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Wednesday 23 July 2014
Taiwan tablet shipments plunge sequentially in 1Q14, says MIC
In the absence of new Apple products, tablets shipped to Apple - the major client taking up nearly 70% of Taiwan makers' tablet shipments - witnessed a 38% sequential decline in the...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Taiwan server ODMs may benefit from Project Scorpio 2.0
Taiwan-based server ODMs including Quanta Computer, Wistron and Inventec may obtain orders arising from the beginning of Project Scorpio 2.0, the second version of a project to boost...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Bay Zu Precision to showcase roll-to-roll vacuum sputtering systems at Touch Taiwan 2014
Bay Zu Precision will showcase in-house-developed roll-to-roll multi-film vacuum sputtering systems at Touch Taiwan 2014.
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Taiwan makers can tolerate 15-20% US anti-dumping rates for PV modules
As the US Department of Commerce will decide on preliminary anti-dumping tariffs on PV products imported from China and Taiwan on July 24, Taiwan-based PV module makers using in-house-produced...
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Samsung teams up with Taiwan universities to push app development
Samsung Electronics has recently teamed up with some Taiwan universities, looking to nurture talent for app design. It is also offering SDKs for Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Gar 2 and...
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$1.9 billion in January-June, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 1,656 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$1.926 billion in January-June 2014, respectively...
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Taiwan Polysilicon may be unable to obtain syndicated loan
Taiwan Polysilicon has indicated that Taipei Fubon Bank, the arranger of a syndicated loan consortium of 14 local banks, has stopped negotiation for a joint lending of NT$10.7 billion...
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Taiwan market: HTC launches HTC One (E8); to release more low-priced models in 2H14
HTC has launched the HTC One (E8), the plastic version of its latest flagship model the HTC One (M8), in the Taiwan market priced at NT$14,900 (US$497) unlocked.
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Global UHD TV shipments may reach 20 million units in 2014, say Taiwan makers
As Japan- and South Korea-based vendors have beefed up sales promotion of Ultra HD LCD TVs, global shipments for such models in 2014 are likely to reach 20 million units, according...
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Taiwan June unemployment rate up on month, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 451,000 jobless citizens in June 2014, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.92% which rose 0.07ppt on month but dropped 0.22ppt on year, according to the Directorate-General...
Monday 21 July 2014
Taiwan sees increased June export order value, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$38.82 billion in total in June 2014, representing an increase of 2.1% on month and by 10.6% on year, according to statistics released by the...
Monday 21 July 2014
Taiwan market: 1.1 million LCD TVs to be sold in 2014, says Chimei
An estimated 1.1 million LCD TVs will be sold in the Taiwan market in 2014, approximately unchanged on year, according to Chimei Nexgen Mediatech, which runs the Chimei brand.
Monday 21 July 2014
Delta Electronics to attend Techno-Frontier 2014 in Japan
Power electronics and energy solution provider Delta Electronics will showcase internally-developed products at Techno-Frontier 2014 in Tokyo during July 23-25.
Friday 18 July 2014
Flextronics plans to release orders for wearable device components to Taiwan
Singapore-based EMS provider Flextronics International plans to release orders for wearable device components to Taiwan-based makers due to their technological advantages in precision...
Friday 18 July 2014
Solartech, Giga Solar to set up PV power stations in Japan, says paper
Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell maker Solartech Energy will invest NT$197.65 million (US$6.59 million) to set up a PV power station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern...