Last update: Wednesday 3 April 2013 [132 news items]
Neo Solar Power sees April revenues increase on-month
May 8, 15:06
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power (NSP) reported April revenues of NT$1.237 billion (US$42 million), up 0.44% on month but down 22.78% on year.
Commentary: Long-term solar material supply contracts increase losses during industry downturns
May 3, 14:47
Long-term solar material supply contracts seem to stabilize the financial performance of solar firms during good times, but increase the magnitude of losses during down times.
Neo Solar Power reports slight rise in 1Q12 revenues
Apr 30, 10:57
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power (NSP) has reported first-quarter 2012 consolidated revenues of NT$3.106 billion (US$106 million), up by 2.6% on quarter. Net losses were...
Neo Solar Power sees March revenues up on month
Apr 9, 10:02
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power (NSP) reported March revenues of NT$1.231 billion (US$42 million), up by 20.98% on month but down by 48.07% on year. The accumulated...
Polysilicon spot price falls below US$30/kg due to pessimistic market outlook
Mar 7, 01:10
Germany's feed-in-tariff (FIT) cuts have caused pessimism in the solar market. Some solar firms have been reportedly selling materials to prevent losses from depreciating inventory...
Neo Solar Power reports rising February revenues
Mar 6, 16:10
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power (NSP) reported February revenues of NT$1.018 (US$34.49 million) billion, up by 19.72% on month but down by 58.40% on year. Accumulated...
Low FIT to boost popularity of high conversion efficiency solar products
Mar 2, 16:00
As Germany cuts incentives, the era of low feed-in-tariff (FIT) for the solar industry has arrived. Germany also indicated the new incentive plan will only subsidize 85-90% of electricity...
Japan PV Expo 2012: Taiwan firms showcasing high-efficiency products
Mar 1, 01:25
The solar market in Japan has been focused on rooftop solar PV systems. Hence high-efficiency solar products have been popular in this particular market. Taiwan-based firms such as...
Neo Solar Power to release new shares via private placement
Feb 22, 16:12
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power (NSP) plans to expand its capital by releasing up to 160 million new shares through private placement, according to the company.
Neo Solar Power reports narrowing net loss for January
Feb 4, 11:03
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power (NSP) reported fourth-quarter 2011 net losses of NT$1.666 billion (US$56 million). EPS in the fourth quarter were negative NT$4.46. Fourth-quarter...
Neo Solar Power reports decline in December revenues
Jan 9, 10:47
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power (NSP) reported December revenues of NT$663 million (US$22 million), down 44.05% on month and 71.26% on year. Accumulated revenues reached...
Neo Solar Power shipments increase in 3Q11
Oct 27, 10:58
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power announced third-quarter revenues of NT$5.17 billion (US$171.72 million). Despite 23.4% increase in shipments, gross margin came to negative...
PV Taiwan 2011: An exhibition with an uplifting atmosphere
Oct 7, 12:14
The annual PV Taiwan 2011 taking place in Taipei from October 5-7 features many industry leading firms such as Siemens, GCL-Poly, OCI and Roth&Rau. The exhibition is divided into...
NSP, Gintech report September revenues
Oct 5, 16:55
Taiwan-based solar cell firm Neo Solar Power (NSP) reported September revenues of NT$1.749 billion (US$57 million), showing a 17.25% on-year decrease. Accumulated revenues from January-September...
Neo Solar Power posts 2Q11 loss
Sep 1, 01:45
Solar cell maker Neo Solar Power swung to net losses of NT$1.05 billion (US$36 million) in the second quarter of 2011 from profits of NT$1.04 billion a year ago. This also marked...
Neo Solar Power sees slight decrease of July revenues
Aug 5, 15:36
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power (NSP) has reported July revenues of NT$1.653 billion (US$57 million), representing a 6.72% on-quarter decrease and 6.34% on-year decre...
Solar demand in Germany and Italy heating up
Aug 1, 15:18
Downstream solar power system firms indicate the rebound of demand in Germany and Italy has been thriving in comparison of the market conditions in the second quarter of 2011. However,...
Jul 15, 01:05
Solar cell maker Neo Solar Power announced July 14 the conclusion of a US$132.4 million GDR (global depositary receipt) issue, which consists of 20 million GDRs.
Solar cell makers see limited order visibility
Jul 14, 10:33
Taiwan-based solar cell suppliers have seen their order visibility extend to only August, and are uncertain about the demand outlook for the rest of the year, according to industry...
Low solar cell price preventing strong revenue growth
Jul 11, 14:44
Most Taiwan-based solar cell makers have reported revenue growths for June except E-Ton Solar. However, due to the low price of solar cells, the return to previous high revenue levels...
Many solar cell makers decline tough orders
Jul 8, 11:16
While orders for crystalline silicon solar cells have increased, prices have not risen along with rebounding demand and a large portion of orders are with undesirable conditions including...
Solar cell makers report growth in June revenues
Jul 4, 14:53
Taiwan-based solar cell firms Solartech and Neo Solar Power have both reported growth in June revenues. Solar wafer firms, Green Energy Technology (GET) and Danen, demonstrated slight...
Neo Solar to start using new solar cell factory in July
Jul 1, 10:35
Crystalline silicon solar cell maker Neo Solar Power is constructing its third factory in southern Taiwan and will bring it into operation in July 2011, according to the company....
Some Taiwan solar cell makers aiming at full utilization in August
Jun 30, 09:44
Some first-tier Taiwan-based makers of crystalline silicon solar cells, viewing that demand in Europe is likely to rebound in the third quarter because Germany has decided not to...
Neo Solar posts net losses in April, May
Jun 23, 10:49
Solar cell maker Neo Solar Power has posted net losses of NT$321 million (US$11 million) in May, widening from losses of NT$104 million in April. Combined losses for the two months...
Neo Solar Power May revenues increase 9% on month
Jun 3, 11:02
Taiwan-based solar cell firm Neo Solar Power has announced May revenues of NT$1,749 million (US$61 million), representing a 9.17% on-month increase, and 17.41% on-year increase. Accumulated...
Solar cell makers suffer sequential falls in April revenues
May 11, 01:00
Gintech Energy, Neo Solar Power, Solartech Energy, DelSolar and E-Ton Solar Tech, five Taiwan-based first-tier makers of crystalline silicon solar cells, had April 2011 revenues dropping...
Stagnating PV installations in Germany might lead to small incentive cuts in July
May 6, 12:11
PV system installation in Germany has been stalling and if the situation continues, it is likely the planned incentive cut in July 2011 will decrease in magnitude. In addition to...
Europe backlog of solar products may trigger 'race to the bottom'
May 4, 13:52
The backlog problem in Europe continues to hover over the solar industry. The estimation at the end of March for backlogs of solar modules is around 4-4.5GW. However, the backlog...
Solar cell makers report mixed results for March 2011
Apr 14, 10:46
Motech Industries, Neo Solar Power and E-Ton Solar Tech have reported sequential declines in revenues for March 2011, while fellow solar cell company Gintech Energy managed a double-digit...
Solar companies aggressive in locking up poly-Si supply contracts
Mar 23, 01:25
Due to aggressive capacity expansion by solar wafer and cell makers, companies are more active in signing long-term polycrystalline silicon supply agreements, according to industry...
Neo Solar to ramp up capacity to 1.8GW at end of 2011
Mar 9, 01:35
Solar cell maker Neo Solar Power will expand capacity to 1.8GW by the end of 2011, which is earlier than previously scheduled, due to a positive order outlook, according to company...
Solar cell maker Neo Solar announces 2010 EPS of NT$11.55
Feb 16, 01:05
Solar cell maker Neo Solar Power has announced that its 2010 net income reached NT$2.74 billion (US$93.2 million) or NT$11.55 a share. Revenues for the year increased 95.5% from 2009...
Neo Solar and ET Solar ink 3-year solar cell supply agreement
Dec 22, 01:35
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power on December 21 signed a three-year solar cell supply agreement with China's ET Solar Group. From 2011 to 2013, Neo solar will supply...
Neo Solar says 2011 shipments to double
Dec 9, 10:57
Solar cell maker Neo Solar Power expects its overall shipments in 2011 to top 1GWp, up from the 500MWp estimated for 2010, according to company chairman Quincy Lin.
Getac aims at expanding ruggedized PC market share to 30%
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- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
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- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- 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
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
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Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...
Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...
MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...
Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- 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.