Csun Manufacturing and Mirle Automation saw pre-tax profits drop 67.9% and 52.2%, respectively, on year in the first half of 2009, according to company data. Despite having landed...

Acer plans to launch four smartphones, the A1, C1/E1, F1 and L1, at the end of September and in the fourth quarter of this year, outsourcing the production to Taiwan-based Compal...

Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) has cut into the supply chain of Amazon's Kindle e-book products, and shipment volume is expected to reach 50% of Amazon's demand in the second half...

Unimicron Technology is likely to swing to profits in second-quarter 2009 thanks to strong shipments of IC substrates and notebook HDI boards, according to the company. Unimicron...

Despite posting strong revenue gains in the second quarter of 2009, most Taiwan network equipment makers are conservative about the business outlook for the second half, according...

Taiwan touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch are expected to enjoy significant shipment growth for resistive touch panels in the second half of 2009 driven by...

Taiwan PCB makers HannStar Board, Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE), Tripod Technology and Dynamic Electronics all expect order volumes of notebook PCBs to remain flat in July, and revenues...

Taiwan-based TFT-LCD equipment makers have received positive signals from panel customers, and expect increased orders and shipments throughout the second half of 2009, according...

Taiwan-based I-Chiun Precision Industry is expected to start shipping LED leadframes for TVs in the second half of 2009, according to market sources.

LED chipmakers Epistar and Tekcore plan to expand capacity in preparation for strong high-brightness (HB) blue LED chip demand, according to market sources.

Gemtek Technology expects its shipments of IP set-top boxes (STBs) to top 600,000 units in the second half of 2009 compared to 300,000 units shipped in the first, while its full-year...

Sales of 3G handsets in the China market are expected to top five million units in the second half of 2009, according to CCID Consulting.

Most Taiwan chip resistor makers have reached utilization rates of 80-90% to build up their inventory levels with the expectation of increased demand in the second half of 2009, according...

Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) shipped around 1.6 million notebooks in the first half of 2009 and expects annual shipments to reach four million units, down from its previous forecast...

HTC (High Tech Computer) will focus its marketing on expanding its market share in the US and China in the second half of the year, according to company president and CEO Peter Cho...