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Friday 3 July 2026
CSCC expands Pingnan plant to lift carbon materials output
China Steel Chemical Corporation (CSCC) is expanding its Pingnan plant to increase development capacity for advanced carbon materials and graphite blocks. The Taiwan-based subsidiary...
Friday 3 July 2026
South Korea battery industry urges tax reform as US, Europe rules bite
The South Korean government treats batteries as a strategic asset tied to national economic and energy security, but industry leaders say the growth and survival of South Korea's companies...
Friday 3 July 2026
Cheng Mei accelerates semiconductor shift as polarizer market faces cost pressure

Cheng Mei Materials is expanding into semiconductor materials to support supply chain adjustments for outsourced chip assembly and...

Thursday 2 July 2026
Fujifilm India signs MoU to assess semiconductor materials manufacturing in Gujarat

Fujifilm India said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Gujarat State Electronics Mission, under the Department of...

Thursday 2 July 2026
GaAs and InP price hikes hit Taiwan supply chain
Compound semiconductor epitaxy makers are raising prices again for gallium arsenide (GaAs) and indium phosphide (InP) epi wafers, as persistent raw material cost increases, supply...
Wednesday 1 July 2026
Kinpo expects 2H revenue to exceed 1H amid plant ramp

Kinpo Electronics said its core operations remained stable despite a first-quarter revenue drop, with global demand patterns, customer...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
China's chip material makers riding the AI boom close in on Japan

Chinese semiconductor material manufacturers are accelerating investments in advanced products as Beijing pushes for greater self-sufficiency,...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
AI chip complexity stretches electronic materials order windows to six months, DuPont spinoff warns

As the AI wave drives rapid growth across the global semiconductor industry, the upstream electronic materials supply chain has become...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
Naphtha supply risk adds pressure to semiconductor materials
A crude oil shortage tied to the US-Iran war is raising concern about naphtha, a refinery byproduct used deep in industrial supply chains. While a direct semiconductor shortage is...
Wednesday 1 July 2026
Why South Korea may struggle to replicate Taiwan's semiconductor success

South Korea is moving to build a complete semiconductor supply chain modeled on Taiwan's technology corridor, but Gudeng chairman Bill...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
TSMC fast-tracks CoPoS—whole supply chain under gag order

TSMC is accelerating CoWoS capacity expansion while also pushing ahead with next-generation panel-level packaging, CoPoS, aiming to...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
TSMC 2nm, CoWoS, and CoPoS broadly lift Taiwan's equipment, materials, and packaging suppliers

As AI demand continues to fuel global semiconductor investment, customers are keeping wafer starts strong, and TSMC is accelerating...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
Fulltech Fiber Glass to lift cloth prices as much as 30% from July

Fulltech Fiber Glass is raising prices for its glass fiber cloth lines amid higher raw material, energy, transportation, and manufacturing...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
Interview: Why DuPont spinoff Qnity is betting its Taiwan growth on packaging, not process nodes

As Taiwan becomes the core of the global AI hardware supply chain, Qnity — the century-old company spun off from US chemicals...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix step up CO₂ buying as supplies tighten
South Korea's inventories of high-purity carbon dioxide, a critical material used in advanced semiconductor manufacturing, have fallen below normal buffer levels, raising procurement...