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Monday 12 March 2018
Ardentec expects to enter volume production at new China plant in 2Q18
Taiwan-based Ardentec, which specializes in testing services for memory, logic and mixed-signal ICs, expects its new plant in Nanjing to enter volume production in the second quarter...
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Career Tech to buy factory from Eversol
Flexible PCB manufacturer Career Technology has reached an agreement with Eversol to buy the solar wafer maker's factory in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan for NT$1.57 billion (US$53.6 million),...
Friday 2 March 2018
Almost 100 IC wafer fabs closed or repurposed from 2009-2017, says IC Insights
Semiconductor manufacturers around the world have closed or repurposed 92 wafer fabs from 2009-2017, according to data compiled by IC Insights.
Friday 2 March 2018
Microchip to acquire Microsemi for US$8.35 billion
Microchip Technology has announced plans to acquire Microsemi for about US$8.35 billion. The two companies have signed a definitive agreement pursuant to which Microchip will acquire...
Thursday 1 March 2018
TDK to acquire ultrasonic sensor developer
TDK has reached an agreement with Chirp Microsystems, a developer of ultrasonic sensing solutions, in which Chirp becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of TDK. TDK expects to close the...
Friday 23 February 2018
GBM to acquire 70% of Elna Printed Circuits
Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) has disclosed plans to acquire a 70% stake in Japan-based Elna Printed Circuits for a total of JPY3.5 billion (US$32.7 million).
Friday 23 February 2018
Chilisin posts record revenues and profits for 2017
Passive component firm Chilisin Electronics has reported net profits of NT$1.48 billion (US$50.45 million) on revenues of NT$12.64 billion, with both hitting record-high levels. EPS...
Monday 12 February 2018
SMIC to enter volume production of 28nm HKMG chips in 2H18
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) is scheduled to enter volume production of chips fabricated using 28nm HKMG and HKMG+ processes in the...
Thursday 8 February 2018
Chilisin January revenues increase
Power inductor maker Chilisin Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.14 billion (US$38.9 million) for January 2018, up 21.7% on year and 8.5% sequentially.
Tuesday 30 January 2018
Himax obtains nano 3D mastering tech assets and IP
Taiwan-based fabless IC firm Himax Technologies has announced the acquisition of certain advanced nano 3D masters manufacturing assets and related intellectual property and business...
Wednesday 17 January 2018
New Kinpo Group to construct lights-out factories in Southeast Asia
The New Kinpo Group is planning to establish lights-out factories in Thailand and the Philippines in 2018 and is looking to build another in Thailand in 2019 to help save manual labor,...
Friday 12 January 2018
HYE to seek more sales of automotive diodes for electric cars in 2018
After gaining a solid ground in the solar diode market, Taiwan power discrete component supplier HY Electronic (HYE) is stepping up efforts to tap the market for automotive diodes...
Monday 8 January 2018
Taiwan businesses may record impressive M&A growth in 2018
Taiwan businesses have performed aggressively in conducting mergers and acquisitions (M&A) at home and abroad over the past year, and a spate of factors such as cross-domain integrations...
Thursday 4 January 2018
Taiwan inductor maker Chilisin to fully acquire Mag.Layer
Power inductor maker Chilisin Electronics has announced it will acquire a 100% stake in fellow maker Mag.Layer Scientific Technics through a stock swap in which 0.73 Chilisin share...
Friday 22 December 2017
Diode maker HYE to deepen deployments in automotive electronics sector in 2018
With the solar power and automotive electronics sectors expected to sustain stable growth momentum for a while, discrete power component supplier HY Electronic (HYE) will step up...