Last update: Friday 19 April 2013 [30 news items]
TPK, Wintek expected to post mixed results in 1Q13
Apr 19, 11:50
Touch panel maker TPK Holding is expected to record net operating margin of at least 12% for the first quarter of 2013, while fellow maker Wintek will suffer net loss per share of...
TPK, Wintek March revenues up sequentially
Apr 8, 10:23
Touch panel maker TPK Holding saw March consolidated revenues of NT$15.775 billion (US$528 million), up 13.62% on month and 19.24% on year, while Wintek has reported revenues of NT$6.290...
TPK breaks ground for glass making facility in Taiwan
Mar 4, 15:44
A company jointly invested by TPK Holding and its subsidiary Cando has broken ground for a facility in Taichung, central Taiwan for making chemically strengthened glass. The joint...
Penetration rate of notebook touch panels to exceed 15% in 2013, says TPK chairman
Mar 4, 15:10
Despite weak sales of Microsoft's Windows 8, Michael Chiang, chairman of Taiwan-based touch panel maker TPK Holding, continues to be optimistic about the growth of large-size touch...
TPK expects capacity utilization to fall to 85% in February 2013, says paper
Newswatch - Nov 19, 11:23
Taiwan-based touch panel maker TPK Holding is currently running at capacity and expects capacity utilization to slightly drop in December 2012 and slip to a bottom level of 85% in...
TPK expects capacity to be unable to meet demand in 4Q12
Nov 1, 20:56
Due to fast growing demand for touch panels, TPK Holding expects orders to exceed its production capacity in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to company president Tom Sun.
Sep 27, 15:18
Taiwan-based touch panel maker TPK Holding will issue 5-year, zero-interest unsecured ECBs (euro convertible bonds) worth US$200 million and GDRs (global depositary receipts) worth...
Sep 17, 11:22
As Japan-based Japan Display and Sharp and South Korea-based LG Display will increase production of in-cell touch panels for use in iPhone 5 from an estimated total of 12-13 million...
TPK begins shipments of touch panels used in 7-inch Kindle Fire HD
Sep 11, 01:40
Taiwan-based TPK Holding began to ship touch panels used in the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD in August, with the monthly shipment volume reaching 1.0 million units, while China-based General...
TPK, Wintek to ship 4 million Nexus 7 touch panels in 3Q12, say Taiwan makers
Aug 1, 15:56
Taiwan-based TPK Holding and Wintek will ship an estimated total of 4.0 million OGS (one glass solution) touch panels for use in Nexus 7 tablet PCs during the third quarter of 2012,...
Amazon likely to launch color e-book readers in 2H12, say sources
May 10, 01:25
Amazon is likely to launch color e-book readers in the second half of 2012, with makers in the supply chain to begin shipping related parts and components in May, according to industry...
TPK, Wintek to see touch panel shipments for iPhones slip 15-20% in 2Q12, say sources
May 4, 14:34
TPK Holding and Wintek are expected to see their shipments of touch panels for iPhones decline 15-20% sequentially in the second quarter, as iPhone 4S is moving into the final stage...
TPK posts EPS of NT$10.71 for 1Q12
Apr 27, 01:05
TPK Holding has reported net profits of NT$2.62 billion (US$88.74 million) on revenues of NT$40.48 billion for the first quarter of 2012. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$10.71...
TPK revenues up 60% on year in 1Q12
Apr 6, 14:34
TPK Holding has announced consolidated revenues of NT$13.29 billion (US$450.22 million) for March, up 2.7% sequentially and 27.2% on year. For the first quarter of 2012, revenues...
Foxconn to ramp up shipments of new iPads to 12-15 million units in 2Q12, say sources
Mar 29, 14:06
Shipments from the new iPad supply chain are expected to expand significantly in the second quarter of 2012, with iPad assembler Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to...
TPK to start volume production of Touch on Lens panels in July
Mar 16, 01:20
TPK Holding will begin volume production of Touch on Lens (ToL) single glass touch panels in July despite looming competition from comparable OGS (one glass solution) and in-cell...
TPK sets 2012 capex at NT$12 billion
Feb 22, 01:40
Touch panel maker TPK has stated that Windows 8 will help the firm to grow further. Cando, a subsidiary of TPK, will also benefit from Windows 8 and expects to return to profitability...
TPK, Wintek expected to see revenues rebound in February, March
Feb 21, 01:05
Taiwan-based touch panel makers TPK Holding and Wintek, mainly due to the coming launch of a new version of the Apple iPad, are expected to have revenues increasing in February and...
TPK, Wintek January revenues significantly down on month
Feb 7, 01:00
TPK Holding and Wintek, two Taiwan-based makers of touch panels, had consolidated revenues of NT$14.226 billion (US$481 million) and those of NT$8.891 billion dropping on month by...
TPK views 2012 revenues with optimism
Nov 30, 11:46
Touch panel maker TPK expects its sales to remain robust in November-December this year and grow even strongly in 2012 along with the proliferation of touch-controlled applications,...
TPK to start Touch-on-Lens volume production in July 2012
Oct 28, 01:25
TPK Holding will begin volume production of Touch-on-Lens touch panels in July 2012, with an initial monthly capacity of two million units for small-size and medium- to large-size,...
Taiwan touch panel makers ramp up cover glass production
Sep 16, 14:13
Major touch panel players of TPK Holding, G-Tech, and Wintek are scaling up their production capacity for cover glass as touchscreen handheld devices enjoy rising popularity in the...
Barnes & Noble reportedly to launch new Nook Color in September
Sep 2, 17:09
Taiwanese suppliers will ship key components to be used in Barnes & Noble's Nook Color 2, scheduled for release in September 2011, according to industry sources.
LCD industry yet to feel threatened by AMOLED
Aug 25, 16:58
AMOLED may be the next big thing for the display industry, but players in Taiwan's LCD industry have yet to feel real pressure from Samsung ramping up AMOLED production, industry...
Apple orders boost touch panel shipments, but margins are low
Aug 18, 16:07
Strong sales of Apple's iPhone 4 and iPad 2 have boosted orders for Taiwan's touch panel makers in third-quarter 2011, but the low quotes for these orders may hurt their profitability,...
Sintek may be forced out of Apple supply chain for touch sensors, say Taiwan makers
Aug 8, 10:23
Taiwan-based TPK Holding, the main supplier of touch panels for Apple, has made a large decrease in procurement of touch sensors from Sintek Photronic since July, and this may eventually...
TPK, Wintek see increased July revenues
Aug 8, 10:18
TPK Holding and Wintek, two Taiwan-based suppliers of touch panels used in iPad and iPhone, had July consolidated revenues of NT$11.887 billion (US$411 million) hitting monthly record...
TPK increasing cover glass output
Jul 1, 14:08
Taiwan-based touch panel maker TPK Holding has stepped up its production of cover glass for touch panels with its total capacity for 3.5-inch cover lenses now reaching five million...
Cando may adjust IPO plans and product roadmap after TPK becomes major shareholder
Jun 30, 01:35
Touch sensor and touch module maker Cando may adjust its IPO plans as well as its product roadmap once fellow company TPK Holdings completes its acquisition of a 19.9% stake in Cando...
Touch panel industry to take off in 2011, says TPK chairman
Jun 10, 01:05
While touch panels have seen rapid adoption in various terminal devices, business for the touch panel industry is taking off in 2011 and will grow quickly over the next 3-5 years,...
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
LED | 9h 51min ago
Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
IT + CE | 9h 53min ago
Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
IT + CE | 9h 58min ago
Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
Bits + chips | 10h 20min ago
Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
Bits + chips | 10h 21min ago
Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
Displays | 11h 18min ago
LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
LED | 11h 28min ago
Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
Displays | 11h 34min ago
GSEO sees profits in 2012
Before Going to Press | 10h 14min ago
Acer positions Gateway and Packard Bell as mid-range/entry-level brands
Before Going to Press | 10h 32min ago
IC distributor WPG to see quarterly revenues exceed NT$100 billion in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | 11h 36min ago
Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
Before Going to Press | 12h 2min ago
Innolux expects slowdown in TV panel shipments
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 19:24
HTC to continue supplying HTC Butterfly after launch of HTC Butterfly S
Before Going to Press | Jun 19, 19:16
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- 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
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- 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
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
- Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
- Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- Releases
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- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- 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
19-Jun-2013 markets closed
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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- 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
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...
Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- 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.