AU Optronics (AUO) will reshuffle its business structure along with top-level management to accelerate its transformation push, dubbed AUO Next, set by its chairman Pual Peng, according to the Taiwan-based panel maker.

Solar-grade silicon wafer and solar cell maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has reported net profit of NT$2.248 billion (US$73.94 million) and net EPS of NT$3.86 for 2019.

Solar cell and PV module maker Motech Industries has reported net loss of NT$1.318 billion (US$43.38 million) for 2019, and decided to reduce capital.

China- and Taiwan-based solar cell makers are concerned that the continued increase in coronavirus infection cases in Japan and South Korea is likely to affect supply of key materials such as conductive silver paste and fabrics used in screen printing by makers in the two countries, according to industry...

Taiwan-based conductive paste supplier Ample Electronic Technology (ATE), after seeing its 2019 revenues fall 17.3% on year to NT$589 million (US$19.61 million), is expected to see its revenues surge quarter by quarter in 2020 due partly to growing demand for ceramic dielectric filter applications...

PV module maker and rooftop PV system investor Anji Technology recorded net EPS of NT$2.21 for 2019, according to the company.

Solar cell maker Tainergy Tech will step into production of silicon carbide (SiC) wafers used to make high-voltage power devices, according to company chairman Frank Hsieh.

Apple has warned of iPhone supply constraints due to the coronavirus outbreak. And the iPhone is not the only Apple device whose production is being disrupted by the epidemic, as manufacturers are unlikely to start volume production as...

Notebook ODMs have resumed their production in China, but face the possibility of a lack of components starting in March if their suppliers continue to be prevented from going to work by the coronavirus outbreak. Quanta Computer has started...

The coronavirus outbreak is hitting hard the ICT industries and markets in China. Digitimes Research provides a preliminary estimation on the impacts on four major sectors: semiconductors, display panels, handsets and notebooks. Many...

Apple's manufacturing partners may not be able resume normal production in China anytime soon in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, but it does not seem to be derailing the vendor's plan of launching the next-generation iPhones in...

Production disruption in China is everyone's nightmare in the IT supply chain in the wake of the coronavirus. Many makers are raising their production outside of China, and Apple reportedly is shifting its oreders to assembly lines in...

The coronavirus outbreak in China is hitting hard many in the supply, but TSMC is a major exception. The world's top pure-play foundry has no plans to revise its sales guidance for the first-quarter, and reportedly none of its major clients are cutting orders despite the epidemic, with the foundry's...

Many factories in China resumed work today after an extended Lunar New Year break, but many Taiwanese IT firms expected a low return rate of workers amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, which is showing no signs of abating. Some components firms have even decided to delay further their work...

For many parts of China, work is supposed to resume starting February 10 after an extended Lunar New Year break in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, but manufacturers generally do not believe their production can return to normal levels. Materials...

The extent of the impact on the ecosystem by the coronavirus outbreak is anyone's guess at this stage, but industry and market observers generally agree that a prolonged epidemic will take a heavy toll on both the supply chain and consumer demand. The China smartphone market is very likely to see a...

The coronavirus outbreak in China has widespread impacts on the ICT supply chain. Although many makers are supposed to resume production in China next week or in mid-February if no further complications occur, they cannot tell how normal their operations will be. Notebook...

Taiwan-based solar cell and PV module makers face possible disruptions to materials supply from China due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to industry sources.

Taiwan-based Sun Rise E&T is currently the world's third largest maker of support assembly used in floating PV systems, next to France-based Ciel & Terre International and China-based Sungrow Power Supply, but it stands a chance of becoming the biggest one in 2020 due to fast growing demand...

Government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and Formosa Plastics have jointly developed dye-sensitized solar cells for 10 years and they are setting up a trial production line with annual capacity of 120,000 solar cells in southern Taiwan, according to ITRI.

Solar cell and PV module maker United Renewable Energy (URE) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.678 billion (US$55.7 million) for December, the highest monthly level since June 2019 with growth of 38.44% sequentially and 8.03% on year.

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has announced final feed-in tariff rates for renewable energy for 2020, with reductions from 2019 for offshore wind power generation by 7.61-7.71% and PV power generation by 1.47-4.18%.

Solar cell maker Tainergy Tech is shifting part of production capacities in China and Taiwan to Vietnam, with the shifting to be completed in March 2020, according company president Kevin Hsieh.

Taiwan recorded total renewable energy generation of 13.006GWh during January-October 2019, increasing 22.4% on year and taking up 5.6% of total electricity output, according to Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).

Solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer and solar cell maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) will gradually shift its PV business focus to operation and maintenance of PV power-generating facilities on a commission basis mainly in Taiwan, according to company president Doris Hsu.