Young Optics sees increased revenues, decreased net profits in 2Q12

Aug 23, 11:39

Young Optics, a Taiwan-based maker of optical engine and lens modules used in projectors and consumer electronics, saw sequential growth of 23.0% in consolidated revenues for the second quarter of 2012 but a decrease by 21.3% in the corresponding net profit, according to the company.

AvanStrate releases new glass substrate products

Aug 22, 15:36

AvanStrate has released a series of new thin and light glass substrate products in order to meet market requirements.

Taiwan 2Q12 FPD production value up 7%, say IEK

Aug 22, 14:42

Taiwan's flat panel display industry generated total production value of NT$332.58 billion (US$11.1 billion) during the second quarter of 2012, increasing 7% on quarter, according to the Industrial Economics & Knowledge Center (IEK) under the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research...

Daxin expects Windows 8 release to increase 2H12 profits

Aug 22, 01:45

Daxin Materials, a Taiwan-based design house of specialty chemicals used in TFT-LCD and touch panels, said it expects the release of Windows 8 to bring in increased touch screen material profits during the second half of 2012.

Radiant faces losses amongst adjusted iPad shipments

Aug 21, 01:10

Taiwan-based backlight units (BLU) makers such as Radiant Opto-Electronics is expected to see decreases in revenues during the third quarter due to Apple adjusting its iPad orders, according to industry sources.

BOE eyes team up with Formosa Epitaxy, Unity Opto to set up LED epitaxial wafer plant

Aug 17, 11:27

China-based LED firms have been producing low-priced LED chips causing oversupply in the upstream LED chip segment to continue. China-based panel maker BOE recently announced plans to set up a new 8.5G production line in Hefei, and also hopes to construct a LED epitaxial wafer plant with Taiwan-based...

Taiwan TV OEMs look to secure orders from Korea TV vendors

Aug 17, 01:00

Taiwan-based TV OEMs are looking to secure more orders from South Korea-based TV vendors as Japan-based ones are cutting production and continuing to lay off workers, according to industry sources.

Efun to continue profiting from ITO film and micro-lens film technologies

Aug 16, 16:15

Taiwan-based Efun Technology, a manufacturer of critical components for touch screens, LCD monitors and backlight modules, expects to see increasing profits throughout the second half of 2012 due to producing flexible substrates coated with indium tin oxide (ITO) films for touch panel screens, according...

Giantplus holds conservative view for 3Q12

Aug 16, 15:46

Giantplus Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of small- to medium-sized LCD panels and touch panels, has said it holds a conservative outlook for the third quarter due to intensifying competition for touch screen panel production and lack of growth during the traditional peak season.

BLU makers to see drops in revenues due to iPad shipment adjustments

Aug 16, 15:08

Taiwan-based backlight units (BLU) makers such as Radiant Opto-Electronics will most likely see decreases in revenues during the third quarter due to Apple adjusting its iPad orders, according to industry sources.

CPT to feature new technologies at Touch Taiwan

Aug 15, 14:31

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) will be attending Touch Taiwan in Taipei where it will be featuring some of its newest applied technology products.

Young Optics reports July revenues down 8.44% on-month

Aug 10, 15:23

Young Optics reported July consolidated revenues of NT$543 million (US$18.13 million), down 8.44% on month and 8.46% on year. Accumulated consolidated revenues for the first seven months of the year were NT$3.729 billion, a decrease of 9.72% on year.

TPK expects increased medium- and large-sized touch panel shipments in 3Q12

Aug 10, 15:01

TPK expects to see increasing shipments of medium- and large-size touch screen products in the third quarter due to the release of Windows 8 and ultrabooks during the same period, according to company president Tom Sun.

Himax sees profits up 33.5% in 2Q12, but revenues to stay flat in 3Q12

Aug 10, 14:12

Himax Technologies expects its revenues for the third quarter of 2012 to stay flat compared to US$189.5 million it recorded in the previous quarter.

Wintek and Hanns Touch combine technology to tackle OGS market

Aug 9, 16:12

Wintek and Hanns Touch Solution are planning to expand the OGS (one glass solution) market together by using Hanns Touch's 5.3G front end touch sensor production and Wintek's back end production, according to industry sources.

CMI suffers 50% decline in touch panel revenues in 2Q12 due to product delays

Aug 8, 16:05

Chimei Innolux (CMI) saw sharp declines in revenues from touch panels in the second quarter mainly because of customers adjusting their products as well as delaying them to the market, according to company chairman Tuan Hsing-chien.

E Ink to profit in smart shelf label market, says chairman

Aug 8, 15:28

E Ink is looking to expand its operations within the smart electronic shelf label market, claiming there will be a burst of growth there during the second half of this year, according to company chairman Scott Liu.

Digitimes Research: Shipments of Taiwan's LCD driver ICs expand over 13% on quarter in 2Q12

Aug 8, 15:25

Shipments of LCD driver ICs by Taiwan-based IC design houses reached NT$18.83 billion (US$628.5 million) in the second quarter of 2012, up 13.5% sequentially and 2.8% on year, according to Digitimes Research.

Unity Opto reports record high July revenues

Aug 7, 15:57

Taiwan-based LED firm Unity Opto has reported July consolidated revenues of NT$785 million (US$26.22 million), a record high figure representing an on-month increase of 10.1% and an on-year increase of 51%.

Radiant Opto-Electronics July revenues down sequentially

Aug 7, 02:00

Radiant Opto-Electronics, a Taiwan-based maker of backlight units (BLUs) of TFT-LCD panels, had consolidated revenues of NT$6.517 billion (US$217 million) for July slipping by 15.23% on month but rising by 26.47% on year, while January-July consolidated revenues of NT$45.515 billion increased by 20.57%...

Wah Hong July revenues hit record

Aug 7, 01:55

Wah Hong Industrial, a Taiwan-based maker of optical film used in LCD panels, generated record consolidated revenues of NT$1.021 billion (US$34.0 million) for July, growing by 14.34% on month and by 13.26% on year, while January-July consolidated revenues of NT$6.222 billion rose on year by 1.46%,...

Wintek to ship one million LED light bulbs in 2012

Aug 6, 15:33

Taiwan-based touch panel maker Wintek will launch 10W omni-directional LED light bulb in the Taiwan market in August. The firm has also secured distribution channels in China. Wintek's 2012 LED light bulb shipments are expected to reach one million units.

HTC to launch 5-inch smartphone in September-October, say sources

Aug 6, 14:58

HTC will step into the large-size smartphone segment by launching a flagship model with a 5-inch display featuring a resolution of 1794 by 1080 pixels in September-October, according to industry sources.

Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor predicts 3Q12 revenues to increase by 7-11% sequentially

Aug 3, 14:56

Despite many uncertainties in the LED industry in second-half 2012, South Korea-based LED firm Seoul Semiconductor and upstream LED chip subsidiary Seoul Optodevice Company (SOC) have been optimistic about third-quarter 2012 performances. The firms predict quarterly growth of 4.7-14.2% for Seoul Semiconductor...

Samsung estimates ASP based on yield rates for Taiwan handset component makers

Aug 3, 14:40

Samsung Electronics is very familiar with manufacturing processes for handset components and thus for orders released to Taiwan-based makers, usually estimates ASPs based on its expected yield rates on various products, according to Taiwan-based makers.

E Ink recruits former CMI CFO Eddie Chen

Aug 2, 16:09

E-paper provider E Ink has recruited Chimei Innolux's (CMI) former CFO Eddie Chen as its new CFO and spokesman. E Ink will hold its second quarter shareholders meeting on August 7 to discuss the company's semi-annual report as well as its operations outlook for the rest of the year.

Wintek July revenues sequentially up over 60%

Aug 2, 15:22

Taiwan-based touch panel maker Wintek had consolidated revenues of NT$8.368 billion (US$279 million) for July hiking by 60.72% on month but dipping by 1.51% on year, while January-July consolidated revenues of NT$59.552 billion grew on year by 16.72%, according to the company.

TPK, Wintek to ship 4 million Nexus 7 touch panels in 3Q12, say Taiwan makers

Aug 1, 15:56

Taiwan-based TPK Holding and Wintek will ship an estimated total of 4.0 million OGS (one glass solution) touch panels for use in Nexus 7 tablet PCs during the third quarter of 2012, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Giantplus holds conservative view for 3Q12

Jul 31, 14:54

Giantplus Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of small- to medium-sized LCD panels and touch panels, has said it holds a conservative outlook for the third quarter.

Low yield rates of in-cell touch panels might disrupt new iPhone delivery schedule and shipments, say rumors

Jul 31, 14:41

Rumors recently circulated in the touch-panel industry have claimed that yield rates of the in-cell touch panels at Japan Display, LG Display and Sharp - reportedly the panel producers for Apple's next-generation iPhone - are too low to generate profits. Apple reportedly even has offered subsidies...

Unity Opto expected to hit record revenues in July

Jul 31, 01:15

Unity Opto Technology, a Taiwan-based provider of LED chip packaging service, has received orders worth NT$800 million (US$26.7 million) in July with production capacity already fully occupied, and the company is therefore expected to generate consolidated revenues of NT$740-750 million for July, exceeding...

Corning reports flat 2Q12 sales amid moderate LCD glass price declines

Jul 27, 10:28

Corning has reported that its second-quarter 2012 sales were US$1.9 billion, down 1% sequentially and 5% on year, but said LCD glass prices were dropping at a much more moderate pace. It expects the price declines to remain moderate in the third quarter.

AUO plans to showcase large-size AMOLED panel samples by end of 2012

Jul 26, 14:49

AU Optronics (AUO) will begin mass production of small-sized AMOLED panels during the third quarter and plans to introduce large-size AMOLED panels by end of the year.

Chimei Materials to release new products in 4Q12

Jul 25, 01:05

Chimei Innolux's (CMI) new 39- and 50-inch panels are seeing increasing sales, giving its polarizer supplier, Chimei Materials, a bump in revenues along with motivation to release new TV applications that will reportedly appear in the fourth quarter, according to industry sources.

Qisda to focus on other EPD markets

Jul 25, 01:00

Taiwan-based EMS provider Qisda is seeing a decline in e-book reader shipments due to financial instabilities in Europe and an immature market in Taiwan, according to sources.

Data Vision anticipates flat revenues in 2H12

Jul 20, 14:31

Data Vision, a manufacturer of LCD modules, is expected to see flat revenues in the second half of 2012 due to operation as well as pressure to get rid of inventory, according to industry sources.

Giantplus expected to stick with niche markets

Jul 19, 15:51

Giantplus Technology, a Taiwan-based small- and medium-sized LCD panel maker who has diversified into the touch panel market, is expected to stay focused on niche touch applications in the second half of this year as multiple panel makers are increasingly competing for touch panel shipments, according...

E Ink to enter children's book market

Jul 19, 01:05

Leading electronic paper display (EPD) maker E Ink is planning to enter the children's book market with its next generation colored electronic paper, which will help the company expand both its product usage and sales worldwide, according to industry sources

G-Tech starts volume production of AR-coated glass

Jul 17, 01:10

G-Tech Optoelectronics, a Taiwan-based producer of cover glass, began volume production of glass coated with anti-reflection (AR) film in July and thereby is expected to see sequential growth of over 10% in revenues for the third quarter of 2012, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Chi Mei Corporation proposes to change CMI name

Jul 17, 01:00

Chi Mei Corporation proposed changing the name of Chimei Innolux when it decided to give the Hon Hai (Foxconn) Group full control of the LCD panel maker, according to Chi Mei Corporation chairman Chun-hua Hsu.

Daxin Materials lists on TSE

Jul 16, 10:53

Daxin Materials, a Taiwan-based design house of specialty chemicals used in TFT-LCD and touch panels as well as solar and LED products, began listing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) at NT$30 (US$1) per share on July 16.

E Ink and Sharp sign patent cross-licensing agreement

Jul 13, 14:36

E Ink, the world's largest electronic paper display (EPD) supplier has signed a patent cross-licensing agreement with Sharp to use TFT and LCD technologies.