Notebook vendors shifting panel orders from Samsung to CMI

May 14, 11:59

More brand notebook vendors are shifting their orders for notebook panels from Samsung Electronics to Chimei Innolux (CMI) given that Samsung's efforts to promote its own-brand notebooks...

CMI reports decline in April revenues

May 10, 10:33

LCD panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) has announced combined April 2012 revenues of US$123 million, a decrease of 11.4% month-over-month. CMI shipped approximately 11.2 million large-sized...

HannStar Display ships more large-size LCD panels in April

May 10, 01:20

HannStar Display has reported revenues of NT$2.95 billion (US$100.44 million) for April, up 1.6% on month but down 24.4% on year. Shipments of large-size LCD panels grew 20.4% sequentially...

Chimei Innolux capacity utilization rate to reach over 90% in 2Q12

May 2, 13:08

Chimei Innolux (CMI) expects its production capacity utilization rate to climb over 90% and its shipments of all sizes of LCD panels to grow 10-20% sequentially in the second quarter...

Chimei Innolux 1Q12 revenues down 16%

Apr 30, 15:15

Chimei Innolux (CMI) has announced first quarter 2012 net sales of NT$109,236 million (US$3.75 billion), a 16.2% decrease from the previous quarter's NT$130,409 million. The gross...

CMI to hit 1 million 39-inch TV panel milestone in May or June

Apr 26, 01:45

Chimei Innolux (CMI) is expected to see its shipments of 39-inch TV panels hit the one-million mark in May or June. Monthly shipments of 50-inch TV panels are estimated to each 300,000...

CMI, AUO likely to swing back to profitability in 2H12

Apr 20, 11:55

Chimei Innolux (CMI) and AU Optronics (AUO) are likely to swing back to profitability in the second half of 2012 as flat panel prices are expected to continue running higher in the...

CMI capacity utilization rate reaching 80%, says paper

Newswatch - Apr 9, 11:44

The capacity utilization rate of Chimei Innolux (CMI) will rebound to over 80% in April, buoyed by increasing panel orders from Japan-based brand vendors including Sony and Hitachi,...

CMI reaches debt settlement agreement with creditor banks

Apr 6, 01:20

Chimei Innolux (CMI) has reached a debt settlement agreement with its creditor banks, cutting repayment amounts of its debts due in 2012 to below NT$15 billion (US$508.82 million)...

Second-tier LCD monitor OEMs facing increasing challenges in 2012, say sources

Apr 3, 01:00

Second-tier LCD monitor OEMs will face increasing challenges in terms of shipments in 2012, as the top-2 OEMs - TPV Technology and Foxconn Electronics - combined are expected to take...

CMI posts heavy losses of nearly NT$65 billion for 2011

Apr 2, 10:23

Chimei Innolux (CMI) has reported net losses of NT$20 billion (US$677 million) for the fourth quarter of 2011, bringing total losses for all of the year to NT$64.76 billion.

Foxconn to subscribe to CMI new shares

Mar 28, 16:12

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Inudstry) and its associated companies will subscribe to new shares to be released by Chimei Innolux (CMI) in 2012-2014 based on the portion...

Foxconn-Sharp partnership likely targeting Apple orders

Mar 28, 01:15

Sharp has announced a strategic alliance with Foxconn (Hon Hai). Through third-party allotment, four Foxconn subsidiaries will obtain an about 9.88% stake and become the largest shareholder...

China hikes import tariffs for LCD panels

Mar 23, 15:01

The China government has officially announced that it will raise the tariff rate levied on imports of LCD panels in sizes over 32-inch from the current 3% to 5%, effective on April...

CMI reports strong sequential revenue gains for February

Newswatch - Mar 12, 11:17

Chimei Innolux (CMI) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$32.79 billion (US$1.11 billion) for February, up 19.6% on month but down 0.2% on year.

CMI to hike 39-inch LCD panel prices in March

Mar 1, 16:33

Chimei Innolux (CMI) reportedly has received consent from most of its clients to raise unit prices of 39-inch LCD panels by US$5 starting March, according to industry sources. CMI's...

Apple may be unable to ramp up supply of iPad 3 until 2Q12, say sources

Mar 1, 15:39

Apple may not unable to ramp up the supply of its next-generation iPads (iPad 3), which are expected to be launched at a company event on March 7, due to insufficient supply of high...

CMI has heavy debts in China, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 22, 14:56

Having concluded the last round of debt negotiations with more than 30 creditor banks in Taiwan on February 17, Chimei Innolux (CMI) has revealed that it also has NT$50-60 billion...

Commentary: Spin-off Samsung LCD unit may deter Taiwan makers in AMOLED segment

Feb 21, 14:58

Samsung Electronics has announced plans to spin off its money-losing LCD business to form a new company, Samsung Display, which is believed to focus more on the development of OLED...

Digitimes Research: ASP of 60-inch LCD TVs drops 3% in February

Feb 17, 01:20

ASP of 60-inch LCD TVs stood at US$2,500 globally in February, down 3% from US$2,578 recorded in January, with the ASP of US$1,681 for comparable models available in North America...

CMI January revenues decline

Newswatch - Feb 13, 15:01

Chimei Innolux (CMI) has posted consolidated revenues of NT$31.185 billion (US$1.056 billion) for January, down 33.4% sequentially and 22.7% on year, according to a company filing...

Panel makers considering price hikes for some panels, say sources

Feb 7, 14:23

Some panel makers are considering a price hike for their products because of a recent improvement in sales as well as in capacity utilization rates, according to industry sources.

Taiwan to hold first touch exhibition in August 2012

Feb 6, 14:39

The 2012 Touch Taiwan will take place at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall from August 29 to September 1, 2012.

Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD monitor shipments decline in 4Q11

Feb 2, 01:25

Shipments of LCD monitors by Taiwan makers totaled 27.46 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, down 5.7% sequentially and 13.1% on year, according to data compiled by Digitimes...

Sharp reportedly cuts capacity utilization rates at 10G lines to 50%

Feb 2, 01:15

Sharp reportedly lowered capacity utilization rates at its 10G lines to 50% recently, but the capacity reduction will not have any significant impact to the overall panel industry...

CMI debt negotiations hit deadlock, says paper

Newswatch - Jan 30, 15:29

Debt negotiations between Chimei Innolux (CMI) and its creditor banks have hit a deadlock as the two sides hold different views over the ratio of markup to be added to the original...

Panasonic to source TV panels from CMI, says paper

Newswatch - Jan 30, 12:02

Panasonic will outsource the production of LCD TV panels to Chimei Innoulux (CMI) in 2012, the first time for the vendor to purchase flat panels from a Taiwan-based maker, according...

CMI CEO to hold debt settlement talks with creditor banks

Jan 20, 15:32

Chimei Innolux (CMI) CEO Hsing-chien Tuan will lead a negotiation team to hold debt settlement talks with its creditor banks on January 20, hoping the banks will allow it to postpone...

TMD in-cell touch panel yields reach 60%

Jan 18, 01:20

Panel makers have been trying to improve technologies to win over peers. Industry sources noted that Japan-based Toshiba Mobile Display's (TMD) in-cell technology yields have increased...

Shipments of 9.7-inch iPad panels to top over 65 million units in 2012, says DisplaySearch

Jan 13, 14:21

Shipments of 9.7-inch flat panels for iPads are expected to top over 65 million units in 2012 compared to 48 million units shipped in 2011, DisplaySearch has estimated.

Digitimes Research: Taiwan shipments of small- to medium-size flat panels slip 4% sequentially in 4Q11

Jan 13, 11:52

Shipments of small- to medium-size flat panels by Taiwan makers totaled 368 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, down 4% on quarter but up 10.8% on year, according to data...

CMI applies for debt settlement with creditor banks

Jan 11, 16:07

Chimei Innolux (CMI) has applied for debt negotiations with its creditor banks after the flat panel maker failed to secure a syndicated loan of NT$40 billion (US$1.33 billion) in...

CMI, AUO post mixed results for December

Jan 11, 14:30

Chimei Innolux (CMI) and AU Optronics (AUO) have announced mixed consolidated results for December 2011, with CMI's December figure of NT$46.85 billion (US$1.56 billion) representing...

OLED moving to compete in TV market, says DisplaySearch

Jan 9, 11:03

Organic light emitting diodes (OLED) technology advanced rapidly in 2011, a trend that NPD DisplaySearch forecasts will continue through this decade. OLED technology has progressed...