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Wednesday 15 June 2011
Asia Optical lowers 2011 digital camera shipment goal
Asia Optical has lowered its 2011 shipment target for digital cameras to seven million units from 10 million set earlier this year, according to industry sources.
Thursday 9 June 2011
Asia Optical revenues decrease in May
Asia Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lenses and digital cameras, has reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$2.17 billion (US$75.2 million) for May, dropping 4.0%...
Thursday 9 June 2011
Taiwan market: Samsung launches ultra-wide-angle WB210
Samsung Electronics has launched the WB210 digital camera featuring a 21mm ultra-wide-angle lens in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$8,990 (US$313), according...
Thursday 9 June 2011
Taiwan market: Digital camera sales to increase 10% on year in 2011
Taiwan's digital camera sales in 2011 are expected to increase 10% on year, up from around one million units in 2010 with Sony and Canon both aiming to become the leader of Taiwan's...
Tuesday 7 June 2011
Taiwan digital cameras – 1Q 2011

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Tuesday 7 June 2011
Canon expanding capacity in Taiwan for DSLR production
Canon has started expanding its factory in the Taichung Export Processing Zone in central Taiwan with a NT$11 billion (US$382 million) budget, according to industry sources. The plant...
Thursday 2 June 2011
Taiwan market: Sony to launch 3 Cyber-shot digital cameras
Sony on June 2 unveiled the Cyber-shot TX10 and WX7 for launch in the Taiwan market on June 3 and Cyber-shot WX10 for launch on July 5 at recommended retail prices of NT$11,980 (US$417),...
Thursday 26 May 2011
Makers to launch new DSCs with Wi-Fi capability in 2H11
DSC makers, including Ability Enterprise and Altek, are expected to launch DSC models with integrated Wi-Fi capability in the second half of 2011. Some new models will also support...
Wednesday 25 May 2011
Digital camera outsourcing from Japan rising quickly, say Taiwan makers
Japan-based vendors of digital cameras will keep increasing their outsourcing to Taiwan-based makers to reduce production costs, and Taiwan makers' share of these vendors' DSC shipments...
Wednesday 25 May 2011
Altek expects gross margin to rebound in 2H11
Digital camera maker Altek expects its gross margin to rebound from 8.5% in first-quarter 2011 to at least 10% in the second half of the year due to higher shipment proportion of...
Monday 2 May 2011
Ability Enterprise expects 5-10% sequential growth in 2Q11 digital camera shipments
Taiwan-based digital camera ODM Ability Enterprise expects shipments in the second quarter of 2011 to increase 5-10% from 5.5 million units shipped in the preceding quarter to 5.78-6.05...
Friday 29 April 2011
Altek looks to ship 20 million digital cameras in 2011
Altek, a Taiwan-based ODM maker of digital cameras, expects its 2011 shipment volume for the product to exceed 20 million units, according to company president Alex Hsia at an online...
Wednesday 27 April 2011
Digitimes Insight: Taiwan 2Q11 digital camera shipments expected to exceed 14 million
Taiwan-based makers will ship 14.772 million digital cameras in the second quarter of 2011, rising by 25.1% sequentially but dropping by 1.4% on year, according to data collected...
Tuesday 26 April 2011
Ability, Altek announce 2010 dividends
Digital camera makers Ability Enterprise and Altek will distribute dividends of NT$3 (in cash) and NT$2.1 (NT$2 in cash and NT$0.1 in stock), respectively, for 2010, according to...
Wednesday 13 April 2011
Taiwan market: Sony to launch J10 Cyber-shot camera
Sony on April 13 announced the launch of the J10 Cyber-shot series digital camera in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$6,980 (US$239), according to Sony Taiwan.