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Friday 14 March 2014
STATS ChipPAC Taiwan posts EPS over NT$4 for 2013
IC backend service company STATS ChipPAC Taiwan saw its net profits climb 11.2% to NT$547.62 million (US$18.04 million) in 2013. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$4.02 for...
Friday 14 March 2014
Global TV market contracts for second straight year in 2013, says IHS
The global TV market shrank in 2013 for the second year in a row after total shipments declined by 6% from already soft 2012 levels, accompanied this time by a rare deceleration in...
Friday 14 March 2014
Taiwan market: Leica launches X Vario Silver digital camera
Germany-based Leica Camera AG on March 13 launched the Leica X Vario Silver in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$98,000 (US$3,234), according to its Taiwan sales...
Thursday 13 March 2014
Samsung, HP to launch Chrome OS AIO PCs
Samsung Electronics and Hewlett-Packard (HP) will follow LG Electronics to launch Chrome OS all-in-one PCs later in 2014, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
Thursday 13 March 2014
Global demand for HDDs used in security surveillance to grow 10% annually in 3-5 years, say Taiwan retailers
Global demand for hard disk drives (HDDs) used in security surveillance solutions is expected to increase by as much as 10% a year in 3-5 years, according to Taiwan retail channels...
Thursday 13 March 2014
Foxconn to raise salaries for Taiwan employees in April
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is set to increase salaries for employees who earn less than NT$1.2 million (US$39,560) per year in Taiwan and those qualified will...
Thursday 13 March 2014
Taiwan solar cell makers mull mergers in the wake of US anti-dumping probe
Taiwan-based solar cell makers, due to concerns about impacts from the possibility of US imposing anti-dumping tariffs on their products, have begun mulling the feasibility of mergers,...
Wednesday 12 March 2014
Lenovo may become second largest Android smartphone vendor, say Taiwan makers
While Samsung Electronics has dominated the global Android smartphone market with a market share of 65% and LG Electronics, HTC, Sony Mobile Communications and Motorola Mobility have...
Wednesday 12 March 2014
Digitimes Research: South Korea aims to acquire 40% share in wearable device market by 2020
As demand for smartphones and tablets is gradually approaching saturation with related shipment growths slowing down, vendors have been aggressively seeking new growth drivers. Wearable...
Wednesday 12 March 2014
China makers urge government to set floor price for polysilicon from Europe
China-based polysilicon makers are poised to recommend that the China government set a floor import price of US$26/kg for Europe-produced polysilicon in place of imposing anti-dumping...
Tuesday 11 March 2014
Acer, Asustek increase tablet orders to China ODMs, say Taiwan makers
Acer and Asustek Computer have increased tablet orders released to China-based ODMs, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
Tuesday 11 March 2014
Taiwan notebook ODMs impacted by on-month revenue drops in February
Quanta Computer has announced shipments of 3.3 million notebooks in February, decreasing on month from 3.6 million units in January, and corresponding consolidated revenues of NT$69.32...
Tuesday 11 March 2014
Taiwan touch panel makers drop product pricing; plan to adjust production lines
Taiwan's touch panel makers are continuing to lower their pricing for touch panel products and will also make adjustments to their production lines in 2014, according to industry...
Tuesday 11 March 2014
Taiwan market: Consumer digital camera unit sales drop as much as 40% in 2013
There were 770,000-840,000 digital cameras sold in the Taiwan market in 2013, consisting of 500,000-550,000 consumer units (non-interchangeable-lens models, decreasing 35-40% on year),...
Monday 10 March 2014
Taiwan PC vendors facing brain drain
Several international PC brand vendors' moves to set up or expand R&D operations in Taiwan are expected to trigger a brain drain for Taiwan-based brand vendors, according to sources...