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Friday 25 December 2020
ODMs hit snag in sending staff to oversee production in India
Worsening Covid-19 infections and the recent labor riot at Wistron's iPhone manufacturing plant in India have compounded the difficulty for Taiwan's ODMs to send Taiwanese production...
Thursday 24 December 2020
81 million jobs lost in Asia-Pacific amid COVID-19, says ILO
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a heavy toll on the job market in the Asia-Pacific region, with an estimated 81 million jobs lost in 2020, according to a new report from the Intenational...
Thursday 24 December 2020
Realme expects significant handset sales growth in India
Despite COVID-19 impacts, Realme still expects to see up to 30% volume growth in the Indian market in 2020, as it continues to expand manufacturing in India and plans to launch more...
Thursday 24 December 2020
Understanding what customers really need: Q&A with AImazing founder Jun Ting
AImazing, founded in 2015, was groomed by Taiwan-based accelerator AppWorks. AImazing, which set up its headuqarters in Singapore and R&D base in Taiwan in 2017, was about to...
Wednesday 23 December 2020
Zoom to expand presence in Singapore
Zoom Video Communications has announced that it will expand its presence in Singapore by opening a new research and development center.
Tuesday 22 December 2020
India aspires to build semiconductor ecosystem
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has recently unveiled a letter of intent seeking industry support in a bid to establish the country's semiconductor ecosystem,...
Tuesday 22 December 2020
Vietnam handsets and related components output value totals US$46.9 billion
The output value of Vietnam's handset and related component industry came to US$46.9 billion in the first 11 months of 2020, accounting for 18.4% of the country's total export value...
Monday 21 December 2020
Bright outlook for Vietnam in 2021
Although manufacturers may feel less compelled than before to relocate their production out of China, now that Donald Trump is leaving the White House, they will carry on with their...
Monday 21 December 2020
Riot threatens to derail Wistron, Apple and India plans
The riot at Wistron's plant in India has done disservices not only to the Taiwanese ODM, but also to its client Apple - which has been keen to move some production of its devices...
Thursday 17 December 2020
Thailand smartphone sales drop in 3Q20
Smartphone sales in Thailand fell 7.6% annually to 4.7 million units in the third quarter of 2020, according to Gartner, in line with global concerns over resurging COVID-19 that...
Wednesday 16 December 2020
Pegatron on track to commence investment project in India, says chairman
Pegatron is on track to step up its investment in India, according to company chairman TH Tung, despite a riot at a Wistron plant in the country.
Wednesday 16 December 2020
Micron expanding India team
Micron Technology, optimistic about India's IT sector, is ready to establish a center of excellence and expand industry-academia collaboration there, according to media reports.
Tuesday 15 December 2020
Taiwan auto PCB makers gearing up for EV market in Thailand
Thailand is emerging as a new outlet for automotive PCBs, particularly those for electrical vehicles (EVs), prompting Taiwan-based PCB makers including Apex International, Chin-Poon...
Tuesday 15 December 2020
Wistron says losses at India plant only NT$100-200 million
Wistron, in response to reports claiming the riot at its India plant had resulted in damage totaling NT$1.6 billion (US$56.31 million), has maintained that the loss was actually only...
Tuesday 15 December 2020
Taiwan supply chain players have mixed attitudes on capacity relocation
Taiwanese companies in the upstream supply chain are having mixed attitudes about relocating their capacities to Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, India and Thailand, amid...