Last update: Friday 10 May 2013 [202 news items]
Taiwan market: Commercial projectors to account for 60% of 2011 shipments
Nov 14, 15:14
Commercial models will reach beyond 60% of Taiwan's projector market in 2011, industry sources have indicated. The procurement of projectors by the government has been decreasing,...

China market: Epson targets 2011 projector shipments to reach 200,000 units
Oct 25, 15:34
The projector market in China has been growing relatively rapidly compared to the global market. Hence, many firms have been targeting the market in China. Japan-based Epson has been...
Taiwan market: Epson takes nearly 50% of 1080p household projector segment in 2Q11, says IDC
Oct 20, 16:39
Epson continued to rank as the top vendor of 1080p household projectors in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2011 with shipments totaling 766 units for a 46.5% share, according...
Projector suppliers find new ground in emerging markets
Oct 18, 16:05
Projector vendors are finding new ground in emerging countries in Asia as consumer power in western countries becomes weak, according to industry sources.
Taiwan market: Enterprise models dominate 2Q11 shipments
Oct 5, 16:38
Projectors for business purposes accounted for half of the shipments to the Taiwan market in second-quarter 2011, according to market sources. Thanks to the robust growth in the enterprise...
ViewSonic announces ultra-portable LED projector line
Sep 30, 12:16
ViewSonic has unveiled a new LED projector line, including the availability of the PLED-W200 and PLED-W500.
Projector unit sales grow 16% on year in 2Q11, says PMA
Sep 15, 12:26
The worldwide front projector market grew by 16% in second-quarter 2011 on year, according to Pacific Media Associates (PMA).
Coretronic August revenues down
Sep 13, 15:01
Taiwan-based Coretronic has posted August 2011 consolidated revenues of NT$6.34 billion (US$215 million), compared to July's NT$6.33 billion. Accumulated consolidated revenues from...
Taiwan market: Home projectors to have steady growth
Sep 7, 16:21
BenQ expects the home projector market in Taiwan to see an annual growth of 5% in the next five years, due to price decreases and the availability of short throw models that enable...
Pico projector market triples in 1H11, says PMA
Sep 1, 13:56
The worldwide market for pico projectors reached about 830,000 during the first half of 2011, more than tripling from 270,000 during the first half of 2010, according to Pacific Media...
Qisda reports mild sales decline in 2Q11
Aug 31, 10:51
Qisda posted consolidated revenues of NT$21.05 billion (US$700 million) in second-quarter 2011, with an on-quarter decline of 3.9%. EPS for the second quarter reached NT$0.07. The...
Coretronic looks to strong projector shipments in 3Q11
Aug 18, 16:37
Backlight unit (BLU) and projector maker Coretronic expects its shipments of projectors to average 100,000-110,000 units a month in the third quarter of 2011 thanks to new orders...
Coretronic BLU shipments to grow less than 10% in 3Q11
Aug 15, 16:25
Backlight units (BLUs) supplier Coretronic has posted consolidated revenues of NT$18 billion (US$600 million) and an operating income of NT$294 million for second-quarter 2011, with...
Taiwan market: Projector shipments up over 19% sequentially in 2Q11, says IDC
Aug 5, 10:55
There were 25,817 projectors shipped in the Taiwan market during the second quarter of 2011, increasing 19.3% on quarter but decreasing 6.5% on year, according to IDC Asia/Pacific.
China market: Taiwan projector vendors face strong pressure from local brands
Jul 19, 11:04
While demand for projectors in the China market is on the rise due to government procurement projects for educational applications, Taiwan-based vendors including BenQ, Vivitek, Optoma...
Vivitek unveils 2D-to-3D projectors
Jul 15, 16:14
Taiwan-based vendor Vivitek on July 14 debuted a series of DLP projectors featuring direct translation from 2D to 3D without the need to transform files for launch in Taiwan and some...

Taiwan market: Casio to launch eight DLP projector models
Jun 30, 11:35
Casio will launch eight business-use DLP projectors - four standard, two professional and two short-throw models - in the Taiwan market in July, according to Casio Taiwan.
Optoma aims to ship 600,000 DLP projectors in 2011
Jun 14, 10:40
Taiwan-based Optoma expects to ship 600,000 own-brand DLP projectors in 2011, growing by 10% from 2010, the company told a shareholders meeting on June 13.
Young Optics sees increased May revenues
Jun 10, 10:15
Taiwan-based projection lens maker Young Optics has reported May revenues of NT$607 million (US$21 million), increasing 16.66% on month and dipping 8.78% on year.
Projector shipments to see 36% CAGR through 2015, says Pacific Media
Jun 10, 10:04
Pacific Media Associates (PMA), taking into account the impact of the March 11 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, predicts in its latest forecast that total worldwide projector shipments...
BenQ projector MP772ST granted EPD certification
Jun 3, 11:04
BenQ has announced it has obtained Type III Environmental Declaration, commonly termed Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), certification for its digital projector MP772ST from...
Projector market grows 13% on year in 1Q11, says Pacific Media
May 10, 10:18
According to Pacific Media Associates (PMA), the worldwide front projector market grew 13% in the first quarter of 2011 from its level in the first quarter of 2010.
Taiwan market: 1Q11 projector shipments down, says IDC
May 6, 10:39
Projector shipments to the Taiwan market reached 21,637 units in first-quarter 2011, declining 28.8% sequentially and 16.7% on year, according to IDC Asia/Pacific.
Qisda April revenues down sequentially
May 6, 10:34
Taiwan-based EMS provider Qisda on May 5 reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$7.628 billion (US$261 million) for April, dropping 7.13% on month but rising 2.49% on year...
Apr 15, 10:47
Global shipments of pico projector modules for built in and external devices are forecast to grow from 3.1 million units in 2011 to 10.76 million units in 2013, according to Digitimes...
Coretronic posts strong revenues in March, but expects projector shipments to drop in April
Apr 11, 12:15
Backlight unit (BLU) and projector maker Coretronic has announced strong revenues gains for March but noted its projector shipments are likely to decline over 10% sequentially in...
Qisda shipments of LCD monitors, projectors hit records in March
Apr 11, 10:54
Qisda shipped 1.5 million LCD monitors and 120,000 projectors in March, both hitting monthly records, according to the company.
Vivitek to launch stand-alone pico projector Qumi, aiming at 20-30% global market share in 2011
Apr 6, 11:43
Vivitek will launch Qumi, a stand-alone DLP pico projector model, in the China market in late April and then in Taiwan and Europe in May, according to the company.
Taiwan market: Epson launches 5 Wi-Fi projectors
Apr 6, 11:26
Seiko Epson has launched five Wi-Fi-connected projectors for business and interactive teaching use in the Taiwan market. It aims to ship 3,200 units worldwide for a 35% share of the...
Coretronic to invest more in China subsidiary
Stockwatch - Mar 31, 11:44
Coretronic has announced an additional investment of US$9.5 million in China-based subsidiary Nano Precision (Nanjing), which makes acrylic sheets and light-guides.
Projector shipments to grow to 39 million units by 2015, says Pacific Media
Mar 28, 14:04
Pacific Media Associates (PMA), in its latest forecast of the worldwide front projector market, estimates that the 8.5 million units sold during 2010 will increase to more than 39...
Optoma expects pico projector shipments to grow by double-digits in 2011
Mar 17, 16:38
DLP projector maker Optoma Technology expects its shipments to grow by a double-digit rate, to reach 700,000-800,000 units in 2011, including its Neo-i projector which has been verified...
Qisda February revenues down over 30% on month
Mar 7, 11:01
Qisda's February consolidated revenues dropped 30.77% sequentially to NT$5.617 billion (US$190 million) mainly because Lunar New Year in the month resulted in fewer working days,...
Revenue share for new applications to reach 30% in 2011, says Qisda executive VP
Mar 4, 01:25
With shipments of smartphones, tablet PCs and e-book readers expected to increase significantly in 2011, revenue share of new applications is expected to increase to 30% of BenQ's...
Young Optics to focus on improving pico projector brightness in 2011
Feb 23, 01:15
With its pico projector modules reaching the height of the camera module for iPhone, optical module and component maker Young Optics will turn its focus on improving brightness as...
- 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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- 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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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...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.





















