Last update: Wednesday 15 May 2013 [25 news items]
Drill bit maker Topoint sees net profits up over 27% on year in 1Q13
May 15, 12:28
Drill bit maker Topoint Technology has reported net profits of NT$59 million (US$1.98 million) for the first quarter of 2013, down 34.8% sequentially but up 27.2% on year. First-quarter...
Drill bit maker Topoint April sales up
May 8, 14:47
Topoint Technology, which manufactures drill bits for the production of IC substrates and PCBs, has announced that consolidated revenues for April 2013 increased 10.9% sequentially...
Drill bit maker Topoint posts EPS of NT$1.75 for 2012
Mar 19, 22:22
Topoint Technology, which manufactures drill bits for the production of IC substrates and PCBs, has reported net profits of NT$274 million (US$9.21 million) for 2012, down 9.6% from...
Drill bit maker Topoint looks to 10% revenue growth in 2013
Mar 11, 14:49
Topoint Technology, which manufactures drill bits for the production of IC substrates and PCBs and also accepts OEM drilling orders from clients, is expected to see its revenues grow...
Topoint to see growing OEM drilling business in 2013
Nov 20, 14:19
Topoint Technology, which manufactures drill bits for the production of IC substrates and PCBs and also accepts OEM drilling orders from clients, is expected to see the OEM drilling...
Drill bit maker Topoint reports record revenues for October
Nov 8, 10:38
Consolidated revenues at Taiwan-based Topoint Technology, which manufactures drill bits for the production of IC substrates and PCBs, climbed to a record NT$231 million (US$7.9 million)...
Drill bit maker Topoint looks to strong sales in 4Q12
Oct 2, 01:05
Drill bit maker Topoint Technology expects its revenues to stay high in the ourth quarter of 2012, buoyed by orders from major clients, including Kinsus Interconnect Technology and...
Drill bit maker Topoint looks to increasing revenues in August-September
Aug 9, 01:55
Drill bit maker Topoint Technology expects revenues to continue to grow in August and September after seeing its monthly figure edge up 3.1% sequentially to NT$196 million (US$6.54...
Drill bit maker Topoint looks to revenue decline in 4Q11
Nov 11, 15:56
Topoint Technology, specializing in drill bits for the production of IC substrates and PCBs, expects its consolidated revenues to slip about 5% sequentially in the fourth quarter...
Drill bit maker Topoint posts sales growth in May
Jun 9, 15:34
Taiwan-based drill bit maker Topoint Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$172 million (US$6 million) for May 2011, up 2.3% on month but down 10.1% on year. Consolidated...
Drill bit maker Topoint expanding PCB drilling business
May 31, 16:09
Taiwan-based drill bit maker Topoint Technology has decided to set up a new PCB drilling plant in Suzhou, China due to increasing demand for drilling services from PCB clients, according...
Drill bit maker Topoint eyes 25% global market share in 2011
Nov 9, 11:36
Drill bit maker Topoint Technology expects to boost its global market share from 22% projected for 2010 to 25% in 2011, and it also forecasts its revenues to decline 5-10% sequentially...
Topoint to kick off trial operation of its Qinghuangdao drilling plant
Oct 21, 14:07
Taiwan-based drill bit maker Topoint Technology will kick off trial operations of its drilling plant in Qinghuangdao, China soon, according to company chairman David Lin. Additionally,...
Drill bit maker Topoint to draw investment from Asustek
Apr 20, 11:56
Taiwan-based drill bit maker Topoint Technology plans to issue NT$150 million (US$4.766 million) worth of convertible bonds through a private placement, with an investment arm of...
Topoint, Key Ware enter Japan drill bit supply chain
Oct 27, 16:40
Taiwan-based drill bit maker Topoint Technology has entered the supply chain of Japan-based substrate maker Ibiden Electronics, while Key Ware Electronics has also received orders...
NPC sees 12-month revenues high in September 2009
Oct 7, 16:46
Taiwan-based IC substrate maker Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) generated revenues of NT$2.7 billion (US$83 million) in September 2009, up 3.16% on month, mainly due to growing...
Topoint shipping micro drill bits to Japan
Oct 1, 17:03
Taiwan-based drill bit maker Topoint Technology has begun shipping its micro drill bits to three Japan-based IC substrate makers, which will help boost the company's market share...
Two handset PCB makers subscribe to Topoint bonds
Sep 1, 16:09
Taiwan-based handset PCB makers Unimicron Technology and Foxconn Advanced Technology have subscribed to unsecured corporate bonds, worth NT$100 million (US$3.04 million) and NT$50...
IC substrate makers PPT, Kinsus see strong 2Q09
Jul 8, 10:51
Taiwan-based IC substrate suppliers Phoenix Precision Technology (PPT) and Kinsus Interconnect Technology had respective second-quarter revenues of NT$3.09 billion (US$94 million)...
IC substrate makers Kinsus and PPT revenues post 19-20% sequential growth in April
May 7, 16:51
IC substrate makers Kinsus Interconnect Technology and Phoenix Precision Technology (PPT) both saw their revenues expand 19-20% sequentially to NT$903 million (US$27.28 million) and...
Drill bit maker Topoint sees sales rebound
Newswatch - Mar 6, 12:34
Topoint Technology has seen its sales rebound since the second half of February amid demand for 0.15-micron and smaller micro drill bits for IC substrates. Topoint may see a double-digit...
Drill bit maker Topoint to increase global and Japan market shares in 2009
Feb 20, 17:25
As the Japanese yen continues to appreciate, Japan-based companies are more aggressive in product verifications with their Taiwan-based suppliers of drill bits in order to cut costs,...
Drill bit makers cautious about 2009 capex plans
Oct 23, 14:05
Two Taiwan-based drill bit makers – Topoint Technology and Key Ware Electronics – have seen a decline in orders since mid-October, prompting a cautious approach to preparing...
PCB drill bit market competition to remain intense in 2009
Oct 2, 13:48
Competition for market share in the drill bit market will remain fierce in 2009 due to capacity ramps by Japan-based Union Tool and Taiwan-based Topoint Technology, according to industry...
Topoint sees a drop in overall gross margin in 2Q08
Aug 29, 01:00
Taiwan-based drill bits maker Topoint Technology saw its gross margin drop below 40% in the second quarter this year as falling demand spurred a race to cut prices among makers looking...
China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
Displays | 1min ago
Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
Bits + chips | 15min ago
Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
Bits + chips | 38min ago
Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
Green energy | 51min ago
DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
Bits + chips | 55min ago
Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
Displays | 1h 55min ago
Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
Bits + chips | 2h 35min ago
Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
Bits + chips | 2h 37min ago
Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
Mobile + telecom | 3h 37min ago
Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
Mobile + telecom | 3h 52min ago
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- New Csun solar manufacturing facility in Turkey opens door for maker
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
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- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
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- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- 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
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...
Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- 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.