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Friday 17 February 2012
China market: Handset makers upgrading hardware specifications of sub-CNY1,000 smartphone models
China-based handset makers, including ZTE, Huawei Device, Lenovo and Coolpad, have continued to upgrade the hardware specifications of their sub-CNY1,000 (US$159) smartphone models...
Friday 17 February 2012
China tier-2 solar module prices fall below US$1/W in January 2012, says IMS Research
The average price of China-based tier-2 solar modules fell to US$0.96/W in January 2012, according IMS Research. Annualized price declines (ignoring seasonality) slowed to 22% in...
Friday 17 February 2012
China-based polysilicon makers to resume production when prices rebound to US$47/kg
Many China-based polysilicon makers which have temporarily stopped production plan to resume when prices rise from US$28/kg currently to US$47/kg, but leading China-based makers indicated...
Friday 17 February 2012
Aurora to invest CNY42 million to add logistics, production capacities in China
Aurora, a Taiwan-based own-brand vendor of office automation (OA) devices/equipment and business-use furniture, will extend its marketing from eastern, southern, and northern China...
Thursday 16 February 2012
China handset makers to push sales of sub-CNY1,000 smartphones to mature markets
Having mass-produced smartphones with a price tag of around CNY1,000 (US$159) for the China market since 2011, China-based handset makers ZTE, Huawei Device, Lenovo and Coolpad plan...
Thursday 16 February 2012
Four China polysilicon firms demand government start anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation against US firms, according to China media
Four China-based polysilicon firms, LDK, Jiangsu Zhongneng, Shannxi Tianhong Silicon Material, and China Silicon Corporation, have applied to the Ministry of Commerce in China, asking...
Thursday 16 February 2012
China software industry posts 2011 revenues of over CNY1.846 trillion
China's software industry generated total sales revenues of CNY1.8467 trillion (US$285.5 billion) in 2011, growing 32.4% from 2010, according to statistics by the Ministry of Industry...
Thursday 16 February 2012
China taking blame for troubles at Germany solar firms, says report
Germany-based solar firms have been blaming China-based peers for the severity of the market, according to China news media outlet NE21. The report noted that some Germany-based...
Thursday 16 February 2012
Aurora sets up logistics center in Shanghai
Aurora, a Taiwan-based vendor of office automation devices and furniture, is establishing a logistics center in Shanghai, eastern China, with investment of CNY30 million (US$4.76...
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Growing China TV industry may threaten Taiwan OEM orders, say sources
China-based branded TV vendors and TV OEMs have gradually emerged as major players in the global TV market, buoyed largely by their competitive pricing strategies - a trend which...
Wednesday 15 February 2012
China government sets 3 levels of LED subsidies
The China government will set three levels of LED subsidies. The first is for the central government to provide subsidies to LED firms to lower production costs. Second, provinces...
Tuesday 14 February 2012
China market: January LCD TV sales down 8% on year
Sales of LCD TVs in the China market reached 4.45 million units in January 2012, a decrease of 8% from the previous year, according to data released by China-based market research...
Tuesday 14 February 2012
Clevo expected to see bigger profits in 2012
Taiwan-based notebook and retail channel player Clevo, after achieving profit of more than NT$1 billion (US$33.89 million) in 2011 from its retail IT mall business in China, is aiming...
Tuesday 14 February 2012
China-based makers to set up overseas PV module factories to cope with US investigation
As the US Department of Commerce (DOC) is expected to soon announce the results of its anti-dumping and anti-subsidization investigation of imported China-made PV modules, China-based...
Monday 13 February 2012
Trends in the high- brightness LED lighting market
Digitimes Research projects that the global high-brightness LED industry will see year-on-year growth of 13.4% in 2012, with output rising to US$10.1 billion. The main reason for...