322 news items tagged passive
Passive components shipments to stay in higher gear in 2Q21
Wednesday 14 April 2021Taiwan's passive components vendors are optimistic their shipments for second-quarter 2021 will continue to be bolstered by strong demand for automotive, stay-at-home and 5G applications,...
Passive component materials vendors upbeat about 1H21
Wednesday 17 March 2021Taiwan's passive component materials suppliers are expected to embrace a particularly strong first-half in 2021 thanks to robust demand for notebook, handset, networking and automotive...
Taiwan foundries running at full capacity for mature processes
Wednesday 17 March 2021TSMC, United Microelectronics (UMC), Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) continue to run at full capacity for their 28nm and...
Yageo to raise 2Q21 quotes for MLCCs, chip resistors
Friday 12 March 2021Passive components vendor Yageo has confirmed it will raise its second-quarter quotes for commodity-type MLCCs and chip resistors and will continue its quarterly pricing policy.
Inductor vendor Chilisin upbeat about 2021
Thursday 11 March 2021Taiwan's inductor specialist Chilisin Electronics is optimistic about its operations this year, thanks to a significant ramp-up in demand for molding chokes for 5G infrastructure,...
Passive component materials enjoy strong shipment momentum
Wednesday 10 March 2021Strong demand for passive components has pushed up revenues sharply at upstream materials vendors such as Ample Electronics Technology (AET), dedicated to production of conductive...
Yageo, Walsin see no seasonal price cuts pressure for 1H21
Tuesday 9 March 2021Passive component makers Yageo and Walsin Technology both reported strong sales for February 2021, and will face no seasonal price reduction pressure for the first half of the year...
Passive component makers see clear order visibility stretch into 2H21
Thursday 25 February 2021Yageo and Walsin Technology have seen their visibility of orders for MLCCs, chip resistors, inductors and capacitors extend to the second half of 2021 thanks to ODMs and distributors...
Component shortages may dampen notebook shipments in 1Q21
Tuesday 9 February 2021Shortages of certain components including display panels, LCD driver ICs and passive components may dampen notebook shipments in the first quarter of 2021, according to industry so...
Order visibility for passive component materials clear for 3-4 months
Thursday 4 February 2021Taiwan's suppliers of upstream materials for passive components have seen clear order visibility for 3-4 months ahead thanks to a significant ramp-up in demand for MLCCs, chip resistors...
Inductor makers set to expand capacities amid increasing demand
Tuesday 2 February 2021Taiwan's inductor makers are expected to sustain high capacity utilization in most of 2021, and will move to enforce capacity expansions later in the year to meet strong demand from...
Passive components makers busy fulfilling shipments as holiday draws near
Monday 1 February 2021Taiwan passive components makers are losing no time fulfilling shipments of MLCCs, chip resistors, inductors and aluminum electrolytic capacitors to clients who are striving to stockpile...
Ralec to raise quotes for chip resistors
Tuesday 26 January 2021Ralec, a subsidiary of Chilisin Electronics specializing in chip resistors, plans to hike quotes offered to its distributors in the Greater China region by 15%, according to the Taiwan-based...
Passive components orders robust ahead of Lunar New Year
Friday 22 January 2021Taiwan's passive components makers have seen influx of orders from clients who are seeking to thicken inventories before the Lunar New Year holiday in February, according to industry...
Leatec may raise quotes for ceramic substrates
Monday 18 January 2021Taiwan-based Leatec Fine Ceramics, a dedicated maker of aluminum and ceramic substrates needed for manufacturing chip resistors, is mulling raising its quotes in the wake of a recent...
Fire strikes Walsin MLCC plant in China
Thursday 14 January 2021A fire broke out at Taiwanese passive component maker Walsin Technology's factory site in Dongguan, China on January 13, but the company estimates no material impact from the accid...
Chilisin sees order visibility for molding chokes extended
Friday 8 January 2021Chilisin Electronics has seen order visibility for molding chokes extended to more than four months, and is also expected to ramp up its shipments of LTCC (low temperature co-fired...
Highlights of the day: Passive components inventory low
Wednesday 30 December 2020Strong pandemic-fuled demand has resulted in shortages in a host of components, including MLCC. Yageo, a major passive components suplier, has only about two months of MLCC...
Yageo sees inventory stay below healthy levels
Wednesday 30 December 2020Yageo now has about two months of MLCC inventory, which is unlikely to reach healthy levels until after the Lunar New Year break, thanks to difficulty in recruiting new production...
Passive component maker Ta-I to set up new plant in Vietnam
Friday 25 December 2020Taiwan-based chip resistor specialist Ta-I Technology will invest a total of US$12 million in the establishment of a production subsidiary in Vietnam, according to a resolution approved...
SSD supply constrained by chip shortages
Monday 21 December 2020The market for NAND flash memory remains oversupplied, but shortages of flash device controllers and passive components have constrained the supply of SSD and other related peripherals,...
Walsin to boost LTCC filter, automotive MLCC capacity in 2021
Thursday 10 December 2020Passive component maker Walsin Technology has disclosed plans to expand production capacity for LTCC filters and automotive MLCCs next year at its manufacturing facilities in Kaohsiung,...
Yageo, Walsin post revenue increases in November
Tuesday 8 December 2020MLCC and chip resistor specialists Yageo and Walsin Technology have reported sequential increases of 6.5% and 6.3%, respectively, in November revenues.
Walsin resumes resistor production at Malaysia plant
Wednesday 2 December 2020Walsin Technology has resumed resistor production at its Malaysia plant, which had been shut down temporarily to facilitate coronavirus-related inspections, according to the passive...
Yageo breaks ground for new plant in southern Taiwan
Monday 16 November 2020Yageo recently broke ground for a new plant at an industrial park in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan where the passive component vendor has two plants.