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Friday 7 December 2012
Wistron evaluating factory establishment in Brazil
Wistron is evaluating the feasibility of a request from Acer to set up a factory in Brazil for supplying Acer PCs for local sale. If Wistron decides to do so, it will begin production...
Friday 7 December 2012
Taiwan IC design houses to benefit from Samsung aggressive product roadmaps in 2013
Taiwan-based IC design houses, which have been cooperating with Samsung Electronics on product development, are expected to fare well in 2013, as the Korea-based vendor is reportedly...
Thursday 6 December 2012
China-based TV vendors to increase their usage of China-based panels in 2013
China-based TV vendors are expected to bump up their usage of China-based panel makers' products by 10% in 2013 due to increasing production capacity from the panel makers, according...
Thursday 6 December 2012
Lenovo to set up desktop and notebook assembly lines in the US, say Taiwan makers
Lenovo will establish assembly lines to produce desktops and notebooks in small volumes in the US to prepare for the business-use PC market and for government procurement orders,...
Thursday 6 December 2012
HTC November sales up more than 20%
Having declined for four consecutive months, HTC's revenues rebounded to a sequential growth track in November 2012.
Thursday 6 December 2012
Qisda to focus on high-end medical products in China during 2013, says company president
Qisda will aim at promoting high-end electronics products for use in the medical segment in China during 2013, according to company president Hermit Huang.
Thursday 6 December 2012
Sony and Toshiba set to increase chip spending in 2013, IHS says
Despite weak financial results, leading Japanese consumer electronics OEMs Sony and Toshiba during the next two years are expected to increase their semiconductor spending as they...
Wednesday 5 December 2012
Asustek, Acer likely to be selected as Microsoft IDP partners for 2013 Windows, say Taiwan makers
Microsoft has begun the process of selecting its Integrated Development Program (IDP) partners specifically for cooperation to develop hardware based on 2013 versions of Windows from...
Wednesday 5 December 2012
Nokia to sell Finnish headquarters
Nokia announced on December 4 that the company had agreed to sell its head office building in Espoo, Finland, for EUR170 million (US$222.9 million).
Wednesday 5 December 2012
TV panel prices hike with potential inventory risk, says DisplaySearch
In October 2012, notebook and monitor panel prices decreased by 0.5% or less or US$0.10-0.30 for most sizes from the previous month. TV panel prices increased by 1-2% or US$2-5 on...
Tuesday 4 December 2012
Laster Tech tapping China LED automotive lighting market
Taiwan-based Laster Tech has been tapping China's LED automotive lighting product markets, and has become a supplier of LED automotive lighting modules for the three largest China-based...
Tuesday 4 December 2012
Taiwan-based panel makers may witness an excess supply of TV panels due to overestimated demand from China
Taiwan-based panel makers may witness an excess supply in TV panels throughout the end of 2012 and early 2013 due to overestimated demand from China-based vendors, according to industry...
Tuesday 4 December 2012
Taiwan digital cameras – 3Q 2012
Taiwan shipped 10.70 million digital cameras in the third quarter of 2012, down 7.4% on quarter and 31.5% on year.
Tuesday 4 December 2012
2013 worldwide notebook market and industry forecast
The global notebook market will continue to face challenges in 2013. Although the launch of Windows 8 is supposed to give a boost to the notebook market, challenges including tablets,...
Tuesday 4 December 2012
Google Taiwan head recommends Taiwan ODMs cooperate with telecom carriers in Southeast Asia for marketing Chromebooks
As sales prices for Chromebooks have fallen to a low level and Chrome browser is increasingly popular in the Southeast Asia market, Taiwan-based ODMs are recommended to directly cooperate...