Global shipments of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels for automotive monitors, on both the original equipment (OE) and aftermarket basis, are forecast to increase 30% year-on-year (YoY), reaching 85 million units in 2014, according to NPD DisplaySearch. Demand for automotive TFT-LCD monitors is growing rapidly, as automakers add multiple monitors to the driver’s cons...

Targeting double-digit sales growth in Taiwan's domestic notebook PC market, Acer Inc., a major personal computer (PC) vendor in Taiwan, recently launched 13 notebook PC models with screen sizes larger than 15.6-inches. C.F Huang, president of Acer's Taiwan operations, says 15-plus-inch notebook PCs are gradually becoming mainstream, and the recently launched models aim to raise Acer's Q4 sale...

King Liu, a Taiwanese bicycle tycoon and chairman of the Giant Manufacturing Co., the world's largest bicycle manufacturer, has been a witness to and driver of the development and transformation of his industry in Taiwan. Today he is very happy that the island's role in the global division-of-labor has reached a new frontier. "Taiwan's bicycle industry has undergone substantial structural chan...

Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Co., Ltd., a Thai subsidiary of Delta Electronics Inc. of Taiwan, a major supplier of power supply systems, recently reported having won orders from international automakers in Europe and the USA for power converters for electric vehicle (EV) applications. The Thai subsidiary's annual revenue from automotive electronics may grow at least 50% in 2015. Delta T...

Driven by peak-season demand, global shipments of large-sized (larger than 10-inch) thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels grew 3.6% month-on-month (MoM), or 0.8% year-on-year (YoY), to reach 70.67 million units in August, according to LCD market research firm WitsView Technology Corp. Innolux Display Corp. of Taiwan, a major TFT-LCD panel maker on the island, shipped mor...

Advantech Co., Ltd., a major maker of industrial PC (IPC) in Taiwan, recently announced a goal to take a 60% share of Taiwan's digital healthcare market by the end of 2014, and to set up strategic alliance with healthcare software developers in China, targeting to accelerate digitization of healthcare equipment and processes across the Taiwan Strait. The IPC maker says it has focused on in...

Both Giant Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Merida Industry Co., Ltd., the top-two bicycle manufacturers in Taiwan, reported 8%-plus year-on-year (YoY) revenue increases in the first eight months. Giant had revenue of NT$5.3 billion (US$176.7 million) in August, up about 7% YoY, with cumulative revenue of NT$40.26 billion (US$1.34 billion) for the first eight months, an 8.24% YoY increase. Merid...

Some 2.38 million in Taiwan shopped online using smartphones in the first half (H1) of 2014, up 30% year on year, to account for 44.6% of the total online shoppers in Taiwan, according to Yahoo Taiwan. A senior manager of Yahoo Taiwan's e-commerce business division said the proportional growth of online shoppers using smartphone exceeds that of the overall online-shopping market. Driven by 4G ...

Increasing demand from South Korean and Chinese TV vendors are expected to greatly benefit Taiwanese TV-panel suppliers to raise their revenues and profits. A senior manager of WitsView Technology Corp., a LCD market research firm, said strong demand comes from Chinese LCD TV vendors, who have been expanding TV-panel purchases from Taiwanese suppliers for making TVs sold both in China and over...

Driven by increasing orders from major Japanese TV vendors, including Sony, Sharp, Toshiba and Panasonic, Taiwanese contract LCD TV assemblers are seeing rising revenues and profits. BriView Technology Corp., an affiliate of the AUO Group, is expected to become the world's second-largest contract TV assembler this year, trailing TPV Technology Ltd. but outperforming major rival Hon Hai Precisi...