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Monday 8 October 2018
Yageo cautious about 4Q18
Passive component company Yageo has expressed caution about its sales performance in the fourth quarter of 2018, citing a slowdown in demand from its customers based in the Greater...
Wednesday 19 September 2018
Yageo buys back shares for NT$2.42 billion
Yageo has repurchased around NT$2.42 billion (US$178.6 million) worth of its common shares from the open market, at average price per share of NT$816.71, according to a company filing...
Friday 20 July 2018
Zhen Ding, Flexium gearing up to develop antenna FPCBs
Taiwan-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...
Wednesday 11 July 2018
MLCC prices set to rise in 2H18
Murata has raised its MLCC prices by 20-30% to reflect the tight supply in the market. Taiwan-based MLCC suppliers including Yageo, Walsin Technology and Holy Stone Enterprise should...
Friday 18 May 2018
Murata, Pegatron, Inventec dismiss reports about MLCC deals
Murata Manufacturing, Pegatron and Inventec have dismissed recent reports from Taiwan about deals they had allegedly struck over stable MLCC supply amid serious shortages of the passive...
Thursday 19 April 2018
Rising component and material costs to put pressure on gross margin
IC foundries, and PC and handset manufacturers continue to encounter rising costs of components and materials, and will see their gross margins come under downward pressure in 2018,...
Tuesday 17 April 2018
Taiwan makers to gain from Murata move to drop lower-end MLCC production
Taiwan makers of MLCCs will stand to benefit from Japan-based Murata Manufacturing's move to drop the production of general-type MLCCs before the end of fiscal 2020 to allow more...
Wednesday 7 March 2018
Murata raises prices for conventional MLCC
Murata has reportedly raised prices for part of its general-type multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC), while cutting back production capacity for its conventional product lines.
Thursday 1 March 2018
Passive device makers see demand powered by wireless chargers
Thanks to robust China market demand for wireless charging devices, Taiwan makers of passive components needed for the devices are upbeat about revenue and shipment performances in...
Friday 26 January 2018
Toray to expand MLCC materials production capacity, says report
Japan-based Toray will invest a total of JPY1.1 billion (US$10 million) in building additional production capacity of release films for MLCC materials, according to a Taiwan-based...
Friday 19 January 2018
Career to see rising FPCB orders from Apple in 2018
FPCB 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.
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
Taiwan makers urged to develop more niche MLCCs
Though lower-tier commodity MLCCs have become a seller's market due to lingering supply shortfall, Taiwan makers must step up the development of niche-type MLCCs if they want to tap...
Thursday 23 November 2017
NPO MLCC tight supply lingers due to booming demand
The market supply of MLCC (multi-layer ceramic capacitors) has remained tight, especially NPO models, due to increasing demand from the mobile-device fast charging and wireless charging...
Thursday 21 September 2017
KYEC grabs testing orders for analog, PA chips from Murata
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has recently obtained testing orders for analog chips and power amplifiers (PA) from Murata Manufacturing, according to industry sources.