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Thursday 11 October 2012
Commentary: China government implements new strategies for expanding local panel industry
China-based panel makers are catching up to Taiwan-based ones in terms of panel production capacity, and China's Ministry of Science and Technology recently announced that it will...
Thursday 11 October 2012
Handset ODMs to land more smartphone orders from China, Japan in 4Q12
Taiwan-based handset ODMs Compal Communications and Arima Communications are expected to see a rebound in sales in the fourth quarter of 2012, buoyed by orders from China-based and...
Thursday 11 October 2012
Slow start but a strong ending to come for 2012 China solar market, says IMS Research
China's domestic solar market made a slow start to the year, with just 720MW installed in the first half, according to IMS Research. However, installations are forecast to surge in...
Tuesday 9 October 2012
China-based FPCB makers enter supply chains of branded smartphone vendors
Some China-based flexible PCB (FPCB) suppliers, including BYD, AKM Electronics Industrial and Zhongxing Xinyu, a subsidiary of ZTE, have made inroads into the supply chains of Nokia...
Tuesday 9 October 2012
Commentary: The effects of TV subsidies in China
Energy-saving subsidies that provide funding for consumer electronic products such as LCD TVs have proven efficacious in China in terms of getting consumers to become greener with...
Monday 8 October 2012
Unity Opto sees September revenues more than double on year
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Unity Opto has announced September consolidated revenues of NT$902 million (US$30.82 million), representing an on-month growth of 7.5% and on-year...
Monday 8 October 2012
Renesola sets up representative office in Taiwan
China-based solar firms hope to seek closer cooperation with Taiwan-based peers due to the anti-dumping investigations in the US and EU. Firms such as GCL-Poly and Renesola have set...
Friday 5 October 2012
MediaTek announces robust sales for September
MediaTek has announced revenues of NT$11.01 billion (US$374.64 ) million for September, up 19.4% sequentially and 38.9% on year. For the first nine months of 2012, revenues amounted...
Friday 5 October 2012
STATS ChipPAC to sell stake in China joint venture
STATS ChipPAC has announced plans to sell its 25% stake in a China-based joint venture to co-owner Wuxi China Resources Microelectronics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Resources...
Friday 5 October 2012
Orders from China buoying revenues for Taiwan IC distributors
Strong orders for smartphone- and tablet-related chips from China buoyed Taiwan-based IC distributors' revenue performance during the third quarter of 2012.
Friday 5 October 2012
Industry consolidation dominates PV Taiwan 2012 forum
The topic of industry consolidation has dominated the forum at PV Taiwan 2012, currently taking place at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC). According to Quincy Lin, chairman of...
Friday 5 October 2012
Consolidation can help solar market reach equilibrium, says Trina Solar CEO
The current global solar capacity is 60GW but demand is only 30GW, according to Jifan Gao, chairman and CEO of China-based Trina Solar. This is an extremely unreasonable level of...
Thursday 4 October 2012
Ledlink expects September revenues to show on-month growth
Taiwan-based LED secondary optical lens maker Ledlink Optics expects September revenues to show on-month growth. Despite continuous price falls in the LED lighting market, Ledlink's...
Thursday 4 October 2012
Foxconn, GCL joint solar project to begin construction in 2Q13
China-based polysilicon firm GCL-Poly has jointly invested in a solar power-generation plant in Datong, Shanxi with Foxconn (Hon Hai). The 310MW plant obtained a license from the...
Wednesday 3 October 2012
China market: Indoor LED lighting sales to exceed CNY25 billion in 2012
International LED lighting firms have been issuing orders directly to China-based firms. This may marginalize Taiwan-based LED firms. China-based peers have economies of scale and...