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Wednesday 11 April 2012
Touch panel maker Mutto to see 30% sequential revenue gain in 2Q12
Touch panel maker Mutto Optronics is expected to see its revenues grow 30% sequentially in the second quarter of 2012 due to an improvement of its yield rates, according to industry...
Wednesday 11 April 2012
China likely to approve 1GW of applications for Golden Sun Demonstration Project in 2012
According to China news media, the preliminary assessment of the fourth stage of the Golden Sun Demonstration Projects has been finalized. There were about 4GW of projects applying...
Wednesday 11 April 2012
China market: Original Symbian user base to be shared by other platforms
As Nokia has shifted from Symbian to Windows Phone, the market share for Symbian in China slipped from 42.5% in the first quarter of 2011 to 18.7% in the fourth quarter based on surveys...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
China-based makers pessimistic about global solar demand in 2H12
Despite incentive cuts in Germany and soon by Italy, demand in the global solar market has been healthy in first-half 2012. Industry sources believe that customers want to begin solar...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
China state-run power generators expected to have competitive advantages in domestic solar market
While there will be an estimated demand for solar PV installation capacity of 5GW in the China market in 2012, the competition among China-based solar makers will be intense. The...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
China-based solar maker LDK to lay off employees, say reports
LDK Solar, a China-based solar firm, will lay off employees who have been at the company less than three years, according to media reports in China. Gintech Energy, Neo Solar Power...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
China market: ISPs stepping into smartphone segment, to benefit Taiwan handset ODMs
China-based smartphone vendors and Internet service companies, including Xiaomi Technology, Alibaba.com and Shanda Interactive Entertainment, are rolling out smartphones supporting...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
SMIC raises guidance for 1Q12
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China's top contract chipmaker, has announced upward revisions to its revenue and gross margin guidance for the first...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Foxconn making smartphones for Xiaomi
Foxconn International Holdings (FIH) has begun ODM production of second-generation smartphones for China-based vendor Xiaomi, according to China-based website iMobile. FIH has become...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Taiwan LED makers lose out in competition with China makers for LED street lamps in Thailand
Taiwan-based LED makers have lost in competition with fellow China-based makers for supplying LED street lamps for Thailand-based Kanthawichit Engineering, with China-based competitor...
Monday 9 April 2012
Large-size panel prices may turn sour again in 2H12 on weak demand
The market for large-size LCD panels would probably turn sour again in the second half of 2012 despite a recent rebound in panel prices that was pushed up by supply side bottlenecks...
Monday 9 April 2012
Digitimes Research: Suntech ranks number one in 4Q11 solar module shipments among China peers
Digitimes Research tallied fourth-quarter 2011 solar module shipments of major China-based solar module firms. The ranking of the top five solar module makers by shipments changed...
Monday 9 April 2012
Commentary: China solar firms in hunger game in domestic market
China-based solar firms have been beating peers around the world with its low product costs. However, competition among the China-based makers in the domestic market is a different...
Monday 9 April 2012
ZTE and Huawei dive into high-end smartphone market in 2012
For the smartphone market, China-based ZTE and Huawei Technologies previously mainly focused on the low-price segment and their presence in high-end segment was rare. But they have...
Monday 9 April 2012
China government announces new measures for renewable energy subsidies
China's Ministry of Finance announced new renewable energy subsidies on April 5, 2012. The subsidies will cover projects that use renewable energy sources to generate power. Renewable...