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Friday 22 April 2011
AGC develops glass substrate with 0.28mm thickness for touch screens
Asahi Glass (AGC) has developed what it claims is the world's thinnest soda-lime glass substrate for touch screens, measuring 0.28mm, or 15% less than the currently thinnest commercial...
Wednesday 20 April 2011
Supply of BT resin for IC substrate products remains steady
The supply of bismaleimide-triazine (BT) resin, a major raw material in the production of IC substrates, has been steady recently. But IC substrate makers expect their revenues to...
Thursday 14 April 2011
SAS to spin off semiconductor wafer and sapphire substrate businesses
Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) on April 14 announced plans to create two independent companies by spinning off its semiconductor wafer and LED sapphire substrate...
Thursday 14 April 2011
Sapphire substrate makers Cyrstal Applied and Tera Xtal to deal out dividends, says paper
Two Taiwan-based sapphire substrate makers Crystal Applied Technology and Tera Xtal Technology plan to deal out handsome dividends for their performance in 2010, according to a Chinese-language...
Thursday 7 April 2011
SAS sapphire substrate sales top NT$100 million in March
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) saw monthly sales of its patterned sapphire substrates exceed NT$100 mbillion (US$3.5 million) for the first time in March 2011, according to...
Thursday 7 April 2011
Major BT resin producers recovering from Japan earthquake, say IC substrate makers
Major producers of bismaleimide-triazine (BT) resin, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC) and Hitachi Chemical, are recovering faster than expected from the suspension of operations caused...
Monday 28 March 2011
SAS expects sapphire substrate sales to grow substantially in 2011
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has estimated that sales of its patterned sapphire substrates will top NT$2 billion (US$68 million) in 2011, and growth in the high-margin product...
Wednesday 16 March 2011
Sapphire substrate supply unaffected by Japan earthquake, says Epistar
The supply of sapphire substrates will not be affected by the Japan earthquake as the facilities of the top-2 Japan-based makers - Kyocera and Namiki - were not damaged by the quake,...
Friday 11 March 2011
Tong Hsing, Viking Tech to expand LED heat sink substrate capacities
Taiwan-based LED heat sink substrate makers Tong Hsing Electronic Industries and Viking Tech both plan to ramp up their capacities to accommodate rising demand coming from the LED...
Friday 11 March 2011
Glass substrate demand growth for mobile PCs exceeds LCD TVs, says CDTT president
Corning Display Technologies Taiwan (CDTT) president Alan Eusden has indicated that glass substrate demand growth for the mobile PC segment will reach 18% in 2010-2014, exceeding...
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...