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Friday 19 June 2009
Taiwan passive component makers expect limited revenue growth in 3Q09
Passive component makers Yageo, Walsin Technology Corporation (WTC) and Holy Stone all expect a 10-15% revenue growth in the third quarter amid sales of high-voltage multi-layer ceramic...
Thursday 11 June 2009
Passive component makers Yageo, Ta-I to expand capacity amid increasing demand
Yageo has signed contracts with equipment makers and begun equipment installation, while Ta-I Technology plans to resume production at lines halted earlier, according to the compan...
Thursday 21 May 2009
Passive component makers Yageo and Walsin expected to return to profitability in 2Q09
Taiwan-based passive component makers Yageo and Walsin Technology are expected to swing to profits in the second quarter of 2009, thanks to improved utilization rates as well as stabilizing...
Monday 6 April 2009
Passive component maker Cyntec sees March revenues up more than 50%
Cyntec has reported revenues of NT$427 million (US$12.89 million) for March, up 54.7% amid strong shipments to the notebook segment including current sensing resistors and power ch...
Friday 3 April 2009
Passive component material prices up 20%
The current price of passive component materials has increased 20% because of short supply. Some material suppliers indicated that inventories have been cleared out as utilization...
Wednesday 25 February 2009
Passive component maker Cyntec expands smartphone product line
Passive-component maker Cyntec has said that it will start volume shipments of 0201 chip resistors (R-chips) for smartphones in the second quarter of 2009. The company said it is...
Friday 20 February 2009
Passive component maker Yageo to enter OEM market, says paper
Yageo is said to begin OEM business this year and it is striving to win orders from Japan-based passive component makers, such as Murata Manufacturing, TDK and Taiyo Yuden, according...
Tuesday 10 February 2009
Sales of passive component makers Yageo and Holy Stone stabilizing
Yageo and Holy Stone continued to see sales drop in January, but saw signs they are stabilizing thanks to an injection of rush orders. Yageo's consolidated sales totaled NT$984 million...
Friday 6 February 2009
Passive component maker Cyntec reports sales growth in January
Cyntec saw slight sequential sales growth in January, much better than its earlier expectations of a 20% decline, thanks to rush orders from notebook makers. Consolidated January...
Wednesday 17 December 2008
Demand from game console segment relatively strong, says passive component maker WTC
In addition to netbooks, game consoles are also bringing contributions to upstream suppliers. Although sales of consumer electronics products are decreasing, the game console segment...
Thursday 4 December 2008
Holy Stone sees November sales down 30%
Passive component maker Holy Stone has reported November sales of NT$776 million (US$23.12 million), down 30% from October and 35% on year due to weak global economic conditions as...
Friday 14 November 2008
Passive component maker Walsin Technology to lay off 400 workers before year-end
Passive component maker Walsin Technology plans to lay off 400 employees before the end of this year amid mounting operating losses and a gloomy business outlook, according to the...
Friday 7 November 2008
Japan-based passive component supplier Nichicon to acquire Fujitsu's solid capacitor business, says Zenitron
Fujitsu's distributor Zenitron indicated that Japan-based Nichicon is going to acquire Fujitsu's capacitor business, while market watchers commented that the acquisition of Nichicon...
Friday 24 October 2008
Passive component players seek to reduce burden of China workforce
Japan-based leading passive component maker TDK is planning to cut about one-third of its workforce in China, according to market sources, meanwhile Taiwan-based Yageo and Cyntec...
Tuesday 14 October 2008
MLCC pricing expected to continue stabilizing in 4Q
Passive component industry players commented that average selling prices (ASPs) for multi-layer ceramic-chip capacitors (MLCCs) are likely to continue stabilizing in the fourth quarter...