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.
Taiwan's Industrial Economics & Knowledge Center (IEK) under Industrial Technology Research Institute recently announced its forecast for Taiwan's overall manufacturing sector, saying that the manufacturing industry will face three uncertainties in 2015. Taiwan's overall manufacturing-sector production value is estimated to increase only 2.86% in 2015, IEK says, lower than the 3.26% growth in ...
TV vendors are rolling out more affordable large-size 4K2K TV sets in North America ahead of the busy Christmas shopping season. Growing demand for the ultra high definition (UHD) sets is expected give a boost to Taiwanese suppliers of such TV panels, industry sources predict. Vizio, the second-largest TV brand in North America, launched its 50-inch 4K2K LCD TVs priced at just US$998 through Wal...
TPV Technology Ltd., a major contract LCD TV assembler headquartered in Taiwan, is expected to ship some 16 million LCD TVs in 2014, while the firm's annual TV-panel procurement from Taiwanese suppliers is estimated to hit about NT$100 billion (US$3.33 billion). In H1, 2014, TPV shipped 7.4 million LCD TVs, up 20.8% year-on-year (YoY). Some institutional investors forecast that the firm's ...
Due to higher technical threshold of Apple's new iPad Air 2 tablet PC, Radiant Opto-electronics Corp., a major supplier of flat panel display (FPD) backlighting modules based in Taiwan, has become the sole supplier, according to industry sources. Two Taiwanese companies, including Radiant and Coretronic Corp., supplied such backlighting for Apple's iPad Air. Reportedly the world's thinn...
Sanyang Industry Co., Ltd. of Taiwan, maker of automobiles and powered two-wheelers (PTWs), signed a cooperation agreement, effective August 1, 2014 to July 31, 2018, with Korean automaker Kia Motor Corp. to assemble vehicles on the island over the next four years. Sanyang already assembles Hyundais, another Korean brand. The new agreement with Kia calls for the Taiwanese partner to locally pr...
Hotai Motor Co. Ltd., Taiwan's agent of Toyota and Lexus and a major car vendor in Taiwan in the past 12 years, recently announced operational results for H1, including net earnings of NT$4.75 billion (US$158.2 million), up 25.7% YoY, and earnings per share (EPS) of NT$8.69 (US$0.29), compared to NT$6.91 (US$0.23) a year earlier, as well as revenue of NT$79.46 billion (US$2.65 billion), Hotai...
Strong peak-season demand is boosting the revenues of bicycle manufacturers in Taiwan. Thee Giant Manufacturing Co. Taiwan's and the world's largest maker of assembled bicycles, reported consolidate group revenues of NT$5.72 billion (US$190.7 million) for September, up 15.4% from a year earlier, and January-September revenues of NT$45.98 billion (US$1.53 billion), a 9.1% year-on-year (YoY) inc...
Nexgen Mediatech Inc. of Taiwan, a display product vendor in Taiwan, recently launched the island's first locally produced 65-inch TV with 4K2K (UHD or Ultra High Definition) curved display. Globally marketing TVs with its own Chimei brand, the vendor is an affiliate of Taiwan's Chimei Group, the original owner of Innolux Display Corp. (formerly Chimei Innolux Corp.), a major thin film trans...
Quanta Computer Inc. of Taiwan, a major notebook PC contract supplier, recently announced operation results for the first three quarters. Thanks to demand during Thanksgiving in Europe and the U.S., Quanta's September revenue hit a record monthly high this year of NT$85.16 billion (US$2.84 billion), up 4.8% month-on-month (MoM) and up 11.8% year-on-year (YoY), with shipment volume hitting a ...
AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), a major maker of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels in Taiwan, just announced September consolidated revenue of NT$35.62 billion (US$1.19 billion), up 0.3% month-on-month (MoM), but down 3.5% year-on-year (YoY). The firm reported cumulative Q3 revenue of NT$106.89 billion (US$3.56 billion), up 4.8% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) but down 0.2% YoY. ...
