Flexium, Zhen Ding May sales up more than 10%

Jun 14, 15:27

Flexium Interconnect and Zhen Ding Technology, both of which manufacture flexible PCBs (FPCB) for use in mobile phones and other consumer electronics products, both saw their May...

Career Tech expects orders from China-based smartphone clients to generate more sales in 2013

Jun 14, 12:20

Career Technology, which manufactures flexible PCBs for smartphones, tablets and other consumer technology products, expects sales generated from orders placed by its China-based...

Ichia to grow flexible PCB revenues in 2013

Apr 15, 23:46

Taiwan-based Ichia Technology expects to grow revenues generated from its flexible PCB (FPCB) business in 2013, on an improvement of its production yield rates.

FPCB maker Flexium to raise 2013 capex

Jan 18, 12:38

Flexible PCB manufacturer Flexium Interconnect expects its capex for 2013 to top the NT$1.7-1.8 billion (US$58.73-62.18 million) it spent in the previous year, with plans to upgrade...

Taiwan flexible PCB makers December sales to drop

Dec 24, 09:52

Revenues at Taiwan-based flexible PCB suppliers Career Technology, Flexium Interconnect and Zhen Ding Technology are expected to register sequential decreases in December as clients...

Career Tech 4Q12 sales to rise almost 30%

Nov 13, 11:45

Flexible PCB supplier Career Technology is expected to report almost 30% sequential growth in revenues for the fourth quarter of 2012, driven by rising orders coming from the tablet...

FCCL suppliers gearing up for smartphone, tablet demand

Aug 31, 14:14

Major suppliers of flexible copper-clad laminates (FCCL) are all gearing up to fulfill increased orders for smartphones and tablet PCs, with players including Doosan of South Africa,...

Taiwan-based flexible PCB makers to ramp up shipments to Apple in 4Q12

Aug 31, 01:25

Shipments of flexible PCBs by Taiwan makers are expected to account for 25% of Apple's total purchases of FPCBs in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared to 15-20% previously, since...

Flexium looks to rising capacity utilization rate through 4Q12

Aug 30, 14:58

Flexible PCB manufacturer Flexium Interconnect expects its capacity utilization rate to rebound to 70% in the third quarter and to 90% in the fourth quarter, buoyed by orders from...

Flexium expects 3Q12 capacity utilization rate to rise

Aug 28, 01:25

Taiwan-based flexible PCB maker Flexium has been seeing its capacity utilization rate drop to 50-60% in the second quarter from 90% in the first quarter. Nevertheless, the firm believes...

Flexible PCB makers to enjoy double-digit sales growth in 3Q12

Aug 14, 11:51

Taiwan-based flexible PCB manufacturers are expected to post double-digit sequential growth in third-quarter sales thanks to rising demand coming from the smartphone and tablet PC...

Flexium 2Q12 earnings shrink on lower utilization

Aug 13, 15:23

Flexium Interconnect, a major Taiwan-based flexible PCB supplier, saw its second-quarter profits decline about 42% sequentially as its utilization rate slipped below 60%. The lower...

Unimicron optimistic about 2H12 markets for FPCB, HDI boards

Aug 3, 01:10

Unimicron Technology has enjoyed high utilization rates for its flexible PCB capacity, and expects the positive performance to carry on in the second half of 2012. Meanwhile, the...

Ichia to expand flexible PCB capacity in 2012

Jan 16, 15:43

Ichia Technologies has unveiled plans to expand production capacity for flexible PCBs (FPCB) - used in smartphones, tablets and other consumer technology products - by 50% in 2012.

Taiwan flexible PCB production value to rise

Jan 4, 13:58

Taiwan-based flexible PCB (FPCB) makers' combined production value as a percentage of global total is expected to reach15-20% in 2012, up from 10-15% currently, according to industry...

Taiwan flexible PCB firms benefiting from transferred orders

Dec 21, 15:07

Taiwan-based flexible PCB manufacturers including Career Technology and Flexium Interconnect are benefiting from orders shifted from clients of Japan-based fellow firms Nippon Mektron...

Nippon Mektron sees partial recovery from Thailand flooding

Dec 2, 01:20

Nippon Mektron has announced that halted operations in Thailand have resumed partially, and expects to restore full production and shipments at the facilities located in the flood-hit...

PCB industry unlikely to see upturn until 2Q12

Nov 22, 14:08

PCB and flexible PCB (FPCB) manufacturers including Career Technology, Tripod Technology and Unitech Printed Circuit Board, and upstream material providers such as CCL maker Iteq...

Ichia hits record high revenues in October

Nov 7, 13:54

Ichia Technologies, a manufacturer of flexible PCBs, saw its consolidated revenues hit record high levels in October 2011 thanks to increasing shipments for smartphones.

Flexium to start up new capacity in 2012

Nov 4, 01:30

Flexible PCB (FPCB) supplier Flexium Interconnect expects new capacity at its factory site in Kunshan (China) to come online in April 2011, allowing it to boost production value 40...

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...

FPCB maker Career Tech reportedly to take up Sunflex

Aug 19, 11:22

Flexible PCB maker Career Technology reportedly plans to acquire fellow maker Sunflex Tech through a share swap, in which one Sunflex share will be exchanged for 0.9 Career shares...

Co-Tech to ramp up capacity for flexible PCBs

Aug 12, 13:56

Co-Tech Copper Foil has revealed plans to add an additional capacity of 150 metric tons of copper foil by the end of 2011. The new capacity will be allocated for the production of...

Flexible PCB makers post mixed June results

Jul 11, 16:05

Flexium Interconnect has reported a 5% sequential increase in consolidated revenues for June 2011, while fellow flexible PCB companies Career Technology and Ichia Technologies saw...

Flexible PCB makers in Taiwan and Japan expanding capacities

Jul 8, 11:56

While Taiwan-based flexible PCB makers including Flexium Interconnect, Career Technology, and Ichia Technologies have already undertaken expansion projects for capacity ramps, Japan-based...

Flexible PCB maker Career upbeat about 3Q11

Jun 10, 01:40

Career Technology, which makes flexible PCBs (FPCB) for use in smartphones and other consumer products such as tablet PCs, has said revenues are likely to grow sequentially through...

FPCB makers Flexium and Career report December sales increase

Jan 12, 01:10

Flexium Interconnect reported December 2010 consolidated revenues of NT$457 million (US$15.65 million), up 6.59% sequentially. Fourth-quarter consolidated revenues went up 2.23% sequentially...

Flexium, Taiflex to raise capital for capacity ramp

Dec 23, 01:45

Flexible PCB (FPCB) maker Flexium Interconnect and Taiflex Scientific, a supplier of flexible copper-clad laminates (FCCL), have recently revealed plans to raise capital to ramp up...

Career, Flexium to suffer larger-than-expected declines in 4Q10 sales

Nov 26, 01:20

Market watchers expect Career Technology to post a 5-10% sequential decline in fourth-quarter 2010 consolidated revenues, due to the rescheduling of shipments for new smartphones...

Taiwan-based FPCB makers saw October revenues fall

Nov 10, 01:20

Career Technology reported NT$886 million (US$29.36 million) in October 2010 consolidated revenues, down 7.7% sequentially. Revenues from January through October grew 27.7% on year...

Flexium lowers 4Q10 sales expectations

Nov 2, 01:40

Flexible PCB (FPCB) maker Flexium Interconnect now expects a larger-than-expect sales decline sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2010, due to the rescheduling of shipments by certain...

Ichia improves 3Q10 gross margin to 12%

Oct 19, 14:21

Handset keypad and flexible PCB (FPCB) maker Ichia Technologies saw its gross margin reach 12% in the third quarter of 2010 bringing the margin for the first three quarters of the...

FPCB makers 4Q10 revenues likely to drop on seasonality

Oct 12, 02:05

Taiwan-based flexible PCB (FPCB) makers are likely to post single-digit declines sequential in revenues in the fourth quarter of 2010, due to inventory corrections by customers later...