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Foxconn Intends to Buy the Toshiba Memory Chip Unit

by Alan Spencer

The Foxconn Technology Group has announced its plans to buy Toshiba’s loss-making chip business. The chairman of Foxconn, Terry Gou, made this announcement during a factory event in Guangzhou, China as reported in the …

Foxconn Technology Sales Up in January

by Bob Raikes

Foxconn Technology Corp saw revenues of NT$8.181 billion ($264 million) for January 2017, representing a 51.6% increase on December and 24.8% increase on the same month last year. The company’s consolidated revenues for 2016 …

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Sharp on the Mend – Posting First Profits Since 2014

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it the storied yet beleaguered LCD pioneer, Sharp Corp. (Osaka, Japan) was finally in the black, with net income of $37.5M for fiscal Q3 (Oct – Dec 2016). This is …

Foxconn Makes Plans for UHD & 8K Panels

by Bob Raikes

IHS Market reports that Sharp is to increase its production of TV panels from its older G8 Kameyama plant. As well as 45″, 55″, 80″ and 90″ UltraHD panels, the company is considering 45″ …

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Foxconn Talks Up US Display Investment

by Bob Raikes

Terry Gou of Foxconn said that in the light of the recent comments from the new US President, the company would consider building a display plant, through its Sharp subsidiary. The information was inadvertently …

DigiLens Secures $22M from Key Strategic Partners

by Chris Chinnock

DigiLens, a provider of diffractive waveguide technology for Augmented Reality (AR) and Head-up Displays (HUD), announced they have closed a Series B round of investment to the tune of $22M. “The round was oversubscribed …

Rumor: Foxconn to Build Display Factory in the USA?

by Norbert Hildebrand

The iTechPost and PhoneArena.com are both reporting on a rumor that Foxconn is planning or at least considering building a LCD factory in the USA. Both articles relate to an informal statement by an …

Foxconn Posts December Results

by Yvette Raikes

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) saw December revenue of NTD449.6 billion ($14.2 billion), up 10% YoY. This brought Q4 sales to NTD1.4 trillion ($44.3 billion), down 2%, and annual turnover to NTD4.36 trillion …

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SDP Heading for IPO?

by Bob Raikes

The Nikkei has reported that Foxconn and its Sharp subsidiary may be considering an IPO for the Sakai Display Products business. The comments follow the news about a new investment in China (New SDP …

Foxconn Looks To Automate Production Completely

by Bob Raikes

Foxconn is looking to automate its iPhone production in China according to a number of reports. The process will be in three phases and will start with activities that are either dangerous or less …

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New SDP $8.8 billion LCD Plant Confirmed

by Bob Raikes

Sakai Display Products (SDP), which is now majority owned by Foxconn Group, rather than by Sharp, is to build a new G10.5 plant in Guangzhou province, China. The target start date of the plant …

Foxconn Boosts Stake in Smart

by Bob Raikes

Foxconn has increased its stake in Smart Technologies Inc by a $60 million investment through Foxconn Singapore Pte which will take the firm’s stake in Smart to 84.2% after completing an acquisition of the …

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