Small- to mid-size panel supply tightens as China handset clients increase orders

Mar 25, 22:05

China-based handset vendors have bumped up their panel orders to Taiwan-based panel makers by 30% in March 2013, which has brought about tight supply of 3.5- and 4-inch TN panels...

China handset vendors look to Taiwan and Japan suppliers for high-end panels

Mar 25, 15:18

China-based handset vendors have recently been seeking out Taiwan- and Japan-based panel makers to provide midrange and high-end panels, as China-based panel makers have been struggling...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom talking about cooperation with TV vendors for MOD

Mar 25, 14:12

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), the largest fixed-line telecom carrier in Taiwan, is talking with local LCD TV vendors including Sampo, Tatung and Amtran Technology about cooperation to build...

Taiwan tier-two LED firms announce voluntary delisting

Mar 25, 13:45

Taiwan-based tier-two LED firms Top Energy Saving System (TESS) and Lumitek have both announced the voluntary delisting of their common stocks from the emerging stock maket in Taiw...

Taiwan server firms shift into spotlight

Mar 25, 12:16

Demand growth in the global PC market continues to slow down but the server market has been maintaining steady growth. International chipmakers have noted that the server market will...

Taiwan market: Samsung launches six digital cameras

Mar 22, 15:21

Samsung Electronics has unveiled six Smart Camera models: a MILC (mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera), NX300; and five consumer devices, WB250F, WB800F, WB2100, DV150F and ST72,...

Taiwan February unemployment rate up on month, down on year, says DGBAS

Mar 22, 14:14

Taiwan had 483,000 jobless citizens in February 2013, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 4.24% which rose by 0.08pp on month but dropped 0.01pp on year, according to statistics...

Intel to keep LGA as mainstream packaging until 1H15, say Taiwan motherboard makers

Mar 22, 10:53

Intel's latest roadmap for desktop platform development indicates that LGA will be maintained as the mainstream packaging for processors, accounting for 95% of all packaging, at least...

Taiwan market: Asustek offers Fonepad for pre-order

Mar 21, 16:15

Asustek Computer on March 20 announced the offering of Fonepad, a 7-inch tablet with 3G voice communications function, for pre-order in the Taiwan market at a retail price of NT$8,990...

Inhontech joins branded notebook and smartphone competition

Mar 21, 14:08

Taiwan-based Inhon Technologies Group (Inhontech), an ODM maker of glass fiber handset and notebook cases, chassis and other plastics parts, has recently entered the branded smartphone...

Taiwan attracts January-February foreign direct investment of over US$853 million, says MOEA

Mar 21, 14:06

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 380 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$853.8 million in January-February, respectively...

Taiwan February export order value down, says MOEA

Mar 21, 13:56

Taiwan received export orders worth US$29.04 billion in total in February 2013, decreasing 21.8% on month and 14.5% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic...

Lextar to introduce T8 LED light tube at Taiwan International Lighting Show

Mar 21, 11:43

The Taiwan International Lighting Show will be held in Taipei from March 26-29 and Taiwan-based LED firm Lextar plans to exhibit an eight-foot (2.4m) T8 high efficiency LED tube li...

Commentary: Taiwan cloud industrial parks to face reality check

Mar 20, 15:23

In the fourth quarter of 2012, Taiwan's government began announcing projects regarding government cloud services. In January 2013, the governments of Taipei and New Taipei City both...

Taiwan government helps domestic firms enter Australia solar market

Mar 19, 15:35

Taiwan's Bureau of Energy has invited the Australian Solar Council and representatives from large-size engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firms to join an investment...

Taiwan market: New HTC One pre-sale orders hit record high, says paper

Newswatch - Mar 19, 13:55

Pre-sale orders received by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) for the new HTC One have hit a new record in Taiwan, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) quoted Jack...

Panasonic to scale down ALIVH board production in Taiwan, Vietnam, says paper

Newswatch - Mar 19, 12:31

Panasonic Electronic Devices, a subsidiary of Panasonic, reportedly plans to reduce the production capacity of its ALIVH (any layer interstitial via hole) boards at its PCB plants...

Government will abolish Nuke 4 project if experts label it unsafe, says Taiwan Premier Jiang

Mar 18, 15:10

Approximately 200,000 people joined Taiwan's anti-nuclear protest on March 9, 2013. Some statistics showed that 50-60% of people surveyed were against using nuclear power to generate...

Taiwan market: Amazon likely to launch e-book services

Mar 18, 14:32

Amazon has passed examination by Taiwan's National Communications Commission for its Kindle Fire, 7-inch Kindle Fire HD and 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD to be launched in the Taiwan market,...

CPT-IDTI cooperation to produce large-size in-cell touch panels may end, say sources

Mar 15, 15:20

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and in-cell touch solution developer Integrated Digital Technologies (IDTI) may cut off cooperation to develop in-cell touch panel technology, according...

Power supply maker Zippy purchases Clevo facilities for capacity expansion

Mar 14, 13:46

Taiwan-based industrial and server power supply maker Zippy Technology has recently spent NT$2.67 billion (US$89.88 million) to purchase Clevo's plants and office buildings in Wugu,...

Applied Materials to set up panel technology laboratories in Taiwan

Mar 14, 11:07

US-based Applied Materials will establish advanced display technology laboratories in the Southern Taiwan Science Park to introduce display and touch panel technologies including...

Lenovo acquisition of Blackberry quite unlikely due to Canada government, say Taiwan makers

Mar 13, 15:53

While Lenovo has expressed its willingness to acquire Canada-based vendor Blackberry to enhance its competitiveness in the international business-use PC market, the bid is likely...

Taiwan government setting up environment cloud computing platform

Mar 13, 11:11

Taiwan is constructing a cloud computing platform for environmental administration with a 4-year budget of NT$600 million, according to Environmental Protection Administration (EPA...