The top-three Taiwan-based sapphire substrate makers – Crystal Applied Technology (CAT), Tera Xtal Technology and Crystalwise Technology – all plan to ramp up capacity...
Contrast to the lack of demand for LED TV, the market for LED lighting has been growing steadily. With demands for improvements in luminous efficacy growing, the market forecasts...
Unimicron Technology plans to raise prices for PCBs and some of its substrate products by 10-20% to reflect rising raw material costs, according to company CFO Tsai-Sheng Shen.
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) chairman Bough Lin on April 27 confirmed that the company has been facing stretched lead times for its IC substrates due to limited availability...
Taiwan-based hard disc drive (HDD) maker Min Aik Technology is expected to see its component shipments remain flat on quarter as several key hard drive components such as aluminum...
Asahi Glass (AGC) has developed what it claims is the world's thinnest soda-lime glass substrate for touch screens, measuring 0.28mm, or 15% less than the currently thinnest commercial...
The supply of bismaleimide-triazine (BT) resin, a major raw material in the production of IC substrates, has been steady recently. But IC substrate makers expect their revenues to...
Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) on April 14 announced plans to create two independent companies by spinning off its semiconductor wafer and LED sapphire substrate...
Two Taiwan-based sapphire substrate makers Crystal Applied Technology and Tera Xtal Technology plan to deal out handsome dividends for their performance in 2010, according to a Chinese-language...
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) saw monthly sales of its patterned sapphire substrates exceed NT$100 mbillion (US$3.5 million) for the first time in March 2011, according to...
Major producers of bismaleimide-triazine (BT) resin, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC) and Hitachi Chemical, are recovering faster than expected from the suspension of operations caused...
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has estimated that sales of its patterned sapphire substrates will top NT$2 billion (US$68 million) in 2011, and growth in the high-margin product...
The supply of sapphire substrates will not be affected by the Japan earthquake as the facilities of the top-2 Japan-based makers - Kyocera and Namiki - were not damaged by the quake,...
Taiwan-based LED heat sink substrate makers Tong Hsing Electronic Industries and Viking Tech both plan to ramp up their capacities to accommodate rising demand coming from the LED...
Corning Display Technologies Taiwan (CDTT) president Alan Eusden has indicated that glass substrate demand growth for the mobile PC segment will reach 18% in 2010-2014, exceeding...
