Despite optimism about increased demand from customers, automation-equipment makers are likely to be hit by a shortage of servo motors in the latter half of August 2009, according...
With foundries, IC backend houses and panel makers revising upward their 2009 capex, Taiwan-based semiconductor and LCD equipment makers are gearing up for an expected uptick in orders...
Csun Manufacturing and Mirle Automation saw pre-tax profits drop 67.9% and 52.2%, respectively, on year in the first half of 2009, according to company data. Despite having landed...
For the first time since 2001, no high-tech equipment market will be immune to the great recession, according to several reports recently published by The Information Network, a US-based...
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD equipment makers have received positive signals from panel customers, and expect increased orders and shipments throughout the second half of 2009, according...
Taiwan-based Cando will convert its 4.5G color filter (CF) line to a capacitive touch panel line amid surging demand for notebook touch panels, according to the company. The company...
Marketech International, a Taiwan-based LCD equipment maker, has developed plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) equipment for producing thin-film solar cells, according...
LCD equipment supplier Kenmec Mechanical Engineering has announced it has signed a licensing agreement with DuPont Display Enhancements to employ DuPont's optical bonding technology...
Flat-panel display (FPD) equipment specialist Mirle Automation has enjoyed growing orders from the touch panel sector thanks to wider adoption in the consumer electronics market,...
Taiwan-based equipment supplier Csun Manufacturing has PCB equipment order visibility extending to the third quarter of 2009, thanks to strong demand in China, according to company...
California-based semiconductor equipment supplier Aviza Technology has been in contact with Taiwan-based semiconductor equipment makers Foxsemicon Integrated Technology and Csun Manufacturing...
Taiwan-based Kenmec Mechanical Engineering has stepped into making TFT-LCD and photovoltaic (PV) equipment, Blu-ray Disc (BD) players and touch panels, according to company chairman...
Mirle Automation has estimated revenues for the second quarter will remain flat sequentially, as panel makers have put on hold plans to expand capacity. In addition, equipment orders...
Kenmec Mechanical Engineering recently announced its investment in Loyalty Founder Enterprise (LFE), a Taiwan-based PC and system chassis manufacturer. The TFT-LCD equipment maker...
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has placed orders for three e-beam inspection systems for 45nm and below production with Hermes Microvision (HMI), a subsidiary...
