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Friday 9 January 2026
Largan braces for 1Q26 seasonal dip as capacity utilization loosens
Largan Precision, a leading optical lens manufacturer, held its earnings call on January 8 to announce its fourth-quarter 2025 and full-year 2025 financial results. Benefiting from...
Friday 9 January 2026
Walsin subsidiary Joyin raises prices on thermistors and varistors as silver cost surges
Taiwan's passive component industry is experiencing another round of price increases. Joyin, a circuit protection components brand under Walsin Technology, has issued price increase...
Friday 9 January 2026
Commentary: China's DCS probe against Japan shows where substitution is viable
China's Ministry of Commerce said on January 7, 2026, that it has launched an anti-dumping investigation into Japanese-origin dichlorosilane (DCS). While framed as a routine trade-remedy...
Friday 9 January 2026
Nvidia weighs CCL performance and cost for VR server, plans M8.5-grade use
CES 2026 is in full swing, where Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced that the next-generation Vera Rubin architecture servers have entered full production, set to succeed the Blackwell...
Thursday 8 January 2026
PentaPro Materials enters TSMC supply chain with NT$3 billion Taiwan expansion
PentaPro Materials Inc., a Taiwanese supplier of semiconductor process chemicals, has joined the supply chain of TSMC and plans to invest NT$3 billion (US$95 million) in a second...
Thursday 8 January 2026
TDK targets AI smartphones and foldables, plans to launch next-gen silicon anode battery
Japanese electronic components manufacturer TDK Electronics announced that it plans to update its industry-leading silicon anode battery technology later in 2026, coinciding with...
Thursday 8 January 2026
Transcom's 2026 rebound: Taiwan Dome drives counter-drone demand
Transcom is targeting a return to growth in 2026 as defense procurement picks up and demand rises for counter-drone systems and air-defense infrastructure, following a steep revenue...
Wednesday 7 January 2026
Zhen Ding Tech ramps 10 plants as 2026 capex tops US$1.6bn
Looking ahead to 2026, PCB industry leader Zhen Ding Tech. (ZDT) said demand remains solid across high-end applications such as AI servers, optical communications, and IC substrates,...
Tuesday 6 January 2026
CHPT 2025 revenue jumps more than 30% year-over-year to hit record high
Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) said that although revenue in December 2025 and the fourth quarter both declined compared with the same period in 2024, overall full-year performance...
Tuesday 6 January 2026
Chang Wah interview: strong lead frame growth despite precious metals shortage
Post-pandemic inventory digestion for mature semiconductor processes has come to an end. Market conditions have rebounded amid tariff-hedging and precautionary stocking, driving Taiwan's...
Monday 5 January 2026
Inpaq CEO Pei-Jen Chen launches resource realignment plan
Inpaq Technology, a passive components maker under the Walsin Technology Group, has launched an internal resource realignment plan. Newly appointed CEO and president Pei-Jen Chen...
Monday 5 January 2026
Taiwan power chipmakers bank on AI data centers and auto orders for 2026 growth
Taiwan's power semiconductor suppliers are positioning for steady growth through 2026. The momentum comes from two fronts: artificial intelligence data centers adopting new power...
Saturday 3 January 2026
Chang Wah accelerates Asia expansion as chip packaging booms
Chang Wah Electromaterials and its affiliate Chang Wah Technology are expanding operations across Taiwan, China, and Malaysia as global chipmakers and packaging houses ramp up capacity...
Friday 2 January 2026
IC substrates and networking PCBs grow; materials and equipment face shortages
The PCB industry is making large upgrades. The largest beneficiaries of the AI boom are IC substrate makers that are part of the advanced chip packaging supply chain, such as Unimicron...
Friday 2 January 2026
Yageo adopts co-COO structure to support global expansion
Yageo, a leading Taiwanese passive components manufacturer, announced a major executive reshuffle, naming current chief financial officer (CFO) Eddie Chen and senior executive vice...