MJC Probe (MPI), which specializes in the manufacture of probe cards for wafer testing, has announced that revenues for November 2012 increased 20.9% sequentially to NT$292 million (US$10 million).
MPI's revenues for November 2012 fell by a narrower annual rate of 2.9%, compared to the double-digit on-year decreases reported for the previous 10 months of the year.
MPI has enjoyed brisk demand for wafer probe cards coming from the communications chip sector, and stable growth in its probe card shipments to the LCD driver IC segment, Taiwan's state-run Central News Agency (CNA) quoted market watchers as saying in a recent report. MPI shipped about 300,000 probe cards in November, with a book-to-bill ratio of one.
MPI also manufactures probers and sorters for LED packaging and testing. Shipments for the product line have been relatively weak compared to the third quarter, when its major clients spent most of their annual capex, the CNA report cited market watchers as indicating.
MPI's cumulative 20112 revenues through November totaled NT$2.18 billion, down 35.6% on year.
| MPI: Revenues, Oct 2011 - Oct 2012 (NT$m) | |||||
| Month | Sales | M/M | Y/Y | YTD | Y/Y |
| Oct-12 | 292 | 20.9% | (2.9%) | 2,178 | (35.6%) |
| Sep-12 | 241 | 5.1% | (24.8%) | 1,886 | (38.8%) |
| Aug-12 | 230 | 19.4% | (30.1%) | 1,644 | (40.4%) |
| Jul-12 | 192 | (33.4%) | (43.6%) | 1,415 | (41.8%) |
| Jun-12 | 289 | 19.2% | (17.2%) | 1,222 | (41.5%) |
| May-12 | 242 | 11.9% | (31.8%) | 934 | (46.4%) |
| Apr-12 | 217 | (7.3%) | (42.2%) | 692 | (50.1%) |
| Mar-12 | 234 | 80.8% | (30.5%) | 475 | (53.1%) |
| Feb-12 | 129 | 15% | (58.4%) | 242 | (64.3%) |
| Jan-12 | 112 | (44.7%) | (69.3%) | 112 | (69.3%) |
| Dec-11 | 203 | (15.9%) | (42.7%) | 3,826 | 6.9% |
| Nov-11 | 241 | (19.7%) | (38.6%) | 3,623 | 12.3% |
| Oct-11 | 301 | (6.4%) | (25.4%) | 3,382 | 19.4% |
