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Tuesday 11 May 2010
Co-Tech developing copper foils for electric car batteries
Co-Tech is developing copper foils used in lithium batteries for electric cars, with samples expected to deliver later in the second quarter, according to company chairman Chung-Hsiung...
Tuesday 4 May 2010
PC component makers increasing quotes to handle rising copper prices
Taiwan-based makers of PC cables, power supplies and cooling modules have upwardly adjusted quotes to notebook makers to reflect increased material cost as the international copper...
Monday 3 May 2010
ASE expects higher shipments, gross margin in 2Q10
Chip packaging and testing company Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) expects shipments to grow by 11-13% sequentially in the second quarter of 2010, driven particularly by...
Friday 30 April 2010
ASE 1Q10 earnings beat market expectations
Chip packaging and testing house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has announced net profits of NT$3.395 billion (US$108 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$37.555 billion...
Thursday 29 April 2010
SPIL posts weaker-than-expected 1Q10 results
Chip packaging and testing house Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) saw net profits for the first quarter of 2010 decline 60% sequentially to NT$1.51 billion (US$48.31 million)...
Friday 16 April 2010
Copper interconnect explosion continues, says The Information Network
The long awaited transition to copper interconnects for memory devices skyrocketed in 2009, and will impact nearly every sector of the semiconductor equipment market into 2011, according...
Thursday 8 April 2010
ASE 1Q10 revenues up on quarter, but SPIL down
Chip packaging and testing house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has reported consolidated revenues for the first quarter rose 42.8% sequentially to NT$37.56 billion. Meanwhile,...
Thursday 1 April 2010
Notebook power supply and cooling module makers plan to increase price
Makers of notebook power supplies and cooling modules are preparing to increase their quotes as the rising labor costs in China as well as increasing copper prices are impacting their...
Wednesday 3 March 2010
Co-Tech may raise copper foil prices in March 2010 on strong demand
Copper foil supplier Co-Tech is running at high utilization rates and has received orders for April 2010. The company said it may raise quotes for copper foil in March. The average...
Wednesday 3 March 2010
Leadframe maker SDI to attract investment from material supplier
Shuen Der Industry (SDI) has announced it plans to draw investment via private placement from Mitsubishi Shindoh, which produces copper strips for leadframes. The leadframe maker...
Tuesday 23 February 2010
CCL quotes set to rise in March 2010, say sources
Copper-clad laminate (CCL) quotes are likely to rise in March 2010 to reflect the rising price of copper, according to industry sources. The average copper price has topped US$7,400...
Monday 22 February 2010
TSMC spends almost NT$4 billion during Lunar break
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced separate equipment purchases totaling around NT$3.85 billion (US$120 million) from Lam Research, Tokyo Electron, ASML,...
Thursday 11 February 2010
Greatek and TICP to step into copper-wire bonding in 2Q10
With Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) aggressively ramping production on copper-wire bond processes, second-tier Taiwan-based IC...
Thursday 4 February 2010
Global IC packaging and testing industry looks to double-digit growth in 2010, says SPIL chairman
The global IC packaging and testing industry is expected to grow by a double-digit rate in 2010, according to Bough Lin, chairman of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL). In line...
Monday 1 February 2010
SPIL stepping up pace of copper wirebonder purchases
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), which falls behind Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) in copper-wire bonding processes, plans to add an additional 400-600 copper wire...