Murata boosts MLCC capacity in China in its largest investment to target EV, 5G smartphone markets

Murata Manufacturing Co., a leading Japanese manufacturer of ceramic passive electronic components, particularly Multi-layer Ceramic Capacitors (MLCCs), plans to invest JPY 45 billion (US$305 million) to boost production capacity in China’s Jiangsu province, marking its largest investment, Nikkei reported. The investment will go to the company’s Chinese subsidiary Wuxi Murata Electronics Co., with construction set to begin in early November and finish in April 2024. However, the exact production capacity after completion remains unknown.

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US foundry SkyWater announces progress in reshoring advanced packaging capability

US-based foundry SkyWater Technology has completed the first phase of its program to establish silicon interposer manufacturing, according to an announcement on November 3. The program, named Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS), is funded by the US Department of Defense, and sees SkyWater cooperating with the BRIDG, a not-for-profit public-private partnership based in Florida, US with 200mm wafer fab capabilities, and the the Belgium-based microelectronics research center IMEC. Under the IBAS program, ongoing at SkyWater’s facility in Florida, the foundry seeks to develop a fabrication flow for silicon bridge interposers used in heterogeneous integration,

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富采:MiniLED供应链库存高,预估Q4营收双位数下滑

LED大厂富采4日法说会针对第四季展望,表示处于传统淡季,加上总体经济影响,终端需求疲弱,预估第四季营收将出现低双位数衰退。

此外,富采表示,资本支出维持70亿元新台币不变,主要用于策略投资,产能利用率与第三季相当,折旧维持55亿元新台币。

富采强调,受总体经济影响,目前最注重现金管理,存货、产能利用率、资本支出,加上现在处于淡季,将逐步调低产能利用率,预期跟第三季差不多。

富采指出,第三季衰退程度超过预期,是因为消费性电子产品需求比预期疲弱,加上MiniLED库存累积过多,客人先消化库存,出货动能受到影响。至于毛利率下滑,则是因为汇率、库存提列损失增加以及显示产能疲弱影响。

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晶电董事长范进雍指出,目前MiniLED供应链库存太高,客户开始修正,所以晶电获利不如预期,预计MiniLED下游库存去化时程将持续至明年第一季,到那时稼动率才可望回升。此外,原以为高单价产品(感测、特殊照明)不受总体经济影响,但9月客户仍下修订单,使富采第三季营收较原本衰退幅度大。

至于第二供应商,富采指出第三季的确有进到同样的供应链,但时程上比市场预期晚,目前从市场、整体需求、供应量推测,富采供应量应该仍大于3/4。

范进雍表示,目前仍有新案子继续讨论,车用开始出现成长动能,主要在于红蓝光、汽车背光需求增加,车用比重之后会再拉高。至于感测在第四季、明年第一季仍属于传统淡季,回升相对困难。

展望第四季,范进雍指出高附加价值产品(感测、车用、植物照明、MiniLED)自2019年仅20%,到今年前三季已经超过55%,对晶电处于获利状态,而今年亏损主要来自景气而非竞争,因此等到景气回来,获利有望再度提升。

隆达董事长苏峯正指出,电视背光目前通路库存回到正常水位,但第四季市况持续低档,目前仍会积极关注IT市况下游的库存去化状况。

晶成董事长施韦表示,第三季Micro LED带来的营收超乎预期,超过50%,每季营收持续创新高。主要开发的RFGAN持续稳定供货,许多电力设备(Power Device)进入验证阶段,部分已开始试量产,化合物半导体代工方面也陆续有新客户要求合作开案。(来源:财经新报)

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