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Monday 22 March 2010
KYE Systems posts profits for 2009
Taiwan-based PC peripheral maker KYE Systems has posted consolidated revenues of NT$10.17 billion (US$310 million) for 2009, with gross margins of 19.27%, net operating profits of...
Sunday 21 March 2010
Harvatek set to declare net profit for 2009
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Harvatek is expected to report net profits of NT$180 million (US$5.67 million) for 2009 with an EPS of NT$0.98, according to market observers. The...
Friday 19 March 2010
Advantech nets NT$3.50 per share from 2009 operation
Advantech, the largest Taiwan-based industrial PC maker, recorded consolidated sales of NT$15.323 billion (US$466.4 million) and net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$3.50 in 2009, according...
Friday 19 March 2010
Driver IC vendor Sitronix posts profit of over NT$448 million for 2009
Driver IC maker Sitronix Technology has posted net profits of NT$448.5 million (US$14.14 million), or an EPS of NT$3.92, on revenues of NT$5 billion for 2009. The company expects...
Friday 19 March 2010
Gemtek sees net profits drop over 42% in 2009
Network equipment maker Gemtek Technology saw its net profits drop 42.3% to NT$656 million (US$20.68 million) in 2009. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$2.55 for 2009.
Friday 19 March 2010
China-based solar wafer maker Solargiga sees loss from 2009 operation
China-based solar ingot/wafer supplier Solargiga Energy on March 18 published its 2009 financial report, posting revenues of 658 million yuan (US$96.3 million), gross margin of 25.3%...
Friday 19 March 2010
ITO film maker Ushine seeking OTC listing
Taiwan-based indium tin oxide (ITO) film maker Ushine Photonics plans to submit an application for listing in Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) market in the second half of 2010 and...
Friday 19 March 2010
Litho market drops 47% in 2009, says The Information Network
Lithography tools for semiconductor manufacturing dropped 47% in 2009 on top of a 25% drop in 2008, according to The Information Network.
Thursday 18 March 2010
Syncmold to see 20-fold increase in hinge shipments to all-in-one PCS in 2010
Taiwan-based monitor hinge maker Syncmold Enterprise expects its shipments to the all-in-one PC segment will increase 20-fold from 100,000 units in 2009 to two million in 2010, according...
Thursday 18 March 2010
Gamania sees strong profit growth in 2009
Gamania Digital Entertainment, the second largest developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, on March 17 published its 2009 financial report, with net operating profit hiking 78.2%...
Thursday 18 March 2010
UMC to pay NT$0.5 cash dividend for 2009; to issue bonds
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has announced its board of directors has decided to deal out dividends of NT$0.5 (US$0.02) in cash for 2009, when the company generated net...
Thursday 18 March 2010
Global semiconductor materials sales drop to US$34.6 billion in 2009, says SEMI
The global semiconductor materials market contracted 19% in 2009 compared to 2008 as the semiconductor industry reacted quickly to deteriorating market conditions in the first part...
Thursday 18 March 2010
Asia-Pacific chip revenues growth defies downturn in 2009, says iSuppli
Combined revenues for semiconductor suppliers headquartered in the Asia-Pacific region reached US$44.5 billion in 2009, up 2.3% from US$43.5 billion in 2008, according to iSuppli...
Wednesday 17 March 2010
Chip resistor maker Ta-I to expand capacity by 20%
Ta-I Technology plans to spend NT$1 billion (US$31.45 million) in the next two years expanding chip resistor, protective component and LED heat sink substrate lines, according to...
Wednesday 17 March 2010
Taiwan market: Sony tops 2009 sales of Blu-ray Disc players
In the Taiwan market, about 13,000 Blu-ray Disc (BD) players were sold in 2009 and Sony was the largest vendor with a 50% market share mainly due to price cuts, according to industry...