Fab equipment spending poised to hit record in 2013, says SEMI

Mar 12, 16:06

Semiconductor fab equipment spending will remain flat at US$38.85 billion in 2012, but climb to a record US$45.5 billion in 2013, according to estimates made by SEMI.

SerComm expects to hit record revenues in 1Q12

Mar 12, 10:22

SerComm, a Taiwan-based maker of broadband and wireless networking devices/equipment, has obtained orders to book up its production capacity until May 2012 and expects to hit record...

Novatek expects sales to hit bottom in 1Q12

Feb 10, 01:20

LCD-related driver and controller IC design house Novatek Microelectronics expects sales to register sequential growth starting the second quarter after hitting bottom in the first...

Notebook shipments expected to rise significantly in 2H12

Feb 2, 01:10

Notebook shipments, benefiting from the recovery of hard drive shortages and launch of Windows 8 in the third quarter, are expected to rise significantly in the second half, compared...

Wintek December revenues hit record

Jan 3, 01:30

Taiwan-based touch panel maker Wintek on January 2 reported consolidated revenues of NT$10.55 billion (US$349 million) for December 2011, a new monthly record with growth of 8.1%...

MTI likely to hit record revenues in December

Dec 20, 01:40

Microelectronics Technology (MTI), a Taiwan-based maker of microwave and satellite communication devices, expects its monthly revenues to remain at a high level in December 2011 and...

Foxconn November revenues hit record again

Dec 12, 11:11

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reported non-consolidated revenues of NT$307.196 billion (US$10.17 billion) for November, creating a monthly record for the second...

SerComm November revenues hit record for second time straight

Dec 9, 11:29

SerComm, a Taiwan-based maker of broadband and wireless networking devices, has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.307 billion (US$43.3 million) for November, hitting a monthly...

TPK revenues hit record high in November

Newswatch - Dec 7, 14:01

Touch panel maker TPK Holding has announced consolidated revenues of NT$14.9 billion (US$493 million) for November, increasing 11.6% from the previous month and 35.6% from a year...

PC vendors to see serious HDD shortages starting December, says Acer VP

Nov 29, 01:20

As PC brand vendors' hard disc drive (HDD) inventory level will soon hit bottom, vendors will start experiencing HDD shortages in December and the problem will reach its peak in February...

Lite-On IT expects 2011 revenues to hit record

Nov 23, 01:10

Optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT expects its 2011 revenues to reach NT$60 billion (US$2.07 billion), exceeding NT$58.7 billion posted in 2010 to become a new annual record,...

Global PV installations to hit 24GW in 2011, says IMS Research

Nov 16, 10:43

Global solar PV installations will reach 24GW in 2011 according to IMS Research. IMS Research found that despite the relatively weak start to the year, installations will rise by...

ProMOS October revenues hit new low

Nov 14, 13:28

ProMOS Technologies saw its monthly revenues slip below NT$500 million (US$16.6 million) to hit a new low in October 2011.

Foxconn October revenues hit record

Nov 11, 01:30

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) saw its revenues hit record high levels in October 2011.

HDD supply gap to narrow as Nidec resumes some production

Nov 8, 01:50

Japan-based hard disc drive (HDD) motor supplier Nidec, which contributes close to 75% of the global HDD motor shipments, has announced its Ayutthaya plants in Thailand have already...

Lenovo 3Q11 revenues hit quarterly record

Nov 3, 14:36

China-based PC vendor Lenovo on November 2 published its financial report for the third quarter of 2011 (the second quarter of its 2011 fiscal year), with revenues of US$7.8 billion...

Asia Electric Material September FCCL shipments hit record

Oct 20, 01:00

Asia Electric Material (AEM), a Taiwan-based maker of flexible copper-clad laminates (FCCLs), shipped nearly 800,000 square meters in September, its highest monthly volume on record,...

Asia-based solar firms to be hit by operation suspensions due to low demand

Oct 4, 16:25

Starting in 2011, many Europe and US based solar firms have been forced to lower or halt production due to lack of competitiveness. Some firms have even filed for bankruptcy. Industry...

MediaTek 3.5G-chip shipments likely to hit 1 million mark in September

Sep 30, 01:35

Shipments of MediaTek's MT6573 3.5G chipset solution approached one million units in August, and are likely to exceed the mark in September, according to industry sources. Shipments...

Amazon tablet PC Kindle Fire unable to hit iPad 2 but may impact non-iPad models, say Taiwan makers

Sep 28, 15:53

Amazon is expected to debut its first tablet PC, the 7-inch Kindle Fire, for launch in November 2011 soon, but the new tablet will not be able to shake up the already firm market...

Syncmold August revenues hit record

Sep 14, 16:44

Syncmold Enterprise, a Taiwan-based maker of molded pedestals for LCD monitors and TVs as well as hinges of all-in-one PCs, saw its August consolidated revenues of NT$769 million...

Gemtek, Sercomm, Wistron NeWeb see August revenues hit records

Sep 9, 11:15

Taiwan-based networking/communication equipment makers Gemtek Technology, Sercomm and Wistron NeWeb saw their August consolidated revenues of NT$2.790 billion (US$96.2 million), NT$1.223...

Largan expects record revenues in 3Q11

Aug 19, 15:53

Taiwan-based optical lens module maker Largan Precision generated historic high quarterly consolidated revenues of NT$4.066 billion (US$141 million) in the second quarter of 2011...

Synnex Technology sees 2Q11 net profit hit records

Aug 3, 13:30

Distributor Synnex Technology International on August 2 reported net profits of NT$1.85 billion (US$63.8 million) for the second quarter, its highest quarterly figure on record and...

TSMT June revenues hit record

Jul 12, 16:18

Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology (TSMT), an LCD surface-mount technology (SMT) production solutions provider, has announced that consolidated revenues for June 2011 grew 1.1% on...

HTC sees June, 2Q11 revenues hit records

Stockwatch - Jul 4, 11:43

Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC on June 3 reported consolidated revenues of NT$45.049 billion (US$1.556 billion) for June, hitting monthly records for the third consecutive time...

White-box players supply close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in 1Q11

Jun 28, 01:05

White-box tablet PC players are rising quickly in the tablet PC industry with related shipments already accounting for close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in the first quarter...

Equipment supplier Csun sales hit record high in May

Jun 17, 01:00

Csun Manufacturing, which mainly produces equipment used in the production of LCD panels and PCBs, saw its consolidated revenues hit a record high of NT$631 million (US$21.8 million)...

Passive component makers Lelon, Chilisin May revenues hit records

Jun 8, 15:03

Aluminum electrolytic capacitor maker Lelon Electronics and inductor maker Chilisin Electronics both saw their revenues hit a record high in May 2011 due to effects of transferred...

Radiant May notebook module shipments hit record, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 7, 15:41

Radiant Opto-Electronics, a Taiwan-based maker of LCD backlight units (BLUs), shipped 8.31 million modules used in notebooks in May 2011, its highest monthly figure on record, according...

Largan May revenues hit record for second time straight

Jun 7, 14:38

Largan Precision, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lens kits, has reported consolidated revenues of NT%1.357 billion (US$47.04 million) for May 2011, hitting its highest monthly level...

Win Semi May sales hit record high

Newswatch - Jun 3, 11:31

Gallium-arsenide (GaAs) foundry Win Semiconductors has reported consolidated revenues of NT$704 million (US$24.5 million) for May 2011, a record high for the second straight month.