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Wednesday 6 March 2024
XR market becomes growth focus for South Korean manufacturers as ABF substrate business struggles
Although the semiconductor industry has experienced rapid growth in certain sectors such as high-bandwidth memory (HBM), the recovery remains slow. Particularly, companies that viewed...
Tuesday 27 February 2024
Unimicron increases 2024 capex target with AI as key growth engine
In response to its mid-term expansion strategy, Unimicron Technology has upped its capex goal for this year by NT$6.9 billion (US$218.8 million) to NT$24.2 billion, a nearly 40% increase,...
Thursday 22 February 2024
Unimicron poised to regain ABF substrate shipment growth amid AI chip boom
Following a significant drop in sales of BT substrates and midrange ABF substrates in 2023 amid sluggish post-pandemic consumer electronics demand, Taiwan's Unimicron Technology is...
Friday 26 January 2024
Semco reportedly to put new Vietnam plant into production in 2Q24
The previously announced new ABF substrate plant in Vietnam by Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) was slated to begin production in the second half of 2023. However, due to a general...
Wednesday 17 January 2024
ABF substrate prices unlikely to peak in 2024
ABF substrate prices are unlikely to reach their previous high in 2024 but should have already reached their low point, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 12 December 2023
Leaders in Taiwan's substrate sector reach consensus that 2024 will see mild recovery
The weak end demand since the second half of 2022 has affected the ABF substrate capacity utilization rate of the four major Taiwanese substrate manufacturers: Unimicron, Nanya PCB,...
Friday 1 December 2023
Suppliers optimistic about ABF substrate market in 2024, 2025
Industry suppliers are generally optimistic about Ajinomoto Build-up Film (ABF) substrate market prospects for 2024 and 2025, citing the recovery of the PC market, a growing demand...
Thursday 23 November 2023
LG Innotek's Gumi plant powers up as ABF substrates hub amid AI surge
In a bid to ride the wave of AI, LG Innotek is set to continue enhancing its ABF substrate technology and capacity. The South Korean firm's Gumi factory, once a camera module production...
Wednesday 22 November 2023
IC substrate market poised to decline in 2023
The global IC substrate market is poised to decline about 30% in 2023 as ABF substrate demand fails to pick up as anticipated, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 24 October 2023
Embracing sustainability and smart manufacturing in the PCB Industry: insights from the 2023 TPCA Show
The 2023 TPCA Show, hosted by the Taiwan Printed Circuit Board Association (TPCA), convened over 450 global PCB brands and featured 1,376 booths representing participants from Europe,...
Monday 16 October 2023
Taiwanese substrate manufacturers quiet in September; looking to demand rebound in 2024
The September revenue performances of the top three Taiwanese substrate manufacturers have been revealed along with their third-quarter revenues. Despite operations not seeing as...
Tuesday 12 September 2023
ABF substrate shortage may return in 2024
ABF substrates may experience a reversal from a 5% oversupply in 2023 to a 5–8% shortage in 2024-2025, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 29 August 2023
Unimicron Suzhou plans listing in China
Unimicron Technology (Suzhou), an 86%-owned subsidiary of IC substrate and PCB maker Unimicron Technology, will submit for China's A-share listing, according to the parent company...
Tuesday 1 August 2023
Inventory adjustment for ABF substrates extends to 2024; long-term optimism about AI driving demand
The ABF substrate industry is facing a short-term headwind. Unimicron, whose ABF substrate business accounted for 52% of its revenue in 2Q23, admitted during its earnings call that,...
Thursday 27 July 2023
Unimicron looks to AI, high-speed transmission for long-term growth
PCB maker Unimicron Technology will focus on developing AI-related and high-performance computing (HPC) high-speed transmission network communications applications in the future,...