Supply Chain

Workers assemble cellphones at a factory in India.　
Caixin

How bad is China's manufacturing exodus?

Although Southeast Asia, India favored, China retains big advantages

28 June 2022
Taiwanese company GlobalWafers aims to open a plant for 300-mm chip wafers in the U.S. state of Texas as soon as 2025. 
Semiconductors

GlobalWafers to build $5bn U.S. plant after Siltronic bid fails

Washington scores major win for forging chip supply chain onshore

28 June 2022
China's YUNLSP mainly provides tools for visualizing information, sending electronic vouchers, an operating system for forwarders, customs clearance systems, customer outreach, an instant messenger on a SaaS platform. (Photo courtesy of Tuchong)
36Kr/KrASIA

Chinese logistics startup Yunlsp raises $15m in Series B round

Global support platform comprises more than 10,000 corporate customers

26 June 2022
GlobalFoundries CEO Tom Caulfield says demand for the chips his company makes will continue to outstrip capacity to the extent that "we'll be investing for the better part of the next decade." (Source photos by GlobalFoundries)
Semiconductors

GlobalFoundries to decide on further investments by end of year

U.S. chipmaker will 'continue to chase capacity,' CEO Tom Caulfield says

24 June 2022
Nanya Technology executives break ground on the company's $10 billion chip plant in New Taipei City. (Photo by Cheng Ting-Fang)
Semiconductors

Taiwan top memory chipmaker sees demand slowdown spreading

Nanya Technology flags revenue decline as cloud computing, data center orders weaken

23 June 2022
China's Yangtze Memory Technologies has seen its global market share in the NAND flash memory market take off from 1.3% in 2019 to around 4.8% in 2021.
Semiconductors

China's Yangtze Memory takes on rivals with new chip plant

Company aims to close technology gap with players like Samsung, Micron

23 June 2022
Mazda will raise the prices of two models, including its main compact car, the Mazda3, by about 3%. (Photo by Ryotaro Yamada)
Inflation

Mazda and Mitsubishi Motors to lift prices in Japan

Medium-size automakers 'can no longer bear' rising costs

17 June 2022
The Taiwanese company and its Japanese partners could start receiving payments by the end of this year.
Semiconductors

Japan to subsidize TSMC's Kumamoto plant by up to $3.5bn

Backing to come from METI fund intended to strengthen domestic chip sector

17 June 2022
Shortages and constraints are reaching into the most obscure corners of the global supply chain for electronic chips. (Source photos by Reuters, TSMC and AP) 
Business Spotlight

From chemicals to gases, chip suppliers reel as materials prices surge

Industry braces for 'more costly future' as shortages haunt supply chains

17 June 2022
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#techAsia

E-bikes in Indonesia and stormy skies for China's cloud giants

The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

16 June 2022
Sources say Samsung has told suppliers that the company needs to closely review its inventory levels of both components and final products. 
Supply Chain

Samsung temporarily reduces procurement amid inventory pressure

South Korean tech titan asks component makers and others to delay shipments

16 June 2022
Gourangalal Das is director-general of the India-Taipei Association, the South Asian country's de-facto embassy in Taipei. (Photo by Cheng Ting-Fang)
Supply Chain

India to pump $30bn into tech sector and chip supply chain

South Asia nation open to working with Taiwanese players to realize ambitions

16 June 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. leads in developing mass production technology for 2-nm chips.
Semiconductors

Japan seeks to produce cutting-edge 2-nm chips as soon as 2025

In race with TSMC, Tokyo and Washington partner on R&D and manufacturing

15 June 2022
Work on TSMC's new plants continues late into the night and on holidays as the chipmaker rushes to bring more capacity online. (Photo by Yu Nakamura)
Semiconductors

What Taiwan risk? Island's chipmakers embark on $120bn buildup

20 new fabs ready or in pipeline, dwarfing planned investments in U.S. and Japan

14 June 2022
Unionized truckers chant slogans during a rally at the Uiwang inland container depot, in Uiwang, South Korea, on June 7.
Supply Chain

South Korea truck driver strike hits Hyundai, Posco

Amount of cargo handled at port of Incheon drops to about 20% of normal

10 June 2022
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#techAsia

Supply chain stability and greener ride hailing

The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

10 June 2022
The apparel industry dumps 92 million tons of textiles a year. The European Union hopes new rules will increase recycling, repair and second-hand retail. (Source photos by Ken Kobayashi and AFP/Jiji)
Business Spotlight

From China to India, Asia braces for EU plan to kill fast fashion

Supply chains may have to shift to recyclable, durable clothes -- with uncertain consequences

10 June 2022
Toshiki Kawai, president and CEO of Tokyo Electron, sees the spread of 5G and autonomous driving as sustaining demand for his company's chipmaking equipment. (Photo by Shoichiro Taguchi)
Supply Chain

Tokyo Electron sees Japan focus as key to supply chain stability

Chip tool maker to invest 1 trillion yen in R&D over next five years

9 June 2022
TSMC Chairman Mark Liu speaks during a livestream of the Taiwanese chipmaker's annual shareholders meeting on June 8. (Photo by Cheng Ting-Fang) 
Semiconductors

TSMC says U.S. plant construction 'more costly' than expected

Taiwan chip titan assures revenue to grow up to 30% in 2022 amid market slowdown

8 June 2022
Nidec sees the e-Axle, its traction motor system for electric vehicles, as a driver of its earnings growth. (Photo by Shuntaro Fukutomi)
Supply Chain

EV motor maker Nidec fights for more chip buying power

Japanese manufacturer to consolidate purchases, push own designs

8 June 2022
ONE's Jeremy Nixon, left, and DHL's Tim Scharwath do not expect international trade to normalize for some time. (Source photo by Takashi Nakano and courtesy of DHL Global Forwarding)
Supply Chain

China lockdowns to keep freight rates elevated, logistics bosses say

DHL and Ocean Network Express CEOs identify pain points in world trade

7 June 2022
Global demand for personal computers and smartphones appears to be slowing. 
Electronics

Pandemic sales boom sputters for PCs, smartphones

Global shipments fall in January-March, weighed on by China slowdown

5 June 2022
China's 'zero-corona policy' may have accelerated a strategy which began among Japanese manufacturers to set up production facilities outside China as a solution to rising labor costs in the nation.
Supply Chain

Poll finds 14% of Japan companies in Shanghai shifting investments

Harsh COVID lockdowns and rising labor costs mean businesses look beyond China

3 June 2022
The European Union is set to upgrade economic ties with Taiwan -- home to major semiconductor companies such as TSMC. (Source photos by Shinya Sawai and Reuters) 
International relations

Taiwan, EU to boost economic ties to secure chip availability

Both sides focus on supply chain resilience in light of Ukraine war and COVID

1 June 2022
An Apple store in Shanghai. Apple is leaning on its suppliers to make extra components, a request that would be risky for any supplier to fully comply with.
Supply Chain

Apple to shift iPad capacity to Vietnam amid China supply chain woes

U.S. tech giant asks suppliers to build up extra inventory as contingency plan

1 June 2022