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The positive trend in consumer electronics (CE) sales in Germany has continued. Compared to the first nine months of 2013, sales to September 2014 were up 2.5%. The Consumer Electronics Market Index (Cemix), published by the GFU, has shown that total revenues reached more than €18.9 billion, compared to just under €18.5 billion in Q1-Q3 … Read more
Google and LG Electronics have signed a long-term and global patent cross-licensing agreement covering a broad range of products and technologies. The agreement covers the two companies’ existing patents as well as those filed over the next 10 years. The agreement builds on the long-standing strong alliance between Google and LG Electronics, the companies said … Read more
While Corning’s Gorilla Glass is aimed primarily at mobile devices, the company has set up a separate group to look at alternative uses for the product. In our exclusive tour at the Sullivan Park Corning facility, we had a chance to learn more about how it is being used in automotive, architectural and other applications. … Read more
After the turmoil of the recession, the graphics chip market appears to be (finally) returning to its typical seasonality, says Jon Peddie Research (JPR), having estimated shipments in Q3’14. The third quarter is traditionally the biggest growth quarter of the year in terms of graphics chip shipments. Overall unit shipments were down 7% QoQ at … Read more
Hannstar Display Corporation announced turnover in Q3 of NT$5.6 billion ($183 million), down 32.8% year on year from NT$8.4 billion ($274.6 million). The company reported a net loss for the quarter of NT$580.4 million ($18.9 million), compared with a net profit in the third quarter of last year of NT$2.2 billion ($71.9 million). For the … Read more
Hannstar Display achieved a 7.2% month on month increase in sales in October, though year on year sales of NT$2.1 billion ($68.6 million) represented a 12.9% decline. October’s result brought sales for the period from January to October to NT$19.5 billion ($637.4 million) down 29.2% from the same ten month period of 2013. Hannstar shipped … Read more
Hannstar Display reported sales of NT$2.1 billion ($67.3 million) last month, 0.4% down from October but 10.7% higher than November 2013, bringing sales for the year so far to NT$21.6 billion ($692.6 million), down 26.6% year on year. Hannstar’s small and medium sized panel shipments reached just over 38 million units, 8.3% higher MoM, while … Read more
Haptic technology was a tangible component of TGM. Haptics presentations were offered by Tactus Technology, Novasentis, Aito, and Tangible Haptics. Tactus Technology continues its push toward a product launch with its manufacturing partner Wystron and is claiming product “traction in multiple markets: smartphones, tablets, and laptops”. The images show several examples of the implementation of … Read more
Himax Technologies Inc. has reported its third quarter and nine month results. In Q3 the company posted a net profit of $11.1 million on turnover of $222.3 million, which compares with a net profit of $12.3 million on turnover of $192.8 million in the third quarter of last year. Himax’s net profit in the first … Read more
Hon Hai Precision (which trades as Foxconn Electronics) grew sales in October by 22.6% year on year to NT$469 billion ($15.3 billion), bringing sales for January to October to NT$3.2 trillion ($104.6 billion), 5.8% higher than the same ten month period of last year. The company is expected to reach new highs in sales in … Read more
Strong demand for Apple products helped Hon Hai Precision achieve record sales in November of NT$514.8 billion ($16.5 billion), up 12.8% from November 2013 and 9.8% higher than October. In the first 11 months of the year, Hon Hai’s total sales reached NT$3.7 trillion ($118.6 billion), representing an increase of 6.7% from the same period … Read more
Hon Hai Precision and Innolux are to invest NT$50 billion ($1.6 billion) in a joint venture 6G panel production plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to produce LTPS panels for smartphones. Sources suggest that the plant could have a monthly production capacity of 30,000-50,000 units. The joint venture, which will be between Innolux and another of Hon … Read more
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