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Tuesday 3 May 2016
Taiwan 1Q16 economic growth at -0.84%, says DGBAS
Taiwan's economic growth rate for first-quarter 2016 is estimated at -0.84%, downward adjusted by 0.20pp from the forecast made in February 2016, the Directorate General of Budget,...
Friday 29 April 2016
Taiwan LCD TVs – 1Q 2016
Taiwan's LCD TV shipments decreased 28.2% sequentially and 1.7% on year to reach 7.35 million units in the first quarter of 2016.
Thursday 28 April 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship 7.35 million LCD TVs in 1Q16
Taiwan-based makers shipped 7.35 million LCD TVs in the first quarter of 2016, decreasing 28.2% on quarter and 1.7% on year. 62.2% of shipments were ODM/OEM orders and 37.8% OBM,...
Thursday 28 April 2016
Foxconn promoting Sharp products internally
Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry) employees have recently established a team to display and promote Sharp's white goods such as dehumidifiers, air purifiers and refrigerators...
Thursday 28 April 2016
Taiwan market: Canon launches new flagship DSLR
Canon has launched its latest flagship DSLR camera, the EOS-1D X Mark II in Taiwan. Canon has also upgraded Taiwan consumers' equipment protection plan.
Thursday 28 April 2016
Taiwan market: Smartphones sales dip in March; Samsung outperforms Apple in volume sales
Sales of handsets, mostly smartphones, totaled 672,000 units in the Taiwan market in March, a decline of 37,000 units from the previous month and 21,000 units from a year earlier...
Wednesday 27 April 2016
Tsinghua investment will not affect PTI 2016 operations
Whether or not an investment proposal by Tsinghua Unigroup obtains approval by Taiwan's anti-trust authority will not affect Powertech Technology's (PTI) operations during 2016, according...
Wednesday 27 April 2016
Taiwan LCD monitors - 1Q 2016
Taiwan makers saw relatively strong sales in the first quarter of 2016, which helped their inventory return to healthier levels.
Tuesday 26 April 2016
Everlight to start production at new factory in central Taiwan
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has nearly completed a factory in central Taiwan and will install equipment at the end of the second quarter of 2016 and begin...
Tuesday 26 April 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship over 19 million LCD monitors in 1Q16
Taiwan-based ODMs, OEMs and OBMs together shipped 19.041 million LCD monitors in the first quarter of 2016, decreasing 10.6% on quarter but increasing 3.7% on year and accounting...
Tuesday 26 April 2016
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile to continue ramping up share in high-end smartphone segment
Sony Mobile Communications will continue to ramp up its share in the over-NT$15,000 (US$462) segment of Taiwan's smartphone market in 2016 although high-end smartphones' share of...
Tuesday 26 April 2016
Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments to drop in 2016
Smartphone shipments in Taiwan are expected to drop on year in 2016 as the penetration rate of smartphones in the local market has already reached a rather high level, a market condition...
Monday 25 April 2016
Taiwan solar cell makers to stay in US anti-dumping review after JA Solar withdrawal
Taiwan-based solar cell makers who have considered withdrawing their applications for the US Department of Commerce (DOC) to review the anti-dumping tariffs imposed on them since...
Monday 25 April 2016
Taiwan market: Microsoft launches Lumia 950 smartphone
Microsoft has launched its Windows 10-based high-end Lumia 950 smartphone in Taiwan and will initially push the device into the enterprise sector.
Monday 25 April 2016
Taiwan university develops aluminum ball bonding technology
While copper wire is considered a cheaper alternative to gold wire for ball wire bonding used in semiconductor packaging, a process based on aluminum wire has been developed by Taiwan's...