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Friday 25 November 2011
Workers protest at Sunrex subsidiary in southern China
Notebook keyboard maker Sunrex Technology's subsidiary in Shenzhen, southern China, recently suffered a protest by workers complaining of long overtime demands, according to industry...
Friday 28 October 2011
Inventec to lay off over 400 employees
Inventec plans to fire as many as 432 employees, according to sources close to the company, adding that it is being carried out starting today (October 27). The sources blamed an...
Friday 21 October 2011
MediaTek hiring in China and Taiwan, says paper
Fabless IC firm MediaTek plans to recruit about 300 software engineers able to create applications for Android-powered smartphones, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily...
Friday 23 September 2011
ASE looks to expand
IC packaging and testing service provider Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) expects its consolidated revenues to top US$30 billion in 2020, and is eyeing a 30% global market...
Thursday 22 September 2011
Dell to increase workforce at Chengdu office
Dell is set to expand its workforce at its Chengdu base from 300 currently to 3,000 soon. Dell plans to have Chengdu serve as its second operating base.
Friday 19 August 2011
Delta Electronics to cut 10% of workforce in China
Delta Electronics, a Taiwan-based maker of power supplies, will cut 10% of the 60,000 workers at its production lines in China by the end of 2011, according to company CEO Yancey...
Friday 25 March 2011
Acer to cut 100 jobs in China
Acer is looking to eliminate more than 100 jobs at its operations in China, equivalent to about 10% of the company's total workforce stationed in the region, according to China media...
Wednesday 19 January 2011
ASE to beef up workforce in 2011, says paper
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) plans to hire a total of 3,000 employees for its major production hub in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, in 2011, according to company executive...
Friday 9 July 2010
Lextar to hire 1,300 employees in 2H10
Lextar Electronics, a maker of LED epitaxy wafers and chips, is expected to hire 1,300 employees in the second half of 2010 for its operations in Taiwan and China, according to the...
Monday 7 June 2010
Foxconn raises minimum wage to 2,000 yuan
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has announced plans to raise the minimum wage at its Shenzhen plant to 2,000 yuan (US$292.68) on October 1, but employees will need...
Friday 16 April 2010
KYE denies mistreatment at Microsoft-OEM factory
Taiwan-based PC accessory maker KYE Systems, which is also an OEM manufacturer of Microsoft products, has refuted a recently published report by the US National Labor Committee (NLC)...
Tuesday 13 April 2010
Foxconn pledges to offer mental support for employees
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) on April 10, held a conference in response to the spate of deaths and suicide attempts seen among its employees in China and pledged...
Wednesday 7 April 2010
Foxconn recruiting in Taiwan
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is seeking qualified professionals in Taiwan to fill job positions of various levels needed at its many factories and business divisions...
Friday 19 March 2010
UMC plans more hiring
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) plans to seek a total of 2,400 new recruits, including 1,000 engineers for its 12-inch wafer fab located at the Southern Taiwan Science Park...
Monday 15 March 2010
Inotera to recruit over 300 employees, says paper
DRAM maker Inotera Memories is planning to add an additional 300-400 employees - mostly engineers and R&D staff - which is equivalent to about 10% of its global workforce, according...