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Friday 13 August 2010
FTC approves WPG-Yosun merger
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has given a green light on the planned merger between two leading IC distributors, WPG Group and Yosun Industrial. The merger, which is to take...
Friday 6 August 2010
Dynapack to merge with Celxpert
Dynapack International Technology and Celxpert Energy, Taiwan's second and third-largest notebook battery makers respectively, will merge through a stock swap of one Dynapack share...
Tuesday 3 August 2010
Forhouse to merge with Taiwan Nano on September 15
The planned merger of Forhouse and Taiwan Nano Electro-Optical Technology, two LED backlight unit (BLU) makers under the AUO Group, has been approved by the government to take effect...
Monday 12 July 2010
Chipbond 2Q10 revenues beat guidance
Major Taiwan-based driver IC packaging and testing house Chipbond Technology saw revenues soar 83.5% sequentially in the second quarter of 2010. The significant rise was higher than...
Wednesday 30 June 2010
CMI sees smooth merger, says CEO
Chimei Innolux, which was formed in March through a merger of Chi Mei Optoelectrionics (CMO), Innolux Display and TPO Displays, has seen relatively smooth integration of the three...
Monday 28 June 2010
FET to acquire 100% stake in Sparq for merger
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, on June 25 announced it will have its wholly owned subsidiary, Yuan Cing Infocomm...
Wednesday 23 June 2010
Driver IC packager Chipbond at almost full capacity on strong demand ahead of holiday season
Chipbond Technology has revealed it is currently running at near full capacity for COF (chip-on-film) and COG (chip-on-glass), and utilization for bumping has risen to 85-90%. Customers...
Thursday 17 June 2010
Taiwan market: Time is not right for merger of WiMAX operators, says FET chairman
Taiwan's six WiMAX operators may be willing to merge to expand their geographic coverage, but the market is not yet mature for mergers, according to Far EasTone Telecommunications...
Wednesday 12 May 2010
Foundry revenues to grow 40% in 2010, says iSuppli
After a year that was decidedly skewed by macroeconomic forces impacting the entire electronics value chain, pure-play foundry suppliers will see revenues jump by 39.5% this year...
Monday 10 May 2010
UTAC reportedly joins race to buy EEMS plants in Singapore and China
Singapore's United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC) has expressed its interest in EEMS's two plants in Singapore and Suzhou, China, which have also been eyed by Advanced Semiconductor...
Tuesday 20 April 2010
Accton Technology to acquire Mototech
Taiwan-based network/communication equipment maker Accton Technology on April 19 announced a merger with Mototech Incorporated, a Taiwan-based designer of digital video recorder STBs...
Friday 9 April 2010
WPG-Yosun merger may challenge Arrow, says iSuppli
The approval of the board of directors for the merger of WPG and Yosun Industrial sets the stage for the creation of what could become the world's largest electronics distributor,...
Wednesday 7 April 2010
Renesas may integrate distribution networks
Taiwan-based IC distributors for the former NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology may undergo consolidation of their distributed products for Renesas Electronics, formed as a result...
Thursday 1 April 2010
Chipbond completes merger with peer IST
LCD driver IC packaging house Chipbond Technology announced on April 1 the completion of its merger with International Semiconductor Technology (IST), with Chipbond being the surviving...
Wednesday 31 March 2010
WPG continues acquisitions with purchase of AIO Components
IC distributor WPG Holdings has announced that it will acquire Hong Kong-based passive component distributor AIO Components for US$3 million. The announcement came just one week after...
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Summary of Tech Supply Chain News!
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research
Competitive color technologies expand e-paper market potential, moving beyond zero-sum game, says DIGITIMES Research