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.
Industry is being hit by double-whammy of slack LCD TV demand and low profit margin
Sep 25, 2015It is apparent that ever more market reports point to pessimism towards the global market of large-sized (larger than 10-inch) thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels, which is exasperated by stagnant demand and falling profit margins due to oversupply. Reflecting the demand scenario, a recent report shows that global TV shipments declined 8 percent year-on-year (YoY) to 4...
The vendors focus on savvy pricing strategy to secure sustained growth in the competitive landscape
Sep 15, 2015Two of the best known Taiwanese personal computer (PC) vendors, Acer Inc. and Asustek Computer Inc. (Asus), are aggressively targeting the mobile-device market, especially the smartphone segment, by launching several new cellphone models in August and September. Industry sources say that the two Taiwanese companies are trying to gain higher market shares in the mobile-device market, in which t...
Asustek Computer Inc. of Taiwan (ASUS brand) has been quietly developing its presence in the smartwatch business, aiming to become one of the top-three brands in the market. Industry sources said that ASUS conducted an intensive market survey in 2014 in preparation for the launch of its second smartwatch model, the Zenwatch 2, this year. The Taiwanese firm aims to ship 500,000 smartwatches thi...
At its pre-show press conference held before the opening of the 2015 IFA Berlin in Germany, one of the world's largest annual event for consumer electronics and home appliances, Taiwanese information and communication technology (ICT) vendor Acer Inc.'s CEO Jason Chen announced that the company will showcase a total of 22 new products at the show. Chen stressed that the Windows 10 operating sy...
New technologies expected to further drive Taiwan's touch panel and display industry
Sep 04, 2015This year's International Touch Panel & Optical Film Expo (Touch Taiwan) 2015, billed as the world's largest touch-panel and optical film exhibition that was held August 26-28 in Taipei, capital of Taiwan, saw the domestic exhibitor Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a government-backed industrial-technology R&D hub on the island, unveil a total of 23 innovative display and touch-pa...
The Taiwan's top-2 display panel maker continues investing in trend-setting technology to retain lead
Sep 04, 2015Facing unprecedented competition from Korean and Chinese rivals due to free trade agreements, relatively deeper currency devaluation and rising self-content ratios, Taiwanese makers of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels have been trying to find niches to better weather such onslaught. One of the best examples is AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), who led global counterparts to...
Global shipments of LCD TV panels in the third quarter are expected to remain on par to the previous quarter's, thanks to TV vendors' increased parts procurements; but are forecast to drop by 10 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in the fourth quarter, according to the latest monthly LCD TV panel shipment report from WitsView, a division of TrendForce. The research firm said that total TV panel ...
Led by declining thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display (TFT-LCD) revenues, revenue in the global flat panel display (FPD) industry is forecast to fall 2% from US$131.4 billion in 2014 to US$129.0 billion in 2015, according to IHS Inc., a leading global source of critical information and insight. Dwindling TFT LCD display revenue, declining panel demand in the personal computer (PC) s...
The worldwide tablet market declined 7.0 percent year-over-year (YoY) in the second quarter of 2015 with shipments totaling 44.7 million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC). Marked by little hardware innovation and limited vendor portfolio updates, the market also declined 3.9 percent compared to the first quarter of 2015, or quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)...
Taiwan-based group to invest in 13 Indian tech sectors
Aug 07, 2015According to media reports, Sony Corp. has contracted Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., recognized as the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronic products, to make liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs at its manufacturing site in Chennai, northeastern India, on which Hon Hai has declined to comment while Sony India Managing Director Kenichiro Hibi has said the two companies will work ...
