neo Solar Power (NSP) has announced that it will close a PV module factory in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, at the end of May.
Wednesday 25 May 2016
Taiwan backend firms seeing robust orders from HiSilicon
Demand for HiSilicon's chips has been robust, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC backend firms, which have identified the China-based fabless IC vendor as one of their important...
Tuesday 24 May 2016
Digitimes Research: Korea LCD driver IC vendor Silicon Works sees revenues hit record high in 2015
Combined revenues of Korea's major LCD driver IC vendors reached a record high of KRW419.4 billion (US$353.97 million) in 2015, with Silicon Works, a subsidiary of LG Electronics,...
Tuesday 24 May 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan top-foundry combined revenues to rise 8% in 2Q16
Combined revenues of Taiwan's major foundries: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) are...
Monday 23 May 2016
Taiwan April manufacturing production index down on month, year, says MOEA
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 102.68 for April 2016, decreasing 5.99% on month and 4.50% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry...
Monday 23 May 2016
Schurter has expanded its presence in Europe by creating a new subsidiary in Poland, Schurter Electronics Sp. z o.o.
SCHURTER has expanded its presence in Europe by creating a new subsidiary SCHURTER Electronics Sp. z o.o. in Poland, based in Warsaw. SCHURTER plans to strengthen its local presence...
Monday 23 May 2016
Taiwan April unemployment rate up on year, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 451,000 jobless citizens in April 2016, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.86% which dropped 0.03pp on month but rose 0.23pp on year, according to the Directorate-General...
Monday 23 May 2016
Taiwan April export order value down, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$33.16 billion in total in April 2016, decreasing 9.5% on month and 11.1% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic...
Monday 23 May 2016
Lextar to move part of Taiwan LED packaging capacity to China
Vertically-integrated LED firm Lextar Electronics will move part of LED packaging capacity at its factory in Taiwan to its factory in Suzhou, eastern China, to reduce production cost,...
Monday 23 May 2016
Amazon considering setting up cloud data centers in Taiwan
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is considering establishing cloud data centers in Taiwan and has finished a feasibility evaluation but has not yet made any decision, Amazon corporate vice...
Friday 20 May 2016
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US1.5 billion in January-April, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 1,019 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$1.533 billion in January-April 2016, respectively...
Friday 20 May 2016
Denmark-based Universal Robots to set up subsidiary in Taiwan
Universal Robots, a Denmark-based developer of collaborative robots, will set up a subsidiary in Taiwan in June 206 to tap the local market. The subsidiary will start operations in...
Friday 20 May 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship over 52.6 million large-size TFT-LCD panels in 2Q16
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel makers AU Optronics (AUO), Innolux, Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display will together ship 52.647 million large-size (above 9-inch) panels...
Friday 20 May 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan IC design industry output value to rise 7% in 2016
The production value of Taiwan's IC design industry is expected to increase 7.4% on year to NT$570.75 billion (US$17.4 billion) in 2016, according to Digitimes Research.
Friday 20 May 2016
MediaTek to spin off VR business unit as soon as June, says report
IC design house MediaTek plans to spin off its virtual reality (VR) division to form an independent company in a bid to boost its VR business, according to a recent Chinese-language...