Last update: Tuesday 2 April 2013 [24 news items]
Tripod, Chin-Poon look to steady shipments of telematics boards in 2013
Apr 2, 22:24
PCB makers Tripod Technology and Chin-Poon Industrial are expected to see their shipments of telematics boards grow steadily in 2013 as global sales of automobiles are estimated to...
Chin-Poon seeing slower-than-expected auto PCB orders
Nov 27, 14:53
PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial has seen orders for auto PCBs pick up at a slow pace keeping its production utilization rate low at its Thailand-based subsidiary Draco PCB Public,...
Capacity utilization rates at Taiwan-invested PCB plants in Thailand not high enough
Oct 18, 13:52
Although most subsidiaries of Taiwan-based PCB makers in Thailand have completely restored facilities damaged by the floods in 2011, capacity utilization rates at the factories are...
PCB maker Chin-Poon conservative about 4Q12 performance
Oct 15, 15:51
PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial is conservative about the business prospects for the fourth quarter of 2012 due to a slowdown in orders received in October, according to the company...
PCB maker Chin-Poon looks to strong orders in September
Aug 31, 11:31
PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial has revealed that orders for its automobile PCBs have been steady in recent months and will continue to maintain in September. Robust sales pushed the...
APCB expects Thai flood losses of US$16 million
Jan 20, 01:10
Advanced Printed Circuit Board (APCB) has estimated that its production subsidiary in Ayutthaya, northwest Thailand, will post losses of THB493 million (US$15.6 million) related to...
APCB, Chin-Poon to resume operations in Thailand
Dec 20, 15:27
Taiwan-based PCB makers Advanced Printed Circuit Board (APCB) and Chin-Poon Industrial have both said that operations in Thailand, which have been halted since October due to flooding...
Chin-Poon, Unitech land orders shifted from KCE
Dec 6, 16:13
Taiwan-based Chin-Poon Industrial and Unitech Printed Circuit Board have obtained orders for automotive PCBs shifted from Thailand's KCE Electronics since November, according to industry...
Unimicron, Chin-Poon deny enforcement of leave without pay
Nov 2, 12:10
Unimicron Technology and Chin-Poon Industrial have denied reports they have begun enforcing compulsory leave without pay, a temporary measure to reduce operating costs, because of...
Chin-Poon Thailand joint venture halts production due to flooding
Oct 25, 14:43
Taiwan-based PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial has revealed that its joint venture in Thailand, Draco PCB Public Company, of which Chin-Poon holds a 24% stake, has suspended its production...
Flooding in Thailand hits PCB, FPCB plants
Oct 19, 14:00
KCE Electronics, Thailand's largest PCB manufacturer, has announced that shipments to customers are being halted because of the country's ongoing floods. Japan-based flexible PCB...
Taiwan PCB makers say Thailand factories unaffected by floods
Oct 12, 16:34
Taiwan-based PCB makers Advanced Printed Circuit Board (APCB) and Chin-Poon Industrial have noted that factories in Thailand continue normal operations and have not been impacted...
Chin-Poon sees automobile PCB as growth driver for 2011
Dec 17, 01:00
Taiwan-based PCB manufacturer Chin-Poon Industrial expects products used in car-use electronics to account for 50% of its overall revenues in 2011, followed by those for communication...
PCB maker Chin-Poon looking to high revenues in September and October
Sep 27, 11:22
PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial is expected to post revenues of over NT$1.5 billion (US$47.76 million) in both September and October 2010, after its revenues hit a record high of NT$1.59...
PCB maker APCB to take up Thailand-based CKL Electronics
Jul 22, 12:35
PCB maker Advanced Printed Circuit Board (APCB) has announced that it plans to take over Thailand-based PCB maker CKL Electronics for US$6.76 million in order to expand its capacity...
PCB maker Chin-Poon posts all-time high consolidated revenues in June, says paper
Newswatch - Jul 15, 14:57
PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial has posted consolidated revenues of NT$1.49 billion (US$46.4 billion) for June 2010, the company's highest monthly record, according to a Chinese-language...
Taiwan PCB makers venturing into automotive PCB segment
Jun 24, 13:56
A number of Taiwan-based PCB makers, including Chin-Poon Industrial, Unimicron Technology, Unitech Printed Circuit Board and Tripod Technology, are venturing into the production of...
PCB maker Chin-Poon expect revenues to stay high in January
Jan 21, 15:16
Taiwan-based PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial expects its consolidated revenues to stay high at NT$1.3 billion (US$40.88 million) in January 2010, the same amount it generated in December...
PCB makers to enjoy strong sales growth of LED heat sink substrates in 2010
Dec 22, 12:06
Taiwan-based PCB makers, including Chin-Poon Industrial, Iteq, Taiflex Scientific, and Gia Tzoong Enterprise, are expected to enjoy sales contributions from aluminum heat sink substrates...
Taiwan PCB makers enter supply chains of top-10 automobile makers in Europe and North America
Sep 24, 17:04
Taiwan-based PCB makers including Chin-Poon Industrial and Unitech Printed Circuit Board have both managed to enter the supply chains of most the top-10 automobile makers in Europe...
PCB capacity to be tighter in 4Q09
Sep 11, 15:59
Taiwan-based PCB makers are seeing tight capacity mainly due to increasing demand for notebook and optoelectronics boards, and the situation is expected to become even more serious...

PCB maker Chin-Poon seeing strong demand for automotive and consumer electronics applications
Sep 9, 15:49
Chin-Poon Industrial has seen orders from the automotive and consumer electronics sectors for the third quarter exceed its capacity, with a gap reaching 10%, according to the company...
PCB maker Chin-Poon suspends China expansion plan due to sagging market demand
Nov 25, 15:56
PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial has suspended expansion plans for its Changshu plant in China due to internal forecasts that PCB demand is to remain sluggish at least until the first...
Chin-Poon likely to trim sales guidance on conservative bookings
May 30, 12:10
After failing to meet first-quarter performance expectations, Chin-Poon Industrial is likely to trim its sales guidance for 2008 due to sluggish demand for printed-circuit boards...
- 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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- 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

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Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...

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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.

















