Taiwan's Billion-dollar Companies

[Martian2]

Taiwan's Billion-dollar Companies

To qualify for this list, a Taiwanese company must have at least US$1 billion in sales. Also, this is a technology list. I'm excluding banks, insurance companies, steel, property, construction, etc.

I probably missed a few tech companies. I think I skipped the entire photovoltaic sector and machine tool industry.

This list is only meant to provide an idea of the depth of Taiwan's tech industry. I think I discriminated against Taiwan's entire bicycle industry. Taiwan holds a lot of the patents for expensive mountain bikes.

Hon Hai - $127 billion in sales
Pegatron - $32.2 billion
Formosa Petrochemical - $31.4 billion
Quanta Computer - $29.7 billion
TSMC - $25 billion
Compal Electronics - $23.1 billion
Wistron - $22 billion
Asustek Computer - $15.5 billion
Inventec - $14.9 billion
Formosa Chemicals - $14.5 billion
Innolux - $14.2 billion
AU Optronics - $14 billion
Acer - $12.1 billion
Lite-On Group - $10.93-12.5 billion
Synnex Technology International Corp. - $10.36 billion
Nan Ya Plastics - $10.2 billion
Chungwha Telecom - $7.7 billion
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) - $7.4 billion
Formosa Plastics - $7.3 billion
MediaTek - $7.2 billion
HTC - $6.75 billion
Delta Electronics - $5.8 billion
Chi Mei Corporation - $5.61 billion
TPK Holding Co., Ltd. - $4.97 billion
UMC - $4.3 billion
Tatung Co. Ltd. - $3.779 billion
Qisda Corp. - $3.73 billion
Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co. Ltd. - $3.32 billion
Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. (SPIL) - $2.67 billion
Micro-Star International (MSI) - $2.465 billion
Zhen Ding Technology - $2.14 billion
Inotera Memories - $2 billion
Elitegroup Computer Systems Co. (ECS) - $1.98 billion
Unimicron - $1.87 billion
Gigabyte Technology - $1.7 billion
HannStar Board Corp. - $1.52 billion
Largan Precision - $1.4 billion
Nanya Technology Corporation - $1.4 billion
Powerchip - $1.33 billion
Novatek - $1.32 billion
MiTAC - $1.26 billion
Winbond Electronics Corp. - $1.19 billion
Advantech - $1.12 billion
Everlight - $1.1 billion
A-Data Technology Co Ltd. - $1.05 billion
D-Link - $0.96 billion
Realtek - $0.95 billion
Epistar - $0.94 billion
Himax Technologies - $0.84 billion
Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (VIS) - $0.78 billion
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References:

The World's Biggest Public Companies List - Forbes
Morningstar
Bloomberg

 

[AndrewJin]

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Taiwan's Billion-dollar Companies

To qualify for this list, a Taiwanese company must have at least US$1 billion in sales. Also, this is a technology list. I'm excluding banks, insurance companies, steel, property, construction, etc.

I probably missed a few tech companies. I think I skipped the entire photovoltaic sector and machine tool industry.

This list is only meant to provide an idea of the depth of Taiwan's tech industry. I think I discriminated against Taiwan's entire bicycle industry. Taiwan holds a lot of the patents for expensive mountain bikes.

Hon Hai - $127 billion in sales
Pegatron - $32.2 billion
Formosa Petrochemical - $31.4 billion
Quanta Computer - $29.7 billion
TSMC - $25 billion
Compal Electronics - $23.1 billion
Wistron - $22 billion
Asustek Computer - $15.5 billion
Inventec - $14.9 billion
Formosa Chemicals - $14.5 billion
Innolux - $14.2 billion
AU Optronics - $14 billion
Acer - $12.1 billion
Lite-On Group - $10.93-12.5 billion
Synnex Technology International Corp. - $10.36 billion
Nan Ya Plastics - $10.2 billion
Chungwha Telecom - $7.7 billion
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) - $7.4 billion
Formosa Plastics - $7.3 billion
MediaTek - $7.2 billion
HTC - $6.75 billion
Delta Electronics - $5.8 billion
Chi Mei Corporation - $5.61 billion
TPK Holding Co., Ltd. - $4.97 billion
UMC - $4.3 billion
Tatung Co. Ltd. - $3.779 billion
Qisda Corp. - $3.73 billion
Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co. Ltd. - $3.32 billion
Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. (SPIL) - $2.67 billion
Micro-Star International (MSI) - $2.465 billion
Zhen Ding Technology - $2.14 billion
Inotera Memories - $2 billion
Elitegroup Computer Systems Co. (ECS) - $1.98 billion
Unimicron - $1.87 billion
Gigabyte Technology - $1.7 billion
HannStar Board Corp. - $1.52 billion
Largan Precision - $1.4 billion
Nanya Technology Corporation - $1.4 billion
Powerchip - $1.33 billion
Novatek - $1.32 billion
MiTAC - $1.26 billion
Winbond Electronics Corp. - $1.19 billion
Advantech - $1.12 billion
Everlight - $1.1 billion
A-Data Technology Co Ltd. - $1.05 billion
D-Link - $0.96 billion
Realtek - $0.95 billion
Epistar - $0.94 billion
Himax Technologies - $0.84 billion
Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (VIS) - $0.78 billion
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References:

The World's Biggest Public Companies List - Forbes
Morningstar
Bloomberg

you mean Giant?

 

[Keel]

Impressive

Food production
顶新国际集团 Ding Hsin International Group / Master Kong 康师傅
统一企业股份有限公司 Uni-President Enterprises Corporation

Petroleum gas exploration, refinery / chemical, plastic production
台塑集團/台塑石化 Formosa Plastics Group
台湾中油 CPC Corporation Taiwan
信昌化工 Taiwan Prosperity Chemical Corporation

Air and seaway transportation
长荣集团 Evergreen Group

Glass blossoming hibiscus and bud emerging from a
crystal clear pedestral
琉璃工房 Liuli Gongfang

 

[Martian2]

What does Taiwan's $60 billion merchandise trade surplus mean?

For 2015, Taiwan's merchandise trade surplus is running at $5 billion per month. This means Taiwan's tech sector is stronger than ever.

For example, TSMC had a net income of $8 billion last year. This is expected to grow to a $10 billion net profit this year. MediaTek's profit has surpassed $1 billion. Some Taiwanese tech companies are growing very quickly.

On my top 50 list of Taiwanese tech companies (e.g. semiconductors, electronics, and specialty chemicals), most of the sales revenue data were from 2013. A few were from 2014. Practically every company on the list will have sales of over $1 billion this year, with the exception of Vanguard.

For example, Himax Technologies had quarterly sales of $227 million (see citation below). Annualized, Himax sales for 2015 will exceed $1 billion.

Bank of America Downgrades Himax Technologies to Underperform (HIMX) - American Banking News
"Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.09. The company had revenue of $227.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $225.05 million."

The interesting aspect of Taiwan's hi-tech sector is the huge number of companies bubbling below $1 billion in sales. Between $100 to $900 million, there is an army of Taiwanese tech companies fighting their way to the top. For PCB companies alone, there are about 20 Taiwanese tech companies in the medium-size range.

Also, Taiwan tech superstars tend to come out of nowhere. They are usually spun off as independent units and some outgrow their parent company. For example, MediaTek was spun out of UMC in 1997. Today, MediaTek ($7.2 billion) has larger sales than UMC ($4.3 billion)!

I think Hon Hai is starting to focus on industrial robots. Hon Hai's future tech business will look different from today.

Pegatron was spun off from Asus in 2010.

Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (VIS) has an assured future, because it is an affiliate of TSMC.

The point is that Taiwan has a very dynamic tech industry. Companies are constantly being spun off and some grow into giants in their own right. You never know which Taiwanese company will become the next billion-dollar behemoth.

It's a fun past-time to watch the constant jockeying among Taiwan's tech companies. Will Taiwan's Genius Electronic Optical Co. Ltd. (the mouse scroll-wheel patent holder) succeed in growing from $0.3 billion to become a billion-dollar company? Check back in ten years to find out!

 

[terranMarine]

TW is one of Mainland's germ.

 

[AndrewJin]

Impressive

Food production
顶新国际集团 Ding Hsin International Group / Master Kong 康师傅
统一企业股份有限公司 Uni-President Enterprises Corporation

Petroleum gas exploration, refinery / chemical, plastic production
台塑集團/台塑石化 Formosa Plastics Group
台湾中油 CPC Corporation Taiwan
信昌化工 Taiwan Prosperity Chemical Corporation

Air and seaway transportation
长荣集团 Evergreen Group

Glass blossoming hibiscus and bud emerging from a
crystal clear pedestral
琉璃工房 Liuli Gongfang

These are all hated by general youth in Taiwan.
The first one?They call it 黑心油企业
The tendency of ROC's society is
1,anti-consortium
2,live a life of 小确幸

 

[Martian2]

Hon Hai had $4.17 billion in net profit for 2014

Taiwanese companies are highly profitable. Many of them generate billion-dollar plus in net income. This funds research and development into the next generation of technology. Also, it allows the companies to diversify into new high-tech businesses. I would describe Taiwan as being in a virtuous cycle upwards. Above-average profits from Taiwanese patents incorporated into Taiwanese products provide the monetary resources for new and exciting products.

Profit at iPhone Assembler Foxconn Rose 22% Last Year - WSJ

"Hon Hai said its net profit in 2014 rose to 130.53 billion new Taiwan dollars ($4.17 billion) from NT$106.69 billion a year earlier. Revenue rose 6.5% to 4.21 trillion new Taiwan dollars from NT$3.95 trillion a year earlier. The company didn’t disclose quarterly earnings."
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[Martian2]

EE Times: MediaTek sells 550 million chips per year

Taiwan's MediaTek sells 400 million smartphone, 100 million smart TV, and 50 million tablet chips annually (see EE Times citation below).

MediaTek is notable for being the first company in the world to build a true octa-core chip.[1]

Also, MediaTek was the first to build a true octa-core with LTE.[2]

Finally, MediaTek is closing the gap with market leader Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810.[3]

References.

1. MediaTek launches world's first true octa-core mobile chip, first devices due end of year
2. MediaTek announces world's first 4G LTE octa-core processor
3. MediaTek Takes on Snapdragon 810 with New 64-bit Chip
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Why MediaTek Pushes Cross-Device Sharing | EE Times

 

[Martian2]

Correcting Taiwan's Inventec to $13.3 billion in revenue

I make the occasional error and it's embarrassing. As soon as I realize it, I correct it.

Inventec's actual revenue is $13.3 billion (see citation below). I apologize for the mistake.

I'll add Catcher and Compeq to the list of Taiwanese billion-dollar companies later. I just want to fix my mistake first.
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Inventec sets revenue target of US$20 billion for 2017 | Tech | FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

a few of Taiwan's big companies is bigger than some neighbors whole economy.

 

[Pangu]

Impressive! We don't call Taiwan '宝岛' for nothing.

 

[terranMarine]

That's why i have always said Taiwan is Mainland's goose that lays golden eggs. It's the tech powerhouse that powers Mainland along with HK the Asia's financial center and Macau the tourist destination for gambling and entertainment.
These engines boost Mainland's growth too , therefor it's a joke that delusional members here think India or Vietnam will be able to recreate the China model and become the next China. There can only be one Titan in Asia.

 

[TaiShang]

Let's say Taiwan is the "hidden dragon" while the motherland (Mainland) is the one out in the open

 

[terranMarine]

Let's say Taiwan is the "hidden dragon" while the motherland (Mainland) is the one out in the open

that's another way to look at it

 

[Martian2]

Taiwan's Coretronic has annual revenue of $2.5 billion dollars (see Hoovers citation)

CORETRONIC CORPORATION | Revenue and Financial Reports