Last update: Wednesday 6 March 2013 [64 news items]
Most passive component makers see revenues drop over 20% sequentially in February
Mar 6, 22:05
Most passive component makers have seen their revenues drop over 20% sequentially in February, but sales performance of respective firms are expected to return to normal in March,...
Most passive component suppliers see revenues up in January
Feb 6, 14:02
Most passive component makers saw their revenues grow by a double-digit rate in January 2013 due mainly to a low base in the previous month, according to data released by the compa...
Thinking Electronic reports EPS of NT$3.41 for 2012
Feb 1, 15:01
Thinking Electronic Industrial, which makes circuit protection components for handsets and PCs, has reported net profits of NT$432 million (US$14.6 million) for 2012, up 7.3%. The...
Passive component makers reshuffling top management
Dec 12, 15:40
Passive component makers, including Ralec Electronic, Jaan Cherng Technological, Thinking Electronic, Viking Tech, Laser Tek and Walsin Technology, all performed management reshuffles...
Passive component makers to post decreased sales in December
Dec 6, 15:22
Most passive component suppliers are expected to post negative revenue growth in December due to inventory checks at clients, after reporting mixed results for the previous month,...
Taiwan passive component makers enter supply chain of China brands
Nov 30, 15:26
Taiwan-based passive component makers including Chilisin Electronics, Polytronics Technology, Thinking Electronic Industrial and TXC reportedly have secured orders from China-based...
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...
Passive component makers see sequential drop in October revenues
Nov 5, 22:58
Yageo, Thinking Electronic Industrial and Polytronics Technology, three Taiwan-based passive component makers, on November 5 reported consolidated revenues for October, slipping on...
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...
Thinking Electronic cautious about 4Q12
Oct 2, 16:26
Protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial has expressed caution about its business outlook for the fourth quarter of 2012, and indicated profits may come under downward...
Passive component makers Thinking, Viking Tech August sales up slightly
Sep 5, 15:09
Taiwan-based passive component manufacturers Thinking Electronic Industrial and Viking Tech have both reported slight sequential increases in revenues for August 2012.
Mag.Layers, Thinking see pre-tax profits improve in 2Q12
Aug 2, 15:35
Passive component makers Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics and Thinking Electronic both saw their pre-tax profits increase sequentially in the second quarter of 2012 thanks to a low...
Protective component makers 2Q12 sales up
Jul 6, 01:35
Thinking Electronic Industrial and Polytronics Technology, which make circuit protection components for handsets and PCs, both enjoyed double-digit sales growth sequentially in the...
Passive component maker Thinking reports declined profits for 1Q12
May 14, 13:03
Passive component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial has reported net profits of NT$78 million (US$2.65 million) for the first quarter of 2012, decreasing 26.1% from a year earli...
Thinking Electronic sees decreased April revenues
May 7, 10:24
Thinking Electronic Industrial, a Taiwan-based maker of thermistors, has reported April consolidated revenues of NT$363 million down 2.37% on month and 2.54% on year, while January-April...
Protective component makers post sales growth in March
Apr 6, 14:26
Thinking Electronic Industrial and Polytronics Technology, which make circuit protection components for handsets and PCs, both saw their consolidated revenues increase more than 10%...
Thinking Electronic positive about ultrabook demand
Feb 10, 11:56
Protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial expects orders coming from the ultrabook sector to become strong later in 2012, which will drive company revenues.
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...
Most passive component makers report November sales growth
Dec 8, 11:08
Most Taiwan-based passive component manufacturers including Chilisin Electronics, Holy Stone Enterprise, Lelon Electronics, Polytronics Technology and Thinking Electronic Industrial...
Thinking Electronic November revenues up sequentially
Dec 6, 01:05
Thinking Electronic Industrial, a Taiwan-based maker of circuit protection components, on December 5 reported consolidated revenues of NT$371 million (US$12.3 million) for November,...
Passive component maker Thinking posts on-quarter growth in 3Q11 pre-tax earnings
Oct 25, 15:29
Thinking Electronic Industrial, a Taiwan-based maker of thermistors and varistors, has posted pre-tax profits of NT$148 million (NT$4.91 million) for the third quarter of 2011, up...
Most passive component makers see sequential drops in June revenues
Jul 6, 15:14
Most Taiwan-based passive component makers, including Polytronics Technology (PTTC), Thinking Electronic Industrial and Chilisin Electronics, suffered a decline in revenues in June...
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...
Thinking Electronic expanding resistor capacity
May 31, 14:44
Taiwan-based passive component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial has seen its production capacity fully occupied and is expanding its production capacity for varistors, thermistors...
Thinking shipping protective components to Apple, say sources
May 19, 11:07
Thinking Electronic, which mainly makes protective components for power supplies, reportedly has landed windfall orders from Apple after the Japan earthquake with shipments beginning...
Protective component supplier Thinking sales rebound in March
Apr 6, 15:53
Taiwan-based Thinking Electronic, which mainly makes protective components for power supplies, has reported that consolidated revenues for March 2011 rose 60.5% sequentially to NT$382...
Thinking wins thermo-sensitive resistor orders from US tablet PC vendors
Mar 23, 01:15
Protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial has received thermo-sensitive resistor orders for US-based tablet PC vendors, according to the company.
Passive component maker Thinking posts over 30% drop in February sales
Mar 4, 01:15
Taiwan-based passive component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial has announced consolidated revenues of NT$238 million (US$8 million) for February 2011, down 35.8% sequentially...
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...
Thinking reports NT$371 million in January revenues
Feb 9, 11:16
Passive component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial reported January consolidated revenues of NT$371 million (US$12.8 million), up 1.2% sequentially. Thinking indicated that capacity...
Passive component makers post solid revenues for December
Jan 4, 14:05
Passive component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial has posted consolidated revenues of NT$367 million (US$12.61 million) for December 2010, down 3.7% sequentially. Fellow company...
Kinect launch boosting shipments of passive component makers
Nov 29, 14:49
Protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial and MLCC distributor Honey Hope Honesty (3H) are expected to register strong sales in November buoyed by the launch of Microsoft's...
Taiwan passive component makers gear up to cultivate car electronics market
Nov 18, 11:14
Chip resistor suppliers Yageo and Walsin Technology, and protective component makers Thinking Electronic Industrial and Polytronics Technology have all geared up to enhance their...
Passive component makers Yageo and Thinking see revenues decline in October
Nov 8, 10:54
Passive component makers Yageo and Thinking Electronic Industrial both saw their revenues decline sequentially in October amid seasonality and reduced working days in China during...
Taiwan market: LG launches waterproof smartphone
Mobile + telecom | 26min ago
Hermes to see revenues grow higher than 10% sequentially in 2Q13
Bits + chips | 38min ago
Foxconn able to produce carbon nanotube touch panel sizes up to 10-inch
Displays | 53min ago
Buynow expects EPS of at least NT$4.50 for 2013
IT + CE | 55min ago
Elan shipping touchscreen controller ICs for new Nexus 7
Bits + chips | 57min ago
Samsung showcases new displays at SID 2013
Displays | 1h 39min ago
E Ink unveils low temperature matrix electronic paper display for freezers
Displays | 1h 50min ago
UMC Singapore unit expands and puts focus on R&D
Bits + chips | 1h 56min ago
E Ink launches 3 pigment electronic paper display
Displays | 1h 58min ago
HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
Displays | 2h ago
Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
IT + CE | 2h 3min ago
Supplies of NAND flash to be tight in July-August, says Phison
Before Going to Press | 2h 23min ago
TPK to see orders bump up in 3Q13
Before Going to Press | 2h 36min ago
Wintek expects to see positive turnaround in July 2013, says chairman
Before Going to Press | 2h 40min ago
- China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
- Samsung to launch complete line up of notebooks in 2H13
- Taiwan panel industry output value worth US$7.86 billion in 1Q13, says IEK
- China market: B2C transaction value over CNY133 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Taiwan market: Sony to launch Xperia Tablet Z
- Asustek, Chunghwa Telecom cooperate to provide cloud computing services
- Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
- China market: Smartphone sales over 75 million units in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Imec, Globalfoundries team up for STT-MRAM
- Solar industry capex hits 7-year low in 2013, says IHS
- ACX sees earnings up over 60% sequentially in 1Q13
- Ilitek to post revenues of over NT$900 million in May
- Sharp to produce 3 types of IGZO LCD panels for notebooks
- 3M announces new development of quantum dot enhancement film
- NLT demonstrates latest display technologies, including projective capacitive touch panel technology
- New Vision Display exhibits PMVA color display based on Corning Willow Glass
- AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
- Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
- Can Ultra HD TVs avoid the fate of 3D sets? asks IHS
- After a year of decline, global flat panel TV market sees marginal growth in 1Q13, says IHS
- Sharp announces new Ultra HD TVs
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- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- Clientron to exhibit its latest Zero/Thin Client and POS solutions along with the full product line at Computex Taipei 2013
- 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
22-May-2013 markets closed
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| OTC electronic | 145.64 | +1.03 | +0.71% |

- 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
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News

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