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Thursday 10 March 2011
Wafer Works Optronics see revenues more than double in February 2011
Wafer Works Optronics, a sapphire substrate subsidiary of silicon wafer maker Wafer Works, saw its revenues surge 123% sequentially to a record high of NT$73.1 million (US$2.5 million...
Wednesday 2 March 2011
Sapphire substrate prices start to fall
Pricing for sapphire substrates has stopped increasing and is showing a gradual decrease due to dropping demand and seasonality. Current prices for 2-inch sapphire substrates have...
Wednesday 2 March 2011
Chip-R substrate maker Leatec to raise quotes
Ceramic substrate supplier Leatec Fine Ceramic plans to increase chip-resistor substrate prices with current capacity full, order visibility reaching the end of the second quarter...
Friday 25 February 2011
Tong Hsing to enjoy profit growth on higher LED ceramic substrate sales, says paper
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries is expected to enjoy profit growth of 57% in 2011, thanks to rising sales of its high-margin ceramic substrate product line, according to a Chinese-language...
Friday 25 February 2011
Chip-resistor substrate makers likely to raise prices on limited supply
Chip-resistor substrates are expected to see constrained supply later in 2011 due to rising demand combined with a lack of capacity ramps by producers, according to industry sources...
Friday 18 February 2011
TXC to start production of sapphire substrate wafers
Quartz crystal component maker TXC has acquired 10 sets of equipment for slicing monocrystalline sapphire ingots and will begin production soon, with monthly shipments expected to...
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Sapphire substrate price drop to expand to 15% on quarter in 1Q11
Prices of sapphire substrates are expected to drop 10-15% sequentially in the first quarter of 2011, an increase from a previous 5-10% quarterly decrease in 2010, but the decrease...
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Sapphire ingot demand strong, no signs of price retreat yet
Though the first quarter is typically considered the annual low season, sapphire ingot makers are currently seeing strong demand due to sapphire substrate clients moving up procurement...
Wednesday 5 January 2011
NPC to ramp up capacity for HDI boards and flip chip substrates, says paper
Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) plans to ramp up its combined capacity for HDI boards in Taiwan and China by 66% to 500,000 square feet by the end of first-quarter 2011, according...
Wednesday 22 December 2010
LED sapphire substrate prices remain flat in 4Q10
LED sapphire substrate suppliers are expected to keep prices flat in the fourth quarter of 2010 despite dropping demand from the end market and seasonality, and expect prices to increase...
Tuesday 30 November 2010
Taiwan focuses on flexible substrate technology
Taiwan's government-sponsored research organizations and companies including AU Optronics and E Ink Holding are bullish on next-generation flexible substrate display technologies...
Tuesday 16 November 2010
Wafer Works announces investment in Formosa Epitaxy
Wafer Works on November 15, 2019 announced a US$600,000 investment for a 1% equity interest in Formosa Epitaxy's new subsidiary in Jiangsu, China. Although the acquisition is merely...
Tuesday 2 November 2010
Corning 3Q10 sales, profits drop sequentially
Corning has announced sales of US$1.6 billion for the third quarter of 2010, a 6% decrease sequentially but an 8% increase on year. Earnings per share were US$0.50. Excluding special...
Thursday 21 October 2010
Nanya PCB to get more FC substrate backend orders from Intel on better yields
Nanya PCB (NPC) is actively improving its production yield rates for CPU-use flip-chip (FC) substrate packaging in order to gain a larger share of orders from Intel, according to...
Wednesday 20 October 2010
DTF Taiwan LED Supply Chain Technology Forum: Development of thermal substrate technology and LED applications
Thermal issue has always been a key part in the development of the LED industry. Polytronics Technology offers aluminum substrates as the best solution for edge-lit LED TVs. Yi-An...