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Monday 22 August 2022
China exempts NEV purchase tax until end of 2023, maintaining incentives in market
China has decided to extend the new energy vehicle (NEV) purchase tax exemption to the end of 2023 after expressing the intention to do so three weeks ago. Since another existing...
Monday 22 August 2022
Taiflex to set up flexible CCL plant in Thailand
Flexible CCL (copper-clad laminate) maker Taiflex Scientific has disclosed it has acquired a factory site in eastern Thailand and will invest US$35 million to construct a flexible...
Monday 22 August 2022
Foxconn plans to establish ESG green energy fund as impact of extreme weather on supply chain intensifies
Foxconn chairman Young Liu has revealed the company's plans to establish an ESG (environmental, social and governance) green energy fund with the goal of helping other companies invest...
Monday 22 August 2022
India-Taiwan cooperation: Q&A with India Taipei Association director general Gourangalal Das
After launching series of policy incentives including "Make in India," "Phased Manufacturing Program," and "Production-Linked Incentive," India has successfully boosted its electronic...
Monday 22 August 2022
SEA roundup: Apple Watch reportedly to be made in Vietnam
Apple reportedly is urging suppliers to build more test production lines in Vietnam, a move highlighting the country's upgrading manufacturing capabilities. Indonesia wants not only...
Monday 22 August 2022
India roundup: India's semiconductor end products market likely to reach US$300 billion by 2026
As India strives to build its first semiconductor fab, Lam Research views this as an opportunity for expansion in the Indian market, while companies such as Ola Electric and Mahindra...
Friday 19 August 2022
VIA edge AI solutions attract orders from Toyota Material Handling Taiwan
VIA Technologies' edge AI solutions for smart transportation have attracted orders from Toyota Material Handling Taiwan, according to the Taiwan-based company specializing in embedded...
Friday 19 August 2022
Backend demand for automotive MCUs, MPUs stays robust
Backend demand for automotive MCUs and MPUs remains in high gear, with OSATs and packaging materials suppliers seeing clear order visibility through the end of this year, according...
Friday 19 August 2022
Net Zero Series (5): Cathay fosters transition to green economy
"Green investing is something right to do, and you need a good reason not to," a philosophy that Sophia Cheng, the chief investment officer of Cathay Financial Holdings, holds onto...
Friday 19 August 2022
Mitsubishi Fuso trials all-electric truck in Bali, Indonesia
Mitsubishi Fuso, a Japanese truck and bus manufacturer of Daimler Truck Asia (DTA), has announced that it will begin conducting customer trials of its first all-electric light-duty...
Friday 19 August 2022
Swap Energi collaborates with ABC Lithium for manufacturing LFP battery
Indonesia-based large battery-swapping technology suppliers Swap Energi recently partnered with International Chemical Industry, the manufacturer of ABC battery in Indonesia, to accelerate...
Thursday 18 August 2022
China panel, battery, solar production constrained by Sichuan power cuts
Major Chinese makers of LCD panels, power batteries and solar cells are seeing their production constrained by the ongoing power restrictions in the southwestern province of Sichuan,...
Thursday 18 August 2022
Polysilicon production in western China may affected by temporary power outage
The government of Sichuan Province, western China, has ordered factories there to temporarily stop production as the industrial power supply is suspended for being shifted to supply...
Thursday 18 August 2022
Suspension of battery material production in Sichuan likely to encourage lithium prices to rise
Orders for plants in Sichuan Province and Chongqing, China, to temporarily shut down are taking a toll on the automotive industry. The suspension has impacted the production of vehicles,...
Thursday 18 August 2022
Net Zero Series (4): Five practical steps to achieve net zero supply chain by Deloitte
Achieving supply chain net zero is a parody of The Three Little Pigs. Before anything else, preparation is the key to success, urged Deloitte's senior manager of Risk Management...