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Wednesday 14 December 2011
LED sapphire substrate price stabilizes at US$8/unit in December
The price of 2-inch sapphire substrates has been stabilizing in November and December at around US$8/unit, according to industry sources. The price is expected to rebound soon.
Wednesday 30 November 2011
Leatec expects strong sales from automotive, LED applications
Taiwan-based Leatec Fine Ceramic, which mainly manufactures chip resistor substrates, expects sales to the automotive and LED segments to climb substantially starting the third quarter...
Friday 11 November 2011
LED sapphire substrate makers post mixed results for October
Crystalwise Technology and Tera Xtal Technology have reported sequential growth in revenues for October 2011, while Crystal Applied Technology posted a drop.
Monday 31 October 2011
GCL Group enters sapphire substrate market
Following its recent accouncement to suspend development of its LED epitaxy due to low demand in the LED industry, Hong Kong-based GCL Group has spelt out the intention to enter the...
Wednesday 12 October 2011
Sapphire substrate makers report mixed September revenues
The price of sapphire substrates has been low due to weak demand in the downstream LED market. According to sapphire substrare maker, Crystalwise, order visibility has been low despite...
Wednesday 5 October 2011
Sapphire substrate price leveling out in October
The price of sapphire substrates continues to fall due to decreasing demand from LED applications. However, industry sources indicate the price decline has been coming to a slow stop...
Tuesday 4 October 2011
Kinsus ramping up FC CSP substrate shipments for Apple A5 CPUs, says paper
Shipments of flip-chip chip-scale package (FC CSP) substrates for Apple's A5 processors from Taiwan-based Kinsus Interconnect Technology are expected to top one million units a month...
Monday 3 October 2011
Fire strikes Unimicron Taoyuan IC substrate plant
A fire broke out at a PCB/substrate plant operated by Unimicron Technology in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan at 2.00 am in the morning of October 2. No employees have been reported harmed...
Tuesday 13 September 2011
LED sapphire substrate firms post poor August sales
Major Taiwan-based sapphire substrate makers Crystal Applied Technology, Crystalwise Technology and Tera Xtal Technology have reported sequential declines in revenues of 52%, 44%...
Thursday 1 September 2011
Major sapphire substrate makers post heavy losses in 1H11
Three major Taiwan-based sapphire substrate makers Crystalwise Technology, Tera Xtal Technology and Crystal Applied Technology all have posted losses for the first half of 2011 due...
Thursday 11 August 2011
Kinsus announces strong sales for July
IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology has announced revenues of NT$1.48 billion (US$50.95 million) for July, up 5.5% sequentially and 8.3% on year, according to a company...
Thursday 11 August 2011
Tong Hsing 2Q11 profits meet guidance; expects flat growth in 3Q
Ceramic substrate supplier Tong Hsing Electronic Industries has posted net profits of NT$214 million (US$7.37 million) for the second quarter of 2011, which met with the company's...
Thursday 28 July 2011
Demand for aluminum capacitors likely to subside in July-August
Demand for aluminum capacitors from the consumer electronic product sector may decline in the July-August period before a rebound in September, according to sources at capacitor ma...
Wednesday 20 July 2011
Kinsus Interconnect reports strong IC substrate orders for July-August
IC-packaging substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology has stated that it has landed sufficient orders for July and August with order momentum to further strengthen onward month...
Thursday 7 July 2011
IC substrate suppliers post mixed June results
Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) saw a sequential decline in June revenues, while Kinsus Interconnect Technology's June figures enjoyed growth and hit a record high.