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Thursday 22 November 2018
Leadframe maker Jih Lin gearing up for capacity expansion
Taiwan-based leadframe supplier Jih Lin Technology has established a new headquarters in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, and is looking to build additional production capacities at its...
Tuesday 30 October 2018
Mobiletron, RAC and Sumitomo team up for battery reuse
Automotive electronic component maker Mobiletron, its subsidiary RAC Electric Vehicle, and Sumitomo has signed an MoU for cooperation to promote reuse of retired EV batteries.
Wednesday 17 October 2018
Lead frame makers expanding capacity to better serve IDMs
Taiwan-based lead frame suppliers such as Jih Lin Technology will build additional production capacity to satisfy growing demand from their IDM customers, despite the growing economic...
Monday 4 December 2017
SMC eyeing Taiwan market for floating PV systems
Japan-based Sumitomo Mitsui Construction (SMC) will promote floating PV systems established on surface of water bodies in the Taiwan market, a Central New Agency report has...
Thursday 28 September 2017
Sumitomo and Gogoro announce partnership for electric scooter sharing service in Japan
Sumitomo and Taiwan-based electric scooter vendor Gogoro have announced a joint partnership to introduce the latter's Smartscooter for use in a sharing service that will launch in...
Wednesday 8 March 2017
Sumitomo Chemical to produce curved-surface AMOLED touch panels in South Korea, says Nikkei
Japan-based Sumitomo Chemical will invest JPY15 billion (US$132 million) to set up a factory for curved-surface AMOLED touch panels based on thin-film substrates in South Korea, according...
Thursday 20 October 2016
TSMC spends NT$6.95 billion on equipment
TSMC has spent a total of NT$6.95 billion (US$220.9 million) on manufacturing equipment from five suppliers, according to filings issued with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).
Thursday 13 September 2012
Taiwan makers begin to ship FPCBs, HDI boards for new iPhone
Taiwan-based Flexium Interconnect and Zhen Ding Technology Holding have begun shipments of flexible PCBs (FPCBs) for use in the new iPhone, while Taiwan-based Unimicron Technology,...
Thursday 22 March 2012
AZZURRO strengthens customer support in Taiwan by assigning SUMITOMO as exclusive local distribution partner
AZZURRO Semiconductors, a pioneer and leader in GaN-on-Si technology announced SUMITOMO Taiwan as their sole distributor partner in Taiwan.
Monday 26 December 2011
Firms to phase out COF substrate business
With LCD panel demand for large-size applications such as TVs remaining dull, Mitsui Kinzoku and Sumitomo Electronics Taiwan (SET) are looking to withdraw from the standard chip-on-film...
Friday 4 November 2011
Thai flooding affects IC backend units of multiple suppliers, says IHS
Numerous semiconductor suppliers headquartered around the world maintain assembly and test operations in Thailand, and many of these facilities have been affected by recent flooding...
Wednesday 20 July 2011
Sumitomo Electric saw wire subsidiary in Taiwan starts production
Taiwan Sumiden Steel Wire, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan-based Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI) established in December 2010, on July 19 commenced production of saw wire used...
Tuesday 29 March 2011
Sumitomo Chemical, Samsung LED team up for sapphire substrates
Sumitomo Chemical and Samsung LED have entered into an agreement to establish a joint venture in Korea for the R&D, manufacture, and sale of sapphire substrates for LEDs, Sumitomo...
Thursday 17 March 2011
Japan earthquake has little impact on supply of quartz components, say Taiwan makers
The supply from upstream quartz component providers including Kyocera and Sumitomo should remain smooth as their plants are mostly far away from the areas of Japan worst-hit by the...
Thursday 2 July 2009
LG Chemical ranks first for global large-size LCD polarizer in 1Q09, says Displaybank
LG Chemical ranked first in the global large-size TFT-LCD polarizer market with a 30% share in the first quarter of 2009, according to Displaybank. Japan-based Nitto Denko was second...