- Taiwan smartphone shipments to drop slightly in 4Q on decreased iPhone 3G orders, paper says
With contract manufacturers seeing decreased orders for the iPhone 3G, Taiwan's smartphone shipments will drop 0.4% sequentially to 10.98 million units in the fourth quarter, much eclipsed by average global sequential...
- TICP sees memory card packaging orders pick up
Taiwan IC Packaging (TICP) has remarked that its overall performance in the fourth quarter of 2008 will be hit by the ongoing economic downturn. But orders for memory card packaging orders have been increasing...
- Driver IC supplier Orise secures 2009 orders from handset vendors
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC design house Orise Technology has reportedly landed new orders from US- and Japan-based handset vendors for 2009. As reported previously, the company has also secured orders from Nokia
- Asustek cuts notebook component orders
Asustek Computer has suddenly cut orders by around 20-30% with its upstream component suppliers, according to sources at component makers.
- Compeq sees falling orders for rigid-flex and handset PCBs
Compeq Manufacturing hit record consolidated revenues of NT$2.981 billion (US$90 million) in October 2008 mainly due to booming sales of rigid-flex PCBs and handset PCBs. But orders for the two product lines have...
- Quanta might cut component orders to Foxconn, says paper
Due to Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) aggressive deployment into the notebook OEM market, including taking orders for Apple's MacBooks from Quanta Computer, Quanta is considering canceling part of...
- IC designers Anpec and Ralink lower 4Q sales target on weak orders from mobo and notebook clients
IC design houses Anpec Electronics and Ralink Technology have lowered their fourth-quarter guidances because of weakend orders from motherboard and notebook clients respectively, according to industry sources. Sales...
- PCB maker GCE braces for sales decline in 4Q08 on HDI orders cut
PCB maker Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) expects to see 10-15% sales decline in the fourth quarter after customers asked to delay October shipments of high-density interconnect (HDI) boards for handset and MP3 player...
- IC packaging vendor Greatek to limit capex in 4Q08 on slack orders
Consumer IC packaging company Greatek Electronics (GTK) is to limit its capex to below NT$100 million (US$3.05 million) in the fourth quarter of this year due to poor order visibility, according to company sources.
- Taiwan market: Tatung and Genius beat out major LED players to win orders for Taiwan's largest LED street lamp project
The Tatung group and phone camera lens kits maker Genius Electronic Optical (GSEO) have won orders for Taiwan's largest government project for LED street lamps, winning out for street lamp orders for Taichung City...
- Orders of pre-recorded DVD discs from Hollywood studios falling short of expectations, fueling speculation of improved Blu-ray Disc demand
Leading Taiwan-based makers of pre-recorded optical discs, including U-Tech Media and Feng Sheng Technology, have seen thier orders for DVD movie discs from major movie studios in Hollywood fall short of their...
- Rush orders may boost prices for some LCD panel segments in 1Q09, says CPT VP
Rush orders may boost the prices for some LCD panel segments in the first half of 2009 although such short-term demand will not be enough to return panel makers' production to full capacity, according to Chunghwa...
- Taiwan solar wafer maker Danen obtains orders from German solar cell maker
Danen Technology, a Taiwan-based producer of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers founded in November 2007, has obtained orders from a large maker of solar cells in Germany, with shipments beginning recently,...
- J Touch sales driven by Samsung touch panel orders
Taiwan-based touch panel supplier J Touch, having swung back to profits in the third quarter, will see its October revenues hit a monthly record of NT$300 million (US$8.97 million), thanks to shipments to Samsung...
- Vodafone places mid-range handset orders with Foxlink, says paper
Vodafone has signed a cooperation agreement with Foxlink (Cheng Uei Precision Industry) for the purchase of a significant quantity of mid-range handsets, according to a Chinese-language
- Choiix lands notebook protection sleeve orders from Europe
Cooler Master's branding subsidiary Choiix has recently landed netbook and notebook protection sleeve orders from channels in Europe. The company is currently negotiating with netbook vendors including Asustek...
- Catcher denies analyst view that losing Apple orders will hurt in 2009
Magnesium-alloy case maker Catcher Technology has responded to comments made by market watchers that the company's outlook next year shows limited potential due to the loss of orders from Apple. Catcher said the...
- Quanta lands next generation Classmate PC orders
Quanta Computer has grabbed orders for Intel's next generation Classmate PC and is expected to start shipping in the first quarter of 2009, according to sources at Taiwan notebook makers.
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