ASE warns of 25-28 pct 4Q revenue drop

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc., a leading providing of packaging for chips, Tuesday that it expects its fourth-quarter revenue to decline by 25 percent to 28 percent from the previous quarter, below its previous forecast.

The Taiwan-based company said it believes the sales falloff is mainly due to the deteriorating global economy. On Oct. 31, it said it expected a sales decline of 15 percent to 20 percent from the 20.1 billion Taiwanese dollars, or $614 million, in third-quarter sales.

Because of the lower revenue, it now expects a gross margin of 14 percent to 15 percent, rather than the earlier projection of 20 percent.

ASE shares closed Tuesday's session on the Taiwan Stock Exchange down 6.6 percent.

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