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Thursday 26 June 2014
JTouch expects revenue growth in 3Q14
Touch panel maker JTouch expects its revenues to enjoy sequential growth in the third quarter due to strong orders that the company is unable to completely satisfy with its current...
Thursday 26 June 2014
China-based Changjiang narrows gap with Taiwan IC backend service firms
China-based IC backend service company Changjiang Electronics Technology has shifted its focus to more advanced technologies such as wafer-level, FC CSP and bumping packaging processes,...
Thursday 26 June 2014
Glory Science to set up lens module factory in central Taiwan
Taiwan-based lens module maker Glory Science on June 25 announced the acquisition of an existing factory in the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) for establishing production lines...
Wednesday 25 June 2014
Digitimes Research: South Korea eyes AP development; pushing for mid-range market initially
South Korea paid about KRW350 billion (US$342.81 million) in royalties to ARM for AP licensing in 2012, up significantly from KRW180 billion in 2008 and the fee is expected to rise...
Wednesday 25 June 2014
Taiwan market: Taiwan Star Cellular in strategic alliance with LG U+
Taiwan Star Cellular, a 4G mobile communication licensee in Taiwan, has announced it has formed strategic alliance with South Korea-based telecom carrier LG U+ to leverage the latter's...
Tuesday 24 June 2014
Increased TV and notebook panel pricing to improve profits for Taiwan makers in 3Q14, says report
Increased pricing for large-size panels throughout June into the third quarter is expected to bring increased profits for Taiwan-based panel makers Innolux and AU Optronics (AUO),...
Tuesday 24 June 2014
Smartphone vendors trending to develop more ICs in-house
Some brand handset vendors reportedly have accelerated their in-house development of smartphone-use ICs, while reducing the ratio of ICs purchased from outside, according to component...
Tuesday 24 June 2014
Taiwan May manufacturing production index up, says MOEA
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 109.64 for May 2014, increasing 3.64% sequentially and 5.30% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs...
Tuesday 24 June 2014
Taiwan retail chain offers old iPad trade-in program
Taiwan's retail chain Tsann Kuen is cooperating with Apple to let customers trade in their old iPads for iPad Airs at discounted prices.
Monday 23 June 2014
Taiwan May unemployment rate hits 72-month low, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 443,000 jobless citizens in May 2014, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.85% which was the lowest monthly level since June 2008 and dropped by 0.06 percentage point...
Monday 23 June 2014
Taiwan makers may expand PV module capacity as China PV module export costs to US may increase, says EnergyTrend
According to EnergyTrend, Taiwan-based solar cell makers' capacity utilization has dropped recently because of countervailing duty (CVD) and anti-dumping duty (AD) issues. However,...
Monday 23 June 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan PSS makers keep expanding capacities in 2014
Taiwan-based PSS (patterned sapphire substrate) makers have been expanding production capacities, with total monthly capacity to increase from 2.19 million 2-inch-equivalent substrates...
Monday 23 June 2014
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$1.5 billion in January-May, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 1,360 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$1.503 billion in January-May 2014, respectively...
Monday 23 June 2014
Taiwan May export order value down on month, up on year, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$38.02 billion in total in May 2014, decreasing 2.2% on month but increasing 4.7% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of...
Friday 20 June 2014
Taiwan market: Huawei introduces new flagship model
Huawei has introduced its latest flagship smartphone, the Ascend P7, into the Taiwan market in cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT). The model, which comes with a 5-inch Full HD...