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HannStar Board Remains Cautious on 2H19
July 17, 2019 | DigitimesEstimated reading time: Less than a minute
PCB maker HannStar Board continues to be cautious about its outlook for the rest of 2019, citing uncertainty in customer orders.
The threat of tariff hikes on China-made notebooks, tablets and other mass-market consumer electronics devices may be easing, but unfavorable global trade conditions and other negative macro factors will lead to a particularly weak second half of 2019, HannStar Board indicated. The PCB firm continued that profitability will also be affected but depend mostly on costs.
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