CONNECT WITH US
Global supply chain: Emerging tech, businesses
Emerging tech, businesses news coverage
IN THE NEWS
Tuesday 24 August 2021
Highlights of the day: UMC foundry quotes to rise further
Foundry quotes have been rising amid tight capacity and strong demand. UMC has notified clients that prices for its...
Tuesday 24 August 2021
VinFast partners with Gotion in LFP battery cell R&D
Vietnam's VinFast has disclosed it has signed an MoU with China's Gotion High-Tech, focusing on the procurement of Gotion's LFP batteries and discussion of the possibility of establishing...
Tuesday 24 August 2021
FIH Mobile and Stellantis establish JV to deliver smart cockpit solutions for automotive industry
Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn), together with its subsidiary FIH Mobile, and Stellantis have announced that they have entered into an agreement to set up a joint venture that...
Monday 23 August 2021
India roundup: PC shipments surge 50% in 2Q21; unicorn Ola unveils its first electric scooter
India is seeing electronics manufacturing and EV innovation boom with the help of the government's PLI schemes.
Monday 23 August 2021
India's largest battery cells producer Exide Industries sees recovery in overseas demand
India's largest lead-acid battery manufacturer Exide Industries is seeing recovery in the overseas market for FY2021 (from April 2020 to March 2021) after COVID, according to Hindu...
Monday 23 August 2021
ASC 100: Thailand's KCE Electronics sees surging demand for car PCB
Thailand's major car component supplier KCE Electronics is seeing significant demand for car PCB and electronics.
Monday 23 August 2021
Southeast Asia roundup: COVID continues to disrupt Asia supply chain
COVID continues to affect business and manufacturing in Vietnam, but it is not deterring Vietnam's Vingroup from testing out its level 4 driverless car.
Monday 23 August 2021
European carmakers plan to go all-electric after 2025
The EU has proposed plans with different timeframes to reduce carbon emissions and to strengthen economic resilience against natural disasters. Germany, for instance, aims to reduce...
Friday 20 August 2021
Startup vendors of EVs much less competitive in securing stable supply of EV batteries
Startup vendors of electric vehicles (EVs) are in much disadvantageous status in competing with international automakers to secure supply of EV batteries, for the latter have nearly...
Friday 20 August 2021
Global light vehicle production impacts now expected well into 2022
Unlike foundries' capacity constraints impacting mainly automotive MCUs, assembly capacity constraints impact all semiconductor types including sensors, power supplies, and discretes,...
Friday 20 August 2021
Intel unveils new chip architectures; expands partnership with TSMC
At Intel's Architecture Day 2021, two new X86 cores, two new datacenter SoCs and two discrete GPUs were introduced. Intel also disclosed it is among the top customers of TSMC, which...
Thursday 19 August 2021
India two-wheeler maker TVS Motor raises capital spending to manufacture EVs
India's TVS Motor is raising capital spending by 33% to INR8 billion (US$3 billion) to bring its electric motorcycle iQube nationwide and to raise monthly production of electric two-wheelers...
Thursday 19 August 2021
Automobile supply chain in Asia disrupted by Delta variant
The pandemic and undersupply of materials have disrupted the car supply chain in Asia, according to VIR, as some Asian countries are seeing a high infection rate of the Delta...
Thursday 19 August 2021
LFP batteries maker Aleees in preparation for capacity expansion
Advanced Lithium Electrochemistry (Cayman) (Aleees), a maker of cathode materials of LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries, in view of large potential demand, is in preparation to...
Wednesday 18 August 2021
Vietnam's largest private conglomerate Vingroup spends US$22m to produce EV cells
Vietnam's conglomerate Vingroup Corporation is spending VDN510 billion (US$22.2 million) to establish VINES Energy Solutions Joint Stock Company (VinES), according to Vietnamnet...