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MStar to Acquire Alpha Imaging for $66.5 Million

by Helen Vince

MStar Semiconductor said it plans to acquire Alpha Imaging Technology for NT$2.1 billion ($66.5 million), as part of its strategy to expand its interests in the Internet of Things and image sensor chip business. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 16

MediaTek Boosted by Demand from China

by Helen Vince

MediaTek’s sales in March more than doubled sequentially to NT$20.4 billion ($654.3 million), 3.3% higher than March 2014, thanks to strong demand from its clients in China. Last month’s result brought sales for the …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Innolux Sales Rise 35.6% MoM

by Helen Vince

Innolux saw sales increase 35.6% month on month in March, reaching NT$36.9 billion ($1.2 billion) and taking sales for the first quarter to NT$100 billion ($3.2 billion), an increase of 11.6% year on year …

Tags:Financial Data| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Hannstar Reports Strong Monthly Sales

by Helen Vince

Hannstar Display saw sales in March increase 38.9% from February to NT$1.8 billion ($57.7 million), though this represented a year on year decrease of 5.8%. Revenue in the first three months of the year …

Tags:Financial Data| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 15

AUO’s March Sales Climb 23% MoM

by Helen Vince

AU Optronics (AUO) saw sales in March climb 22.7% month on month and 2.3% year on year to NT$34.8 billion ($1.1 billion), bringing sales in the first quarter of the year to NT$95.3 billion …

Tags:AUO| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 15

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Lenovo Names New North America and EMEA Presidents

by Helen Vince

Aymar de LencquesaingEric CadorFollowing the recent realignment of its business groups and geographies, Lenovo has named new leaders for North America and EMEA. Aymar de Lencquesaing, currently president of EMEA, has been named president …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| North America| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Aixtron to Buy PlasmaSi

by Helen Vince

Aixtron is to acquire privately held Silicon Valley-based PlasmaSi, for approximately $16 million. PlasmaSi enables the encapsulation of organic thin-films by depositing ultra-thin and flexible barrier films through its proprietary technology which are said …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 15

CPT’s Q1 Sales Dip 11.6% YoY

by Helen Vince

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) reported sales in the first three months of the year of NT$13.2 billion ($423.9 million), 11.6% down on the same period of 2014. In March, CPT’s sales reached NT$4.6 billion …

Tags:CPT| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 15

TCL’s LCD TV Sales Rise 20% in March

by Helen Vince

TCL Multimedia saw sales volume of LCD TVs increase 19.7% year on year in March to almost 1.6 million sets, of which the volume of smart TVs increased by 125.7% YoY to 437,493 sets. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TCL| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Sharp Denies Latest Rumours – Confirms US Job Losses

by Helen Vince

Sharp issued another statement this week denying speculative reports about plans to overhaul its business. The latest rumours suggest that Sharp is in talks with state-backed Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) to invest …

Tags:Employment and Redundancies| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 15

MMD Signs Trigon for GCC Countries

by Helen Vince

MMD has signed Trigon in the Middle East as distributor for its entire range of monitors across the GCC countries. This includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Distribution| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 22 - Issue 15