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.
Barry Lam, chairman of Quanta Computer Inc. of Taiwan, a globally major notebook PC contract supplier, recently said that his company's operation in the second quarter will likely recover considerably, leading to a quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) shipment growth of at least 10 percent. Such statement was made at the company's recent shareholder meeting, where Lam stood by Quanta's NT$1-trillion-plus (US...
Software developer Microsoft of the U.S. launched its Azure IoT Suite and set up the Azure IoT Solutions Open Lab in Taiwan recently, having also recently announced its Azure IoT Suite customers and partners on the island. The said local customers and partners include: Wistron Corp. (a major electronics manufacturing services provider), BenQ Corp. (computer peripheral vendor), Advantech Co., L...
MediaTek Inc. of Taiwan, a well-known fabless semiconductor company, recently announced the mass production of its latest cellphone chip MT6735, which is also installed in several smartphone models under brands, such as ZTE, Lennovo and TCL, to undergo related tests in China and to be launched after May. Pointing to obstacle in the market, industry sources say that the widely reported hot sell...
Integrated Service Technology Inc. (iST) of Taiwan, according to Linkedin was founded in 1994, based in Hsinchu, Taiwan that is a lab-service company specializing in the development of IC product testing and analysis, failure analysis, debugging, reliability testing and material analysis, recently announced having signed an agreement to form a strategic alliance with DEKRA of Germany, a firm enga...
Taiwan Secom Co., Ltd., a major security service provider engaged in protecting homes, businesses, industrial parks and offering mobile emergency-care products, recent tied up with Tatung Co., Ltd., one of the original makers of home appliances in Taiwan whose rice cooker is an iconic product on the island, to jointly tap the smart home and smart appliance businesses. The partnership is reportedl...
The spending to lay solid foundation for them to explore the increasingly bullish market for high-definition display panels
May 25, 2015Compiled by QUINCY LIANG Reportedly holding optimism toward the market, four major Taiwanese makers of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels have decided to invest about NT$79.5 billion (US$2.65 billion) as whole in capital spending this year, up 80 percent from 2014 to be the largest sum of its kind in four years. Such capital spending, according to the panel makers, wi...
To make the most of business opportunities in the coming extended Labor Day holidays in China (from May 1st), most major personal computer (PC) vendors have in-turn launched new notebook PC models, including Acer, Asus, Lenovo, etc. Thanks to the new-model launches and aggressive stocking up by downstream distributors, shipments of major Taiwanese notebook PC contract assemblers, including Com...
AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), reportedly the second-largest maker of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels in Taiwan, debuted new products and technologies at the China Information Technology Expo (CITE) 2015 held in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province of China from April 9 to 11. A notable exhibit by the Taiwanese maker is the full array of UHD (Ultra High Definition) 4K quantum-d...
Quanta Computer Inc. of Taiwan, recognized as the top notebook PC contract assembler globally, has reportedly won a contract assembly order from Japanese personal computer (PC) vendor Vaio Corp. for its first smartphone "VAIO Phone". Quanta has been for some time the contract assembler for VAIO notebook PCs. VAIO is a PC brand originally owned and operated by Japanese consumer-electronics ...
Asustek Computer Inc. (Asus), a major vendor of motherboards, PCs and smartphones based in Taiwan, recently announced to start selling its new smartphone ZenFone 2, with a 5.5-inch model to retail from about US$199, and the the 5-inch entry-level one from about US$160. Industry analysts say such price points show Asus is still sticking to the "affordable luxury" strategy. Jonney Shih, chair...
