Oversupply of LCD panels in the second quarter is expected to drop to below 5% from the previously estimated 7% over total demand after an earthquake rocked southern Taiwan yesterday,...
IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology expects its capex for 2010 to reach NT$1.5 billion (US$46.8 million), up from NT$800 million in 2009. The company also revealed that...
Taiwan-based first-tier LCD panel makers estimate their glass substrate shortage will reach 10-20% of their total demand in the first quarter of 2010 due to glass substrate suppliers'...
Kinsus Interconnect Technology expects first-quarter revenues to have only a slight drop sequentially despite fewer working days, as demand from handset chip customers has picked...
Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) will see halogen-free copper-clad laminates (CCLs) account for more than 15% of its total CCL shipments later in 2010 from 12% in the second half of...
Passive component maker Holy Stone has begun small-volume shipments of ceramic heat sink substrates and reportedly entered the supply chain of an US-based solar module maker. The...
Nanya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) has reported revenues of NT$2.7 billion (US$84.99 million) for December 2009, slightly better than its estimated NT$2.5-2.6 billion. The IC substrate...
China-based TFT-LCD panel maker Irico Group Electronics will invest 3.7 billion yuan (US$541.8 million) to establish six glass substrate production lines in Hefei City, China, including...
Taiwan-based PCB makers, including Chin-Poon Industrial, Iteq, Taiflex Scientific, and Gia Tzoong Enterprise, are expected to enjoy sales contributions from aluminum heat sink substrates...
Taiwan-based inductor maker Acme Electronics plans to double capacity of its sapphire crystal substrates in 2010 to satisfy increasing LED demand. The company is seeing its sapphire...
Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) has announced revenues of NT$2.65 billion (US$82.36 million) for November 2009, down slightly by 1.37% on month. The company expects its December...
Chipbond Technology has disclosed it is negotiating an outsourcing deal with MCS, a subsidiary of Japan-based Mitsui Kinzoku. Both parties have been evaluating the possibility of...
Chip resistor substrate ASPs will not see large fluctuations as demand remains high, according to market sources. Alumina substrate supplier Leatec Fine Ceramics has resumed all of...
Leatec Fine Ceramics, a Taiwan-based alumina substrate supplier for chip resistor manufacturers, expects its fourth-quarter 2009 revenues to grow from NT$190 million (US$5.84 million)...
IC substrate supplier Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) may see weaker order volumes in the short term because its Japan-based strategic partner NGK Spark Plugs has announced that...
