PCB maker Apex sees revenues up over 22% on year in August

Newswatch - Sep 5, 16:10

PCB maker Apex International has announced consolidated revenues of NT$547 million (US$18.29 million) for August, up 0.4% sequentially and 22.5% on year. For the first half of 2012,...

PCB maker Chin-Poon looks to strong orders in September

Aug 31, 11:31

PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial has revealed that orders for its automobile PCBs have been steady in recent months and will continue to maintain in September. Robust sales pushed the...

Taiwan-based flexible PCB makers to ramp up shipments to Apple in 4Q12

Aug 31, 01:25

Shipments of flexible PCBs by Taiwan makers are expected to account for 25% of Apple's total purchases of FPCBs in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared to 15-20% previously, since...

Flexium looks to rising capacity utilization rate through 4Q12

Aug 30, 14:58

Flexible PCB manufacturer Flexium Interconnect expects its capacity utilization rate to rebound to 70% in the third quarter and to 90% in the fourth quarter, buoyed by orders from...

PCB maker HannStar Board 2Q12 profits jump

Aug 30, 01:10

HannStar Board saw its net profits jump in the second quarter of 2012, thanks to growth in its core business and non-operating income. Gross margin for the quarter climbed to 8.9%...

PCB equipment maker CBT expects sales growth to continue in 3Q12

Aug 21, 14:40

Chime Ball Technology (CBT), a Taiwan-based supplier of automatic exposure machines and other equipment for the manufacture of PCBs, saw its revenues grow 57.5% sequentially in the...

PCB maker ZDT posts revenue and profit decreases in 2Q12

Aug 17, 01:20

Zhen Ding Technology Holding (ZDT) has reported sequential decreases in both sales and profits for the second quarter of 2012.

Taiwan PCB production value to grow over 8% in 3Q12, says IEK

Aug 16, 15:39

Taiwan's production value of PCB products is expected to grow 8.4% sequentially to NT$103.4 billion (US$3.45 billion) in the third quarter of 2012, according to an estimate by the...

Flexible PCB makers to enjoy double-digit sales growth in 3Q12

Aug 14, 11:51

Taiwan-based flexible PCB manufacturers are expected to post double-digit sequential growth in third-quarter sales thanks to rising demand coming from the smartphone and tablet PC...

TPT 3Q12 consolidated sales likely to hit record high

Aug 14, 11:14

Taiwan PCB Techvest (TPT), which mainly produces optoelectronics boards, will likely report record high revenues for the third quarter of 2012 buoyed by strong orders for tablet PC...

PCB maker GBM posts sequential drop in July sales

Aug 9, 16:02

PCB manufacturer Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$3.01 billion (US$101 million) for July 2012, down 11.1% on month but up 6.6% from a year...

PCB maker Tripod sees revenues up in July

Aug 9, 01:50

PCB maker Tripod Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$3.31 billion (US$110.48 million) for July 2012, up 7% sequentially and 3% on year. For the January-July period,...

Copper foil prices rebound

Aug 7, 01:20

Having fallen over recent months, prices for copper foil stopped falling in August to reflect a rebound in copper prices, according to Taiwan-based Co-Tech Copper Foil.

Unimicron optimistic about 2H12 markets for FPCB, HDI boards

Aug 3, 01:10

Unimicron Technology has enjoyed high utilization rates for its flexible PCB capacity, and expects the positive performance to carry on in the second half of 2012. Meanwhile, the...

Taiwan PCB production value slips 4.8% in 1Q12

Jun 1, 15:13

Taiwan's PCB production value reached NT$123.6 billion (US$4.14 billion) in the first quarter of 2012, down 4.8% sequentially but up 7.5% on year, according to the Industrial Economics...

Zhen Ding to expand PCB capacity in Thailand

Newswatch - May 28, 15:55

Zhen Ding Technology Holding, a Taiwan-based maker of PCBs, will invest THB530 million (US$16.7 million) to add buildings at its PCB factory in Thailand and additional over THB500...

Apex Circuit tops listed PCB makers in 1Q12 EPS, says paper

Newswatch - May 15, 16:33

Apex Circuit International, a Thailand-based PCB maker listed in the Taiwan stock market, posted net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$1.79 for the first quarter of 2012, the highest...

China PCB production value to grow over 9% in 2012

May 10, 16:48

The production value of PCBs in China is expected to grow over 9% in 2012 from the levels recorded in 2011, in which the production value edged up 14.8% to US$25.46 billion, accounting...

Fire breaks out at GCE PCB plant in China

Apr 20, 11:19

Taiwan-based PCB maker Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) has halted production at one of its Changshu, China factories after a fire broke out at the facility in the early hours of April...

Panasonic to open new ALIVH PCB plant in Taiwan

Feb 15, 16:27

Panasonic held a ceremony on February 15, 2012 to celebrate the completion of its new factory in Taiwan for production of ALIVH multi-layer resin boards to be used for high-functionality...

PCB maker TPT sees flat growth in 1Q12 sales

Jan 17, 01:45

Taiwan PCB Techvest (TPT), which mainly produces optoelectronics boards, expects its first-quarter revenues to register flat growth sequentially beating seasonal patterns.

Apex Circuit seeing 4-, 6-layer PCB orders rise

Jan 16, 16:41

Apex Circuit International, a Thailand-based PCB maker established by entrepreneurs from Taiwan, has disclosed that orders for 6-layer PCBs for set-top box (STB) applications ramped...

Ichia to expand flexible PCB capacity in 2012

Jan 16, 15:43

Ichia Technologies has unveiled plans to expand production capacity for flexible PCBs (FPCB) - used in smartphones, tablets and other consumer technology products - by 50% in 2012.

PCB material prices stable in 1Q12

Jan 13, 15:28

PCB material prices, including those for fiber glass fabrics and CCLs (copper-clad laminates) have stabilized recently, due to a low level of inventory at suppliers as well as a rebound...

GBM to start production at new China plant in July-August

Jan 13, 12:23

Notebook PCB maker Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) will start volume production at its new plant in Chongqing, China in July-August 2012, with plans to ramp up the monthly capacity...

Taiwan flexible PCB production value to rise

Jan 4, 13:58

Taiwan-based flexible PCB (FPCB) makers' combined production value as a percentage of global total is expected to reach15-20% in 2012, up from 10-15% currently, according to industry...

TPT, Tripod expect order receiving to rebound as early as February

Dec 21, 16:17

PCB manufacturers Taiwan PCB Techvest (TPT) and Tripod Technology, which mainly supply optoelectronics boards for LCD TV, monitor and notebook applications, both agree that orders...

Taiwan flexible PCB firms benefiting from transferred orders

Dec 21, 15:07

Taiwan-based flexible PCB manufacturers including Career Technology and Flexium Interconnect are benefiting from orders shifted from clients of Japan-based fellow firms Nippon Mektron...

Asustek outsources motherboard orders to Cal-Comp Electronics

Dec 20, 01:10

Asustek Computer has recently added Taiwan-based Cal-Comp Electronics, an affiliate of Compal Electronics, as its motherboard manufacturing partner and is expected to outsource 5-6...

Normal HDD supply to resume in 1Q12, says GBM

Dec 16, 16:34

The global supply for hard disk drives is expected to return to normal as early as the first quarter of 2012, according to Global Brands Manufacture (GBM), which makes PCBs and also...

Ultrabook demand to trigger birth of thinner CCMs in 2012

Dec 13, 01:40

The thickness of compact camera modules (CCM), to satisfy demand of ultrabooks have a thickness of only 0.7- to 0.8-inch, is expected to shrink down from a standard size of 3-4mm...