Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) had 118,700 employees in China at the end of 2009, up 9.7% from 108,200 in 2008; however, the company's total labor costs dropped...
The worldwide PC market grew 24.2% in the first quarter of 2010 compared to one year ago, when the market declined by almost 7% – the lowest growth since 2001, according to...
Zyxel Communications and Cameo Communications, two Taiwan-based network equipment makers, on April 16 published their audited 2009 financial reports, posting a net loss per share...
Packaging material and equipment supplier Chang Wah Electromaterials (CWE) has decided to deal out dividends of NT$6 in cash for 2009, based on the pre-tax profits of NT$564 million...
Shipments of e-paper increased to five million units in 2009, up 417% on year from 950,000 units in 2008, mainly due to the popularity of e-book readers, particularly Amazon's Kindle,...
Asia Pacific Broadband Telecom (APBT), the only 3G mobile telecom carrier adopting CDMA2000 in Taiwan, saw its 2009 operation swing to net operating profit of NT$1.6 billion (US$48.8...
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has announced net profits of NT$3.54 billion (US$112 million) for the first quarter of 2010, up 121% from NT$1.6 billion posted in the fourth...
The board of directors of Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has decided to reduce the company's capital by NT$100 billion (US$3.17 billion), or 60.6%, to NT$65 billion from the present...
Worldwide semiconductor capital equipment spending totaled US$16.6 billion in 2009, a 45.8% decline from 2008, according to Gartner. In major segments, wafer fab equipment dropped...
Asustek Computer ranked top in Taiwan's enterprise desktop market in 2009 with a 27% market share, mainly due to significant orders from government and enterprise projects, according...
Acer expects its operating margin for the first quarter of 2010 to be higher than 2.67%, the average in 2009, despite recent increases in DRAM prices and appreciation of the NT dollar,...
Digital camera ODM Altek, will distribute a dividend per share of NT$3 (US$0.095), NT$2.8 in cash and NT$0.2 in stock, for its 2009 operations, according a decision made by its board...
Samsung Electronics has said it achieved its highest-ever market share for computer monitors last year, holding the number one position for the third consecutive...
Silicon Integrated System (SiS) expects its revenues in the second quarter of 2010 to bounce back to the same level as in the fourth quarter of 2009 despite the company had a sequential...
Taiwan-based all-in-one PC brands – Micro-Star International (MSI), Asustek and Acer – have built their combined share in the global all-in-one PC market from only 2%...
