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Monday 25 June 2012
BenQ Solar obtains certification from Japan
Taiwan-based BenQ Solar, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), has obtained Japan Electrical Safety & Environment Technology Laboratories' certification and has become one of the...
Tuesday 12 June 2012
Japan market: PV FIT is high; so are barriers for foreign vendors
The Japan government will begin to provide a feed-in tariff (FIT) rate of JPY42/kWh (US$0.53/kWh) for roof-top solar PV systems, estimated to lead to a high internal rate of return...
Wednesday 6 June 2012
HTC adjusts strategy for North Asia, shifting focus to Japan
HTC plans to adjust its marketing strategy for North Asia and will shift its resources to focus on the fast growing smartphone market in Japan, while maintaining a basic operating...
Monday 7 May 2012
Digitimes Research: System costs drop rapidly in Japan solar market
The residential solar PV system installation market in Japan grew significantly due to increasing clean energy awareness. The market expects new feed-in-tariff (FIT) policies to come...
Thursday 16 February 2012
Digitimes Research: LED ceiling lights gain popularity in Japan market
A recent invesitgation by Digitimes Reseach of the recent LED product prices and trends in the Japan market has revealed that the latest buzz there is the LED ceiling light.
Friday 20 January 2012
Everlight to enter Japan lighting market in 2012, says chairman
The market conditions for LED may still be in the clouds in first-half 2012, according to Robert Yeh, chairman of Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight. While attending Lighting...
Thursday 5 January 2012
Shenmao tapping Japan market
Taiwan-based Shenmao Technology, which manufactures solder materials for IC assembly, has set up an office in Japan with the aim to cut into the supply chain of the country's first-tier...
Thursday 20 October 2011
LED light bulb price decreases steadily in September
The price of LED light bulbs continued to drop steadily in September, according to LEDinside. The LED replacement for the traditional 40W incandescent light bulb saw average price...
Friday 7 October 2011
Japan LED lighting market demonstrates healthy growth
The March 2011 earthquake in Japan that caused a nuclear crisis has been driving the country to enthusiastically conserve energy, causing demand of LED lighting to grow. Sales of...
Tuesday 19 July 2011
Lenovo pushes oversea acquisition to expand PC market share
With China-based PC vendor Lenovo successfully surpassed Acer and became the third largest PC vendor worldwide in the second quarter, Lenovo CFO Wong Wai Ming pointed out that the...
Thursday 16 June 2011
Acer may fall out of the worldwide top-3 notebook ranking in 2Q11
As Acer is still working on resolving its notebook inventory issues and expects to suffer a sequential shipment drop of 10% in the second quarter, Lenovo, the fourth-largest global...
Friday 27 May 2011
Nichia to set up LED factory in China
Japan-based Nichia, the world's largest producer of LED chips, will invest US$16 million to establish LED chip production and packaging lines with an annual capacity of 2.7 billion...
Tuesday 22 March 2011
AOC 4Q10 sales up almost 60% on year
Sales of AOC, a brand and business unit of TPV Technology, increased significantly by 58% on year in the fourth quarter of 2010 in the Asia Pacific (not include Japan) market and...
Thursday 10 February 2011
Eco-point policy in Japan helps drive up Taiwan SI TV shipments to a new high in 4Q10, says WitsView
The contract manufacturing volume from Taiwan's TV SIs reached 10.84 million units in the fourth quarter of 2010, up by 19.6% sequentially, a record high quarterly growth in 2010,...
Tuesday 25 January 2011
Asustek expects a slight drop in 1Q11 revenues
Asustek Computer CFO David Chang recently pointed out that the company's revenues in the fourth quarter of 2010 met expectation though total was not a record as hoped. As for the...