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Wednesday 23 February 2011
Compal, Wistron may suffer lowest monthly shipments since 2009 in February
Compal Electronics is likely to ship only three million notebooks in February 2011, the lowest monthly level since June 2009, while fellow maker Wistron may also see its lowest monthly...
Tuesday 22 February 2011
Kenmec reports NT$8.4 billion in 2010 consolidated revenues
Equipment provider Kenmec Mechanical Engineering released unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$8.4 billion (US$286 million) in 2010, up 60% from 2009. Kenmec's main equipment business...
Wednesday 16 February 2011
Solar cell maker Neo Solar announces 2010 EPS of NT$11.55
Solar cell maker Neo Solar Power has announced that its 2010 net income reached NT$2.74 billion (US$93.2 million) or NT$11.55 a share. Revenues for the year increased 95.5% from 2009...
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Protective component makers announce positive 2010 results
Taiwan-based protective component makers Thinking Electronic and Polytronics Technology have announced unaudited financial results for 2010. Hampered by exchange rate volatility in...
Tuesday 15 February 2011
High copper price damaging profitability of notebook component makers
Taiwan-based makers of notebook components such as connector, cable, power supply and cooling modules are seeing their profitability drop as the recent global copper price is hovering...
Tuesday 15 February 2011
IC distributor Promate saw 2010 pre-tax profit slip 2.75%
IC distributor Promate Electronics saw its 2010 unaudited pre-tax profit slip 2.75% from 2009 to NT$495 million (US$16.87 million), and posted EPS of NT$2.25, the same as 2009.
Friday 28 January 2011
Novatek sees touch IC as main growth driver in 2011
IC design house Novatek Microelectronics expects touch panel ICs to be the main revenue growth driver in 2011. Touch IC demand will be buoyed by booming smartphone and tablet PC sales,...
Thursday 27 January 2011
Optical drive component maker Topray sees strong growth in 2010 revenues
Taiwan-based maker of pick up heads (PUH) for optical drives, Topray Technology, saw its revenues reach NT$1.11 billion (US$38.2 million), up 41.36% from NT$784 million in 2009, according...
Wednesday 26 January 2011
PTI expects 2011 revenues to rise 10-15%
Memory packaging and testing firm Powertech Technology (PTI) expects 2011 revenues to rise 10-15% over 2009 thanks to strong mobile DRAM demand from the smartphone and tablet PC sectors,...
Friday 21 January 2011
Taiwan sees 2010 foreign investment value down over 20% from 2009
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 2,042 foreign direct investment projects, including those by companies or individuals based in China, with a total value of US$3.812...
Friday 7 January 2011
Global Unichip expects sales pick up in 2Q11
IC design service provider Global Unichip is expected to see its first-quarter 2011 revenues affected by seasonal factors before staging a turnaround from the second quarter onward...
Friday 7 January 2011
Everlight posts December revenues of NT$1.3 billion
LED packaging company Everlight Electronics has posted revenues of NT$1.3 billion (US$44.48 million) for December 2010, down slightly by 0.9% sequentially.
Tuesday 4 January 2011
GET posts strong December despite system-end off season
Solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) registered NT$2.051 billion (US$70.457 million) in December revenues, up 10.2% on month and 123% on year to break the NT$2 billion...
Tuesday 4 January 2011
FATC December revenues up 12% sequentially
Memory packaging and testing company Formosa Advanced Technologies (FATC) has posted NT$1.19 billion (US$40.9 million) in December revenues, up 11.94% on month and 26.7% on year and...
Thursday 30 December 2010
Consumer demand for 3D digital cameras expected to rise in 2011
Although digital camera vendors such as Fujifilm, Sony and Panasonic have all launched models that support 3D image capture and are pushing them in high-end markets, sources from...