These are in-depth pre- and post-show reports on major international trade fairs, held in Taiwan and other countries with significant participation by Taiwanese manufacturers and exporters. They are offered to help global buyers and other readers better understand what is going on at the fairs and the latest offerings by Taiwanese exhibitors.
To showcase its considerable technological capability achieved via continued R&D efforts, AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), widely recognized as the second-largest maker of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels in Taiwan, recently exhibited a series of new products at the CITE 2016 (China Information Technology Expo) held from April 8 to 10 in Shenzhen, China. AUO was f...
Television technology occupied center stage at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, with major vendors showing off their latest high-resolution sets during the event, according to WitsView, a division of TrendForce, which says its website was founded in 2000 and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan as a global provider of market intelligence on the technology industries, with members...
The ongoing issue of thin film thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) oversupply -- exacerbated by China's aggressive investment in production capacity as well as high equipment utilization -- will continue well into 2016, according to IHS Inc., a NYSE-listed firm that has been since 1959 offering critical informational and insight to government, industry in 180 nations. The...
Global oversupply of TFT-LCD panel to endure due to China's planned economy
Feb 04, 2016Jason Hsuan, Chairman and CEO of TPV Technology Ltd., the world's largest contract assembler of LCD monitors and the distributor of its own brands of AOC and Envision, recently summed up the dilemma of the oversupply problem of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels due to new production capacity at Chinese panel makers as an issue that simply can't be overcome in the near t...
AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), recognized as the second-largest maker of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels in Taiwan, recently said that it topped global counterparts in 2015 in shipments of four types of value-added products, including curved TV panels, 15.6-inch on-cell integrated notebook PC panels, high-resolution notebook PC panels, and automotive panels for center-cons...
Micron Technology, Inc., reportedly the world’s No.3 dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chipmaker headquartered in the United States, has decided to wholly acquire Taiwan’s staple-memory chipmaker, Inotera Memories Inc., its joint venture with Taiwanese memory chipmaker Nanya Technology Corp. Micron will offer NT$30 per share, a premium of around 30.4 percent to the closing price on Dec. 14, ...
Chip assembly giant Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE) has announced the offer to buy the whole Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. (SPIL) only three days after the Tsinghua Unigroup of mainland China publicized its acquisition of a 24.9 percent ownership and a 25 percent ownership each in SPIL and ProMOS Technologies (Bermuda) Ltd. of Taiwan. ASE’s offer is a premium NT$55 p...
Such acquisitions seen to bring ample capital without management takeover
Dec 16, 2015Tsinghua Unigroup of mainland China announced on Dec. 11 to acquire a 24.9 percent holding in Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. (SPIL) and a 25 percent stake in ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) Ltd. for total cost of NT$68.8 billion (US$2.02 billion) in a private placement each offered by the two Taiwanese companies. This marks another of Tsinghua’s acquisitions of shares in Taiwanese c...
US$3 Bn. project aims to further tap very robust mainland Chinese market
Dec 10, 2015Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), recognized as the world’s No.1 maker of built-to-order chips, on Dec. 7 submitted an application to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) for approval on its plan to open a 12-inch wafer fab and an IC design service center in Nanjing, mainland China for the cost of around US$3 billion. According to the company, the investment project aims to fur...
Global shipments of large-sized (larger than 10-inch) displays are forecast to fall 5 percent from the previous year, reaching 682 million units in 2015. This decline in unit shipments will be offset by an increase in large-sized thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) shipment area, which is expected to grow 5 percent this year, according to IHS Inc., a global source of critical in...
