140 news items tagged Career
Notebook vendors ready to embrace mini LED backlighting
Tuesday 3 December 2019Notebook vendors are ready to adopt mini LED backlighting for their devices, paving the way for the technology to move beyond public signage to consumer electronics, according to...
HannStar Board 3Q19 profits hit 10-year high
Monday 25 November 2019PCB maker HannStar Board has posted the highest profit in 10 years in the third quarter of 2019, with gross margin nearing 20% and net earnings shooting up 62.17% on year to NT$1.514...
Taiwan firms ready for production of LCP-based flexible antenna boards
Friday 22 November 2019Major Taiwan-based flexible PCB specialists have had their respective production lines for LCP (liquid crystal polymer) antenna boards ready for commercial runs as they are eyeing...
Rigid-flex PCB market gaining expansion momentum
Friday 4 October 2019The market for rigid-flex PCBs, though smaller than those for other PCB product lines, is gaining expansion momentum as more PCB makers in Taiwan and China are moving to expand their...
HannStar Board acquires director seat in Career Tech
Friday 4 October 2019Flexible PCB (FPCB) maker Career Technology has elected a new member to its board of directors - HannStar Board's chairman Anthony Chiao, a move signaling a strategic partnership...
HannStar Board steps up investment in Taiwan
Monday 19 August 2019HannStar Board has disclosed plans to invest about NT$1.5 billion (US$47.8 million) in its factory site in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan where the PCB manufacturer will build additional...
HannStar Board to own 24% of Career Tech
Wednesday 31 July 2019HannStar Board plans to acquire a 16% stake in fellow Taiwan-based PCB company Career Technology through a private placement, and obtain another 8% stake in Career Tech via a share...
FCCL firms eying orders from China handset vendors as growth driver
Friday 12 April 2019Taiwan-based FPCB materials suppliers Asia Electronic Materials (AEM) and Taiflex Scientific, after experiencing lackluster revenue performances in the first quarter of 2019, both...
PCB maker Career Tech drops private placement plan
Thursday 21 March 2019PCB maker Career Technology has decided to drop its plan of issuing common shares through private investment as it has to adjust its business operations to counter a substantial cut...
Fuyang reportedly enters Apple supply chain
Wednesday 13 March 2019Flexible PCB manufacturer Fuyang Technology, a joint venture between Pegatron and Kinsus Interconnect Technology, has reportedly entered the supply chain of Apple.
Machvision posts revenue growth in February
Wednesday 6 March 2019Automated optical inspection (AOI) equipment specialist Machvision saw its consolidated revenues for February 2019 increase 14.2% on year and 2.9% sequentially to NT$212 million (US$6.87...
Apple supply chain: Flexible PCB makers plagued by lackluster iPhone sales
Monday 11 February 2019Among supply chain partners for iPhones, Taiwan's PCB makers have suffered significantly from the devices' latest wave of lackluster sales, with flexible board suppliers Zhen Ding...
2018 review and 2019 outlook: PCB makers see new applications as growth driver
Monday 14 January 2019Taiwan PCB makers enjoyed strong growth in 2018 in shipments of their flexible boards, rigid-flex boards and substrate-like PCBs to new application sectors of datacenter servers and...
Supply chain partners see mixed impacts from iPhone order cuts
Tuesday 27 November 2018Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been little affected by a cutback in chip orders for Apple's new iPhones as many of its other fabless clients are queuing for...
Zhen Ding, Career Tech revenues increase in September
Tuesday 9 October 2018Zhen Ding Technology and Career Technology, reportedly among the PCB suppliers for Apple's new iPhones, both have reported strong sales for September.
Zhen Ding, Flexium gearing up to develop antenna FPCBs
Friday 20 July 2018Taiwan-based PCB makers Zhen Ding Technology and Flexium Interconnect are both gearing up to develop flexible PCBs for smartphone antennas to tap great market potentials, and they...
Career cooperation with Catcher unchanged after share disposal
Monday 16 July 2018Taiwan flexible PCB (FPCB) maker Career Technology has said that its cooperative partnership with chassis maker Catcher Technology will remain unchanged despite the latter recently...
Catcher unloads majority stakes in Career Tech
Friday 13 July 2018Taiwan chassis maker Catcher Technology has unloaded the majority of its stakes in Career Technology, a leading maker of flexible PC boards, as part of its financial operations, triggering...
Taiwan PCB firms fined for environmental infractions in China
Wednesday 4 July 2018PCB manufacturers Ichia Technologies and Career Technology have both been fined for violating environmental regulations in China.
Flexible PCB firm Career Tech swings to profit in 1Q18
Wednesday 16 May 2018Flexible PCB specialist Career Technology swung to net profit of NT$33.95 million (US$1.14 million) in the first quarter of 2018 from loss of NT$85.29 million a year earlier. EPS...
Catcher to buy stake in Career Tech
Friday 16 March 2018Metal-alloy chassis maker Catcher Technology has announced plans to subscribe to new shares of PCB firm Career Technology for NT$38 (US$1.30) each or a total of about NT$1.13 billi...
Career Tech to buy factory from Eversol
Tuesday 6 March 2018Flexible 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),...
Global PCB industry output value increases 11.7% in 2017, says TPCA
Friday 2 March 2018The worldwide PCB industry output value grew 11.7% to US$65 billion in 2017, according to data compiled by Taiwan Printed Circuit Association (TPCA). The on-year growth was the highest...
Taiwan supply chain to turn profitable on robust Apple orders in 2018
Monday 5 February 2018Although some Taiwan makers in the iPhone X supply chain have been affected by Apple's move to scale back shipments of the device, some others including Career Technology, E&R...
Career to see rising FPCB orders from Apple in 2018
Friday 19 January 2018FPCB maker Career Technology is expected to see strong sales in 2018 thanks to increasing orders from Apple for new iPhone and Apple Watch devices, according to industry sources.