A number of China-based PCB manufacturers are becoming increasingly active in the field of handset-use HDI boards, and therefore have demanded more production equipment to expand...
Suzhou Top Creation Machines has landed orders for wet processing equipment from first-tier PCB manufacturers, according to the company. The fulfillment of new orders will boost its...
HannStar Board and Gold Circuit Electronics, both of whom mainly make notebook PCBs, expect their sales and shipments in the second quarter of 2011 to outperform those in the first...
Nan Ya PCB expects its second-quarter 2011 performance to be stronger than the first-quarter's due to a pick-up in orders from the IT segment as well as an improvement of yield rates...
The already-tight supply of laser drills, which are used to make equipment used in the production of high-end PCBs such as any-layer HDI boards, may worsen in the near future due...
Handset PCB manufacturers including Compeq Manufacturing, Unimicron Technology and Unitech Printed Circuit Board are expected to report sequential growth of 5-10% in consolidated...
PCB maker Unitech Printed Circuit Board will begin to install production lines at its new plant in Ilan, northeast Taiwan in August with the commercial run of the plant slated for...
Apple has increased the number of PCB suppliers for iPad 2 from three to seven, industry sources have claimed. The newly-added contract makers, Compeq Manufacturing, Gold Circuit...
A fire broke out at a PCB plant in Dayuan, northern Taiwan operated by Compeq Manufacturing on January 8. The fire was put out quickly and no injuries were reported. The cause of...
Nanya PCB (NPC) plans to drop its capital spending from NT$5 billion (US$171 million) in 2010 to less than NT$1 billion in 2011, as most of its investment for expanding capacity for...
Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) plans to ramp up its combined capacity for HDI boards in Taiwan and China by 66% to 500,000 square feet by the end of first-quarter 2011, according...
Wus Printed Circuit plans to buy back 28 million shares of common stock, about 7.37% of its outstanding shares, in a price range of NT$14.21 (US$0.48) to NT$30.42 per share between...
PCB maker Compeq Manufacturing on December 27 announced self-evaluated net income of NT$134 million (US$4.5 million) or NT$0.11 a share for November. With strong shipments for handset...
Compeq Manufacturing, a major Taiwan-based PCB supplier, on December 22 announced it has completed a syndicated loan of NT$5 billion (US$167 million) with a 19-member banking consortium...
With strong demand from the smartphone and tablet PC sectors, HDI board supply has shown signs of shortage since the third quarter of 2010, according to PCB makers. Laser drilling...
