Last update: Friday 14 June 2013 [537 news items]
CMI, AUO 4Q12 operations subject to risks of high TV panel inventory levels
Oct 9, 10:17
Taiwan-based Chimei Innolux (CMI) and AU Optronics (AUO) are likely to face excessive supply of their LCD TV panel products in the fourth quarter of 2012 due to expected releases...
Panel makers look to continued shipment momentum in October
Oct 2, 10:56
Having enjoyed strong sales to China in August and September, Taiwan-based LCD panel makers are hoping sales of LCD TVs in China during the October 1 holidays will be robust enough...
AUO, CMI expected to see increased revenues in September, October
Oct 2, 10:45
TFT-LCD panel makers Chimei Innolux (CMI) and AU Optronics (AUO) are expected to see increased consolidated revenues for September and October mainly due to orders from China-based...
CMI to ramp up 39-inch TV panels, including 4Kx2K models, in 2013
Oct 1, 13:02
Chimei Innolux (CMI) is likely to expand its production of 39-inch TV panels to over one million units a month in 2013 compared to 800,000 units currently, as current market demand...
CMI, AUO have low AMOLED yields, say sources
Sep 24, 14:59
Taiwan-based panel makers Chimei Innolux (CMI) and AU Optronics (AUO) are continuing to be proactive in producing small- and medium-sized AMOLED panels but are still facing challenges...
CMI striving to reduce impact of quantitative easing on 4Q12 performance, says spokesperson
Sep 20, 16:21
Taiwan's panel industry is worried that the US Federal Reserve's third round of quantitative easing, known as QE3, will cause the Taiwan dollar to increase in value.
Panel makers speed up glasses free 3D 4Kx2K panel production
Sep 19, 01:10
Japan-, China- and Taiwan-based panel makers are reportedly speeding up production of glasses-free 3D 4Kx2K panels in order to compete better with Korea-based AMOLED panel makers,...
CMI nearly at full capacity, says chairman
Sep 19, 01:05
Chimei Innolux (CMI) has reached nearly full production capacity at all of its plants due to increasing global demand for small- and medium-size products as well as increasing TV...
CMI and AUO continue to benefit from product differentiation
Sep 17, 16:09
Taiwan-based LCD panel makers Chimei Innolux (CMI) and AU Optronics (AUO) are continuing to see benefits from their product differentiation strategies, which include producing TV...
Samsung reducing shipments of 43- and 48-inch TV panels, say sources
Sep 17, 14:18
Samsung Electronics has been reducing its shipments of 43- and 48-inch LCD TV panels as rivals Chimei Innolux (CMI) and AU Optronics (AUO) are ramping up their shipments of 39- and...
Taiwan panel industry to do better than expected in 3Q12
Sep 13, 16:15
Taiwan-based TFT panel providers and touch screen panel makers are expected to see better than expected financial results by the end of the third quarter of 2012 due to demand for...
CMI runs at nearly full capacity to meet China TV demand
Sep 12, 15:52
Taiwan-based TV panel makers have been reporting increased orders from China-based TV vendors to meet growing demand for the October 1 holidays in China, according to industry sour...
CMI August shipments of large-sized panels hit record
Sep 10, 11:17
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) shipped 13.893 million large-sized panels in August, its highest monthly volume on record, according to the company.
Taiwan-based panel makers are still the main providers of TV panels for China-based TV vendors
Sep 7, 01:00
Taiwan-based panel makers are still maintaining their positions as the main TV panel providers for China-based TV vendors. This is because of the panel makers' increased cooperation...
CMI to focus more on large-sized 4Kx2K panel production, say sources
Sep 6, 15:03
Chimei Innolux (CMI) is focusing on 4Kx2K technology for use in large-sized LCD panels more than on OLED technology due to poor yield rates and low prospects for OLED, sources with...
Asia-based panel makers move away from small-sized TV panel production
Sep 4, 15:23
Taiwan- and Korea-based panel makers are slowly shifting away from focusing on producing low-priced 32-inch sized LCD TV panels to producing high-end panels, according to industry...
CMI becomes world's first mass producer of 4Kx2K panels
Sep 4, 01:20
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) will have 4Kx2K high-definition (HD) panels mass produced and ready for sale by early October, making it the world's first mass...
Taiwan panel makers continue ramping up production of new size panels
Aug 30, 13:49
Taiwan's top-2 LCD panel makers Chimei Innolux (CMI) and AU Optronics (AUO) will continue to ramp up the production ratio of new-size TV applications to fend off increasing competition...
CMI to showcase 5-inch Full HD panel module with 443ppi
Aug 29, 01:10
Chimei Innolux (CMI) is planning to showcase its new 5-inch Full HD panel module with a 443ppi for the first time at Touch Taiwan.
Market observers react differently to CMI cash injection plans
Aug 23, 16:01
Market observers have mixed feelings about the direction for major Taiwan-based panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) in the second half of 2012.
CMI, AUO and CPT gear up for Touch Taiwan
Aug 22, 15:57
Major Taiwan-based panel makers Chimei Innolux (CMI) and AU Optronics (AUO) are gearing up for Touch Taiwan where they will feature some of their latest products.
CMI sees increased panel orders for use in smartphones and tablet PCs
Aug 21, 01:50
Taiwan-based panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) is seeing increased orders for small- and medium-sized panels used in smartphones and tablet PCs during the third quarter, according...
Taiwan panel makers see handset panel shipments increasing in 3Q12
Aug 17, 14:16
Taiwan-based panel makers Chimei Innolux (CMI), Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display have seen increasing shipments of handset-use panels in the third quarter of 2012...
CMI suffers 50% decline in touch panel revenues in 2Q12 due to product delays
Aug 8, 16:05
Chimei Innolux (CMI) saw sharp declines in revenues from touch panels in the second quarter mainly because of customers adjusting their products as well as delaying them to the market,...
Chimei Innolux announces 2Q12 net sales of NT$112.5 billion
Aug 8, 01:50
Chimei Innolux (CMI) has announced its second-quarter 2012 results. Combined net sales for the quarter amounted to NT$112.5 billion (US$3.8 billion), a 3% increase over the previous...
CMI to hold earnings meeting on August 7
Aug 2, 16:24
Chimei-Innolux (CMI) will hold a shareholders meeting on August 7 to discuss its second quarter earnings as well as its operations outlook for the second half of the year.
E Ink recruits former CMI CFO Eddie Chen
Aug 2, 16:09
E-paper provider E Ink has recruited Chimei Innolux's (CMI) former CFO Eddie Chen as its new CFO and spokesman. E Ink will hold its second quarter shareholders meeting on August 7...
CMI to benefit from smartphone market in China
Aug 1, 01:10
Chimei Innolux (CMI) is looking to bump up profits in the second half of 2012 by focusing its small-sized panel shipments on China in order to meet increasing demand for smartphone...
CMI increases panel orders through emerging markets
Jul 31, 01:10
Taiwan-based panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) has been tackling emerging markets with a focus on acquiring panel orders for tablets used in the educational sector, said sources.
Panel makers will still face losses this year, say sources
Jul 27, 11:54
Panel makers will continue to face challenges and will most likely see losses continue until the end of this year due to increased competition and economic instabilities, said industry...
Taiwan panel makers see drop in market value
Jul 25, 15:03
Taiwan's four largest panel makers Chimei Innolux (CMI), AU Optronics (AUO), Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and Hannstar Display have all reported stock prices below NT$10 (US$0.30)...
CMI benefits from Nokia decrease in suppliers
Jul 25, 01:25
Nokia has been lowering its number of suppliers due to decreasing orders for its products. The company has now centralized most of its orders to Chimei Innolux (CMI), which is causing...
Chimei Materials to release new products in 4Q12
Jul 25, 01:05
Chimei Innolux's (CMI) new 39- and 50-inch panels are seeing increasing sales, giving its polarizer supplier, Chimei Materials, a bump in revenues along with motivation to release...
Jul 19, 11:12
Taiwan-based LCD panel maker Chimei Innolux (CMI) will raise funds through issuing new shares worth NT$16.25 billion (US$542.8 million) of which 10% will be reserved for subscription...
Chi Mei Corporation proposes to change CMI name
Jul 17, 01:00
Chi Mei Corporation proposed changing the name of Chimei Innolux when it decided to give the Hon Hai (Foxconn) Group full control of the LCD panel maker, according to Chi Mei Corporation...
Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
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DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
Bits + chips | 15min ago
Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
Displays | 1h 15min ago
Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
Bits + chips | 1h 55min ago
Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
Bits + chips | 1h 57min ago
Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
Mobile + telecom | 2h 57min ago
Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
Mobile + telecom | 3h 12min ago
Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 21:08
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...
- 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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- 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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Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...
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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.