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October 8, 2021 | Taiflex Scientific Co. Ltd.Estimated reading time: 1 minute
Taiwan-based Taiflex Scientific Co. Ltd, a manufacturer of flexible printed circuit materials such as flexible copper clad laminates (CCLs) and coverlays, has announced consolidated revenue of NT$864 million ($30.78 million at $1:NT$28.07) for September 2021, down by 1.4% from the previous month and by 10% year-on-year.
Revenue for the company's Electronic Materials Industry (EM) totaled NT$820 million ($29.2 million), down by 2.7% from the previous month and by 14.1% from September last year.
For January to September, Taiflex's total sales reached NT$7.261 billion ($258.7 million), up by 14.5% compared with the same period last year. For its EM business, total revenue for the first nine months of the year was NT$7.01 billion ($249.8 million), up by 13.3% YoY.
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