Hon Hai Eyeing India Expansion
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (Foxconn), the world’s largest contract electronics maker, is planning to expand its production facilities in India in the next six months in an attempt to turn its production base into a global hub, Indian media reported on Thursday...
4G Initiative Boosts Asus: MOEA
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Asus is the biggest beneficiary of a government initiative aimed at boosting consumption by incentivizing mobile phone users to upgrade to 4G from 2G networks. According to Ministry of Economic Affairs data, purchases of Asus-brand smartphones have captured 43...
Delta Completes First Proprietary Solar Plant (4.6MW) in Ako City, Japan
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Delta’s first proprietary large-scale solar plant, Delta Ako Energy Park, was completed and put in service today. This power plant is located in a mountainous area of Ako City in Hyogo, Japan. The new plant is equipped with a capacity of 4...
TrendForce: Huawei Led the Global Rise of Chinese Smartphone Brands in 2015
Global smartphone shipments for 2015 grew 10.3% year on year to 1.293 billion units, among which 539 million units came from Chinese vendors, according to the latest reporting from the global market research firm TrendForce. TrendForce reported that Chinese smartphone brands made big gains worldwide in 2015, with their market share reaching a new high of over 40% and their combined annual shipments growing above the global average...
TSMC Forecasts 2016 Boom, Smartphones Market to Revive
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The world’s leading foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), has forecast that it is going to enjoy a sales boom in 2016, a year that the company reckons will only show modest growth for the overall semiconductor market...
Self-Driving Cars to be a Highlight in 2016
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States and Institute for Information Industry (III) in Taiwan recently jointly demonstrated Taiwan’s first type of lightweight driverless smart car, the Persuasive Electric Vehicle (PEV), which will undergo test trials at the end of this year at earliest...