(Taipei News) Winbond Electronics Corporation today announced the revenue results for the month of January, 2009. Revenue for the month was NT$ 983 million, a decrease approximately 9.25 percent when compared with NT$1.083 billion in the previous month.
As fewer working days and inventory adjustments from customers, revenue decreased month-over-month. Of which, revenue of Memory IC Manufacturing reduced when compared with the previous month. Shipments in the Specialty DRAM and Mobile RAM segments also dropped. NOR Flash business, nevertheless, had a boost in January thanks to new products accepted by customers and growing shipment volumes from the previous month.
Confronting the challenge of economic slowdown, Winbond makes utmost efforts to continually move forward by gaining advantages of lower operating cost, flexible production adjustment, and branded product and advanced technology developments. Regarding to Qimonda's insolvency filing in Germany, in addition, the Company adopts the strategy of directly selling Commodity DRAM. It is expected that revenue will slightly decrease in the short term but resume in the second quarter of this year.
Winbond Electronics Corp. Monthly Business Revenue Report (Unit: NT$ 1,000)
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Monthly Revenue
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| 2009 January | 982,759 |
| 2008 December | 1,082,988 |
| Increase (Decrease) | (9.25)% |
Note: The results are internal data and have not been audited by a CPA.
Spokesperson
Wilson Wen
Vice President of Administrative Center
Tel：03-5792755
News Liaison
Mike Liu
Deputy Director
Tel：03-5792516
Email：ckliu@winbond.com