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Wednesday 9 September 2009
PCB maker Chin-Poon seeing strong demand for automotive and consumer electronics applications
Chin-Poon Industrial has seen orders from the automotive and consumer electronics sectors for the third quarter exceed its capacity, with a gap reaching 10%, according to the company...
Tuesday 8 September 2009
Macronix raises guidance for 3Q09
Taiwan-based mask ROM and NOR flash chipmaker Macronix International (MXIC) has raised the company's guidance for the third quarter of 2009 while acknowledging better-than-expected...
Friday 4 September 2009
Optoelectronics PCB makers seeing full utilization rates
Optoelectronics PCB makers, Taiwan PCB Techvest (TPT) and Tripod Technology, have both seen an influx of orders since August, bringing utilization rates to full. TPT has expanded...
Wednesday 2 September 2009
Driver IC backend suppliers upbeat about 3Q09
Chipbond Technology is performing better than previously expected in the third quarter of 2009, thanks to growing demand from IDM customers, according to the company. The driver IC...
Friday 28 August 2009
Chip resistor maker Ralec to expand capacity in 4Q09
Ralec Electronic plans to expand its monthly capacity of 0201 resistors to up to 400 million units in fourth-quarter 2009, from 200 million currently, as it has seen full utilization...
Friday 28 August 2009
PCB makers HannStar Board and GCE to see utilization rates stand high in 2H09
Notebook PCB makers HannStar Board and Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) both expect to see their utilization rates stand high in the second half due to shipment outlooks released by...
Friday 28 August 2009
Harvatek posts net profit for 2Q09
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Harvatek has reported net profit of NT$14.68 million (US$446,670) for the second quarter with an EPS of NT$0.08. Revenues for the second quarter were...
Wednesday 26 August 2009
HannStar Board utilization to climb through 4Q09, says COO
Notebook PCB maker HannStar Board has estimated its utilization to reach 95% in the third quarter, and climb further to approach 100% in the fourth, according to company COO Yeh Sh...
Wednesday 26 August 2009
Walsin turns profitable in 2Q09; utilization rebounds
Passive component maker Walsin Technology Corporation (WTC) swung back to profitability in the second quarter with revenues of NT$3.83 billion (US$116.17 million), up 38% sequentially,...
Thursday 20 August 2009
IC backend suppliers expected to see lower revenues but higher gross margins in 4Q09
Taiwan-based IC packaging and testing service providers are expected to post sequential revenue drops of less than 10% in the fourth quarter of 2009, but overall gross margins may...
Thursday 20 August 2009
Consumer-IC backend supplier Greatek 3Q09 utilization rate to climb
Greatek Electronics is estimated to see its utilization rate for packaging and testing climb to 90-95% and 60-70%, respectively, in the third quarter of 2009, according to market...
Wednesday 19 August 2009
SMIC drops unpaid leave scheme
China-based IC foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has sent an internal message to all employees that it has ended its compulsory unpaid leave policy,...
Tuesday 18 August 2009
PCB maker GCE expects 20% growth in August
Taiwan-based PCB maker Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE), due to increasing orders for PCBs used in notebooks, expects to see over NT$1.3 billion (US$39.44 million) in its August revenues,...
Tuesday 18 August 2009
Kinsus FC CSP substrate utilization rate up on orders from Qualcomm
Taiwan-based IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology has seen its capacity utilization for flip-chip chip scale packaging (FC CSP) substrates rise to more than 80% and the...
Friday 14 August 2009
TSMC, UMC 4Q09 utilization to remain above 80%
Order visibility at both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has extended to November 2009, with utilization rates expected...
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