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Friday 8 November 2019
CIS packager Kingpak sees impressive revenue rise in October
CMOS image sensor (CIS) packaging specialist Kingpak Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$205 million (US$6.8 million) for October 2019, surging 30% sequentially and...
Friday 8 November 2019
TV panel prices likely to rebound in 2Q20
TV panel prices are expected to remain steady in the first quarter of 2020 before staging a possible rebound in the second quarter, as they have become stabilized recently thanks...
Thursday 7 November 2019
Acer sees strong profits in 3Q19
Acer has announced consolidated revenues of N$62.87 billion (US$2.05 billion) for the third quarter of 2019, growing 14% sequentially with gross margin of 10.6%. Net profit for the...
Thursday 7 November 2019
TV panel prices to stop falling in Novmeber
TV panel prices are set to stop falling and level off in November thanks to efforts made by panel makers to reduce their output aggressively, while demand has started picking up as...
Wednesday 6 November 2019
AUO ramping up automotive panel shipments
AUO is expected to see its shipments of automotive display products grow at a double-digit rate in 2019, despite unfavorable macro factors that have weakened the global automotive...
Tuesday 5 November 2019
Highlights of the day: Semiconductor players see improved utilization rates
Semiconductor players including TSMC, UMC as well as GaAs foundries and backend firms are seeing their production utilization rates picking up as demand from clients and emerging...
Tuesday 5 November 2019
IPC firm ICP DAS diversifies into biomedical TPU production
Industrial computing solutions supplier ICP DAS has recently made a big stride forward in its business diversify efforts by inaugurating a plant in northern Taiwan to produce polymeric...
Tuesday 5 November 2019
Garmin cooperates with SCOR to help life insurers in Taiwan
Garmin has cooperated with France-based life reinsurance company SCOR Global Life to help life insurance companies in Taiwan collect biometric data from their clients via smart wearable...
Tuesday 5 November 2019
Cooling fan makers eye automotive business opportunities
Cooling fan makers are looking forward to the business opportunities brought by autonomous driving and 5G developments with Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry expecting demand...
Monday 4 November 2019
Highlights of the day: Apple turns to outside for AR
Apple reportedly is partnering with US game developer Valve for its AR product that will be manufactured by Quanta and Pegatron. Meanwhile, Asustek's gaming smartphone's shipments...
Monday 4 November 2019
Global tablet shipments to rise 4.5% on year in 4Q19, says Digitimes Research
Global tablet shipments for the fourth quarter of 2019 are expected to increase 4.5% on year to the same level as recorded in the third quarter as both Apple and non-Apple brand vendors...
Friday 1 November 2019
Highlights of the day: ODMs after China exit
Taiwan-based ODMs have been eager to move production out of China upon suggestion by their clients amid the US-China trade disputes. But most of the notebook clients have not been...
Friday 1 November 2019
Taiwan ODMs strive to improve yield rates, costs for non-China production lines
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs have completed most of their plant relocation and their present focus is to improve production yield rates and reduce costs at the relocated facilities...
Friday 1 November 2019
Unitech posts record 3Q19 results on robust rigid-flex board demand
Robust shipments of rigid-flex boards - reportedly for AirPods 2 - boosted Taiwan-based PCB maker Unitech's third-quarter 2019 revenues to a new high of NT$6.204 billion (US$203.65...
Friday 1 November 2019
Taiwan makers to see TV shipments rise 11% in 4Q19, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of LCD TVs by Taiwan-based makers are expected to grow 11.2% sequentially to 8.22 million units in the fourth quarter of 2019, driven by peak-season demand, according to...