After achieving initial success in 4K2K, or UHD (Ultra High Definition), TV panels, Innolux Display Corp., a major maker of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels in Taiwan, recently announced plans to launch custom-made 98-inch TV panels for the high-end market. Some institutional investors say that Innolux has completed preparations for production techniques and equipme...

ADLINK Technology Inc., a major industrial computer maker in Taiwan, recently announced having successfully ventured into the industrial robot sector by supplying computer controllers for robots, according to company chairman Liu Jun. The company claims to have topped global counterparts to become the largest supplier of robot computer controllers globally, with big customers in Europe and Jap...

HTC Corp. recently announced being the 11th-largest smartphone vendor globally in 2013 with 2% market share. In the company's analysis of the 2013 global market, lower-end smartphones enjoyed the fastest growth in both mature and emerging markets worldwide. Collaboration has become the foundation for smartphone parts, HTC said. Qualcomm is still the first-choice partner supplying high-end smar...

Prices for thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels defied off-season factors in June, rising US$0.5 to US$2 per unit; while TV panels, accounting for the highest revenue ratio of local suppliers, enjoyed the highest price increase, according to industry sources. In conjunction with continued strong demand, panel supply tension is expected to last into the third quarter. Th...

Already the No.1 notebook PC vendor in Taiwan's domestic market, Asustek Computer Inc. (ASUS brand) targets grabbing even-higher shares in different market segments, including gaming notebook PC and government contracts. A senior manager of ASUS said that under company CEO Jerry Shen's direction, his company aims to achieve 50% sales growth in this year's domestic gaming notebook segment....

Thanks to hot sales of its Mi 3 and Redmi smartphone models, as well as the imminent launch of the Mi Pad tablet PC, Chinese handheld device maker Xiaomi reportedly placed rush orders with Taiwanese touch-panel suppliers as AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) and Wintek Corp. Industry sources pointed out that Xiaomi shipped about 18.7 million smartphones in 2013, and the annual volume is expected to grow...

Due to greater decline in demand than predicted in the first quarter of 2014 and concerns that tablets and 2-in-1s (laptop-tablet hybrids) will face additional market challenges during the rest of the year, International Data Corporation (IDC) has lowered its 2014 worldwide tablet plus 2-in-1 forecast to 245.4 million units, down from the previous forecast of 260.9 million units. The new forec...

Rechi Precision Co., Ltd., a major Taiwanese manufacturer of compressors mainly for air conditioners, recently said that its annual production volume of air-conditioner inverter compressors in 2014 is to increase 50% to reach a new high of 1.5 million units. The firm's air-conditioner compressors are adopted by major international home-appliance vendors as Sharp of Japan, TCL of China, Sampo ...

KMC Chain Industrial Co., Ltd., the world's largest maker of bicycle chains headquartered in Taiwan, recently announced that three leading companies in the global bicycle industry have committed to take part in its private capital-increase project, including major assembled-bicycle makers Giant Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Merida Industry Co., Ltd. of Taiwan, and leading bicycle-parts vendor Shima...

Trying to find ways out of thinning profitability and declining popularity as well as intense competition in the traditional personal computer (PC) market, some major EMS (electronics manufacturing services) providers in Taiwan have achieved initial success in medical-device manufacturing. Inventec Corp., a major contract notebook PC assembler in Taiwan, for example, reportedly has venture...