Semiconductor Distributor - WPG (TSE:3702) Announces May 2006 Consolidated Sales of TW$86 billion (US$267 Million)
2006-06-07
Semiconductor Distributor - WPG (TSE:3702) Announces May 2006 Consolidated Sales of TW$86 billion (US$267 Million)
Announcement Date：2006/6/7
Taipei, Taiwan
WPG, the largest distributor of semiconductor components in Asia, posted consolidated sales of NT$8.6 billion (approximately US$267 million) for the month of May 2006, representing a 7% y-o-y increase. Year-to-Date consolidated sales reported TW$45.404 billion (approximately US$1,410 million), representing an 11% y-o-y increase. It has envisaged an encouraging demand for consumer/communication products and more-than-moderate PC sales growth, 2Q06 sales are expected to be only slightly lower than 1Q06 result. Intel aggressive pricing cut-down strategy could effectively stimulate demand in electronics sector, in due course benefiting WPG 3Q06 result.
Performance of the 2 major WPG major entities was as follows: World Peace Group reported consolidated sales of NT$6.5 billion (approximately US$201 million), citing an 8% y-o-y increase. Year-to-Date consolidated sales reported TW$33.6 billion (approximately US$1,042 million), representing an 8% y-o-y increase. SAC Group for May, 2006 recorded consolidated sales of NT$2.14 billion (approximately US$67 million), compatible with the same period of last year. Year-to-Date consolidated sales reported TW$11.84 billion (approximately US$368 million), representing an 18% y-o-y increase.
Year-to-Date sales breakdown by regions was as follows: 28% from Taiwan, 60% from China (incl. HK) and 12% from Asean.
Year-to-Date sales breakdown by product category was as follows: 40% from core chips (CPU, MPU, chipsets), 35% from standard chips (logic, analog/linear, discrete and ASSP), 17% from memory chips (DRAM, SRAM, Flash, EEPROM), and 8% from others.
IR contacts：Cliff Yuan / Rita Chen：(02) 2788-5200 ext.5118 / (02) 2706-8268 5275 ir@WPGholdings.com
Corporate website: www.WPGholdings.com
Announcement Date：2006/6/7
Taipei, Taiwan
WPG, the largest distributor of semiconductor components in Asia, posted consolidated sales of NT$8.6 billion (approximately US$267 million) for the month of May 2006, representing a 7% y-o-y increase. Year-to-Date consolidated sales reported TW$45.404 billion (approximately US$1,410 million), representing an 11% y-o-y increase. It has envisaged an encouraging demand for consumer/communication products and more-than-moderate PC sales growth, 2Q06 sales are expected to be only slightly lower than 1Q06 result. Intel aggressive pricing cut-down strategy could effectively stimulate demand in electronics sector, in due course benefiting WPG 3Q06 result.
Performance of the 2 major WPG major entities was as follows: World Peace Group reported consolidated sales of NT$6.5 billion (approximately US$201 million), citing an 8% y-o-y increase. Year-to-Date consolidated sales reported TW$33.6 billion (approximately US$1,042 million), representing an 8% y-o-y increase. SAC Group for May, 2006 recorded consolidated sales of NT$2.14 billion (approximately US$67 million), compatible with the same period of last year. Year-to-Date consolidated sales reported TW$11.84 billion (approximately US$368 million), representing an 18% y-o-y increase.
Year-to-Date sales breakdown by regions was as follows: 28% from Taiwan, 60% from China (incl. HK) and 12% from Asean.
Year-to-Date sales breakdown by product category was as follows: 40% from core chips (CPU, MPU, chipsets), 35% from standard chips (logic, analog/linear, discrete and ASSP), 17% from memory chips (DRAM, SRAM, Flash, EEPROM), and 8% from others.
IR contacts：Cliff Yuan / Rita Chen：(02) 2788-5200 ext.5118 / (02) 2706-8268 5275 ir@WPGholdings.com
Corporate website: www.WPGholdings.com