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Monday 24 April 2017
Taiwan March unemployment rate down, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 445,000 jobless citizens in March 2017, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.78% which dropped 0.07pp on month and 0.11pp on year, according to statistics released...
Friday 21 April 2017
Samsung completes qualification of 2nd-gen 10nm process technology
Samsung Electronics has announced that its second-generation 10nm FinFET process technology, 10LPP (Low Power Plus), has been qualified and is ready for production. With further enhancement...
Friday 21 April 2017
Taiwan market: Paypal enhances service by disabling domestic payment processing
Digital payments platform Paypal has been forced to stop processing domestic payments between accounts registered in Taiwan in order to comply with local laws and regulations. But...
Friday 21 April 2017
Taiwan market: Delta Electronics-developed EV charging solutions adopted at Taipei 101
Pan German Motors, a Taiwan sales agent for Germany-based automaker BMW, has installed a 50KW DC quick EV (electric vehicle) charger and five compact AC EV charging units, both developed...
Friday 21 April 2017
Taiwan market: LG launches new flagship smartphone, smartwatches
LG Electronics has unveiled its new flagship smartphone, the LG G6, in the Taiwan market with the availability to begin on May 1. It is priced at NT$24,900 (US$816) unlocked.
Thursday 20 April 2017
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$1 billion in January-March, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 757 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$1.094 billion in January-March 2017, respectively...
Thursday 20 April 2017
Taiwan March export order value up, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$41.12 billion in total in March 2017, increasing 21.8% on month and 12.3 on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic...
Thursday 20 April 2017
PTI to enjoy robust demand for NAND flash
Robust demand for NAND flash memory will boost revenues at packaging and testing company Powertech Technology (PTI) in the second half of 2017, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 18 April 2017
Taiwan science parks post January-February revenues of over NT$358 billion
Government-developed and run Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) generated combined revenues of NT$358.506 billion...
Monday 17 April 2017
Chelic to establish R&D center in Taiwan
Taiwan-based pneumatic automation component maker Chelic has established a pneumatic component R&D center in Taiwan to develop new innovative technologies, smart automation solutions...
Monday 17 April 2017
PTI to buy Micron backend plant in Japan
Taiwan-based Powertech Technology (PTI), a backend house specializing in NAND flash and DRAM memory chips, has announced plans to fully acquire Micron Akita, Micron Technology's assembly...
Monday 17 April 2017
Semi material distributor Topco seeing more favorable silicone market
The market for silicone materials is expected to turn healthy as China-based suppliers reduce their output, according to Topco, which distributes and sells silicone materials for...
Friday 14 April 2017
Tatung starts operating floating PV system in northern Taiwan
Tatung on April 13 inaugurated a PV system floating on an irrigation pond, its first floating PV system, in Taoyuan City, northern Taiwan. The system is able to generate 600,000kWh...
Friday 14 April 2017
Taiwan market: Canon launches MILC EOS M6
Canon on April 14 launched the EOS M6 MILC camera featuring a 24.2-megapixel CMOS image sensor, 3-inch 1.04 million-dot LCD touch screen, dimensions of 112.0 (W) by 68.0 (H) by 44.5...
Friday 14 April 2017
Elan fingerprint sensors adopted for smart cards
Taiwan-based Elan Microelectronics has announced it is teaming up with smart card integrator Jinco Universal and Korea Smart ID (KSID), a security solution provider, to develop smart...