Last update: Friday 4 May 2012 [17 news items]
May 4, 14:52
Solar spot prices in Greater China have not shown signs of increasing despite continuous demand and clear order visibility, said Chihheng Liang, analyst at Digitimes Research and...
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.
Digitimes Research: High demand in Europe holds Greater China solar spot prices steady
Apr 27, 15:43
Market demand in the second quarter has been hot causing price falls to seize, said Chihheng Liang, analyst of Digitimes and author of new report, PV 2012-Expectations for the...
Digitimes Research: Spot price of polysilicon in Greater China drops to US$22.5/kg
Apr 13, 13:58
The prices of solar products in China dropped slightly this week (April 9-13).
Digitimes Research: Flat solar spot prices in Greater China due to long holiday
Apr 6, 16:14
Due to long holidays in China, solar spot prices this week (April 2-6) has remained relatively flat.
Digitimes Research: Consistent demand in US market keeps Greater China solar price steady
Mar 23, 16:04
The prices of solar products in Greater China continue to hold despite the concerns over the upcoming Germany feed-in-tariff (FIT) cuts. In addition, demand in the US has been picking...
Digitimes Research: Price of solar modules in Greater China falls on Yingli low offer
Mar 16, 16:15
Digitimes research analyst Chihheng Liang stated that prices across the supply chain have been falling. The price fall of solar modules was due to Yingli's quote of CNY5.18/W (EUR0.55/W)...
Digitimes Research: Solar prices in Greater China begin to fall due to Germany FIT cuts
Mar 9, 16:32
The announcement of Germany's new feed-in-tariff (FIT) cuts has stopped the price increases of solar products that began in February. Despite the fact that the Germany government...
Digitimes Research: Solar cell prices in Greater China increase to reflect rising costs
Feb 17, 16:14
The return of demand has been helping solar firms in Greater China to increase capacity utilization rates, said Chihheng Liang, Digitimes Research analyst. Order visibilities are...
Digitimes Research: Solar wafer makers in Greater China increase quotes
Feb 10, 15:12
The prices of solar wafers and cells have been increasing. However, polysilicon spot price remains flat at US$29.50/kg while the price of solar modules has dropped by EUR0.01/watt.
Digitimes Research: Rising demand continues to push up polysilicon price in Greater China
Jan 13, 16:15
The spot price of polysilicon in Greater China continues to increase. Many small- and medium-size polysilicon firms suspended operations when the price was falling rapidly in 2011...
Digitimes Research: Solar firms facing concerns over the ability to repay loans
Dec 7, 14:31
Since the second half of 2011, many solar firms have been suffering losses and possible bankruptcies. US-based Solyndra, Spectrawatt and Evergreen Solar all declared bankruptcy. Many...
Digitimes Research: Spot price of polysilicon in Greater China remains static
Dec 2, 15:38
This week's spot prices of solar products in the Greater China region continued to fall but the pace of decline was slowing down significantly, as the market approached an end of...
Digitimes Research: Greater China solar product price decreases slightly
Nov 25, 16:51
The spot price of solar products in Greater China continued to show slight decreases his week (November 21-25) except the 125 mono wafers, according to Chihheng Liang, analyst of...
Digitimes Research: Greater China polysilicon spot price drops below US$30/kg
Nov 4, 16:29
Spot price of polysilicon in Greater China region has fallen below US$30/kg, according to Chihheng Liang, an analyst of Digitimes Research. While international polysilicon suppliers...
China government to promote semi industry consolidation, says Digitimes Research
Sep 1, 15:07
According to a recently published Digitimes Research...
China aiming at balanced development: Q&A with Digitimes Research analyst Joanne Chien
Feb 14, 12:08
The 12th Five-Year Plan that China is implementing next month has a very different focus than those in the past, namely it is aiming at a more balanced development of the country...
China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
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Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
Bits + chips | 29min ago
Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
Bits + chips | 52min ago
Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
Green energy | 1h 5min ago
DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
Bits + chips | 1h 9min ago
Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
Displays | 2h 9min ago
Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
Bits + chips | 2h 49min ago
Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
Bits + chips | 2h 51min ago
Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
Mobile + telecom | 3h 51min ago
Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
Mobile + telecom | 4h 6min ago
China government to promote semi industry consolidation, says Digitimes Research
According to a recently published Digitimes Research...
China aiming at balanced development: Q&A with Digitimes Research analyst Joanne Chien
The 12th Five-Year Plan that China is implementing next month has a very different focus than those in the past, namely it is aiming at a more balanced development of the country...
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- New Csun solar manufacturing facility in Turkey opens door for maker
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
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- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
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- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
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