Semiconductor Distributor - WPG (TSE:3702) Announces February 2006 Consolidated Sales of TW$8.3 billion (US$258 Million)
2006-03-07
Semiconductor Distributor - WPG (TSE:3702) Announces February 2006 Consolidated Sales of TW$8.3 billion (US$258 Million)
Announcement Date：2006/3/07
Taipei, Taiwan
WPG, the largest distributor of semiconductor components in Asia, posted consolidated sales of NT$8.3 billion (approximately US$258 million) for the month of February 2006, representing a 31% y-o-y increase and a 12% m-o-m decrease respectively. Consolidated sales of year-to-date (January and February) reported TW$17.76 billion (approximately US$551 million), representing a 19% y-o-y increase. Notebook PC, Digital Camera, MP3, multi-media handheld electronics and LCD TV are major growing factors of WPG Holdings in Year 2006.
Performance of the 2 major WPG’s major entities was as follows: World Peace Group reported consolidated sales of NT$6.2 billion (approximately US$191 million), citing a 27% y-o-y increase and an 8% m-o-m decrease for the month of February 2006 respectively. SAC Group for February, 2006 recorded consolidated sales of NT$2.2 billion (approximately US$67 million), representing a 44% y-o-y increase and a 21% m-o-m decrease.
Sales breakdown by regions for February was as follows: 30% from Taiwan, 58% from China (incl. HK) and 12% from Asean. The Greater China is WPG’s sales focus.
Sales breakdown by product category for February was as follows: 40% from core chips (CPU, MPU, chipsets), 34% from standard chips (logic, analog/linear, discrete and ASSP), 18% from memory chips (DRAM, SRAM, Flash, EEPROM), and 7% from others. Percentage of analog product category, with higher margin, increased.
IR contacts：Cliff Yuan/ Rita Chen：(02) 2706-8268 ext.5276 / 5275 ir@WPGholdings.com
Corporate website: www.WPGholdings.com
Announcement Date：2006/3/07
Taipei, Taiwan
WPG, the largest distributor of semiconductor components in Asia, posted consolidated sales of NT$8.3 billion (approximately US$258 million) for the month of February 2006, representing a 31% y-o-y increase and a 12% m-o-m decrease respectively. Consolidated sales of year-to-date (January and February) reported TW$17.76 billion (approximately US$551 million), representing a 19% y-o-y increase. Notebook PC, Digital Camera, MP3, multi-media handheld electronics and LCD TV are major growing factors of WPG Holdings in Year 2006.
Performance of the 2 major WPG’s major entities was as follows: World Peace Group reported consolidated sales of NT$6.2 billion (approximately US$191 million), citing a 27% y-o-y increase and an 8% m-o-m decrease for the month of February 2006 respectively. SAC Group for February, 2006 recorded consolidated sales of NT$2.2 billion (approximately US$67 million), representing a 44% y-o-y increase and a 21% m-o-m decrease.
Sales breakdown by regions for February was as follows: 30% from Taiwan, 58% from China (incl. HK) and 12% from Asean. The Greater China is WPG’s sales focus.
Sales breakdown by product category for February was as follows: 40% from core chips (CPU, MPU, chipsets), 34% from standard chips (logic, analog/linear, discrete and ASSP), 18% from memory chips (DRAM, SRAM, Flash, EEPROM), and 7% from others. Percentage of analog product category, with higher margin, increased.
IR contacts：Cliff Yuan/ Rita Chen：(02) 2706-8268 ext.5276 / 5275 ir@WPGholdings.com
Corporate website: www.WPGholdings.com