Last update: Wednesday 8 May 2013 [42 news items]
Giga Solar front silver paste shipments reach 2 tons in 1Q13
May 8, 21:50
Taiwan-based solar conductive paste maker Giga Solar has reported front silver conductive paste shipments in the first quarter reached 2.4 tons. Including shipments of back silver...
Motech, Giga Solar report 1Q13 financial results
May 8, 18:49
Solar cell maker Motech reported first-quarter 2013 consolidated revenues of NT$3.667 billion (US$124 million), representing an on-quarter increase of 11% but an on-year decrease...
Giga Solar to report strong January revenues, says chairman
Feb 4, 10:26
Chi-jen Chen, chairman of Taiwan-based solar conductive paste firm Giga Solar, has stated January revenues are likely to reach over NT$350 million (US$11 million) due to strong orders...
Giga Solar reports falling December revenues
Jan 9, 15:39
Taiwan-based solar conductive paste maker Giga Solar has reported December revenues of NT$181 million (US$6.23 million), showing a decrease of 34.42% on month and a decrease of 0.18%...
Jan 9, 14:59
The Taiwan-based solar supply chain is likely to enter a period of consolidation. For upstream material providers, consolidation between downstream customers may create pressure on...
Gigastorage sees December revenues increase 48% on-month
Jan 9, 14:48
Taiwan-based solar wafer and compact disc maker Gigastorage reported December 2012 revenues of NT$275 million (US$9.47 million), representing an on-month increase of 48.89%, and an...
Giga Solar subsidiary obtains 1.5MW solar PV project in Taiwan
Dec 21, 11:08
Solar conductive paste maker Giga Solar has stated that its subsidiary has obtained a contract for a solar PV system project from the Tainan municipal government in southern Taiwan...
Thintech Materials awaits conductive paste certification from customers
Nov 6, 11:08
Thintech Materials, Taiwan's largest supplier of aluminum target material with a market share of over 50%, has revealed that it has sent samples of its aluminum and silver-aluminum...
Giga Solar urges Taiwan government to develop domestic market
Nov 5, 13:57
Taiwan-based solar conductive paste maker Giga Solar unveiled a solar-power generating plant in Tainan, southern Taiwan on October 26, 2012.
Commentary: Solar conductive paste makers build up entry barriers
Oct 29, 12:28
The solar industry has been in a market downturn but solar cell conductive paste makers continue to see better profits. Taiwan-based Giga Solar, a silver, silver aluminum, and aluminum...
Solar industry to see better condition in 1Q13, says Giga Solar chairman
Oct 29, 11:26
Chi-jen Chen, chairman of Taiwan-based conductive paste maker Giga Solar, has indicated that the solar industry hit bottom in September and is likely to rebound in October. This rebound...
Oct 8, 11:01
The Taiwan government should create domestic demand first instead of providing funds to finance international projects, according to Chi-jen Chen, chairman of Taiwan-based conductive...
Heraeus begins PV silver conductive paste production in Taiwan
Oct 3, 10:59
Germany-based Heraeus Holding GmbH on October 2 started production of PV silver conductive paste at a factory in northern Taiwan to supply to Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar...
Giga Solar reports 1H12 gross margin of 31%
Aug 15, 01:30
Solar cell conductive paste maker Giga Solar has reported first-half 2012 financial results with net profits of NT$421 million (US$14 million) and gross margin at 31%. The firm's...
Shipments in 2Q12 to grow 25% sequentially, says Giga Solar
Jun 7, 01:15
Solar cell conductive paste maker Giga Solar noted shipments in the second quarter are likely to show growth of 25% compared to the first quarter. The increase in shipments is due...
Giga Solar targets back silver conductive paste market share of over 10% in 2012
Apr 11, 12:16
Taiwan-based conductive paste maker Giga Solar has indicated that shipments of high-efficiency aluminum pastes have reached above 200 tons so far this year. Moreover, the firm targets...
Solar market to return to normal in 2Q12, says Giga Solar chairman
Jan 3, 16:18
The solar market is going to be better by second-quarter 2012, said Chi-jen Chen, chairman of Taiwan-based conductive paste maker Giga Solar.
Taiwan solar firms report falling October revenues
Nov 9, 01:05
Taiwan-based solar firms have been reporting declining October revenues with Gintech and Solartech outperforming peers with on-month decreases of less than 10%. Motech reported October...
Giga Solar aluminum paste shipments to decrease in 2011, says chairman
Oct 27, 12:02
Due to low demand in the market, shipments of aluminum paste for solar cells are expected to decrease around 30% in 2011, said Chi-jen Chen, chairman of Taiwan-based conductive paste...
Heraeus Singapore plant to begin operations in November
Oct 12, 14:16
Solar cell silver paste maker Heraeus has announced it plant in Singapore will begin operations in November. Capacity will also be added in Taiwan in 2012 according to previous plans,...
Giga Solar announces stock buyback
Newswatch - Sep 30, 01:15
Solar cell conductive paste maker Giga Solar has decided to buy back its common shares from the Taiwan stock market to avert further slumps in its share price.
Gigastorage to hike solar wafer capacity to 320MWp at end of 2011
Sep 16, 10:52
Gigastorage is on schedule to expand its annual production capacity of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers to 320MWp by the end of 2011, according to the company.
Giga Solar sees 30% of 1H11 sales from silver aluminum paste
Aug 24, 11:33
Taiwan-based solar cell conductive paste maker Giga Solar has reported EPS of NT$14.86 (US$0.51) for first-half 2011. Silver aluminum paste accounted for 30% of total revenues and...
Jul 27, 01:15
DuPont announced on July 26 the acquisition of Innovalight, a firm that produces advanced silicon ink to increase the conversion efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells. DuPont...
Darfon sees revenues from solar products to increase in 2011, says paper
Newswatch - Jun 20, 16:07
Keyboard maker Darfon Electronics has entered the market for solar conductive paste and PV inverters. Darfon indicated that it is likely for revenues from solar products to account...
E-Ton Solar and Giga Solar May revenues show more than 40% decrease on month
Jun 8, 01:00
Taiwan-based solar cell maker, E-Ton Solar, has reported a 41.88% sequential decrease in May revenues. PV paste provider, Giga Solar, also reported May revenues down 44.37% on month,...
Prices for PV silver paste rise to US$1,900/kg, say Taiwan makers
May 3, 10:28
International quotes for photovoltaic (PV) silver conductive paste used in making solar cell modules have risen 20% from US$1,500-1,600/kg in January 2011 to US$1,900/kg currently...
Green Energy posts 1Q11 profits
Apr 22, 01:15
Solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) has announced net profits of NT$597 million (US$20.7 million) on sales of NT$6.5 billion for the first quarter of 2011. The earnings...
Giga Solar 1Q11 sales miss market expectation
Apr 11, 11:30
A number of major PV firms, including Giga Solar Materials, DelSolar and Neo Solar Power, have posted their March sales. Solar-cell conductive adhesive maker Giga Solar saw its March...
Darfon Electronics to start production of silver conductive paste and PV inverters
Mar 7, 10:40
Taiwan-based Darfon Electronics, an affiliate of the AUO (AU Optronics) Group, has stepped into PV silver paste and PV inverters, both used in making PV modules from crystalline silicon...
PV paste maker Giga Solar to build technical service center in China
Mar 4, 01:00
PV conductive paste maker Giga Solar Materials reportedly will open a technical service center in Suzhou, China with operations to begin at the end of March. The aim is to provide...
Giga Solar posts strong profits for 2010
Jan 14, 15:25
PV conductive paste maker Giga Solar Materials has reported NT$1.18 billion (US$41 million) or NT$34.18 a share in pre-tax profits for 2010. The company turned in NT$2.677 billion...
Danen December revenues up on-month, Giga Solar flat
Jan 7, 01:10
Solar wafer supplier Danen Technology has announced revenues for December 2010 grew 4.76% sequentially to NT$462 million (US$15.8 million), a monthly high. Meanwhile, PV conductive...
Giga Solar not worried about China-based Ruxing foray to Taiwan
Jan 4, 01:15
Regarding reports that China-based conductive paste maker Guangzhou Ruxing Technology is looking for distributors in Taiwan, Giga Solar Materials noted that the two companies have...
Giga Solar 1Q11 revenues expected to rise 20% sequentially
Jan 4, 01:10
Solar cell conductive paste maker Giga Solar Materials will see revenues for the first quarter of 2011 rise 20% sequentially thanks to orders from vertically integrated solar companies...
The Taiwan-based solar supply chain is likely to enter a period of consolidation. For upstream material providers, consolidation between downstream customers may create pressure on...
- 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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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
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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...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.