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The Rise of Malaysia
ICT and semiconductor industry's growing interest in Malaysia.
The US-China trade war has resulted in many companies seeking non-Chinese production sites as alternatives.

Malaysia is receiving increased interest from the ICT and semiconductor industries and emerging as a viable destination for production relocation.

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Thursday 3 June 2021
AT&S to set up ABF substrate production base in Southeast Asia
AT&S has disclosed plans to invest EUR1.7 billion (US$2.07 billion) to set up a new production base for ABF substrates in Southeast Asia to satisfy the needs of its major HPC...
Thursday 3 June 2021
Passive component vendors may see production in Malaysia disrupted
Malaysia is where a number of Japan- and Taiwan-based passive component vendors operate their regional factory sites, and their production may be disrupted by an ongoing two-week...
Wednesday 26 May 2021
Taiwan IT firms slowing production diversification amid resurging pandemic
Taiwan-based IT companies have continued to diversify their production bases to counter the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and US-China trade disputes, but has slowed their...
Thursday 22 April 2021
Malaysia invites telecom equipment vendors to 5G bidding, says report
Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) under Malaysia's Ministry of Finance has invited Ericsson, Huawei, ZTE, Cisco, NEC, Nokia, Samsung Electronics and FiberHome to participate in the bidding...
Wednesday 7 April 2021
Acer optimistic about 2Q21 shipments in Asia Pacific
Acer expects shipments into Asia Pacific to grow sequentially in the second quarter thanks to the stay-at-home economy driven by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the company's...
Monday 18 January 2021
Ralec stops taking resistor orders
Taiwan-based resistor maker Ralec, a subsidiary of Chilisin Electronics, has stopped its distributors in the Greater China region from accepting new thick-film chip resistor orders...
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 2 December 2020
Walsin resumes resistor production at Malaysia plant
Walsin Technology has resumed resistor production at its Malaysia plant, which had been shut down temporarily to facilitate coronavirus-related inspections, according to the passive...
Wednesday 25 November 2020
Walsin suspends production at Malaysia plant due to coronavirus
Several employees at Walsin Technology's Malaysia plant have tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the Taiwan-based passive component supplier to suspend operations at the plant.
Friday 6 November 2020
US election outcome not to change ODM relocation plans
Taiwan-based notebook and server manufacturers are sticking to plans of moving production out of China according to customer requests, regardless of the outcome of the US presidential...
Wednesday 4 November 2020
Malaysia and Taiwan engage in industrial collaborations to drive AIoT in Southeast Asia
Under the efforts of the New South Bound Policy, Taiwan and Malaysia engage in active industrial collaborations to create win-win partnerships that foster the sharing of experiences...
Tuesday 20 October 2020
Wistron to acquire WD plant in Malaysia
Wistron has announced it will spend US$28.74 million to acquire a plant from Western Digital (WD) in Malaysia via its subsidiary Wistron Technology (Malaysia).
Friday 18 September 2020
Foxconn reportedly seeking to take stake in Silterra
Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is said to have joined the bidding for stakes in Malaysia-based 8-inch foundry Silterra, and if it wins, the Taiwanese EMS giant...
Thursday 14 May 2020
Asustek sees tight supply of notebook components
Coronavirus lockdowns in several Southeast Asian countries have disrupted supply of chips and components for notebooks and although the shortages have significantly improved recently...
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,...