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Monday 16 January 2017
Commentary: A lesson to be learned from China panel industry headhunting
China's relentless efforts of headhunting from Taiwan's semiconductor industry have continued, with the latest target being Shih-wei Sun, ex-CEO of United Microelectronics Corporation...
Monday 16 January 2017
Smartphone vendors likely to brace for component shortages in 2017
The risk for the global handset industry to brace for a shortage in supplies of some key components, including displays, memory products and optical sensing devices, in 2017 is rising...
Friday 13 January 2017
Fab investment surging in China, says SEMI
From 2004 through 2014, over US$70 billion was spent on semiconductor equipment and materials in China, according to SEMI. Over this period, assembly and packaging infrastructure...
Friday 13 January 2017
Certification service provider Material Analysis steps up investment in China
Taiwan-based certification service provider Material Analysis Technology (MA-tek) has disclosed plans to invest more than NT$200 million (US$6.33 million) in its operations in China,...
Friday 13 January 2017
Kinpo Electronics revising production strategy, says president
EMS provider Kinpo Electronics has been revamping its production strategy, with factories in China serving mainly for the domestic market, and plants in Thailand and the Philippines...
Friday 13 January 2017
Xiaomi aims to generate revenues of CNY100 billion in 2017, says CEO
Xiaomi Technology aims to garner revenues of CNY100 billion (US$14.5 billion) in 2017 by focusing on five core segments: developing innovative technologies, enhancing retail networks,...
Friday 13 January 2017
China market: Pre-orders for Nokia 6 surpass 100,000 in 4 days, says paper
Pre-orders for the first Android-based Nokia smartphone, the Nokia 6, have reached over 100,000 after HMD Global's launch conference for the smartphone in China on January 11, according...
Thursday 12 January 2017
Digitimes Research: December 7W LED light bulb prices in China market fall
December 2016 average retail pricing for 7W LED light bulbs (equivalent to 40W incandescent ones) in the China market decreased 5.4% from October to CNY26.30 (US$3.80), while 9W models...
Wednesday 11 January 2017
Shunfeng to expand solar wafer capacity
China-based Shunfeng International Clean Energy, who makes poly-Si solar wafers, cells and PV modules, and undertakes PV power station projects, will invest CNY2.2 billion (US$318...
Tuesday 10 January 2017
Wistron increases investment in Kunshan subsidiary
Wistron has announced equipment purchases for its subsidiary in Kunshan, China totaling no more than US$195 million, with industry sources speculating that the equipment will be used...
Monday 9 January 2017
China market: HMD Global launches Nokia 6
HMD Global has launched its first smartphone, the Nokia 6, in the China market. The Nokia 6 will be available through JD.com in early 2017 at CNY1,699 (US$245).
Monday 9 January 2017
Sharp plans to set up OLED line at Foxconn factory in China, says Nikkei
Sharp plans to invest JPY100 billion (US$864 million) to set up an OLED production line at Foxconn Electronics' factory in Zhengzhou City, northern China, with production to begin...
Monday 9 January 2017
China PV project winners seeking to use less efficient modules
Some of the firms selected by the China government to construct model PV power stations in projects with total installation capacity of 5.5GWp are mulling using less efficient PV...
Wednesday 4 January 2017
Oppo, Vivo both target to ship over 150 million smartphones in 2017
China-based smartphone vendors Oppo and Vivo aim to ship over 150 million smartphones, in 2017, a target which some industry sources in Taiwan and China see as questionable.
Wednesday 4 January 2017
China software revenues reach CNY4.313 trillion in January-November, says MIIT
China's software industry generated revenues of CNY4.313 trillion (US$649.6 billion) in January-November 2016, growing 14.8% on year, according to China's Ministry of Industry and...