Prices for MLCCs and chip resistors are expected to rise through the fourth quarter of 2020 as supply will increasingly fall short of demand for 5G applications while fallouts of...

The supply of MLCC and resistor chips is getting increasingly tight with delivery lead time stretching significantly, which may soon push up quotes as major makers including Yageo...

The coronavirus outbreak is disrupting Taiwan-based passive components makers' massive post-Lunar New Year recruitment plans, which may compound labor shortages, tightening global...

Taiwan- and China-based MLCC suppliers have stepped up their pace of equipment orders for additional production capacities recently, an indicator suggesting the market for MLCCs may...

Production of Taiwan's manufacturing industry totaled NT$3.37 trillion in the third quarter of 2019, down 7.01% on year, making the third consecutive quarter of on-year declines due...

Taiwan-based Yageo announced recently plans to acquire fellow US-based passive component company Kemet in an all-cash transaction valued at US$1.8 billion. The acquisition is expected...

MLCC firms have struck new long-term contracts for the supply of high temperature-resistant and medium- to high-capacitance MLCCs for 5G base station equipment and industrial applications,...

Driven by growing demand for 5G applications, Taiwan MLCC suppliers are managing to gradually lower their inventory levels and will possibly return to a growth track in 2020, according...

The market for passive components is likely to bottom out in the fourth quarter of 2019 and gradually rebound on 5G commercialization in 2020, according to industry sources.

Demand for MLCCs, chip resistors, as well as other passive components, has started picking up substantially, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Consolidated revenues at Yageo, a manufacturer of MLCCs and chip resistors, fell to a 20-month low of NT$3.07 billion (US$98.4 million) in June 2019.

MLCC and chip resistor supplier Walsin Technology will carry on its capacity expansion project in Taiwan, but is cautious about its performance in the third quarter, according to...

Passive component vendor Yageo has reported sequential decreases in both revenues and profits for the first quarter of 2019, and remains cautious about its performance in the second...

Taiwan-based suppliers of MLCCs and chip resistors are expected to see demand pick up gradually later in the second quarter of 2019, with factory utilization rates rebounding, according...

MLCC and chip resistor specialist Yageo saw its net profits climb to a record high of NT$33.84 billion (US$1.09 billion) in 2018, with EPS coming to NT$80.30.