Taipei, Nov. 5, 2009 (CENS)--With Samsung and LG actively promoting LED (light emitting diode)-backlit LCD (liquid crystal display) TVs worldwide, two Taiwanese LED chip suppliers, Everlight Technology Co. and Unity Opto Technology Co., both scored robust sales performance in the third quarter of t

Taipei, Oct. 30, 2009 (CENS)--The world's top-10 system integrator (SI)'s LCD monitor shipments increased 3.3% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in the third quarter to reach 39.65 million units, according to WitsView, a major display market research firm. In addition to the QoQ increase, WitsView's la

Taipei, Oct. 28, 2009 (CENS)--Global flat panel display (FPD) revenues for 2009 is forecast to reach US$87.6 billion, down 15% year-on-year (YoY) from 2008, according to the major display-market researcher DisplaySearch. The company attributed the revenue decline mainly to the dropping prices of

With high unemployment in the U.S., the EU and Japan battering buying of a variety of goods as cars, fashions, consumer electronics etc., a whole gamut of suppliers globally has been stunned by the downturn. Many reports have exposed slumping exports and local sales by Taiwan-based ICT (information

Taipei, Oct. 26, 2009 (CENS)--Walsin Lihwa Co., one of Taiwan's veteran makers of cables and wires, has announced that its subsidiary HannStar Display Corp. has reinvested in Danen Technology Corporation, a Taiwanese maker of silicon wafers for solar cells, as its strategic step into the solar ener

Taipei, Oct. 22, 2009 (CENS)--Two major Taiwanese light-emitting diode (LED) makers' surface-mount device (SMD)-type LEDs recently tapped into the supply chains of the world's top-two LCD TV brands Samsung and LG, according to local Chinese-language economic daily newspaper Economic Daily News (EDN

Taipei, Oct. 20, 2009 (CENS)--The global recession has forced Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. to look to tapping China's domestic market, assessing the potential of the solar-cell manufacturing sector. Hon Hai has reportedly begun shipping solar-energy equipment on a small scale through its subsi

Taipei, Oct. 19, 2009 (CENS)--Taiwan's LCD drive IC vendors have cut down foundry contracts in light of LCD-panel makers' gloomy forecasts of their shipments for the fourth quarter, which, in turn, may cause the sector's revenue for the quarter to contract 10-15% from the third quarter. In Sept

Taipei, Oct. 16, 2009 (CENS)--Both AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) and Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp. (CMO), top-two thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel manufacturers in Taiwan, have reportedly won new orders from Samsung for 40-inch light-emitting diode (LED)-backlit products and w

High-power powered two-wheelers (PTWs), all terrain vehicles (ATVs), electric-scooters graced the show floor at the 4th Taiwan International Motorcycle Industry Show (Motorcycle Taiwan 2009), further demonstrating Taiwan's rising profile among the industry big boys. The show also enjoyed an impr

The flat panel display (FPD) sector in Taiwan achieved a production value of NT$310.7 billion (US$9.56 billion at US$1: NT$32.5) in the second quarter of 2009, a 35.9% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) increase but a -37.1% year-on-year (YoY) decline, according to the IEK-ITIS (Industry & Technology Intelli

E-Ton Power Tech Co., Ltd. is an affiliate of the globally-famous E-Ton Group, a conglomerate with over 1,600 employees worldwide working on electro-mechanical integration and development and production of environment-friendly and energy-saving transportation vehicles. The company recently succes

In early May this year, the Small and Medium Enterprise Administration (SMEA) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) in Taiwan set up seven industrial clusters, including one for cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) makers, that the SMEA aims to grow into more well-rounded industrial segments g

While promoting its unique "Acriche" AC light emitting diode (AC LED) emitters to big-name lighting manufacturers globally, Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. is scrambling for orders from Taiwanese liquid crystal display-panel (LCD-panel) makers looking for LED backlights. Inspired by the huge nu

The 5th Taiwan Automotive International Forum & Exhibition (TAIFE 2009), held at the NTUH International Convention Center in Taipei July 15~16, 2009, brought together leading experts from industrial, governmental and academic fields, as well as more than 400 interested parties from various fields,

S.B. Wu, chairman of garden-tool maker Jiin Haur Industrial Co., recently replaced the fluorescent ceiling lighting in his office, to both save power and prove that his own LED lights work as designed. Jiin Haur Industrial started building LED lights around two years ago to carve out another niche,

Taipei, Oct. 2, 2009 (CENS)--Global shipments of LCD monitors by the world's top-10 system integrators (SI) totaled 12.89 million units in August, down 7.1% month-on-month (MoM), according to WitsView Technology Corp., a LCD market researcher. The company said that the downtrend reflects, after

Taipei, Sept. 30, 2009 (CENS)--Worldwide shipments of large-sized (over-10-inch) thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels reached 47.1 million units in June, up 9% month-on-month (MoM) and up 26.2% from the same time a year ago (year-on-year, or YoY), according to iSuppli Corp.

Taipei, Sept. 30, 2009 (CENS)--Closely working with Compal Electronics Inc. to explore the market for small and medium-sized display panels, Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd., a Taiwanese display panel maker, has landed Nokia's contract orders for 2-inch models to be used in low-end handsets, successfull

Electronic-paper (e-paper) technology has continued to undergo progress since its birth in the late 1990s, after which e-paper makers have been engaged in R&D, sampling, small-batch production to finally realize mass production in 2008. Basically e-paper or electronic ink display is a technol

Taipei, Sept. 24, 2009 (CENS)-The Kinpo Group will diversify into light-emitting diode (LED) indoor-lighting manufacturing and announce such plans this November, which is expected to target the Japanese market, according to group chairman, Rock Hsu. Hsu said on Sept. 23 that LED indoor lighting

Taipei, Sept. 23, 2009 (CENS)--The Taiwan-based Innolux Display Corp., a supplier of display panels and monitors, has allied with Japan's Nichia, a globally leading LED (light emitting diode) maker, in a bid to lead the industry of LED monitors by shipment volume, according to company sources. T

Sept. 22, 2009 (CENS)--LED-backlight panel shipments reached 23 million units in the second quarter, up 116% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ), according to the most recent data released by major display research firm DisplaySearch. David Hsieh, president of DisplaySearch Taiwan Office, vice president of

Founded in 2008 in Hsinchu Science Park, Yantouch Corporation is a subsidiary of Faraday Technology, a world leading ASIC maker, and now adopts "Yantouch" as its brand fir its series of JellyFish, JellyDish, and JellyWash lighting products. The company now supplies a wide variety of lighting p

Taipei, Sept. 11, 2009 (CENS)--The global active-matrix organic light-emit diode (AMOLED) market is expected to boom in coming years due to the introduction this year of a wave of cellphones equipped with main displays using such technology, according to iSuppli Corp., a major global technology val

Taipei, Sept. 3, 2009 (CENS)--AU Optronics Corp., currently Taiwan's No.1 LCD-panel maker, yesterday openly suggested that the government should lift ban on Taiwanese LCD investments in mainland China lest the world's most potential market for LCD TVs would not be controlled by South Korean and Jap

Taipei, Aug. 27, 2009 (CENS)--To satisfy the strong demand for light-emitting diodes (LEDs) used in thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel backlights, the AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) Group, the largest thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel manufacturer in Tai

Taipei, Aug. 26, 2009 (CENS)--Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd., a major supplier of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in liquid crystal display (LCD) panel backlighting, expects to continue to post record high revenue in July thanks to increasing backlight product shipments. C.H. Wu, Unity Opto chairm

Taipei, Aug. 20, 2009 (CENS)--Samsung of South Korea plans to procure US$7.5 billion in Taiwan-made electronic products this year, which is expected to benefit domestic manufacturers of touch panels, light emitting diodes and electronic components. Since the beginning of this year, Samsung has s

Taipei, Aug. 18, 2009 (CENS)--With pressure on price drops for backlight modules easing and quotations of display panels moving upward, as well as popularity of LED (light emitting diode)-backlit products increasing, Taiwanese backlight module suppliers are expected to enjoy rosy sales and shipment