Passive-component maker Cyntec has said that it will start volume shipments of 0201 chip resistors (R-chips) for smartphones in the second quarter of 2009. The company said it is looking...

Yageo is said to begin OEM business this year and it is striving to win orders from Japan-based passive component makers, such as Murata Manufacturing, TDK and Taiyo Yuden, according...

Chip resistor maker Ralec Electronic is seeing orders recover this month with its utilization rate almost fully loaded. The company is optimistic about February sales while order visibility...

Passive component makers expect to see large sales declines in the fourth quarter because of sharply decreasing demand.

Thanks to good inventory digestion and recovering demand from the PC sector, passive component makers for multi-layer ceramic-chip capacitors (MLCCs) and resistors are likely to see...