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Monday 25 January 2016
Taiwan December manufacturing production index down on year, says MOEA
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 105.76 for December 2015, increasing 3.43% on month but decreasing 5.52% on year, according to the Ministry of...
Monday 25 January 2016
Neo Solar Power lowers utilization at PV module plant
Solar cell maker Neo Solar Power, in response to decreased orders for PV modules, has lowered the utilization of production capacity at its PV module factory in Chunan, northern Taiwan,...
Friday 22 January 2016
Taiwan market: Dell launches XPS 13, XPS 15 notebooks
Dell has launched two Windows 10 notebooks, the 13-inch XPS 13 equipped with Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processor and 15-inch XPS 15 equipped with Core i7 processor in the Taiwan market...
Friday 22 January 2016
Taiwan December unemployment rate down on month, up on year, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 453,000 jobless citizens in December 2015, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.87% which dropped 0.04pp on month but rose 0.08pp on year, according to statistics released...
Friday 22 January 2016
China market: Force touch sensor demand to increase in 2H16
More China-based Android phone developers are ready to roll out new models featuring force touch screens in 2016, but orders for force touch sensors from China are unlikely to see...
Friday 22 January 2016
ChipMOS Bermuda, ChipMOS Taiwan to merge
ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) has announced plans to merge with its 58.3%-owned subsidiary ChipMOS Technologies (ChipMOS Taiwan), with ChipMOS Taiwan to be the surviving company.
Friday 22 January 2016
Taiwan market: Smartphone sales to reach 7.5-8.0 million units in 2016
Smartphone sales in the Taiwan market are expected to stay flat at 7.5-8.0 million units in 2016 as compared to a year earlier, according to sources from local retail channels.
Thursday 21 January 2016
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of nearly US$4.8 billion in 2015, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 3,789 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$4.797 billion in 2015, respectively increasing...
Thursday 21 January 2016
Digitimes Research: CSP LED devices a foucs at Lighting Japan 2016
At the Lighting Japan 2016 exhibition in Tokyo during January 13-15, CSP (chip scale package) LEDs were a major focus. There were CSP LEDs developed by Japan-based GeneLite for smartphone...
Thursday 21 January 2016
Taiwan December export order value down on month, year, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$38.81 billion in total in December 2015, decreasing 4.8% on month and 12.3% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).
Thursday 21 January 2016
SPIL engineer probed over suspected data theft
Taiwan's Investigation Bureau has received a request from Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) to investigate an engineer suspected of stealing confidential company data.
Thursday 21 January 2016
Winbond orders equipment from UIS
Specialty memory specialist Winbond Electronics has purchased a batch of machinery and engineering equipment from cleanroom constructor United Information Systems (UIS) for about...
Thursday 21 January 2016
Richtek to delist from TSE on April 29
Richtek Technology will be delisted from the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on April 29, the date when its acquisition by MediaTek becomes effective, according to the analog IC specia...
Thursday 21 January 2016
VPEC to book record EPS for 2015, says report
Taiwan-based Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), a manufacturer of GaAs pi-wafers made to fabricate power amplifiers (PA) for consumer technology products such as smartphones...
Wednesday 20 January 2016
Taiwan market: Leica to launch range-finder digital camera
Germany-based Leica Camera AG will launch the Leica M (Typ 262), a range-finder digital camera, in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$210,000 (US$6,231, camera...