With copper prices continuing to trend up, copper foil quotes have increased 5% in December 2010, according to copper foil maker Co-Tech. Copper foil quotes from November 21 to December...
STATS ChipPAC and Intersil have qualified the use of copper wire interconnect solutions on a number of high-end analog and mixed-signal devices which are in volume production, STATS...
Quotes for copper foil have risen for the fourth consecutive month, up by 5% in December 2010 compared with November, according to industry sources. The upward trend reflects strengthening...
With gold futures climbing to an historical high and copper prices relatively stable, IC packaging houses could see their gross margins eroded. The price difference between gold-wire...
With Silicon Precision Industries (SPIL) quickly catching up with Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) in copper wirebonding, ASE is currently attempting to win orders over second-tier...
CCL (copper clad laminate) maker Iteq has registered NT$1.67 billion (US$55.3 million) in October consolidated revenues, up 1.8% from September. Fellow company Elite Materials (EMC)...
Copper foil maker Co-Tech has posted revenues of NT$478 million (US$15.8 million) for October 2010, down 11.5% sequentially. But revenues were up 30% from a year ago.
Prices for copper foil, a raw material for making copper clad laminates (CCL), have hiked 5% in November 2010 to reflect rising copper costs, according to industry sources. Meanwhile,...
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) plans to budget US$700-800 million for 2011, similar to its 2010 budget according to the company. The packaging and testing firm also said...
Copper clad laminate (CCL) maker Iteq has reported third-quarter revenues of NT$5.36 billion (US$173.69 billion), down 5% sequentially. Pre-tax profit fell to NT$497 million or NT$5.75...
Co-Tech Copper Foil expects its revenues to be lower than expected in the fourth quarter of 2010 due to a decline in shipments of its copper foils in October and unclear order visibility...
As London Metal Exchange (LME) quotes for copper have risen to US$8,290/ton, the highest since July 2008, plus labor costs in China are rising, Taiwan-based makers of electronic connectors...
Copper clad laminate (CCL) makers could see fourth-quarter 2010 profits contract due to an increase in copper foil quotes, which rose 3-5% in September and another 5% in October....
Major chip packagers Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) are likely to see their profits for the first quarter of 2011 halve from...
Soaring gold and copper prices, as well as losses resulting from the appreciation of the NT dollar, are likely to affect packaging and testing firms' gross margins in the fourth quarter...
