Last update: Monday 6 May 2013 [93 news items]
Metal chassis to account for 30-35% of global notebook market in 2010
Jan 12, 15:26
Demand for metal notebook chassis is expected to increase, driving shipments to reach 30-35% of global notebook shipments in 2010, from 20% in 2009, as notebook vendors start to adopt...
Catcher announces revenues drop in December 2009
Jan 7, 14:26
Taiwan-based magnesium-alloy chassis maker Catcher Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$1.11 billion (US$34.87 million) for December 2009, a drop of 23.03% on month...
Catcher Technology sees October 2009 revenues down on year
Nov 10, 17:03
Catcher Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.7 billion (US$52 million) for October 2009, up slightly by 0.89% on month, but down 15.49% on year, according to the...
Oct 29, 17:08
Wistron announced on October 28 that its board of directors has officially approved the company's 12 million euro (US$17.76 million) investment made to acquire Holland-based e-paper...

Catcher posts revenue growth for September and 3Q09
Oct 8, 17:20
Taiwan-based chassis maker Catcher Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$1.69 billion (US$52.59 million) for September, up 16.35% on month, and NT$4.49 billion for...
Catcher to start volume production of plastic notebook chassis
Sep 22, 15:31
Catcher Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of magnesium-alloy notebook chassis, is installing mold-injection equipment in order to start production of plastic chassis in the fourth...
Wistron possibly to partner with Catcher Technology, say Taiwan makers
Sep 2, 16:58
Wistron chairman Simon Lin recently noted during a conference that the company is talking with a Taiwan-based Magnesium-alloy notebook chassis maker over a potential partnership....
Catcher Technology profit drops in 1H09
Aug 18, 15:31
Taiwan-based chassis maker Catcher Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$8.24 billion (US$251 million) for the first half of 2009, down 1.12% on year, while the company's...
Catcher expects to ship one million plastic chassis per month in 2010
Jun 29, 16:16
Taiwan-based magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis specialist Catcher Technology expects its monthly shipments of plastic chassis will increase to around one million units in 2010, up...

Dell selects touch panel from Catcher, says paper
Newswatch - May 21, 13:57
Taiwan-based magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis maker Catcher Technology has entered the touch panel market after two years of research and development, and Dell has selected its touch...
Catcher sees monthly revenue growth of 30% in March, says paper
Newswatch - Apr 7, 14:13
Taiwan-based magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis specialist Catcher Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$1.55 billion (US$46.25 million) for March 2009, an increase of...
Catcher and Foxconn Technology see increasing chassis shipments, says paper
Newswatch - Apr 6, 12:00
Taiwan-based chassis makers Catcher Technology and Foxconn Technology have seen their shipments increase since March due to increasing shipments for ultra-thin notebooks, according...
Pegatron and Catcher to benefit from new Apple iPod shuffle, says paper
Newswatch - Mar 16, 12:01
Pegatron Technology and Catcher Technology are both expected to benefit from Apple's new iPod shuffle, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.
Catcher targeting to maintain a gross margin of 40% this year, says paper
Newswatch - Jan 19, 14:57
With the notebook market trending toward ultra-thin models this year which has boosted demand for metal notebook chassis, Catcher Technology is targeting to maintain its gross margins...
Foxconn Group biggest winner over new Apple iMac, says paper
Newswatch - Dec 29, 15:47
Although the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) previously reported that Apple's new iMac all-in-one PC will be manufactured by Quanta Computer, the paper has now...
Magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis makers to be impacted by dropping notebook demand in 4Q08
Nov 20, 01:20
Demand for mid-range and high-end enterprise notebooks is expected to see a sharp drop in the fourth quarter as the dropping global economy has impacted spending among enterprises,...
Foxconn Technology to benefit from Nokia switching chassis supplier, says paper
Newswatch - Nov 13, 11:55
Benefiting from Nokia's switch of its handset chassis supplier from Catcher Technology to Foxconn Technology, Foxconn Technology is expected to see on-quarter revenues growth in the...
Simplo and Catcher see on-month revenues increases in October
Nov 6, 01:05
Simplo Technology has scored another monthly historical high with consolidated revenues of NT$3.13 billion (US$95.37 million) in October, while the company's combined consolidated...
Catcher denies analyst view that losing Apple orders will hurt in 2009
Oct 24, 16:05
Magnesium-alloy case maker Catcher Technology has responded to comments made by market watchers that the company's outlook next year shows limited potential due to the loss of orders...
Wistron and Catcher suspending Vietnam investment plans, says paper
Newswatch - Sep 1, 16:08
Market watchers believe Wistron has put on hold its plans to invest in Vietnam mainly due to local inflation, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily report. The speculation...
Catcher to enjoy 40% gross margin in 3Q08
Aug 5, 16:24
Magnesium-alloy case maker Catcher Technology expects its gross margin to swing back to 40% in the third quarter of this year from a record low of 34% in the first quarter amid stabilizing...
Catcher sees revenues to grow 20% sequentially in 3Q08
Jun 30, 14:41
Magnesium-alloy case maker Catcher Technology expects its consolidated revenues to grow 20% sequentially in the third quarter of this year as the notebook industry moves into its...
Magnesium-alloy case maker Catcher sees 1Q profits down sharply on rising metal costs
Jun 25, 01:15
Magnesium-alloy case maker Catcher Technology saw its profits shrink 51% in the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same period of last year because of a host of factors including...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- Digital Network Fuels Opportunities in Vehicle Surveillance Market
- Advantech Redefines Entry Level Network Application Platforms
- WD shipping world's first 5 mm 2.5-inch hard drive
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
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- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
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- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal

Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...

Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...

MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...

Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.

















