Last update: Monday 28 January 2013 [11 news items]
Polytronics looks to growing sales of PPTC devices, heat sink substrates in China in 2013
Jan 28, 15:54
Circuit protection device provider Polytronics Technology expects its penetrate rates in China's smartphone and tablet markets to expand significantly in 2013, according to company...
Protective component makers to enjoy booming sales in 4Q12
Nov 20, 15:38
Protective component makers Polytronics Technology and Thinking Electronic Industrial will continue to enjoy strong sales in the fourth quarter of 2012, as booming sales of smartphones...
Thinking Electronic to see slight sequential drop in 4Q12 revenues
Oct 17, 13:34
Protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial is expected to see its revenues dip within a range of 5% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2012 due to weak demand from...
Protective component makers report better-than-expected December revenues
Jan 10, 16:08
Thinking Electronic Industrial and Polytronics Technology, which make protective components for power supplies, have both reported slight sequential drops in fourth-quarter revenues...
Polytronics pre-tax profits up in 1H11
Jul 14, 13:59
Protective component maker Polytronics Technology has posted pre-tax profits of NT$247 million (US$8.54 million) in the first half of 2011, an increase of 20.4% from a year earlier...
Protective component suppliers to see lower growth in 3Q11
Jul 1, 14:16
Protective component makers Thinking Electronic Industrial and Polytronics Technology (PTTC) both expect their revenues to grow by a small margin in the third quarter after posting...
Protective component maker Polytronics wins PPTC orders for tablet PCs
Feb 22, 14:05
Since Apple's iPad 2 reportedly will not incorporate ALD/SLD polymeric positive temperature coefficient (PPTC) resistors, Taiwan's protective component makers will not be able to...
Protective component makers announce positive 2010 results
Feb 15, 01:30
Taiwan-based protective component makers Thinking Electronic and Polytronics Technology have announced unaudited financial results for 2010. Hampered by exchange rate volatility in...
Polytronics expects 4Q10 sales to drop 15%
Nov 16, 14:25
Circuit protection device maker Polytronics Technology expects its sales to decrease by about 15% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2010, citing traditional slow demand in the...
PPTC maker Polytronics to begin shipments of LED heat sink substrates in 3Q09
Feb 17, 17:10
Polymeric positive temperature coefficient (PPTC) resistor maker Polytronics Technology's LED heat sink substrates for LCD TV backlighting are in the process of verifications by AU...
Protection devices supplier Polytronics eyes growth in netbook applications
Dec 16, 12:18
Polytronics Technology, a supplier of protection devices, expects the netbook segment to make a major contribution to the company's sales beginning in March in 2009.
TV panel pricing expected to further drop in May, says WitsView
Displays | 7min ago
China market: Third-party e-payment services generate CNY1.2 trillion in 1Q13 total trade value, says Analysys
IT + CE | 11min ago
China market: Online advertising valued at CNY18 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
IT + CE | 24min ago
Demand for large-size driver ICs to boom in 2H13, say backend firms
Bits + chips | 46min ago
Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
Bits + chips | 49min ago
TPK expected to see decline in touch screen notebook market share during 2Q13
Displays | 53min ago
- Revenues for drivers in LED general lighting applications to triple, says IMS Research
- Supply chain to begin volume shipments of new Xbox console orders in 3Q13
- MediaTek 2Q13 sales likely to beat guidance
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
- Taiwan panel makers lower pricing for Ultra HD TV panels
- Handset vendors in discussion over producing 6-inch and larger phones
- AUO publishes 65-inch Full HD OLED panel technology paper at SID Display Week
- Taiwan networking/communication device makers see decreasing profit-to-R&D spending ratio
- Win Semi expects to post double-digit revenue growth in 2013
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- TSMC presence in advance process market remains strong
- Chicony seeks growth from non-notebook product lines
- Global large-size panel shipments exceed 65 million units in April 2013, says WitsView
- Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
- Apple MacBook orders to rise 20% sequentially in 2Q13
- Taiwan component makers conservative about growth in 2H13 notebook shipments
- LED firms to lower prices through improved technology
- Commentary: High-end LED lighting in demand
- Digitimes Research: Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
- Trial production of 5th-generation iPad to begin soon, say Taiwan makers
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Taiwan attracts January-April foreign direct investment of over US$1.5 billion
- Taiwan April export order value slightly down on month, year, says MOEA
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- Clientron to exhibit its latest Zero/Thin Client and POS solutions along with the full product line at Computex Taipei 2013
- DIGIEVER partnership with EverFocus for better professional network surveillance solutions
- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- Digital Network Fuels Opportunities in Vehicle Surveillance Market
- Advantech Redefines Entry Level Network Application Platforms
- 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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- 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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- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
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