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Wednesday 26 August 2020
Pegatron says no plan to expand capacity in Mexico now
Pegatron has maintained it has no plan to expand production capacity at its factory site in Mexico at the moment, dismissing speculation about it mulling building an additional facility...
Friday 14 August 2020
Zhen Ding to set up PCB assembly lines in India
PCB maker Zhen Ding Technology has disclosed plans to invest US$15 million to set up a subsidiary in India to engage in backend assembly of PCB modules.
Thursday 13 August 2020
Wistron steps up investment in India
ODM Wistron has announced plans to invest an additional US$45 million in its subsidiary in India to support construction of its third wholly-owned plant there.
Tuesday 4 August 2020
Apple keen to recruit more Chinese suppliers for iPhone
Apple is seemingly continuing to recruit more Chinese suppliers for iPhones, judging from Chinese EMS provider Luxshare Precision Industry and handset cover glass maker Lens Technology's...
Friday 31 July 2020
Acer to enjoy robust Chromebook sales in 3Q20
Despite a deceleration in demand from the work-from-home segment, Acer's notebook orders from the education segment, particularly those for Chromebooks, remain robust in the third...
Friday 31 July 2020
Huawei unseats Samsung in smartphone ranking
Huawei shipped more smartphones worldwide than any other vendor for the first time in the second quarter of 2020, marking the first quarter in nine years that a company other than...
Wednesday 29 July 2020
Luxshare aims to lead in iPhone supply chain, say sources
With the acquisition of Wistron's plants in China, Luxshare aims to take over Foxconn's position as the largest iPhone manufacturer, according to sources from the upstream supply...
Wednesday 29 July 2020
HPE reportedly to move server R&D to Taiwan
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is reportedly planning to shift its server hardware R&D resources to Taiwan and is scaling down its existing operations in Houston, according...
Friday 3 July 2020
Advantech and Interlatin form joint venture in Mexico
Advantech has announced the establishment of a joint venture subsidiary in Mexico with the Taiwan-based IPC maker's major channel partner Interlatin. Advantech and Interlatin will...
Thursday 2 July 2020
GaN and SiC power semiconductor markets set to pass US$1 billion mark in 2021, says Omdia
The emerging market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors is forecast to pass US$1 billion in 2021, energized by demand from hybrid & electric...
Monday 29 June 2020
Acer expects Asia Pacific shipments to benefit from peak season
Acer's president of Pan Asia Pacific Andrew Hou expects the company's PC shipments in the region to see seasonal demand in the second half of 2020, following a 10% on-year decline...
Monday 22 June 2020
Foxlink building non-China production sites
Connector maker Foxlink has begun constructing new production sites in Myanmar and India in response to escalating trade tensions between the US and China, according to company chairman...
Wednesday 20 May 2020
Apple accelerates moving of iPhone production to India, Vietnam
Apple has stepped up moving more of its iPhone production to India and Vietnam looking to better diversify manufacturing risks amid the escalating trade US-China tensions, according...
Monday 18 May 2020
TSMC US fab plan may boost server production in North America
TSMC is mostly likely to turn out 5nm HPC chips for datacenter server applications at its planned 5nm fab in the US, and whether the move will push up server contract production in...
Thursday 14 May 2020
Components and labor shortages continue to haunt server supply chain
Despite clients' strong short lead-time orders, the server supply chain is currently facing shortages of both components and labor, hindering their shipments in the second quarter,...