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Tuesday 8 September 2009
Asia Optical August revenues up on month, down on year
Taiwan-based maker of optical lens and digital cameras Asia Optical on September 7 reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$2.1 billion (US$64 million) for August, its highest...
Tuesday 8 September 2009
Digital camera makers Ability and Altek report 2009 revenue highs in August
Ability Enterprise and Altek, two of the three largest Taiwan-based digital camera makers, on September 7 reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$3.516 billion (US$107 million)...
Friday 4 September 2009
Taiwan market: Sony launches two Cyber-shot DSCs, aims at 31% market share in 2009
Sony on September 3 unveiled two Cyber-shot series digital camera models, DSC-TX1 and DSC-WX1, for launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retrial price of NT$12,980 (US$395)...
Wednesday 2 September 2009
Taiwan market: Samsung launches digital cameras ST500, ST550, ST1000
Samsung Electronics on September 1 launched three new digital still camera (DSC) models, the ST500, ST550 and ST1000, in the Taiwan market at recommended retail prices of NT$11,990...
Monday 31 August 2009
Taiwan market: Sony debuts four DSLR cameras, aims at 25% market share in 2009
Sony on August 28 unveiled four Alpha series DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera models, A380, A500, A550 and A850, for launch in the Taiwan market, with A850 to be available...
Monday 24 August 2009
DSC maker Asia Optical posts loss of over NT$400 million for 1H09
Taiwan-based Asia Optical, which makes optical lens kits and digital cameras, has posted consolidated net loss of NT$401.1 million (US$12.2 million), or a net loss of NT$1.58 per...
Thursday 20 August 2009
Image sensor market ends long, steep growth to face more cyclic area, says Strategies Unlimited
The market for image sensors will decline to US$6.4 billion in 2009, a drop of 11% from 2008 and the first decline since 1997, according to Strategies Unlimited. However, the average...
Wednesday 19 August 2009
DSC chip designer SQ to add high-end solutions
Service & Quality Technology (SQ), a Taiwan-based IC designer specializing in controller chips for digital cameras, plans to introduce new controllers which enable face detection...
Monday 17 August 2009
Samsung unveils three new digital cameras for launch in August
Samsung Electronics on August 14 debuted three new digital camera models, ST500, ST550 and ST1000, for launch simultaneously in Taiwan, South Korea, the US, the UK and other main...
Wednesday 12 August 2009
Altek expects record shipments of digital cameras in September
Taiwan-based digital camera maker Altek began shipments to new client Fujifilm in July and expects its total monthly shipment volume to increase to a record of three million units...
Friday 7 August 2009
Ability Enterprise looks to ship nine million digital cameras in 2H09, says president
Ability Enterprise expects to ship nine million digital cameras during the second half of 2009, increasing by 73.1% from the first half and by 20% from the second half of 2008, according...
Wednesday 5 August 2009
Japan-based camera vendors may release more OEM orders to Taiwan
Japan-based digital camera vendors Fujifilm, Casio and Sony suffered losses in the second quarter of 2009 (their first quarter of fiscal 2009) while Canon saw profits decrease by...
Wednesday 5 August 2009
Altek July revenues up on month
Taiwan-based digital camera maker Altek has reported consolidated revenues for July 2009 of NT$1.65 billion (US$50.5 million), an increase of 37% from June.
Tuesday 28 July 2009
Digital camera makers Ability Enterprise, Altek expected to obtain additional orders from Fujifilm
Fujifilm has increased its fiscal 2009 (April 2009-March 2010) sales target from 8.3 million units originally to at least 9.0 million due to a better than expected sales performance,...
Friday 24 July 2009
Taiwan-based Altek debuts own-brand cameraphone in China
Taiwan-based digital camera maker Altek unveiled the T8680, its first own-brand cameraphone model at a cross-strait forum on the optics industry held in Beijing, China, on July 23,...