Last update: Friday 24 May 2013 [163 news items]
Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
May 24, 10:53
Taiwan recorded a manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 100.02 for April 2013, decreasing 1.32% on month and 1.18% on year, according to statistics released by the...
Taiwan attracts January-April foreign direct investment of over US$1.5 billion
May 21, 11:48
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 960 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) totaling US$1.558 billion in January-April 2013. The number of projects...
Taiwan April export order value slightly down on month, year, says MOEA
May 20, 21:46
Taiwan received export orders worth US$35.69 billion in total in April 2013, decreasing by 0.4% on month and by 1.1% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic...
Taiwan March manufacturing production index down on year, says MOEA
Apr 24, 10:09
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2006 as base year) of 134.48 for March 2013, increasing 24.37% on month but decreasing 3.24% on year, according to the Ministry of...
Taiwan attracts January-March foreign direct investment of over US$1.2 billion, says MOEA
Apr 23, 14:00
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 665 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$1.26 billion in January-March 2013, respectively...
Taiwan March export order value up on month, down on year, says MOEA
Apr 22, 21:58
Taiwan received export orders worth US$35.84 billion in total in March 2013, increasing by 23.4% on month but decreasing by 6.6% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry...
Taiwan February manufacturing production index drops, says MOEA
Mar 26, 10:56
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2006 as base year) of 108.33 for February 2013, decreasing 19.96% sequentially and 12.1% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic...
Taiwan attracts January-February foreign direct investment of over US$853 million, says MOEA
Mar 21, 14:06
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 380 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$853.8 million in January-February, respectively...
Taiwan February export order value down, says MOEA
Mar 21, 13:56
Taiwan received export orders worth US$29.04 billion in total in February 2013, decreasing 21.8% on month and 14.5% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic...
Taiwan January export order value down 5.7% sequentially, says MOEA
Feb 26, 18:56
Taiwan received export orders worth US$37.14 billion in total in January 2013, decreasing 5.7% on month but increasing 18% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry...
Taiwan attracts January foreign direct investment of nearly US$390 million, says MOEA
Feb 21, 11:00
Taiwan approved 218 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) totaling US$389.1 million in January, respectively increasing by 37.11% and by 30.07% on year, according...
Taiwan December manufacturing production index down on month, up on year, says MOEA
Jan 24, 14:32
Taiwan recorded a manufacturing production index (2006 as base year) of 130.99 for December 2012, decreasing 2.19% on month but increasing 2.84% on year, according to statistics released...
Taiwan attracts 2012 foreign direct investment of nearly US$5.6 billion, says MOEA
Jan 22, 11:16
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 2,738 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) totaling US$5.559 billion in 2012, respectively increasing 19.93%...
Taiwan December export order value second highest ever, says MOEA
Jan 21, 22:35
Taiwan received export orders worth US$39.39 billion in total in December 2012, the second highest monthly level ever, only trailing the US$40.73 billion recorded in the preceding...
Taiwan market: MOEA subsidies help sales of energy-saving home appliances
Jan 18, 15:29
Due to oil and electricity price hikes, the second wave of energy-saving home appliance subsidies introduced by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) in 2012 showed positive...
Taiwan begins LED street lamp replacement project
Jan 2, 16:16
To reduce carbon emissions, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs has begun promoting an LED street lamp replacement project.
Taiwan April manufacturing index down
May 23, 16:29
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2006 as base year) of 133.08 for April 2012, decreasing by 3.81% on month and by 2.58% on year, according to statistics released by...
Second phase of energy-saving consumer electronics subsidies to begin at May 17, says MOEA
May 16, 16:47
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has announced a second phase of subsidies for consumer electronics, with a total budget of NT$700 million (US$23.7 million), that will...
Apr 13, 11:20
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on April 12 announced the upward adjustment in power charge rates by an average of 16.9% for residential users, 30% for commercial users,...
Taiwan aims to have 3.1GW of solar PV systems by 2030
Mar 29, 11:29
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has set a target of accumulated solar PV system installations at 3.1GW by 2030. In addition, the MOEA aims to finish 600 windpower inst...

ProMOS seeking to settle debts with banks
Jan 13, 01:20
ProMOS Technologies has submitted an application to Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) for debt negotiations with its creditor banks, according to the cash-strapped DRAM...
Rhythm & Hues Studios to invest in Taiwan
Jan 2, 10:31
Rhythm & Hues Studios (R&H), a US-based visual effects studio serving movie studios in Hollywood, on December 30 signed a letter of intent with Taiwan's Ministry of Economic...
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$3.6 billion in January-October
Nov 22, 09:20
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 1,767 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$3.628 billion during January-October 2011,...
Taiwan attracts January-September foreign direct investment of over US$3.3 billion
Oct 25, 09:48
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 1,577 foreign direct investment projects (excluding China) totaling US$3.350 billion during January-September 2011, respectively...
Taiwan September manufacturing index down sequentially
Oct 25, 09:40
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2006 as base year) of 128.47 for September 2011, decreasing 5.74% on month but increasing 1.99% on year, the Ministry of Economic Affairs...
ICT trade between Taiwan and China topping US$5 billion in 2011
Aug 26, 15:10
The value of two-way trade for ICT products between Taiwan and China is expected to top US$5 billion in 2011, growing from the US$3 billion recorded in 2009 and US$4.48 billion in...
Taiwan manufacturing index higher in July
Aug 24, 09:56
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2006 as base year) of 137.01 for July 2011, increasing 2.37% on month and 3.73% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs...
Powerchip reportedly seeking government support for DRAM industry consolidation
Aug 19, 12:29
Rumors have circulated that Powerchip Technology chairman Frank Huang recently met with Premier Wu Den-yih to explore the possibility of resuming the government-led initiative to...
Taiwan attracts January-May foreign direct investment of over US$1.7 billion
Jun 21, 10:52
Taiwan approved 887 foreign direct investment projects (excluding ones from China) totaling US$1.729 billion during January-May 2011. On an annual basis, the number of projects increased...
LCY Chemical to increase investments in R&D for green energy
May 20, 11:26
Taiwan-based LCY Chemical (LCY) has announced a plan to set up a corporate R&D center in Kaohsiung. The investment will amount to NT$2.4 billion and will begin operations in 2012...
Taiwan March export order value hits record
Apr 21, 01:05
Taiwan received export orders with a total value of US$38.986 billion in March 2011, the highest monthly figure on record with on-month growth of 35.03% and on-year growth of 13.37%,...
Taiwan February manufacturing production index down sequentially
Mar 24, 12:12
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2006 as base year) of 113.95 for February 2011, decreasing by 16.34% on month mainly because of the Lunar New Year vacation in early...
Taiwan government lifts all restrictions on investment in China for panel makers
Mar 9, 01:00
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) of Taiwan has officially lifted all bans on panel makers investing in China regarding the size of production plants or investment in China-based...
Taiwan January manufacturing production index slightly down sequentially
Feb 24, 10:51
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2006 as base year) of 135.93 for January 2011, decreasing 2.44% on month but increasing 17.28% on year, according to Ministry of Economic...
Taiwan January export order value down on month
Feb 21, 16:42
Taiwan received export orders totaling US$34.459 billion in January 2010, decreasing 5.77% on month but increasing 1.47% on year, according to statistics from the Ministry of Economic...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- GIGABYTE Launches the BRIX Ultra Compact PC Kit
- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- 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
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
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- 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
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN

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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...
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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...
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