CPT to see increased 3Q12 touch screen product revenues

Sep 18, 14:49

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) expects to see revenues from its touch screen products reach higher in the third quarter compared with the second quarter due to increased orders from...

IC distributors to see sales peak in 3Q12

Sep 18, 11:50

Buoyed by rising demand for smartphones and a pick-up in orders from their China channels, most of Taiwan-based IC distributors have reported revenue growth sequentially for August...

Taiwan panel industry to do better than expected in 3Q12

Sep 13, 16:15

Taiwan-based TFT panel providers and touch screen panel makers are expected to see better than expected financial results by the end of the third quarter of 2012 due to demand for...

Chip resistor maker Ralec expected to see 3-5% sequential growth in 3Q12 revenues

Sep 13, 01:05

Taiwan-based chip resistor maker Ralec Electronic has received orders with shipments scheduled through the end of 2012 and is expected to see consolidated revenues for the third quarter...

Wah Lee to see revenues drop 5% on quarter in 3Q12

Sep 12, 15:23

Semiconductor materials distributor Wah Lee Industrial is expected to see its revenues slip 5% sequentially in the third quarter of 2012 due to declining solar energy revenues and...

Taiwan foundry capacity utilization tops 95% in 2Q12, says Digitimes Research

Sep 12, 13:44

Utilization rates at Taiwan's major IC foundries averaged 95.5% in the second quarter of 2012, up substantially from 76.7% in the first, according to Digitimes Research. The data...

LCD driver IC firms looks to strong sales in 3Q12

Sep 11, 14:46

LCD driver IC suppliers Novatek Microelectronics, ILI Technology (Ilitek), Orise Technology and Sitronix Technology all saw their August sales hit the highest monthly levels in recent...

TSMC expects 3Q12 sales to slightly top guidance

Sep 11, 01:10

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced sales results for August 2012, and said that overall revenues for the ongoing third quarter are set to slightly exceed...

Passive component distributor Podak expects sales growth in 3Q12

Sep 10, 10:38

Taiwan-based Podak, a distributor for Panasonic's aluminum capacitors and lithium batteries, saw its July sales increase more than 30% on month driven by a pick-up in customer demand...

Taiwan PCB industry looks to grow moderately in 3Q12, says IEK

Sep 7, 14:26

Production value of PCBs rolled by Taiwan-based makers in China and Taiwan is expected to grow 5.6% sequentially but fall 1.1% on year to NT$135 billion (US$4.52 billion) in the third...

Global Unichip posts record monthly revenues

Sep 7, 01:30

IC design service company Global Unichip has announced revenues of NT$1.12 billion (US$37.6 million) for August 2012, up 24.1% on month and 25.7% from a year earlier. The figure also...

Yageo, Chilisin post sales growth in August

Newswatch - Sep 7, 01:10

Yageo, a manufacturer of MLCCs and chip resistors, has announced consolidated revenues for August 2012 grew 1.6% sequentially and 7.5% from a year ago to NT$2.15 billion (US$72.2...

Merry Electronics expects revenue proportion for high-performance speakers, entertainment headsets to rise to over 50% in 3Q12

Sep 6, 11:45

Merry Electronics, a Taiwan-based maker of microphones, micro-speaker and transceivers used in handsets and headsets, expects the proportion of its consolidated revenues for high-performance...

Taiwan market: Samsung expected to keep top smartphone vendor ranking in 3Q12

Sep 5, 16:43

Samsung Electronics will launch inexpensive smartphones in the Taiwan market following the launch of the Galaxy S III in June 2012 and is thereby expected to maintain its top smartphone...

CPT expects sequential increase in 3Q12

Aug 31, 12:05

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) estimates it will have increased small- and medium-sized panel shipments in the third quarter compared with the second due to growing demand with tablets...

TSMC to see revenues decline in August-September

Aug 31, 11:48

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to see its monthly revenues for August and September drop to NT$43.5-44.5 billion (US$1.45-1.48 billion) from NT$48.53...

TV panel prices expected to be stable in 3Q12, say makers

Aug 31, 11:25

TV panel prices are expected to be relatively stable in the third quarter due to expected peak sales of LCD TVs during China's National Day holidays in early October, according to...

Powerchip posts smaller 2Q12 loss

Aug 31, 10:57

Powerchip Technology saw its losses narrow sequentially in the second quarter of 2012, when revenues grew 37.4% on quarter. The chipmaker expects to see further improvement in its...

Macroblock expects flat growth in 3Q12

Aug 30, 01:05

LED driver IC designer Macroblock expects its revenues and profit to stay flat in the third quarter of 2012, as a slowdown in exports as well as GDP growth in China are likely to...

LCD driver IC designers look to 5-15% revenue growth in 3Q12

Aug 29, 15:23

LCD driver IC design houses ILI Technology (Ilitech), Novatek Microelectronics, Sitronix Technology and Orise Technology are expected to see a 5-15% sequential revenue growth in the...

Ampire reports increasing business in 3Q12

Aug 29, 01:55

Taiwan-based small- to medium-size LCD module (LCM) maker Ampire has said it enjoyed increased business over recent months and expects to see its business in 2012 peak in September...

Ability Enterprise expects 5% sequential growth in 3Q12 ASP

Aug 28, 11:19

Ability Enterprise, a Taiwan-based ODM maker of digital cameras, expects ASP (average selling price) for the third quarter of 2012 to rise by about 5% on quarter, the company has...

Flexium expects 3Q12 capacity utilization rate to rise

Aug 28, 01:25

Taiwan-based flexible PCB maker Flexium has been seeing its capacity utilization rate drop to 50-60% in the second quarter from 90% in the first quarter. Nevertheless, the firm believes...

Simplo expects growth in 3Q12 revenues, drop in gross margin

Aug 27, 11:16

Simplo Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of battery packs mainly used in notebooks, expects its revenues for the third quarter of 2012 to increase on quarter by 11.3-12.7% but corresponding...

Lite-On IT conservative about 3Q12 operation

Aug 27, 11:13

Lite-On IT, which makes optical disc drives (ODDs), holds conservative business outlook and expects revenues and shipments in third-quarter 2012 to remain unchanged at best from the...

OGS solutions to account for 20-25% of Wintek sales in 3Q12

Aug 24, 16:02

Shipments of OGS (one glass solution) panels will account for 20-25% of Wintek's total sales in the third quarter of 2012 with the ratio likely to reach 30% in the fourth quarter,...

Chip resistor Ta-I to see flat demand in 3Q12

Aug 24, 14:18

Chip resistor maker Ta-I Technology is expected to see demand for its products, including chip resistors in 0402 and 0603 sizes, remain flat in the third quarter as Intel and Microsoft...

Taiwan IC packaging materials market to see 5% shipment rise in 3Q12

Aug 24, 10:39

Taiwan's semiconductor packaging materials industry is expected to generate NT$23.78 billion (US$794 million) in production value in the third quarter of 2012, with shipments up 5%...

Formosa Epitaxy, Unity Opto to post strong revenue growth in 3Q12

Aug 24, 01:35

LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy and LED packaging company Unity Opto Technology have both piled up a backlog of orders for the third quarter of 2012, ensuring that the two firms will...

Pegatron expects sequential drops in 3Q12 shipments of PCs, motherboards

Aug 24, 01:20

Taiwan-based ODM provider Pegatron Technology, viewing that consumers are expected to delay purchases in the third quarter of 2012 to wait for the launch of Windows 8 in October,...

KYEC profits surge in 2Q12

Aug 22, 16:05

King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), a Taiwan-based company specializing in IC testing, has announced net profits of NT$539 million (US$18 million) for the first half of 2012. The firm saw...

New iPhone shipments to fall below 15 million units in 3Q12, say sources

Aug 22, 13:55

Projected shipments of a new iPhone in the third quarter of 2012 are likely to fall below 15 million units compared to 20 million units forecast previously due to low yield rates...

Tablet PCs expected to surpass notebook sales in 3Q12

Aug 22, 01:10

Tablet PCs are expected to surpass notebook sales in the third quarter as new models are about to hit the market, according to industry sources. Sources said the tablets have price...

PCB equipment maker CBT expects sales growth to continue in 3Q12

Aug 21, 14:40

Chime Ball Technology (CBT), a Taiwan-based supplier of automatic exposure machines and other equipment for the manufacture of PCBs, saw its revenues grow 57.5% sequentially in the...

Shipments of current iPhones to grow 10-15% sequentially in 3Q12 despite pending release of new iPhone, say sources

Aug 21, 13:55

Shipments of current iPhone models, mainly iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, are expected to grow 10-15% sequentially in the third quarter of 2012 despite mounting market speculation indicating...