Passive component makers report 2Q12 revenues with sequential growth

Aug 28, 01:20

Taiwan-based circuit protection component maker Polytronics Technology announced consolidated revenues of NT$466 million (US$15.55 million) for the second quarter, up by 29.4% compared...

Partners expect Motorola to change its ODM strategy

Aug 23, 01:05

As Google has recently started reorganizing Motorola Mobility's manpower and product strategy, sources from Taiwan-based ODMs, observing from their orders, expect their handset orders...

Smartphone component makers turn to look for orders from feature phone market

Aug 21, 02:00

Smartphone component makers, seeing their shipments to smartphone brand vendors turning weak, have started seeking for orders from local and white-box feature phone players, according...

Laser Tek sales to peak in 3Q12

Aug 21, 01:55

Laser Tek, a supplier of passive component materials and production equipment, is expected to see its quarterly sales climb to the highest level of 2012 in the third quarter, according...

Quanta aiming to move all notebook production lines to Chongqing by 2014

Aug 16, 01:25

Quanta Computer is aiming to move all its notebook production lines except those for Apple's products to Chongqing, China within two years and estimates that its notebook shipments...

Asustek to release component purchasing authority to notebook ODMs

Aug 14, 01:20

Asustek Computer, which used to handle most component purchasing itself, is currently considering to release the authority to its upstream ODM partners such as Quanta Computer and...

Passive component maker Feei Cherng sees revenues up over 40% in July

Aug 10, 14:07

Having suffered a nearly 40% on-month decline in revenues in June, solid capacitor vendor Feei Cherng saw its monthly figures soar 43.6% sequentially to NT$205 million (US$6.85 mil...

Notebook ODMs shipments may stay weak in August

Aug 9, 01:05

Taiwan notebook ODMs may see their shipments in August stay flat on month and will not have a chance to recover until September, according to sources from notebook makers.

TXC, Polytronics July sales up

Aug 7, 15:51

Quartz component manufacturer TXC and circuit protection component maker Polytronics Technology have both reported sales growth for July 2012, buoyed by orders from Apple, Samsung...

Yageo July sales up 5%

Aug 7, 15:29

Passive component maker Yageo has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.12 billion (US$70.9 million) for July 2012, up 4.9% sequentially but down 0.6% on year. Consolidated sales...

Samsung estimates ASP based on yield rates for Taiwan handset component makers

Aug 3, 14:40

Samsung Electronics is very familiar with manufacturing processes for handset components and thus for orders released to Taiwan-based makers, usually estimates ASPs based on its expected...

Electronic component price declines spur buying opportunity, IHS finds

Aug 3, 11:11

Economic troubles are spurring unseasonably large price declines for a broad range of electronic parts, creating a near-term buying opportunity for purchasers, according to IHS iSuppli...

Intel to promote new panel technology at ultrabook ecosystem meeting in Taiwan

Jul 27, 14:41

Intel has invited Taiwan-based ultrabook supply chain makers to attend an Ultrabook Ecosystem Symposium on July 31 in an attempt to propose various solutions to improve performance-cost...

Taiwan component makers look to orders from China-based smartphone vendors

Jul 27, 13:52

As China-based vendors Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo and Coolpad have had increasing market shares for smartphones in China, Taiwan-based makers of optical lenses and modules and other handset...

IC component distributor Wahlee sees profits decline in 2Q12

Jul 23, 16:10

IC component and material distributor Wahlee Industrial saw its net profits drop 8.6% sequentially to NT$221 million (US$7.37 million) in the second quarter of 2012 although revenues...

TXC 3Q12 sales to rise 10%

Jul 17, 01:40

Quartz component manufacturer TXC is expected to post sales growth of 10% sequentially in the third quarter of 2012, driven by orders coming from the smartphone sector, according...

Suppliers of passive component materials see order visibility extend to three months

Jul 16, 14:49

Passive component materials suppliers, including Leatec Fine Ceramics, Liton Technology and Prosperity Dielectrics, have all seen their order visibility extend to three months, assuring...

Protective component makers 2Q12 sales up

Jul 6, 01:35

Thinking Electronic Industrial and Polytronics Technology, which make circuit protection components for handsets and PCs, both enjoyed double-digit sales growth sequentially in the...

Foxconn chairman guarantees investment in Sakai Factory is virtually risk free

Jul 5, 01:30

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Terry Guo has reportedly pledged his own 160,000,000 shares in the company to accumulate a fund for investments in Sharp's...

TXC, Polytronics to report brisk 3Q12 sales

Jun 29, 15:36

Quartz component manufacturer TXC and Polytronics Technology, a maker of circuit protection components, are expected to report brisk sales for the third quarter of 2012 on rising...

Pegatron turns conservative about 3Q12

Jun 28, 01:40

Pegatron Technology, seeing the weak global economy, while consumers have halted their purchase plans to wait for Windows 8, has turned conservative about the PC market in the third...

ECS passes 2011 finance report with growth of more than 7%

Jun 26, 01:10

Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) hosted a shareholder meeting on June 25, passing its finance report for 2011 with consolidated revenues reaching NT$72.7 billion (US$2.43 billion),...

Branded handset vendors cutting orders to component suppliers, say sources

Jun 21, 10:57

A number of branded handset vendors, including Nokia, Motorola Mobility, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Sony Mobile Communications, RIM, HTC, Huawei Device and ZTE, have reduced...

LTCC maker ACX looks to 25-30% sales growth in 2Q12

Jun 19, 15:27

Advanced Ceramic X (ACX), a Taiwan-based manufacturer of multilayer ceramic devices and LTCC (low-temperature co-fired ceramic) modules for wireless communications, has stated that...

Handset and component makers facing mounting pressure on shortened product life cycle

Jun 19, 14:29

Handset ODMs and makers of handset parts and components have experienced increasing pressure recently due to a shortening product life cycle of smartphones resulting from keen market...

Protective component maker Polytronics reports strong sales for May

Jun 18, 15:05

Polytronics Technology, which makes circuit protection components for mobile phones and PCs, saw its revenues grow 10.1% on month and 16.1% on year to hit a record high of NT$164...

TXC says new capacity to arrive in 3Q12

Jun 15, 01:25

Quartz component supplier TXC is set to complete its capacity expansion plans by the end of the third quarter, in line with its original schedule, according to the company.

Apple may have difficulty establishing assembly lines in the US in the short term

May 31, 01:15

Although Apple CEO Tim Cooks recently commented that he hoped more of Apple's production lines can move back to the US in the future, sources from the upstream supply chain pointed...

Booming smartphone sales in China not generating volume orders for Taiwan component suppliers

May 29, 15:52

Although China has become as the world's largest smartphone market since the third quarter of 2011, orders for handset components and parts from China to Taiwan-based component suppliers...