319 news items tagged utilization rate
UMC sees net profits top NT$10 billion in 4Q20
Thursday 28 January 2021Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its net profits exceed NT$10 billion (US$357.1 million) in the fourth quarter, with profits for 2020 reaching a 14-year high of...
Ralec stops taking resistor orders
Monday 18 January 2021Taiwan-based resistor maker Ralec, a subsidiary of Chilisin Electronics, has stopped its distributors in the Greater China region from accepting new thick-film chip resistor orders...
Yageo sees inventory stay below healthy levels
Wednesday 30 December 2020Yageo now has about two months of MLCC inventory, which is unlikely to reach healthy levels until after the Lunar New Year break, thanks to difficulty in recruiting new production...
TSMC to see 20% rise in 5nm shipments in 1H21
Tuesday 15 December 2020TSMC is expected to have an about 20% sequential increase in wafer shipments for 5nm process in first-half 2021, according to industry sources who have dismissed speculation that...
Yageo, Walsin see capacity utilization stay above 80%
Thursday 8 October 2020Passive component specialists Yageo and Walsin Technology have both seen their capacity utilization rates stay above 80%, and are confident they will see on-year shipment growths...
Polarizer maker CMMT sees improving utilization rate
Friday 28 August 2020Polarizer Cheng Mei Materials Technology (CMMT) has seen its capacity utilization rate improve substantially and orders surpass its available capacity by about 10%, according to company...
IntelliEPI to start trial production of GaN epi wafers in September
Friday 21 August 2020Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI), which supplies compound semiconductor epitaxial wafers, will start trial production of GaN epi wafers in September, seeking to tap the...
UMC expects flat 3Q20
Thursday 30 July 2020Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) expects its wafer shipments and ASPs to stay flat sequentially in the third quarter of 2020, with its capacity utilization rate remaining...
Unitech to see capacity utilization rise to 90% in 3Q20
Wednesday 10 June 2020Rigid-flex PCB specialist Unitech Printed Circuit Board expects to see its capacity utilization rebound to 70-80% in July and rise further to 90% in the latter part of the third quarter,...
Chassis specialist Ju Teng upbeats about 3Q20 orders
Friday 29 May 2020Chassis maker Ju Teng International expects the prevailing robust demand from the notebook sector to last into the third quarter of 2020, having experienced strong order pull-ins...
Eternal sees robust orders for dry-firm photoresist
Thursday 23 April 2020Taiwan-based Eternal Materials currently sees full utilization of its dry-film photoresist production capacity, while that of its paper phenolic copper clad laminate is at between...
IPC makers concerned about weakening sales in 2020
Monday 20 April 2020Despite strong rebounds in March revenues, industrial PC (IPC) makers are still cautious about demand for IPCs for the rest of 2020, according to sources from the upstream supply...
Cooling module makers see sharp declines in February revenues
Wednesday 11 March 2020Taiwan-based cooling module makers including Power Logic, Sunonwealth Electric Machine and Forcecon Tec all saw their February revenues suffer wider declines both monthly and yearly...
China smartphone market and industry (outbreak updates) – 4Q 2019
Wednesday 26 February 2020The coronavirus outbreak has resulted in labor shortage and shipment disruption in China's supply chain.
MLCC, chip resistor prices set to rise through 2020
Tuesday 25 February 2020Prices for MLCCs and chip resistors are expected to rise through the fourth quarter of 2020 as supply will increasingly fall short of demand for 5G applications while fallouts of...
ODMs asked to install additional server production capacity in Taiwan
Tuesday 25 February 2020ODMs have seen more requests from their server clients for installing additional SMT lines in Taiwan as China's coronavirus outbreak has been impacting server supply from the country,...
Semiconductor industry avoids direct impact of coronavirus outbreak, says Omdia
Thursday 20 February 2020The semiconductor industry appears to have escaped the direct impact of the coronavirus crisis so far, but the market is likely to suffer the repercussions as the outbreak slows or...
TWS earphone market feeling the pinch of coronavirus outbreak
Tuesday 18 February 2020The global market for TWS earbuds and other devices has been expected to expand sharply in 2020, but certain component shortages due to the coronavirus outbreak are hitting its supply...
Passive component makers put more focus on non-China production
Wednesday 12 February 2020Taiwan-based passive component makers will be freeing up non-China production capacity if necessary, as their manufacturing operations in China have experienced low labor return rates...
Taiwan PCB makers revving up to cushion coronavirus impacts
Tuesday 4 February 2020Many Taiwan-based PCB makers with manufacturing plants in China's Hubei province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, are gearing up to mitigate impacts of the epidemic, such...
Hinge makers budget higher capex for 2020
Wednesday 15 January 2020Taiwan-based hinge makers including Shin Zu Shing (SZS) and Jarllytec both will spend more to expand their production capacities this year, according to the companies.
Taiwan IT components exports to remain robust in 2020 thanks to 5G and AI
Tuesday 14 January 2020Although World Trade Organization (WTO) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) both expect the US, Japan and Europe to suffer from weakening economy in 2020, several Taiwanese industrial...
KYEC starting 2020 with robust test orders for 5G, AI, CIS chips
Friday 3 January 2020Taiwan-based testing house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) is expected to see its first-quarter 2020 revenues hit the highest record ever for the same quarter with monthly revenues to...
Supply chain continues moving out of China despite trade truce
Tuesday 31 December 2019The US-China trade tensions seem to be easing with both sides set to sign an agreement soon, but there is still so much uncertainty lying ahead that many IT supply chain players have...
Capacity utilization of Taiwan PCB industry to stay high in 1H20
Monday 30 December 2019The capacity utilization rate of Taiwan's PCB industry in the first half of 2020 will be staying at levels almost as high as that seen in the peak season thanks to demand for substrate...