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Tuesday 26 January 2010
Nuvoton to list on OTC market on January 29
Nuvoton Technology, a logic IC subsidiary of Winbond Electronics, plants introduce 32-bit microcontroller units (MCUs) on January 28 and list on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) stock...
Tuesday 26 January 2010
Taiwan production index rises in December 2009
Taiwan's industrial production index for December 2009 (covering manufacturing, quarry & mining, construction, electricity/gas/water supply industries) rose 5.32% sequentially...
Tuesday 26 January 2010
Chicony has record financials in 2009
Taiwan-based keyboard, power supply and imaging device maker Chicony Electronics on January 25 reported its unaudited 2009 financial report, with consolidated revenues of NT$53.9...
Monday 25 January 2010
LCD equipment maker Favite swings to losses in 2009
Taiwan-based Favite, which mainly makes automatic optical inspection (AOI) and measurement machines for flat panel display (FPD) and touch panel production, has reported net losses...
Monday 25 January 2010
Operating system software revenues soar 35% in 2009, says NPD
Operating system boxed software revenues in the US increased 35% in 2009, but it was not enough to bring overall non-game software revenues into positive territory, according to NP...
Friday 22 January 2010
IC distributor Yosun sees slower revenue growth in 2009
Yosun Industrial, which is a distributor for brands including Samsung Electronics and STMicroelectronics, has announced consolidated revenues of NT$118.95 billion (US$3.73 billion)...
Friday 22 January 2010
Taiwan motherboard makers expected to see mixed shipment growth in 1Q10
First-tier motherboard makers Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology are expected to see about 10% sequential growth in their own-brand motherboard shipments in the first quarter...
Friday 22 January 2010
FPD tool makers Mirle, All Ring see profit drops in 2009
Taiwan-based Mirle Automation and All Ring Tech both suffered profit falls in 2009, mainly due to their weak first-half performance.
Friday 22 January 2010
Daxin aims at 50% revenue growth for 2010
LCD component supplier Daxin Materials, an affiliate of AU Optronics (AUO), saw its 2009 revenues increase over 50% to around NT$2 billion (US$62.57 million), and is aiming for another...
Friday 22 January 2010
North American chip-gear industry posts book-to-bill ratio of 1.03 in December 2009, says SEMI
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$863.3 million in orders in December 2009 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.03, according...
Thursday 21 January 2010
Japan chip equipment book-to-bill reaches 1.30 in December 2009, says SEAJ
Japan-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted about 77.39 billion yen (US$844 million) in orders in December 2009 and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.30, according to Semiconductor...
Thursday 21 January 2010
Taiwan market: Asustek takes the lead in 2009 brand LCD monitor sales
Asustek Computer was the brand vendor that sold the most LCD monitors in the Taiwan market in 2009 followed by Chimei and Acer in second and third, according to industry sources.
Thursday 21 January 2010
A-Data sees return to profits in 2009
DRAM module maker A-Data Technology has posted net profits of NT$702 million (US$22.08 million) in the fourth quarter of 2009, bringing net earnings for all of the year to NT$21.3...
Thursday 21 January 2010
Taiwan market: Total handset sales top seven million units in 2009, says paper
Sales of handsets in the Taiwan market totaled 7.04 million units in 2009, with Nokia taking up the number one title with a 29.9% share, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News...
Thursday 21 January 2010
Microwave component maker UMT pre-tax profits down 35% in 2009
Taiwan-based microwave component supplier Universal Microwave Technology (UMT) saw its pre-tax profits decline 35% to NT$162 million (US$5.06 million) in 2009, according to company...