Last update: Thursday 21 March 2013 [132 news items]
Yageo sees net profits down over 30% in 2012
Mar 21, 15:56
Passive component maker Yageo has report net profits of NT$1.06 billion (US$35.62 million) for 2012, down 36.5% from a year earlier. EPS for the year stood at NT$0.48. For the fourth...
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...
MLCC prices may drop 1-10% in 1Q13
Jan 3, 15:40
Prices of high capacitance MLCCs are expected to drop 1-2% in the first quarter of 2013, while those for standard MLCC models may sink as much as 10% during the period due to weak...
MLCC, chip resistor prices stabilized; outlook remains dim for 2013
Dec 26, 11:03
Prices of MLCCs (multilayer ceramic chip capacitors) and chip resistors have stabilized recently in light of decreased demand from the downstream sector but it remains to be seen...
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,...
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...
MLCC makers likely to lower capacity utilization rates in 4Q12
Oct 8, 12:01
Some Taiwan-based MLCC (multilayer ceramic-chip capacitor) makers are likely to lower their capacity utilization rates as well as product prices in the fourth quarter of 2012 as demand...
Yageo, Chilisin post sales growth in August
Newswatch - Sep 7, 01:10
Yageo, a manufacturer of MLCCs and chip resistors, has announced consolidated revenues for August 2012 grew 1.6% sequentially and 7.5% from a year ago to NT$2.15 billion (US$72.2...
Yageo profits, Walsin Technology reports losses in 1H12
Aug 29, 16:48
Yageo, the largest Taiwan-based maker of passive components, recorded net profits of NT$579 million (US$19.6 million) or NT$0.26 per share for the first half of 2012, while fellow...
Aug 7, 15:29
Passive component maker Yageo has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.12 billion (US$70.9 million) for July 2012, up 4.9% sequentially but down 0.6% on year. Consolidated sales...
Taiwan MLCC makers hold conservative outlook for 2H12
Jul 19, 11:42
While prices of MLCCs have stabilized recently amid a better balance between supply and demand, Taiwan-based makers including Yageo, Walsin Technology and Holy Stone Enterprise still...
Yageo posts sales decline for June
Jul 4, 16:01
Passive component maker Yageo has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.02 billion (US$67.59 million) for June, down 7.1% sequentially and 8.1% on year. For the first half of 2012,...
Passive component makers ramping up capacity utilization rates
May 28, 12:51
Most passive component makers including Yageo, Cyntec, Ralec Electronics, Ta-I Technology, Walsin Technology all have ramped up their production capacity utilization rates to over...
Chilisin April sales up, Yageo down
May 7, 15:47
Yageo has announced consolidated revenues slid 5.1% sequentially in April 2012 while its subsidiary Chilisin Electronics reported sales growth of 5.8% on month.
Yageo, Holy Stone March sales up
Apr 10, 16:14
MLCC makers Yageo and Holy Stone Enterprise have reported growth in March 2012 revenues from the previous month of 27.5% and 15.3%, respectively. The substantial on-month growth could...
Yageo to not deliver any dividend for 2011
Mar 26, 15:34
Yageo has decided to not deliver any dividend for 2011 although the company posted net profits of NT$1.67 billion (US$56.45 million) or an EPS of NT$0.76 for the year. However, the...
MLCC firm Holy Stone 2011 profits down 7.5%, but sales up
Mar 19, 12:55
Holy Stone Enterprise has reported net profits for 2011 decreased 7.5% due mainly to a weak fourth quarter, when the multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) firm saw its quarterly net...
Yageo posts 60% profit decline in 2011
Mar 13, 01:10
Yageo, a supplier of multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) and chip resistors, has announced net profits for 2011 declined 59.8% with revenues down 8.6% from a year ago. The passive...
Yageo, Holy Stone see February revenues up sequentially
Mar 7, 01:05
MLCC makers Yageo and Holy Stone Enterprise saw consolidated revenues for February grow 10.1% and 12.4%, according to the companies.
Yageo, Chilisin post revenue drops in January
Feb 7, 15:22
Yageo, a manufacturer of MLCCs and chip resistors, has announced consolidated revenues for January 2012 slid 11% sequentially to NT$1.59 billion (US$53.8 million). The company attributed...
Yageo boosts capacity for 01005 size chip resistors
Jan 16, 10:29
Taiwan-based Yageo has moved to build new capacity for 01005 size chip resistors to satisfy brisk demand for smartphones and tablets, joining rivals Cyntec and Kamaya Electric that...
Taiwan chip resistor firms post mixed December results
Jan 9, 15:25
Ralec Electronic has posted lower sales for December from November, affected by falling product ASPs and fewer orders from clients due to inventory accounting procedures.
Yageo announces 03015 chip resistor
Jan 6, 12:39
Yageo has announced that the company recently developed a prototype chip resistor measuring just 0.30x0.15mm, which is 44% smaller than 01005-size products available on the market.
Yageo puts employees on unpaid leave
Jan 4, 12:35
Yageo, Taiwan's largest passive component company, reportedly has enacted furloughs for staff at some of its factories to cope with low capacity utilization due to sluggish demand...
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...
More Taiwan chip-resistor firms grab orders from Rohm
Dec 1, 12:12
Following reports that Ralec Electronic and Ta-I Technology grabbed contract orders for chip resistors from Rohm Semiconductor, fellow Taiwan-based firms Cyntec and Yageo reportedly...
Passive component makers post revenue drops in October
Nov 11, 13:59
MLCC (multi-layer ceramic capacitor) specialists Yageo and Walsin Technology, and chip-resistor suppliers Ta-I Technology and Ralec Electronic have all posted sequential sales decreases...
Yageo, Holy Stone remain cautious about 4Q11
Nov 1, 16:50
Passive component manufacturers Yageo and Holy Stone Enterprise have continued to express conservative views towards their businesses in the fourth quarter of 2011, citing low seasonal...
Passive component makers Yageo, Holy Stone cautious about 4Q11
Oct 14, 13:56
Passive component makers Yageo and Holy Stone have expressed a cautious business outlook for the fourth quarter of 2011, citing sluggish end-market demand and seasonality.
Stockwatch - Sep 9, 15:46
Passive component supplier Yageo has announced that consolidated revenues for August 2011 decreased 6% sequentially to NT$2 billion (US$69 million). Accumulated sales from January...
Yageo reports 25% sequential drop in 2Q11 profits
Newswatch - Aug 24, 13:51
Passive component maker Yageo has reported net profits of NT$487 million (US$16.8 million) for the second quarter of 2011, down 25% from NT$649 million recorded in the first quarter...
Taiwan government rejects venture capital firm application to acquire Yageo
Jun 23, 16:08
Taiwan's Investment Commission under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has turned down the application filed by venture capital firm Orion Taiwan to acquire passive component...
More Taiwan-based passive component makers to produce chip resistors in 01005 size
May 30, 15:56
More Taiwan-based passive makers are venturing into the production of chip resistors in the smaller 01005 size (0.4 x 0.2 x 0.1mm) due to increasing demand from the smartphone sectors,...
Orion Taiwan takes control of Yageo shares
May 24, 15:34
Venture capital firm Orion Taiwan has reported that it has purchased over 1.061 billion outstanding common shares of Yageo after it announced on April 6 plans to acquire the passive...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
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- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- 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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- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal

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