Taipei, Aug. 13, 2003 (CENS)--Thinking Electronic Industrial Co., Ltd., Taiwan Alpha Electronic Co., Ltd., and Polytronics Technology Corp., three main local manufacturers of thermistors (thermal resistors), brought in their historically second highest monthly revenues in July. Thinking Electron

Taipei, July 25, 2003 (CENS)--Taiwan Alpha Electronic Co., Ltd., among four listed local manufacturers of electric passive devices, ranked first in terms of earnings per share (EPS) for the first half of this year at NT$2.33. The other three companies are Lelon Electronics Corp., TA-I Technology

Taipei, July 9, 2003 (CENS)--Ralec Electronic Corp. and Polytronics Technology Corp., two listed local manufacturers of electric resistors, witnessed revenues for June increase by 38.38% and 41.5%, respectively, from the same month of last year. Ralec Electronic produces chip resistors and is li

Taipei, June 30, 2003 (CENS)--Teapo Electric Corp. and Prosperity Dielectrics Co., Ltd., two local manufacturers of electric passive devices, will distribute a dividend per share of NT$0.6 and NT$1.0, respectively, for their 2002 operations. Listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, Teapo Electric pr

Taipei, June 25, 2003 (CENS)--Universal Scientific Industrial Co. will sign today a contract with a 10-member banking group, led by Chinatrust Commercial Bank, for a NT$2.2 billion syndicated loan. The participating banks include Bank of Taiwan, Taipeibank, Industrial Bank of Taiwan, Taiwan Bus

Taipei, June 24, 2003 (CENS)--Taiwan Alpha Electronic Co., Ltd., the largest local manufacturer of varistors (variable resistors) listed on the local over-the-counter bourse, will market its products in Latin America through cooperation with the largest distributor of varistors there. Taiwan Alp

Taipei, June 3, 2003 (CENS)--Thinking Electronic Industrial Co., Ltd., a local producer of thermistors (thermal resistors) listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, recently obtained product certification for thermistors used in cellular phones from Motorola and Nokia. Thinking Electronic has succeed

Taipei, June 2, 2003 (CENS)--Ahoku Electronic Co., a local manufacturer of electric passive devices listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, expects its after-tax profit for this year to jump by 91.2% from last year. Ahoku produces surge protectors, chip resistors, current sensors, outlet sockets, a

Taipei, May 30, 2003 (CENS)--Taiwan Alpha Electronic Co., Ltd., a local manufacturer of varistors (variable resistors) listed on the local over-the-counter bourse, recorded earnings per share (EPS) of NT$1.5 for the first four months of this year. Taiwan Alpha is the largest producer of varistor

Taipei, May 29, 2003 (CENS)--TA-I Technology Co., Ltd. And King Core Electronics Inc., two local manufacturers of electric passive devices, will distribute a dividend per share of NT$1.5 and that of NT$2.0, respectively, for their operation in 2002. Listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, TA-I Tech

Taipei, May 19, 2003 (CENS)--Prosperity Dielectrics Co., Ltd. And King Core Electronics Inc., two local makers of electric passive devices listed on the local over-the-counter bourse, recorded earnings per share (EPS) of NT$0.31 and NT$1.16, respectively, for the first four months of this year.

Taipei, May 14, 2003 (CENS)--Yageo Corp., the largest local manufacturer of chip resistors listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE), witnessed its combined revenue of NT$1.302 billion slip by 13.4% from April last year. Yageo's combined revenue, including revenues rung up by its overseas subsid

Taipei, April 28, 2003 (CENS)--Of three local companies engaged in electric passive devices and listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, two saw their pretax profit for the first quarter of the year grow from one year earlier, and Walsin Technology Corp. suffered a large decrease of 76.10%. The othe

Taipei, April 17, 2003 (CENS)--Three listed local producers of electric passive devices have determined their dividends for last year's operations, with Luxon Electronics Corp. the only one not to deal out anything. The other two companies are Taiwan Alpha Electronic Co., Ltd. And King Core Elec

Taipei, March 31, 2003 (CENS)--Taiwan's major chip resistor makers such as Yageo Corp., Ralec Co., Ta-I Technology Corp., and Walsin Technology Co. said yesterday that communication-use chip resistors would become major revenue resources in 2003. Yageo, Ralec, and Ta-I said that they would focus

Taipei, March 14, 2003 (CENS)--Prosperity Dielectrics Co., Ltd., a local producer of electric passive devices listed on the local over-the-counter bourse, recently obtained product certification for its BME (base metal electrode) ceramic dielectric powder from Walsin Technology Corp. Ceramic die

Taipei, March 13, 2003 (CENS)--Yageo Corp. said yesterday that the firm suffered after-tax losses of about NT$4.6 billion in 2002, translating into a loss of NT$2 per share based on its paid-in capital of NT$22.5 billion. As of the end of 2002, the local passive components maker was in the red o

Taipei, March 13, 2003 (CENS)--Polytronics Technology Corp., a main local manufacturer of thermistors (thermal resistors) listed on the local over-the-counter bourse, will distribute a dividend per share of NT$3.0, NT$2.5 in stock and NT$0.5 in cash, for its 2002 operations. Polytronics Technolo

Taipei, March 11, 2003 (CENS)--Yageo Corp., the largest local manufacturer of various resistors, rang up revenue of NT$892 million last month, growing by 21.86% from the NT$732 million posted in February last year. Yageo is also the world's largest producer of chip resistors. The company's reven

Taipei, March 6, 2003 (CENS)--Kai Mei Electronics Co. said yesterday that its newly developed V-chip aluminum capacitors for the use in PS2 game machines would gain a quality certification from Sony of Japan by the end of this month. Kai Mei expects to get the authority from Sony for the manufac

Taipei, March 4, 2003 (CENS)--While two main local producers of chip resistors are expanding their production capacities in mainland China, Yageo Corp. will move part of its domestic production lines for chip resistors to its factory in Suzhou of Jiangsu Province. The two companies are Ralec Ele

Taipei, Feb. 12, 2003 (CENS)--Three local manufacturers/distributors of electric passive devices listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange witnessed last month's revenues rise from January 2002, with Holy Stone Enterprise Co., Ltd. Hitting its record high monthly level of NT$498 million. The other tw

Taipei, Feb. 6, 2003 (CENS)--Thinking Electronic Industrial Co., Ltd., a main local manufacturer of thermistors (thermal resistors) listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, recorded earnings per share (EPS) of NT$2.08 for the year of 2002. Thinking Electronic rang up revenue of NT$61 million in Dece

Taipei, Feb. 6, 2003 (CENS)--Major chip resistor makers in Taiwan have received increased orders in the first quarter, industry sources said yesterday. For instance, Yageo Corp., Ta-I Technology Corp., and Ralec Electronics Corp. said that mounting chip resistor orders kept their production line

Taipei, Jan. 23, 2003 (CENS)--Taiwan Alpha Electronic Co., Ltd., the largest local producer of varistors (variable resistors) listed on the local over-the-counter (OTC) bourse, recorded net (after-tax) earnings per share (EPS) of NT$3.92 for last year. Taiwan Alpha rang up revenue of NT$386 mill

Taipei, Jan. 13, 2003 (CENS)--Three main local manufacturers of electrical passive devices listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange witnessed their December 2002 revenues rise from the same month of 2001, with Thinking Electronic Industrial Co., Ltd. Recording the highest growth of 25.18%. The other

Taipei, Jan. 10, 2003 (CENS)--Mainly affected by the Christmas holidays, Yageo Corp. raked in combined revenue of only NT$1.05 billion in December, down 21% from November, executives of the local passive component maker said yesterday. The firm's combined revenue in December still grew 2% from t

Taipei, Jan. 8, 2003 (CENS)--Ta-I Technology Co. said yesterday that the production capacity of the firm's plants in Taiwan and mainland China would hit eight billion units in 2003, up 60% from only five billion units in 2002. Ta-I now now operates one plant in Taiwan and another two plants in D