The nation’s machinery industry showed a strong recovery last year, with full-year exports rising 9.1 percent year-on-year to US$31.859 billion, the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry said in a report on Monday.It came as machinery exports continued to grow significantly last month, increasing
POWERING UP: PSUs for AI servers made up about 50% of Delta’s total server PSU revenue during the first three quarters of last year, the company said
Power supply and electronic components maker Delta Electronics Inc (台達電) reported record-high revenue of NT$161.61 billion (US$5.11 billion) for last quarter and said it remains positive about this quarter.Last quarter’s figure was up 7.6 percent from the previous quarter and 41.51 percent higher th
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), the world’s leading proxy advisory firm, on Thursday last week released a report recommending that all E.Sun Financial Holding Co (E.Sun FHC, 玉山金控) shareholders vote for the proposed acquisition of Mercuries Life Insurance Co (三商美邦人壽) at the extraordinary ge
Taiwan’s tax revenue last year fell short of the government’s full-year budget target for the first time in five years, as sluggish property and auto transactions dragged on collections despite record inflows from equity trading and income taxes, the Ministry of Finance said yesterday.Total tax reve
Companies listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) posted their highest-ever combined sales for last year, as the robust global demand for artificial intelligence (AI) applications boosted the tech sector, the exchange said yesterday.The TWSE said 974 Taiwan-registered companies and an additional
China Airlines Ltd (CAL, 中華航空) and low-cost carrier Tigerair Taiwan Ltd (台灣虎航) saw sales hit a new high last year on the back of the booming global tourism market during the post-COVID-19 era.CAL generated NT$209.09 billion (US$594 million) in consolidated sales last year, up 2.56 percent from a yea
Taiwanese airline EVA Air was ranked No. 8 on the world’s safest full-service airlines for 2026 by AirlineRatings.com, while Starlux Airlines was ranked 11th, the airline rating website announced Tuesday.EVA Air President Sun Chia-ming (孫嘉明) said the carrier has been ranked among the world’s safest
A woman looks at embroidery at the world’s largest embroidery and textile exhibition at the Los Pinos Cultural Complex in Mexico City on Monday. “Guinness World Records” recognized Mexico for organizing the largest display of embroidery, which features more than 3,100 pieces created by 200 artisans
STABLE AND STEADY: Despite easing labor demand, income continued to grow across sectors and age groups, said a government agency tasked with measuring it
Taiwan’s wage growth remained resilient in November last year, supported by bonuses and rising pay in industries tied to the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom, even as overtime hours and labor turnover softened toward year-end.The average regular monthly wage rose 3.08 percent from a year ear
CRISIS AVERTED: Launched during a stormy time of tariffs and uncertainty, the fund has terminated its operations as investor confidence and trading stabilize
The National Stabilization Fund (NSF) has decided to end its market-support operations, bringing to a close the longest intervention in history, as investor confidence and trading conditions have normalized.The move took effect immediately, leaving the fund with a 52.56 percent return rate after dep
Micro-Star International Co (MSI, 微星科技) reported that revenue last quarter rose 11.9 percent year-on-year to NT$57.6 billion (US$1.8 billion), a record for the period in the company’s history, buoying its full-year revenue last year to increase 16.34 percent to NT$230.2 billion, also a record.Last q
Households comprised of people aged 65 or older have been more impacted by inflation than the rest of the population, largely due to the high weighting of their healthcare expenses and living costs, the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said.The consumer price index (C
The four major units of Formosa Plastics Group (FPG, 台塑集團), the nation’s largest industrial conglomerate, yesterday reported a combined net loss of NT$1.087 billion (US$34.4 million) for last year, due to a decrease in product prices amid China’s overcapacity and smaller sales volumes given the US t
People look at secondhand goods displayed at a stand at the Neiwei Flea Market in Kaohsiung’s Gushan District yesterday.
SEMICONDUCTORS: The German laser and plasma generator company will expand its local services as its specialized offerings support Taiwan’s semiconductor industries
Trumpf SE + Co KG, a global leader in supplying laser technology and plasma generators used in chip production, is expanding its investments in Taiwan in an effort to deeply integrate into the global semiconductor supply chain in the pursuit of growth.The company, headquartered in Ditzingen, Germany
EXPERIENCES MAY VARY: Manufacturing firms had a great year, the service sector did alright, but other areas limped along, such as the traditional industries sector
Export-oriented manufacturing served as the major contributor to Taiwan’s strong GDP growth in the first three quarters of last year, government statistics showed.Taiwan’s GDP grew a substantial 7.15 percent during the nine-month period, with the manufacturing sector contributing 4.89 percentage poi
Gasoline and diesel prices at domestic fuel stations are to fall NT$0.2 per liter this week, down for a second consecutive week, CPC Corp, Taiwan (台灣中油) and Formosa Petrochemical Corp (台塑石化) announced yesterday.Effective today, gasoline prices at CPC and Formosa stations are to drop to NT$26.4, NT$2
The global artificial intelligence (AI) server market is expected to remain dominated by servers based on graphics processing units (GPUs) this year, but application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs)-based models are set to see faster growth in shipments, the Market Intelligence and Consulting In
The US Department of the Treasury has adequate funds to pay any tariff refunds ordered if the US Supreme Court rules against US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, but any repayments would be spread out over weeks or even a year, US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said.Bessent said in an inter
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