Thailand has experienced its worst floods in more than 50 years, potentially leading to a shortage of HDD supplies during the current quarter that may last into the first quarter...
Facing the flood that is impacting their production lines in Thailand, several digital still camera (DSC) brand vendors such as Nikon and Sony are likely to shift back the production...
Taiwan-based flexible PCB maker Career Technology indicated that its factories in Taiwan and Kunshan, Eastern China, have received orders shifted from clients of Japan-based fellow...
A fire broke out at one of Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board's (NPC) factories in Kunshan, China, in the early hours of October 15. The fire was extinguished quickly with no major damage...
Suppliers of hard disk drives (HDDs) have lowered inventory levels from 20-25 days to 10-15 days due to weak demand, according to industry sources. The decreased inventory volumes...
Seagate Technology and Western Digital (WD), the two biggest companies in the global HDD market, have provided updates to their operations in Thailand in light of the current flooding...
HDD players Western Digital, Seagate, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) and Toshiba have all been impacted by the floods in Thailand amid power shortages and a breakdown...
Taiwan-based PCB makers Advanced Printed Circuit Board (APCB) and Chin-Poon Industrial have noted that factories in Thailand continue normal operations and have not been impacted...
Min Aik Technology, a Taiwan-based hard drive component maker, on October 11 indicated that its two subsidiaries in Thailand, Min Aik Technology (Thailand) and MU Technology (Thailand),...
While Taiwan-based flexible PCB makers including Flexium Interconnect, Career Technology, and Ichia Technologies have already undertaken expansion projects for capacity ramps, Japan-based...
Taiwan-based digital camera makers Altek and Ability, in response to Japan's earthquake, pointed out that they have already confirmed with their Japan-based upstream CCD suppliers...
Kingston Technology has said it is partnering with Synnex Technology International for the Thailand market, and has set up an authorized service center for repair and after-sales...
PCB maker Advanced Printed Circuit Board (APCB) has announced that it plans to take over Thailand-based PCB maker CKL Electronics for US$6.76 million in order to expand its capacity...
More Japan-based IT companies are switching their PCB orders from makers in Japan to Thailand, as PCB makers in Thailand have become more competitive recently by utilizing government...
