For a sign of how quickly touchscreens are gaining in popularity on devices ranging from smartphones and tablets to all-in-one PCs, one need look no further than the recent fortunes of Taiwan’s Wintek, one of the world’s biggest suppliers of touchscreen modules.

Wintek is embarking on an aggressive expansion after seeing revenues more than double last year, to T$64.7bn (US$2.1bn), largely because it supplies touchscreens for Apple’s iPad. It is spending US$150m to build a new plant in Vietnam, and this week said it is acquiring new land in Taiwan build a new plant that would nearly double its mid-sized touchscreen capacity, to 5.5m units per month by the end of next year. Continue reading »