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Sigurd Microelectronics has budgeted NT$2.94 billion (US$92 million) in capex to boost its production capacity in 2010, chairman Sidney Huang said during the company's recent shareholders meeting. The chip testing company originally planned to allocate NT$1.64 billion to capex for the year.

Huang expressed optimism about the outlook of the semiconductor sector over the next three years. Sigurd's current in-house capacity has been unable to meet clients' demand, Huang added.

Huang revealed Sigurd's plans to add production lines at its facilities in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, and grow the number of its testers for logic, memory, mixed-signal and radio-frequency (RF) ICs.

In other news, Sigurd's shareholders approved a cash dividend per share of NT$1.20 for 2009, when the company posted net profits of NT$505 million on consolidated revenues of NT$3.75 billion.