Mechanical motion control component and industrial robot maker Hiwin Technologies will invest JPY10 billion (US$90.7 million) to set up a factory to make ball screws and linear guideways...

Ingrowth Biotech, a subsidiary of metal-alloy chassis maker Catcher Technology, has passed ISO 13485, requirements for quality management for medical devices, and GMP (good manufacturing...

Sony Mobile Communications has launched its latest flagship smartphone, the Xperia XZ2 Premium, in the Taiwan market with the availability to begin in the second half of July. The...

Copper clad laminate (CCL) supplier Ventec International plans to apply for listing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) mainboard in the first quarter of 2019, according to company...

Photomask supplier Taiwan Mask is expected to return profitable in 2018, following three years of losses, according to market watchers.

Driven by the colossal Internet of Things (IoT) opportunity, wireless technologies - including wireless local area network (WLAN), Bluetooth, cellular and low-power wireless - will...

When Texas Instruments' new engineer Jack Kilby invented the world's first IC in 1958, no one could imagine that 60 years later, ICs have deeply rooted in Taiwan, now the world's most...

Camera lens supplier Largan Precision has been planning to invest NT$50 billion (US$1.66 billion) to acquire a large factory site of 9.9-13.2 hectares (24.5-32.7 acres) in Taiwan for...

Taiwan's top-three mobile service providers, Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile and Far EasTone Telecommunications, have all reported strong sales for May due to the launch of cheaper...

The 2018 Infinity Ventures Summit (IVS), hosted by Japan's Infinity Ventures (IVP) as an annual gathering for global tech startups, has recently wrapped up its three-day run in Taipei,...

Own-brand motorcycle maker Kwang Yang Motor has unveiled two electric scooter models, New Many 110 EV and Nice 100 EV, for the Taiwan market, with availability to be in August and...

Globalfoundries has disclosed plans to cut 5% of its global workforce, or about 900 employees, with the layoff to take place mainly in Europe and the US.

Taiwan-based Topco, which mainly distributes silicone materials for Japan's Shin-Etsu Chemical, expects to enjoy double-digit revenue growth in 2018 thanks to robust silicone deman...

Online shopping in the Taiwan market grew from NT$727.4 billion (US$22.8 billion) in 2015 to NT$1.109 trillion in 2017, and is expected to reach NT$2.160 trillion in 2022, while the...

DRAM and flash memory maker Winbond Electronics will start constructing a new fab in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan in September followed by equipment move-in slated for 2020.