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Thursday 29 April 2010
WPG to deal out dividend of NT$3.8 for 2009
IC distributor WPG Holdings has decided to hand out total dividends of NT$3.8, including NT$2 in cash and NT$1.8 in shares for 2009. Industry watchers expect WPG to report an EPS...
Tuesday 27 April 2010
Taiwan IC component distributors to see sequential revenue growth in 2Q10
Taiwan-based IC distributors, including Aeco Technology, Koryo Electronics, WT Microelectronics and Zenitron, are all expected to see second-quarter revenues outperform levels in...
Monday 12 April 2010
IC distributor WPG sees revenues hit record high in March
IC distributor WPG Holdings (WPG) saw its consolidated revenues grow 52.9% sequentially and 46% on year to a record high of NT$22.79 billion (US$722.35 million) in March, according...
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...
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...
Tuesday 23 March 2010
IC distributor WPG positive about 2Q10
WPG Holdings (WPG) holds an optimistic outlook for the second quarter of 2010, attributing the strong quarter to increased demand coming from the handset and LCD TV sectors in China,...
Monday 22 March 2010
Commentary: WPG-Yosun merger a win-win deal
WPG Holdings and Yosun Industrial, Asia's largest and second largest IC distributors, announced their merger at a right time, which is expected to consolidate operations of both companies...
Sunday 21 March 2010
Asia's largest IC distributor gets bigger: WPG and Yosun merge
IC distributors WPG Holdings (WPG) and Yosun Industrial (Yosun) have announced that Yosun will join WPG Holdings through a share swap. The two companies' board of directors have approved...
Thursday 11 March 2010
WPG to see better-than-expected 1Q10 revenues
WPG Holding's first-quarter 2010 revenues will perform better than the company's earlier forecast of NT$51-54 billion (US$1.6-1.7 billion), as demand from the handset, TV, PC/notebook,...
Thursday 11 February 2010
Top-5 IC distributors in Taiwan see on-month growth in January 2010 revenues except Edom
Edom Technology was the only player among Taiwan's top-five IC distributors to see an on-month drop in its January 2010 evenues, while WPG Holdings, Yosun Industrial, WT Microelectronics...
Wednesday 10 February 2010
IC distributor WPG sees 79% of January 2010 sales come from China
WPG Holdings, which mainly distributes semiconductor components, has announced consolidated revenues for January 2010 grew 11% on month and 135% on year to NT$20.275 billion (US$631...
Wednesday 9 December 2009
IC distributor WPG manages revenue growth in November on China demand
WPG Holdings saw consolidated revenues grow almost 1% on month to NT$17.74 billion (US$549 million) in November, beating its previous estimate of a sequential drop, according to the...
Friday 27 November 2009
Yosun stocks surge on speculation of WPG acquisition
Stock of IC distributor Yosun Industrial saw trading volumes top 37,000 on November 26, hitting the company's record, on market speculation WPG Holdings is looking to acquire the...
Wednesday 11 November 2009
Major IC distributors see revenues drop in October
WPG Holdings has reported consolidated revenues of NT$17.57 billion (US$543 million) for October 2009, down around 5% sequentially, while rivals Yosun and WT Microelectronics saw...