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Monday 2 November 2026
Dixon maps AI hardware expansion through Inventec, Gemtek, prospective packaging partners
Dixon Technologies is pursuing separate partnerships for servers, optical communications, and advanced semiconductor packaging as it seeks a role in AI infrastructure manufacturing, although its most ambitious silicon-photonics plans remain at the evaluation stage.
Monday 2 November 2026
Dixon turns to joint ventures, components as price-led growth leaves margins thin
Dixon Technologies is counting on smartphone joint ventures, expanding IT hardware production, and locally made components to turn a sharp sales increase into stronger earnings, as rising memory costs inflate revenue without a corresponding rise in manufacturing volumes.
Monday 2 November 2026
Tata Sons injects US$115.7M into Tata Electronics as chip and iPhone arm gains weight in group
Tata Sons has put INR11 billion (US$115.71 million) into Tata Electronics through a rights issue, according to regulatory filings, adding capital to a business that has quickly become one of the largest in the Tata group.
Monday 2 November 2026
India's Mivi opens electronics plant in Hyderabad as it moves into smartphones
Indian consumer electronics brand Mivi has inaugurated an INR2 billion (approx. US$21.05 million) research, development, and manufacturing facility at E-City in Tukkuguda, Hyderabad, giving the audio-focused company a monthly capacity of 500,000 earbuds and 75,000 soundbars as it pushes into smartphones.
Saturday 31 October 2026
HHTD26: Foxconn says vertical integration drives 1+1 far beyond 2
Addressing Foxconn's structural competitive advantages at Hon Hai Tech Day (HHTD 2026), rotating CEO Michael Chiang emphasized that the electronics manufacturing giant's core differentiator lies in true vertical integration rather than mere vertical aggregation.
Friday 30 October 2026
Foxconn argues it is more than a box mover in AI hardware
Foxconn chairman Young Liu said the company's core strengths are processing capabilities and vertical integration, as the manufacturer seeks to move beyond its long-standing image as a simple "Box Mover." At its 2026 Hon Hai Tech Day, Liu described an end-to-end model spanning design, components, assembly, software integration, and global logistics.
Friday 30 October 2026
Japan's Nidec reports update on restated financial reports, audit status, and corporate governance reform
Nidec Corporation has provided an update on its ongoing efforts to resolve the grounds for the disclaimer of opinion issued on its financial statements, missing its initial target to submit restated reports by October 28, 2026. Despite completing several remedial measures, the company continues to address additional verification procedures requested by its independent auditor.
Wednesday 28 October 2026
Celestica says awarded programs already put 2028 demand above its 2027 outlook
Celestica said customer demand forecasts for 2028, based solely on programs it has already won, are "meaningfully higher" than its 2027 revenue outlook, as it used its October 27 Investor and Analyst Day to lay out a multi-year growth plan built on AI networking and custom compute.
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Celestica's AI growth puts capacity in focus as revenue outlook reaches US$40 billion
Celestica's latest results suggest that its next challenge will be expanding production fast enough to serve AI infrastructure customers while keeping cash requirements under control. The company forecast US$40 billion in revenue for 2027, putting manufacturing capacity and growth financing at the center of its outlook.
Monday 19 October 2026
Lens Technology enters AI server cooling market with US$25 million PMG takeover
China's precision manufacturing giant Lens Technology is expanding into AI server infrastructure through a proposed US$25 million acquisition of a controlling stake in PMG International, gaining access to server rack manufacturing and liquid-cooling technologies. The transaction marks a further diversification beyond the company's established consumer electronics and automotive components businesses.
Monday 19 October 2026
India roundup: Tata chip bets face execution test as India semiconductor ecosystem expands

Tata's Dholera fab faces customer and shareholder tests as India's semiconductor push broadens, with packaging, chip services, AI hardware and infrastructure investments accelerating across the country's domestic technology ecosystem rapidly.

Thursday 15 October 2026
AI server tracker: Rail-kit growth turns uneven as cooling suppliers sustain expansion
Taiwan's rail-kit and thermal suppliers posted broad year-over-year revenue growth in September 2026, but sequential performance revealed uneven shipment schedules. All eight tracked companies grew both monthly and January–September revenue from a year earlier, while four recorded declines from August. The results suggest that platform transitions and component availability continue to influence how AI infrastructure demand translates into revenue.
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Adani and Jabil plan 50:50 JV to make AI data center hardware in India
A proposed Adani-Jabil venture could boost India's role in the global AI supply chain by adding local manufacturing of servers, racks, and cooling systems. If approved, the tie-up may help meet rising demand for data center hardware, lower supply risks, and widen access to AI infrastructure worldwide.
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Foxconn's Vietnam unit Fukang Technology more than doubles registered capital to US$710.4 million
Fukang Technology, a northern Vietnam subsidiary of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn), has raised its registered capital by more than 109% to nearly VND17.47 trillion (US$710.4 million), according to business registration records reported by The Investor on October 12, 2026. The update, issued in late September, lifts the capital base from VND8.35 trillion and brings the registration in line with a capital injection Hon Hai disclosed in Taiwan in August.
Tuesday 13 October 2026
AI Server tracker: Taiwan's AI server chain grew 55% in September, but the growth narrowed to fewer suppliers
The AI buildout is still lifting Taiwan's server supply chain faster than almost any other industry, yet September's filings show the lift concentrating into fewer hands. The 49 listed Taiwanese companies tracked across the AI server chain reported combined September revenue of NT$2.95 trillion (US$92.35 billion), up 55.0% from a year earlier and 3.8% from August. Strip out Hon Hai Precision Industry, and the same group's September revenue fell 6.8% from August. For the first nine months, the group has booked NT$21.39 trillion, up 53.9% year-on-year.
Monday 12 October 2026
India roundup: AI data center buildout accelerates as semiconductor push continues to broaden

India's technology buildout is deepening across semiconductors and AI infrastructure, with chip IP, packaging and equipment initiatives advancing alongside data center expansion, high-density computing, optical connectivity and GPU deployments.

Thursday 8 October 2026
Taiwan's Gemtek to help Dixon enter data center market through Indian optics venture
Taiwan's Gemtek Technology is set to provide the optical know-how behind Dixon Technologies' move into the data center market. The Indian contract manufacturer signed a joint venture agreement with Gemtek on October 7 to make optical transceivers in India and said in a filing with the BSE and the National Stock Exchange of India that the deal is expected to let it enter the data center, telecom, and optical-connectivity ecosystem by combining its large-scale manufacturing with Gemtek's expertise in high-speed optical modules, telecom infrastructure, and networking.
Thursday 1 October 2026
Tata Electronics leans on INR612.8 billion in guarantees to fund iPhone, chip expansion
Tata Electronics, Apple's contract manufacturing partner, provided INR612.8 billion (US$6.38 billion) in corporate guarantees on behalf of its subsidiaries in fiscal 2026 as it expanded iPhone manufacturing and semiconductor projects, The Economic Times reported.
Thursday 1 October 2026
Jabil targets US$17.5 billion in data center revenue as it builds out power, cooling, and networking
Jabil's plan for fiscal 2027 puts a price tag on its move from building servers to building the power, cooling, and networking systems around them. The company expects about US$17.5 billion of cloud and data-center infrastructure revenue, up about 52%. That business sits inside an Intelligent Infrastructure segment forecast at about US$25.6 billion, up about 43%. Management laid out the roadmap segment by segment at its fourth-quarter earnings call and ninth annual investor briefing on September 30, 2026, according to a Bloomberg transcript.
Thursday 1 October 2026
Jabil targets 24% growth in FY27 as AI hardware ramp reshapes business
Jabil's fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 marked the point at which AI data-center hardware became the clear center of gravity for the US contract manufacturer. Revenue for the three months ended August 31 rose 29% from a year earlier to US$10.6 billion. The GAAP operating margin widened to 5.7% from 4.1% as new capacity came online faster than planned and more hyperscale customers moved into volume production.
Monday 28 September 2026
Apple keeps iPhone Duo in China, exposing limits of India's phone supply chain

Apple's first foldable iPhone has become a test of how far India has come as a manufacturing base, and the answer is sobering. As India-assembled iPhones reach record export levels, Apple kept development and assembly of its most complex phone, the iPhone Duo, in China. The decision points to a gap that Pune Times Mirror summed up this way: India has become indispensable to Apple's assembly operations, but not yet to its engineering.

Monday 28 September 2026
India roundup: India's tech ambitions widen from electronics manufacturing to chips, cloud and talent
India's technology push is widening across electronics manufacturing, semiconductors, cloud infrastructure and talent, as domestic expansion draws deeper investment, tighter scrutiny and stronger links with global technology supply chains worldwide.
Wednesday 23 September 2026
India's Dixon looks beyond smartphones to crack global EMS top 10
Dixon Technologies is expanding into components, IT hardware, and new manufacturing categories as it seeks a place among the world's 10 largest electronics manufacturing services (EMS) companies within five years, making diversification central to its next growth phase.
Monday 21 September 2026
Wiwynn chair says AI hardware is being reshaped by power, cooling, interconnect demands

AI computing is changing how global hardware is designed, built, and deployed, with implications that extend well beyond Taiwan's tech sector. At a September 19 event, Wiwynn chair Emily Hong said the industry now faces three central challenges: power, cooling, and high-speed interconnect, as demand for AI infrastructure rises worldwide.

Thursday 17 September 2026
Kinpo's push into higher-margin products, quantum control signals a wider industrial pivot

Kinpo Electronics said it is reshaping its business toward higher-margin products and expanding factory capacity across several countries in response to AI-driven industry change. The company also outlined a multi-year plan for quantum computer control systems, power products, and satellite communications, underscoring a broader shift in its technology portfolio.