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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...
Thursday 31 October 2019
Highlights of the day: Apple reports strong earnings
Apple has reported record earnings for its fiscal 2019 fourth quarter, fueled by accelerating growth from its services, wearables and iPads. Apple...
Thursday 31 October 2019
PCB maker Dynamic returns to profitability in 3Q19
Taiwan-based PCB maker Dynamic Electronics returned to profitability in the third quarter of 2019, with its net earnings skyrocketing 48.37 folds on year to NT$121 million (US$3.97...
Thursday 31 October 2019
Global notebook shipments to drop slightly in 4Q19, says Digitimes Research
Worldwide notebook shipments are forecast to drop 1.8% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2019 after registering a nearly 2% increase in the prior quarter, according to Digitimes...
Thursday 31 October 2019
Apple reports strong earnings for fiscal 4Q19
Apple has posted revenues of US$64 billion for its fiscal 2019 fourth-quarter ended September 28, an increase of 2% from the year-ago quarter, with quarterly earnings per diluted...
Thursday 31 October 2019
Samsung sees profit improve sequentially in 3Q19
Samsung Electronics has reported KRW 62 trillion (US$53.37 billion) in consolidated revenues, rising 10.45% sequentially but dropping 5.28% on year. Its third-quarter 2019 operating...