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Taiwan Chip Makers Post Increased Sales

by Helen Vince

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) achieved a 15.4% year on year increase in sales in May to NT$70.1 billion ($2.2 billion), though this was 6.9% lower than the previous month. TSMC’s sales for the first …

CPT’s May Sales Dip 21% YoY

by Helen Vince

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) saw sales fall 10.3% sequentially and 21% year on year to NT$3.7 billion ($118.8 million), bringing sales so far this year to NT$21.1 billion ($677.8 million), 12.6% lower than the …

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Asustek Sees First Profit from Smartphones

by Helen Vince

Asustek Computer shipped over 1.5 million smartphones in May, generating a profit for the company for the first time, and says it expects shipments to exceed two million in June. The company reported sales …

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BLU Makers Have Mixed Fortunes in May

by Helen Vince

Taiwan’s main backlight unit (BLU) makers, Radiant Opto-Electronics and Coretronic, reported mixed results in May. Radiant Opto’s sales for the month fell 8.3% sequentially to NT$2.9 billion ($93.7 million), just 0.8% higher than April. …

Wistron Expects Q2 Notebook Decline

by Helen Vince

Wistron shipped 1.3 million notebooks in May, 7.1% lower than April and the company says it expects its second quarter notebook shipments to suffer a sequential decline, having originally forecast up to 5% growth. …

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AUO Panel Shipments Rise

by Helen Vince

AU Optronics (AUO) achieved increases in panel shipments in May, though sales for the month declined. The company shipped 8.67 million large panels last month, up 5.9% from April 2015, while small and medium …

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Innolux Predicts Profit from TV Panels

by Helen Vince

Innolux has forecast a net profit for this year which will exceed last year’s NT$21.6 billion ($698.7 million). The company says the improvement will be driven by strong demand for its TV panels, including …

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TPK Reports 18% YoY Sales Decline

by Helen Vince

TPK Holding’s May revenue climbed 13.9% month on month to NT$8.9 billion ($286.4 million), though this was 18.1% lower than May 2014. The company has forecast that revenue in the second quarter will decline …

Why Do VCs Invest in Displays, Intel Asks? (BC13)

by Bob Raikes

The final speaker of the morning session was Ron D Reich of Intel Capital where he is Managing Director of the Strategic Transactions Group. He said, after hearing Barnes’ talk, that he wondered why …

The LCD Industry is Like a “Slinky” – really! (BC14)

by Bob Raikes

David Barnes always has a good angle in his talks. This year, his swansong as he has gone into retirement, he talked about the “Slinky business” and had a “slinky” metal toy moving from …

Dixons Carphone Reports Strong First Year

by Helen Vince

Dixons Carphone reported a strong performance in its first year of trading since Dixons Retail merged with Carphone Warehouse (CPW). Group like-for-like revenue was up 6% for the year and 9% in the final …

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Dell Reflects on First Year as Private Firm

by Helen Vince

Dell has published an “Annual Report to Customers”, a progress report on its first year since its return to being a private firm. CFO Tom Sweet said that Dell has made solid progress over …

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