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Tuesday 29 March 2016
Middle East and Africa PC market suffers steepest ever decline in shipments in 4Q15, says IDC
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market suffered a 28.7% on-year slump in shipments in the final quarter of 2015, according to the latest insights from IDC. Shipments fell for...
Tuesday 29 March 2016
Clevo to sell real estate in China to help improve operations
Clevo's subsidiary in China, Buynow, is expected to sell its over 250,000 square meters of real estate in China in 2016 for a total price of CNY2.2 billion (US$338.42 million). Income...
Tuesday 29 March 2016
Cvilux pushing transformation of connector business
Seeing demand for PC and LCD TV connectors weakening and competition from China-based makers growing fierce, Taiwan-based connector maker Cvilux has been aggressively transforming...
Tuesday 29 March 2016
Everlight Electronics constructing factory for LED automotive lighting
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics is constructing a plant in central Taiwan specifically for making automotive lighting products, according to the company.
Monday 28 March 2016
Clevo ships 1.42 million notebooks in 2015, but sees increasing volume in high-end models
Clevo's notebook shipments reached 1.42 million units in 2015, down 13.93% from 1.65 million in 2014, but revenues from the business grew 4% on year in 2015 as the company shipped...
Monday 28 March 2016
PCB firms cautious about demand for smartwatches
Apple Watch's "weaker than expected" shipments have prompted caution from companies in the PCB supply chain, which no longer believe Apple Watch or other smartwatch device...
Monday 28 March 2016
Wistron to set up 2 subsidiary holding firms
Wistron will establish two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Wistron Medical Tech Holding and Wistron Digital Technology Holding, each with initial paid-in capital of NT$600 million (US$18.2...
Friday 25 March 2016
Digitimes Research: More high-end digital cameras launched in spring 2016
Observing the launches of consumer digital still cameras (DSC) scheduled in spring 2016, the number of models is 30% less than the same period a year ago. The top-two vendors, Nikon...
Friday 25 March 2016
Taiwan market: Canon launches EOS 80D camera
Canon has unveiled the EOS 80D for launch in the Taiwan market on March 25 at a retail price of NT$36,900 (US$1,118) for body only, NT$40,900 for body plus EF-S 18-55mm IS STM lens...
Friday 25 March 2016
Acer US-based subsidiary Gateway to merge with Acer Latin America
Acer on March 24 announced that its wholly-owned US-based subsidiary Gateway will merge with Acer Latin America, with the former to be the surviving company.
Friday 25 March 2016
IEI workers probed for insider trading
Industrial PC player IEI Integration's headquarters in Taiwan were raided by Taiwan's Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau on March 24 for suspicion of having conducted insider...
Friday 25 March 2016
IC orders for notebooks slow
IC orders for notebooks remain slow, according to sources at analog and other notebook-related chip suppliers, adding that shipments are unlikely to register substantial growth in...
Friday 25 March 2016
Acer splits into 2 major business groups
Acer has announced the division of its core and new businesses into two groups. The new structure will address the diverse development needs of IT hardware products versus cloud services,...
Friday 25 March 2016
Motherboard makers expected to see 10% sequential drops in 2Q16 shipments
With demand for motherboards remaining weak and Intel has deferred the launch of its next-generation platform, Kaby Lake, to the third quarter, most motherboard players are expected...
Friday 25 March 2016
China market: LG Display tops TV panel suppliers in 2015, says Sigmaintell
LG Display, among TFT-LCD panel makers, shipped the most LCD TV panels in the China market in 2015, followed by Innolux, BOE Technology and Samsung Display, according to China-based...