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Wednesday 26 September 2018
Compal to begin production of Apple Watch Series 4
With Quanta Computer's capacity for the Apple Watch Series 4 at its factory in Changshu, eastern China fully loaded, the wearable's second supplier Compal Electronics reportedly will...
Thursday 13 September 2018
Apple Watch Series 4 unveiled
Apple has introduced the Apple Watch Series 4, featuring a new display, electrocardiogram and fall detection. While retaining the original design, the fourth-generation Apple Watch...
Tuesday 17 July 2018
PCB makers ready to embrace significant revenue increases in 2H18
Taiwan PCB makers are poised to embrace brisk orders expected in the second half of 2018, traditional high season for consumer devices, and most of them have readied sufficient materials...
Wednesday 16 May 2018
Flexible PCB firm Career Tech swings to profit in 1Q18
Flexible PCB specialist Career Technology swung to net profit of NT$33.95 million (US$1.14 million) in the first quarter of 2018 from loss of NT$85.29 million a year earlier. EPS...
Tuesday 3 April 2018
Apple plans micro LED panels for small- and large-size devices, says Digitimes Research
Apple is gearing up efforts developing micro LED panels for both small-size and large-size applications and has received support from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)...
Tuesday 20 March 2018
Compal raises capex sharply for 2018
Compal Electronics has set its 2018 capex at NT$6 billion (US$205.7 million), up over 70% from the NT$3.4 billion spent in 2017 with half of the amount planned to be used in automation...
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Career Tech to buy factory from Eversol
Flexible PCB manufacturer Career Technology has reached an agreement with Eversol to buy the solar wafer maker's factory in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan for NT$1.57 billion (US$53.6 million),...
Wednesday 14 February 2018
Half a billion smartphones and other devices with wireless power technology shipped in 2017, IHS says
Led by mobile phones, small appliances and wearables, shipments of consumer electronics devices enabled with wireless charging rose 40% in 2017 compared to the previous year. In all,...
Monday 12 February 2018
Notebook ODMs see January revenues bolstered by non-PC segments
Taiwan's four major notebook ODMs - Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec - have reported better-than-expected revenues in January despite declines in notebook...
Wednesday 10 January 2018
Compal, Inventec 4Q17 notebook shipments better than expected
Notebook ODMs including Compal Electronics and Inventec saw better-than-expected shipments in the fourth quarter of 2017, but volumes in the first quarter of 2018 are expected to...
Tuesday 12 December 2017
Notebook ODMs see rising shipments in November
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs have announced their November shipments with Quanta Computer shipping 3.9 million units, up from 3.5 million in October. Quanta's notebook shipments reached...
Monday 11 December 2017
Apple Watch 3 shipment growth to benefit Taiwan IC packagers in 2018
Shipments of Apple Watch 3 are expected to surge 20% on year to reach 23-25 million units in the coming year, which will greatly benefit Taiwan players in the supply, particularly...
Monday 6 November 2017
Apple likely to expand supply chain for Apple Watch
Apple has seen an over 50% sequential increase in Apple Watch Series 3 sales in the fiscal quarter ended September 30, and some market watchers expect that Apple is likely to add...
Thursday 19 October 2017
Bright prospect for wireless charging: Q&A with WPC chairman Menno Treffers
Wireless charging is emerging as a new major feature of high-end smartphones after Apple, Samsung and other leading vendors incorporated it into their latest smartphone models.The...
Monday 2 October 2017
Upstream suppliers to enjoy rising revenues from AirPods and Apple Watches in 4Q17
Quanta Computer, Inventec as well as the ASE group's Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) and the Foxconn group's Shunsin Technology and Luxshare-ICT, are expected to see strong...