Last update: Tuesday 5 February 2013 [47 news items]
Taiwan PCB makers to raise 2013 capex
Feb 5, 12:30
Major Taiwan-based PCB manufacturers including Unimicron Technology, Compeq Manufacturing and Unitech Printed Circuit Board have all set higher capex budgets for 2013, according to...
PCB makers look to strong sales of rigid-flex PCBs in 2013
Dec 3, 20:56
PCB makers Unimicron Technology, Unitech Printed Circuit Board and Compeq Manufacturing all expect demand for rigid-flex PCBs, particularly from the smartphone sector, will gain further...
Unitech expects to break even in 4Q12
Nov 27, 12:06
PCB maker Unitech Printed Circuit Board is looking to break even in the fourth quarter of 2012, thanks to rising sales of high-margin products such as any-layer HDI boards and rigid-flex...
Shanghai Unitech swings to profits in 1H12
Aug 3, 01:25
Shanghai Unitech Electronics, a PCB-making subsidiary of Taiwan-based Unitech Printed Circuit Board, has said it managed to return to profitability in the first half of 2012 with...
Chin-Poon, Unitech land orders shifted from KCE
Dec 6, 16:13
Taiwan-based Chin-Poon Industrial and Unitech Printed Circuit Board have obtained orders for automotive PCBs shifted from Thailand's KCE Electronics since November, according to industry...
Unitech sees revenue rebound starting March
Dec 1, 01:45
Unitech Printed Circuit Board expects revenues to start rebounding as early as March 2012, as roll-outs of new smartphones will stimulate demand for HDI boards, according to company...
PCB industry unlikely to see upturn until 2Q12
Nov 22, 14:08
PCB and flexible PCB (FPCB) manufacturers including Career Technology, Tripod Technology and Unitech Printed Circuit Board, and upstream material providers such as CCL maker Iteq...
PCB industry to rebound in 2Q12
Nov 10, 10:41
Career Technology and Unitech Printed Circuit Board both expect demand for PCBs to rebound in the second quarter of 2012. End-market demand has been disappointing in the fourth quarter...
Taiwan PCB makers to benefit from Amazon tablet launch
Sep 30, 10:55
Some Taiwan-based PCB makers will benefit from Amazon's launch of its 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet PCs, and shipments from the makers are likely to increase significantly in the fourth...
Unitech expects sales rebound in August
Aug 25, 01:10
Unitech Printed Circuit Board expects August revenues to return to previous high levels as order momentum is picking up, according to the company. Production utilization will likely...
PCB makers Compeq, Unitech expect single-digit growth in 3Q11
Jul 26, 15:26
PCB maker Compeq Manufacturing is expected to see its shipments of HDI boards grow 5% sequentially in the third quarter of 2011, while fellow company Unitech Printed Circuit Board...
Handset PCB makers bracing for slow 3Q11
Jul 11, 15:27
PCB manufacturers are likely to have only up to 5% sales growth sequentially in the third quarter of 2011, compared to 5-10% increases seen during the same quarter in previous years,...
Unitech HDI board capacity fully booked
Jun 29, 16:33
Unitech Printed Circuit Board has revealed that its capacity for HDI has been fully booked at present although overall demand for PCBs in the industry has weakened recently due to...
PCB suppliers ramping up output to meet increasing demand from HTC
May 23, 11:34
Taiwan-based PCB makers Unimicron Technology, Unitech Printed Circuit Board and Compeq Manufacturing all plan to ramp up their capacities for any layer HDI boards in 2011 to cope...
PCB maker Shanghai Unitech sees seasonal demand pick up
May 13, 01:15
Shanghai Unitech Electronics, a China-based subsidiary of Unitech Printed Circuit Board, has said it is seeing a seasonal boost in demand which has arrived earlier than usual. Shanghai...
Handset PCB makers to post 5-10% growth in 2Q11 sales
Apr 15, 01:00
Handset PCB manufacturers including Compeq Manufacturing, Unimicron Technology and Unitech Printed Circuit Board are expected to report sequential growth of 5-10% in consolidated...
Strong smartphone sales to ease PCB makers sales decline in 1Q11
Jan 18, 01:20
With strong sales for high-end smartphones, Taiwan-based PCB makers Unimicron Technology, Compeq Manufacturing, Unitech Printed Circuit Board and Wus Printed Circuit are expecting...
PCB maker Unitech looks to strong sales in 4Q10 and 2011
Nov 15, 11:03
PCB maker Unitech Printed Circuit Board expects its revenues to grow over 10% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2010 with the growth momentum to continue into 2011.
Unitech sees rising HDI board production utilization in 4Q10
Oct 22, 01:40
PCB supplier Unitech Printed Circuit Board expects its HDI board capacity utilization to rise from 85-88% in the third quarter of 2010 to 95% in the fourth, buoyed by strong demand...
Taiwan PCB makers set to improve yield rate for any-layer HDI boards starting 4Q10
Oct 12, 15:24
Taiwan-based PCB makers, including Unimicron Technology, Tripod Technology, Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) and Nanya Printed Circuit Board (NPC), will be able to improve their yield...
Unitech expects revenues to grow through November
Sep 30, 01:40
PCB supplier Unitech Printed Circuit Board has indicated that demand for smartphone-use PCBs has been strong since the third quarter of 2010. Revenues for September are likely to...
Unitech expects September revenues to grow double digits
Sep 21, 02:16
With orders for HDI boards from the handset segment continuing to climb, Unitech Printed Circuit Board expects its consolidated revenues for September 2010 to grow by double digits...
Handset PCB makers see sales growth in July
Aug 11, 14:50
Handset PCB makers Unimicron Technology, Compeq Manufacturing and Unitech Printed Circuit Board, have posted strong revenue gains for July 2010 due to strong demand for HDI boards...
PCB maker Unitech to see monthly revenues top NT$1 billion by December
Aug 3, 14:17
PCB maker Unitech Printed Circuit Board (Unitech PCB) is expected to see its consolidated monthly revenues top NT$1 billion (US$31.45 million) by year-end 2010, according to industry...
Unimicron, Unitech ramping production for HDI boards
Jul 21, 09:39
PCB makers Unimicron Technology and Unitech Printed Circuit Board are in the process of expanding their production capacity for HDI boards, to mainly satisfy growing demand for smartphones,...
Handset PCB maker Unitech projects flat-to-modest shipment growth for 3Q10
Jul 14, 14:59
Unitech Printed Circuit Board expects flat-to-modest growth for handset PCB shipments in the third quarter of 2010 after posting a double-digit on-quarter growth in the second quarter,...
PCB maker Unitech sees orders decline for first half of 3Q10
Jun 24, 14:00
Unitech Printed Circuit Board (Unitech PCB) has seen its orders decline for the first half of the third quarter due to inventory adjustments at clients. However, it expects orders...
PCB maker Unitech gets approval to spin off solar cell unit
May 27, 14:39
Shareholders of PCB maker Unitech Printed Circuit Board (Unitech PCB) have approved plans to spin off its solar cell business unit to form a new company, Unitech Solar. The spin-off,...
PCB maker Unitech asked to postpone June shipments
May 27, 11:41
PCB maker Unitech Printed Circuit Board has received requests from its clients to tentatively postpone June shipments due to weakening demand resulting from the debt crisis in Europe,...
Strong smartphone PCB orders boost Unitech and Unimicron revenue growth in 2Q10
Apr 16, 13:50
PCB makers Unitech Printed Circuit Board and Unimicron Technology are expected to register sequential revenue growth of more than 30% and at least 10-15%, respectively in the second...
PCB maker Unitech to spin off PV module unit in August
Apr 7, 12:07
Taiwan-based PCB maker Unitech Printed Circuit Board has decided to spin off its photovoltaic (PV) module business unit to form a new subsidiary. The spin-off is expected to take...
Unitech expects handset PCB orders to recover in March
Feb 24, 12:16
Unitech Printed Circuit Board has seen order momentum of handset PCBs slow down for the first quarter but expects demand to recover in March. Additionally, the company said orders...
Handset PCB makers see order visibility through 1Q10
Dec 23, 12:11
Compeq Manufacturing, Unimicron Technology and Unitech Printed Circuit Board have seen order visibility extend to February 2010, but hold mixed outlooks for the upcoming quarter.
Unitech running at full capacity for solar cells
Nov 23, 11:53
Taiwan-based Unitech Printed Circuit Board is running at full capacity for crystalline silicon solar cells, which currently generate monthly revenues of over NT$100 million (US$3.1...
Taiwan PCB makers expect strong 4Q09 shipments
Oct 5, 17:05
Most Taiwan PCB makers are optimistic about the fourth quarter, during which shipments may reach the peak of 2009.
- 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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- 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
- 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
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- 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
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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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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
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Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
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 and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.