Passive Component Makers Optimistic About 2nd Half Market

Taipei, June 9, 2008 (CENS)--Yageo Corp., Syntec Co., Ltd., and Holy Stone Enterprise Co., Ltd. are optimistic about the market for passive electronics components in the second half this year, and so is Nichidenbo Corp. about the power supply market.

Yageo's executives pointed out that the company's revenues for the second half of the year would account for 55-60% of its annual total. They added that the company would see sales grow this year due partly to production resumption at its monolithic ceramic chip capacitor (MLCC) factory in Kaohsiung and partly to the arrival of peak seasons.

The executives estimated the company's revenue for the second quarter to increase around 10-15% from a quarter earlier and revenue for next quarter to rise over 5%.

Syntec's executives pointed out that the company's sales of products related notebook computers account for approximately 50% of its revenue. The company plans to boost monthly output of its power chocks for notebooks by the end of June to 40 million units and further to 50 million units sometime in the third quarter.

The company will introduce smaller power chocks for digital cameras, smart phones and global positioning systems (GPS) in line with market trend of consumer electronics. The company plans to begin to ship this product sometime in second half this year, with initial delivery volume set at 10 million units a month.

Syntec's spokesman, S.C. Wu, said his company has planned to ramp up output of high-end resistors for smart phones to 15 million units a month in the second half this year in line with estimated rollouts of high-end smart phones in the middle of this year by big players.

Holy Stone will continue adjusting product portfolio in the second half this year in line with its goal of persistently making a profit. MLCC will remain its primary money-making product.

Nichidenbo's executives estimated market for power supplies to grow strong into second half this year. But markets for high-end motherboards and PC have been weak in the first half of the year. Microsoft VISTA OS will play a crucial part in deciding whether the markets will go up or not in the first half.