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Wednesday 28 December 2022
Nio curtails delivery outlook as China cancels Covid-19 restrictions
EV maker Nio announced on December 27 that it had lowered the delivery outlook for the fourth quarter of this year, as the pandemic impacted car production in China following latest...
Tuesday 27 December 2022
TV sales remain disappointing in China
Online TV sales during the Double 12 (December 12) shopping festival in China were lower than expected despite easing COVID restrictive measures. Double 12 is a sales day cut from...
Monday 26 December 2022
China's economy showing increasing strain from Covid tsunami
China's economy continued to slow in December as the massive Covid-19 outbreak spread across the country, with activity slumping as more people stay home to try and avoid getting...
Thursday 22 December 2022
Qisda expects demand recovery when COVID dies down in China
COVID cluster infections at Qisda's Suzhou plant in China are under control, and the company expects to see signs of demand recovery when the epidemic dies down in the country next...
Tuesday 20 December 2022
Foxconn enjoys capacity resumption after China eases COVID-19 restrictions
Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) has seen its capacity in China recovering quickly since the Chinese government significantly eased its COVID-19 restrictions. The company's smartphone...
Tuesday 20 December 2022
Notebook component makers see large absences at China plants due to COVID
With China significantly easing its COVID-19 restrictions, some notebook supply chain companies in China have seen infections in their plants affect up to 50% of their workers, resulting...
Friday 9 December 2022
2023 Outlook: Global desktop shipments expected to only have small decline in 2023
The PC industry is having a rough 2022 with factors such as global inflation, the Ukraine-Russia war, COVID-19 lockdowns in China, and increasing interest rates by mature markets...
Thursday 24 November 2022
Foxconn responds to protests at Zhengzhou iPhone plant in China
Violent protests have erupted at Hon Hai Precision Industry's (Foxconn) iPhone assembly plant in Zhengzhou, China, prompting a response from the company saying it will continue to...
Wednesday 21 September 2022
China losing appeal as European firms rethink future investments
China's focus of political goals like Covid Zero over economic objectives is making the country less appealing to European companies as a place to invest, a business group said, calling...
Friday 16 September 2022
CMOS image sensor sales to suffer first drop in 13 years
CMOS image sensor sales are expected to suffer their first sales decline in 13 years because of a smartphone slump, low camera growth in handsets, and weak global economy, according...
Friday 2 September 2022
Notebook vendors stepping up diversification of manufacturing bases
With lockdown measures being imposed in several Chinese cities due to a resurgence of COVID outbreaks locally, notebook assemblers and related suppliers are being asked by brand US...
Wednesday 31 August 2022
COVID resurgence in Sichuan to have little impact on notebook production
A resurgence of coronavirus outbreaks in Chongqing and Chengdu in China's Sichuan province is unlikely to have a substantial impact on the overall local notebook output, due to the...
Thursday 28 July 2022
SK Hynix posts record 2Q22 sales but sees challenges ahead
SK Hynix has reported record-high sales for the second quarter of 2022 but warned of a slow second half of the year for the memory market.
Monday 11 July 2022
Notebook ODMs enjoy rising shipments in June
Notebook ODMs saw June revenues rise from a month ago thanks to the lifting of the COVID-19 lockdowns in eastern Chinese cities and the related upstream supply chain will be fully...
Monday 4 July 2022
Google considering having future Pixel phones made in Vietnam
Google, which is having a majority of its Pixel 6 smartphone made in China, is considering shifting orders for its future phones to its manufacturing partners' plants in Vietnam to...
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