Last update: Friday 14 June 2013 [537 news items]
Future developments in the TFT LCD panel industry: Q&A with Innolux chairman
Feb 25, 10:53
The TFT LCD panel industry is continuing to intensify as market demand is increasing, bringing competition between Korea-, Japan-, Taiwan- and China-based panel makers to unprecedented...
Innolux expected to see 10% decrease in revenues during February 2013
Feb 20, 21:26
Innolux Corporation expects to see an on-month 10% decline in revenues during February 2013 due to lack of personnel as well as to the Lunar New Year holiday period, according to...
Innolux January TFT-LCD panel shipments down on month, up on year
Feb 18, 15:56
Taiwan-based Innolux shipped 11.062 million large-size TFT-LCD panels and 37.117 million small- to medium-size panels in January, with the former decreasing 16.4% on month but increasing...
Innolux and AUO expected to see reduced revenues in 1Q13
Jan 28, 22:57
Taiwan-based panel makers Innolux Corporation and AU Optronics (AUO) are expected to see an on-quarter decline in revenues during the first quarter 2013 due to an expected decrease...
Commentary: LCD panel industry still struggling
Jan 28, 11:13
Samsung Electronics has reported record profits for the fourth quarter of 2012 because of strong sales from its mobile communications products, but it's a big contrast - yet no surprise...
Innolux to see 5-10% decline in shipments during 1Q13, says company president
Jan 24, 19:43
Innolux Corporation can expect to see a 5-10% decline in panel orders throughout the first quarter 2013, with February declines expected to be the most severe, according to Innolux...
Innolux tackles Ultra HD TV panel orders from Japan- and China-based TV vendors
Jan 24, 14:18
Innolux Corporation is reportedly trying to enter the Ultra HD TV supply chains of multiple TV vendors including Sony, Toshiba, Haier and Skyworth to provide Ultra HD TV panels, according...
Innolux prices equity offering of US$504.1 million
Jan 18, 14:36
Innolux Corporation has successfully priced a NT$14.6 billion (US$504.1 million) offering, representing 1.12 billion shares through Global Depositary Receipts (GDR), and a concurrent...
Chi Mei Materials polarizer products expected to bring steady revenues in 1Q13
Jan 17, 15:15
Chi Mei Materials is expected to see steady revenues in the first quarter of 2013 as its polarizer products are expected to be used in new 39- and 50-inch TV panels made by Innolux...
Innolux to invest over US$172 million in expanding operations
Jan 15, 21:02
Innolux Corporation has announced that it will invest approximately NT$5 billion (US$172.65 million) in expanding R&D and automation at its Tainan-based operations in Southwestern...
Innolux to benefit from Japanese yen depreciation
Jan 14, 16:36
Depreciation of the Japanese yen will continue to help Japan-based panel makers stay competitive in exports and is also expected to help lower upstream components costs for Taiwan-based...
Innolux reports strong December 2012 financial results
Jan 10, 15:44
Innolux Corporation has reported that its December revenues reached NT$44.31 billion (US$1.52 billion), making it the only major Taiwan-based panel maker to report increased revenues...
Samsung Display and Innolux expected to mass produce 85-inch Ultra HD TV panels in 2H13
Dec 17, 21:42
Samsung Display and Innolux are each expected to mass produce 85-inch Ultra HD (3840 by 2160) TV panels in the second half of 2013, according to industry sources.
Innolux holds 50% TV panel market share in December 2012
Dec 13, 21:10
Innolux Corporation (which changed its name from Chimei Innolux (CMI) on November 14, 2012) has reportedly already shipped two million TV panels in December 2012, bumping up its global...
Innolux hopes to bump up large-size panel global market share in 2013
Dec 13, 16:13
Innolux Corporation (which changed its name from Chimei Innolux (CMI) on November 14, 2012) is expected to increase its global market share for large-size panel shipments to 20%,...
Innolux to mass produce 5-inch Full HD 443ppi handset panels in 1Q13
Dec 11, 21:28
Innolux is expected to mass produce 5-inch Full HD handset panels that have 443ppi in the first quarter of 2013, according to industry sources.
Panel profitability may improve in 4Q12, but demand likely to drop in 1Q13
Dec 10, 22:36
With revenues rising, Taiwan-based LCD panel makers are expected to see profitability improve in the fourth quarter. But demand from clients may drop in the first quarter of 2013,...
Innolux announces November 2012 financial results
Dec 10, 22:35
Innolux Corporation (which changed its name from Chimei Innolux (CMI) on November 14, 2012) has announced its unaudited combined revenues of NT$43.3 billion (147.8 million) in November...
Innolux enters handset panel supply chains of ZTE, Huawei and Lenovo
Dec 4, 15:08
Innolux Corporation (which changed its name from Chimei Innolux (CMI) on November 14, 2012) has reportedly entered into the supply chains of ZTE, Huawei Technologies and Lenovo to...
AUO and Innolux to mass produce small-size AMOLED panels in 1Q13
Nov 22, 14:57
Taiwan-based panel makers AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux Corporation (which changed its name from Chimei Innolux (CMI) on November 14, 2012) are expected to mass produce small-size...
Innolux tops 3Q12 panel suppliers for China-based TV vendors, says paper
Nov 20, 16:14
Innolux, which recently changed its name from Chimei Innolux (CMI), was the largest supplier of panels for China-based TV vendors during the third quarter of 2012, a China-based Beijing...
Innolux to focus more on developing IPS wide viewing angle panel technology
Nov 15, 15:35
Innolux Corporation, which changed its name from Chimei Innolux (CMI) on November 14, is planning to focus more on developing in-plane switching (IPS) wide viewing angle panels in...
Innolux optimistic about the panel industry in 2013, says CEO
Nov 14, 21:35
Innolux Corporation (which changed its name from Chimei Innolux (CMI) on November 14) is optimistic about the panel industry in 2013 and is progressing well with its new products,...
CMI officially announces name change
Nov 14, 20:48
Chimei Innolux (CMI) has officially announced that it will switch back to its former name Innolux Corporation, making November 14, 2012 the last day the company will go by the name...
CMI reports October 2012 financial results
Nov 12, 16:19
Chimei Innolux (CMI) has announced that its October 2012 consolidated revenues reached NT$42 billion (US$1.32 billion), a decrease of 7.4% on month.
AUO, CMI land orders for TV panels in 2013
Nov 2, 11:24
AU Optronics (AUO) has obtained orders for as many as six million LCD TV panels to be shipped in 2013 to Sony while Chimei Innolux (CMI) is expected to receive orders to supply 30%...
CMI to focus on Ultra HD TV panels for product differentiation in 2013
Nov 1, 19:22
Chimei Innolux (CMI) will strive for product differentiation by offering Ultra HD (4Kx2K) TV panels in 2013 and expects prices for Ultra HD TVs to drop from 3-5 times those for Full...
CMI likely to swing back to profitability in 4Q12, say sources
Oct 31, 14:22
LCD panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) is expected to swing back to profitability in the fourth quarter of 2012, as a significant reduction in labor costs will help ramp up its gross...
CMI 3Q12 revenues rise 15% sequentially
Oct 31, 10:30
LCD panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) has announced its third quarter 2012 results. Combined net sales for the third quarter 2012 amounted to NT$129.552 billion (US$4.43 billion),...
CMI changes name back to Innolux
Oct 30, 16:17
Chimei Innolux (CMI) has announced that it will switch back to its former name Innolux Corporation. due to the company no longer acting solely as a panel company, but rather as a...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD panel makers face serious challenges from China competitors
Oct 16, 10:52
Throughout the last year, the influence of China-based panel makers' increased production capacity has been increasing, especially when it comes to LCD TV panels. As 8.5G production...
CMI, AUO expected to see shrinking 3Q12 net operating losses
Oct 15, 14:41
Mainly due to better than expected sales of LCD TVs in the China market during the early October holidays, Taiwan-based TV panel makers Chimei Innolux (CMI) and AU Optronics (AUO)...
Taiwan panel makers face more losses, say observers
Oct 11, 14:41
Panel market observers are maintaining apprehensive viewpoints about the future of Taiwan's panel industry, claiming that unless its makers' shipments increase drastically during...
CMI September revenues hit 2012 high
Oct 11, 10:34
Chimei Innolux (CMI) has announced that its consolidated revenues for September 2012 reached NT$45.4 billion (US$1.5 billion), the company's highest monthly consolidated revenues...
CMI remains top supplier of panels to China-based TV vendors
Oct 9, 10:21
Chimei Innolux (CMI) still remains the top LCD TV panel supplier to China-based TV vendors and is expected to continue doing so throughout the end of 2012 due to the company's product...
Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
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Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
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Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
Bits + chips | 12h 4min ago
NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
Bits + chips | 12h 14min ago
Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
IT + CE | Jun 18, 20:53
China market: Domestic TV panel supply far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
Displays | Jun 18, 19:58
Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
Before Going to Press | 12h 51min ago
DRAM shortages to continue for 3 years, says Inotera executive
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:56
Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:16
Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:04
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:50
Taiwan market: ViewSonic to launch Full HD projectors by end of 2013
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:44
Foxconn to start production of 70-inch Ultra HD TVs in 1Q14
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:43
China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:42
JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:37
Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components and material for the flat panel industry. Digitimes recently sat down with Ho...
Future developments in the TFT LCD panel industry: Q&A with Innolux chairman
The TFT LCD panel industry is continuing to intensify as market demand is increasing, bringing competition between Korea-, Japan-, Taiwan- and China-based panel makers to unprecedented...
Taiwan must learn antitrust lessons: Q&A with ex-CMO president Ho Jau-yang
The US Justice Department's antitrust cases against the world's major LCD panel makers have resulted in hefty fines for companies and prison terms for executives. Among them were...
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- CVIA: China to purchase 30 million TV panels from Taiwan makers
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- Taiwan IC design houses reducing exposure in NAND flash controller market
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to launch VoIP at M+
- Mixed-signal technology to dominate global chipset market: Q&A with Dialog Semiconductor CEO Jalal Bagherli
- Taiwan market: Tablet sales in 2013 to reach nearly 2 million units, says FET executive
- SPIL expanding capacity for high-end ICs
- 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
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
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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
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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.