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Friday 14 June 2019
Unimicron to build new IC substrate plant
Unimicron Technology is scheduled to break ground for a new plant in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan in July followed by equipment move-in a year later. The new facility is designed for...
Wednesday 5 June 2019
Unimicron, Kinsus to expand additional ABF substrate capacities
Unimicron Technology and Kinsus Interconnect Technology both have plans to expand additional new capacities for ABF (ajinomoto build-up film) substrates judging from robust demand...
Thursday 30 May 2019
China overtakes Japan as world No. 2 PCB supplier
Taiwan has been the leader in the global PCB sector in terms of production value and technology development, and China has grown rapidly to unseat Japan as the world's second largest...
Wednesday 15 May 2019
ABF substrate supply remains tight
The supply of ajinomoto build-up film (ABF) substrates has been tight, and will continue to fall short of demand in the second half of 2019, according to industry sources.
Monday 13 May 2019
Unimicron to pour US$20 billion into FC substrate biz over next 4 years
Unimicron Technology has disclosed plans to invest a total of NT$20 billion (US$644.7 million) in R&D and expanding production capacity for advanced flip-chip (FC) substrates...
Wednesday 24 April 2019
PCB firm Tripod Tech kicking off NT$2 billion capacity expansion
Taiwan-based Tripod Technology has disclosed it has signed a contract worth NT$2 billion (US$64.8 million) for the construction of additional production lines at its manufacturing...
Thursday 11 April 2019
Taiwan PCB firms post mixed 1Q19 results
PCB manufacturer Compeq Manufacturing saw its revenues decrease 4.3% from a year earlier in the first quarter of 2019, while revenues at fellow companies Unimicron Technology and...
Tuesday 2 April 2019
Unimicron to spend 60% of 2019 capex on IC substrates
PCB and IC substrate supplier Unimicron Technology expects about 60% of its capex this year to be spent on IC substrate production.
Thursday 7 March 2019
PCB maker Unimicron boosts production efficiency by 70% with AI
PCB maker Unimicron Technology has seen its production efficiency improve by 70% after adopting AI solutions for product inspection through cooperating with IBM, according to company...
Monday 4 March 2019
PCB makers may not gain much from Huawei P30 Pro release
China handset vendor Huawei is set to release new smartphone model P30 Pro in late March as one of its major offerings for the first half of 2019, but Taiwan PCB supply chain is conservative...
Wednesday 27 February 2019
PCB makers bracing for opportunities from foldable smartphones
Foldable smartphones are gradually emerging as a new handset trend, promoting Taiwan PCB makers to make preparations for cashing in on the consequent market demand, according to industry...
Monday 11 February 2019
Apple supply chain: Flexible PCB makers plagued by lackluster iPhone sales
Among supply chain partners for iPhones, Taiwan's PCB makers have suffered significantly from the devices' latest wave of lackluster sales, with flexible board suppliers Zhen Ding...
Tuesday 29 January 2019
PCB makers see little impact from Huawei 5G equipment boycott
Despite the raging US-led campaign to boycott 5G network equipment supplied by China's leading telecom equipment maker Huawei, Taiwan PCB makers are less worried about its possible...
Monday 28 January 2019
Unimicron raises capex budget for 2019
PCB and IC substrate supplier Unimicron Technology has decided to increase its capex budget this year by NT$2.32 billion (US$75.5 million) to total NT$8.3 billion, according to a...
Monday 14 January 2019
2018 review and 2019 outlook: PCB makers see new applications as growth driver
Taiwan PCB makers enjoyed strong growth in 2018 in shipments of their flexible boards, rigid-flex boards and substrate-like PCBs to new application sectors of datacenter servers and...