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Thursday 22 June 2017
Qisda pushing to adopt more robotic arms at Taiwan plants
Qisda has been increasing the adoption of robotic arms at its plants in Taiwan and is looking to purchase 500-1,000 units in 2017, which will translate into 1,000-2,000 manpower, since...
Thursday 22 June 2017
Taiwan May unemployment rate down, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 431,000 jobless citizens in May 2017, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.66%, down 0.01pp on month and 0.18pp on year, according to statistics released by the Directorate-General...
Thursday 22 June 2017
Taiwan IC design houses seeing orders pick up
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen customer orders pick up on seasonality with some expected to post sequential revenue growth of 10% or more in the third quarter, according to...
Thursday 22 June 2017
IOC and Intel announce worldwide TOP partnership through 2024
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Intel have announced a long-term technology partnership at an official signing ceremony in New York with IOC President Thomas Bach and...
Thursday 22 June 2017
Taiwan market: Oppo launches R11 in local market
China-based smartphone vendor Oppo has launched its new smartphone, the Oppo R11, in the Taiwan market, priced at NT$15,990 (US$525) unlocked.
Wednesday 21 June 2017
WD comments on Toshiba bid on flash JV
Western Digital has issued a statement regarding Toshiba's selection of a consortium led by Korea-based SK Hynix and Bain Capital Japan, with funding provided by the government in...
Wednesday 21 June 2017
Thinking to expand business in car electronics market
Circuit protection device specialist Thinking Electronic Industrial is looking to grow sales generated from the car electronics sector to 10% of company revenues in 2017, according...
Wednesday 21 June 2017
Taiwan science parks post January-April total revenues of over NT$758 billion, says MOST
Government-run Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) generated combined revenues of NT$758.531 billion (US$25.05 billion)...
Wednesday 21 June 2017
Toshiba names preferred bidder for memory-chip business sale
Toshiba announced on June 21 that its board of directors had resolved to select the consortium of Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, Bain Capital Private Equity and Development...
Wednesday 21 June 2017
Nanya sells more Micron shares
Nanya Technology has sold an additional six million shares of Micron Technology, with an aim to increase the company's working capital and repay loans, according to company filings...
Wednesday 21 June 2017
Worldwide notebook shipment update - May 2017
Because of increased demand from the enterprise market and the fact that the education sector has entered the traditional peak season, the worldwide top-5 notebook vendors saw their...
Wednesday 21 June 2017
Taiwan market: Acer develops smart taxi operation platform
Acer has developed a smart taxi operation platform for recommending hot spots, locations with potentially the most taxi passengers, for taxi drivers under Taiwan Taxi, the largest...
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Taiwan sees increased May export order value, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$36.81 billion in total in May 2017, increasing 3.4% on month and 9.1% on year, and marking the 10th consecutive month of on-year growth, according...
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Advantech cooperates with Korea Telecom in industrial IoT
Industrial computing solution developer Advantech has signed an MoU with Korea Telecom for cooperation to develop industrial IoT solutions, starting with the UBC-222, an IoT gateway...
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Taiwan has advantage to develop Micro LED, says AUO chairman
Taiwan's mature TFT-LCD and LED industries create an advantage in the development of Micro LED technology, if the two industries can cooperate on development, according to chairman...