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Tuesday 10 November 2026
South Korea approves advanced display research platform
South Korea has approved a seven-year national research program to support display technology development and provide companies with shared testing and commercialization facilities...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Mitsui Chemicals to acquire JSR for US$11.6 billion, targeting semiconductor materials growth
Mitsui Chemicals plans to acquire semiconductor materials maker JSR in a transaction valued at JPY1.84 trillion (approx. US$11.6 billion), including assumed debt, as it seeks to strengthen...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Column: Nvidia explores PTFE for AI servers amid PFAS concerns
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), the material behind the Teflon brand, has become one of the most closely watched materials for advanced electronics, drawing attention at the Open Compute...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Environmental engineering and advanced process materials drive Topco's revenue above full-year 2025 level in first 10 months
Topco reported consolidated revenue of NT$8.186 billion (approx. US$249.4 million) for October 2026, up 6.3% month-over-month and 61.2% year-over-year, setting a record high for monthly...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Fino raises capital again to dilute Chinese ownership, meet US PFE rules
Fino, a South Korean company backed by Chinese precursor producer CNGR Advanced Material, will raise about KRW183 billion (approximately US$130 million) through a cash capital increase...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
ePaper manufacturer E Ink to buy manufacturing plant in Taiwan for NT$2.78 billion, teams with Taiflex on AI materials
E Ink Holdings' board on November 6 approved buying land and factory buildings in Taoyuan's Guanyin Industrial Park from Chung Hwa Pulp for NT$2.78 billion (US$84.63 million) before...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Seoul court rejects LG Chem bid to halt Ronbay unit's cathode output, report says
A Seoul court has dismissed LG Chem's request for a preliminary injunction that would have halted production and sales of certain cathode materials by JS Energy, the South Korean subsidiary...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
India approves INR75 billion in electronics projects, expanding materials production
India approved 12 applications involving a proposed investment of INR75.03 billion (US$796.90 million) under its Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) on November 6, broadening...
Monday 9 November 2026
AI chip testing demands lift Taiwan's wafer testing specialist HTSI as October revenue surges 62%
Taiwanese semiconductor wafer testing solutions provider Hermes Testing Solution Inc. (HTSI) reported sustained revenue growth in October, supported by steady demand for high-power...
Monday 9 November 2026
Doosan expands CCL production in China and South Korea to meet AI demand
Doosan is moving ahead with a roughly KRW970 billion (approx. US$716 million) expansion of copper-clad laminate (CCL) production in South Korea and China as demand for AI accelerators,...
Monday 9 November 2026
South Korean equipment maker Naintech supplies TCL CSOT via LG for 8.6-generation inkjet OLED line
South Korean equipment maker Naintech is expanding beyond secondary-battery equipment by entering TCL China Star Optoelectronic Technology’s 8.6-generation inkjet OLED mass-production...
Monday 9 November 2026
Taiwanese ICT manufacturer Wah Hong accelerates AI cooling as memory hikes hit electronics
Higher memory prices caused by tight supply weakened demand for consumer electronics, while investment in Wah Hong Industrial's thermal management division weighed on overall third-quarter...
Monday 9 November 2026
Nittobo's T-Glass supply crunch deepens despite 3.6-fold capacity expansion plan for AI chips
Japan's Nittobo (Nitto Boseki) plans to invest an additional JPY20 billion (approx. US$127 million) to expand production of T-Glass, a specialized low-coefficient-of-thermal-expansion...
Saturday 7 November 2026
Analysis: Britain's semiconductor paradox—world-class innovation, but who captures the value?
As artificial intelligence reshapes global chipmaking, the UK's strength in design, materials and research is being tested by a longstanding challenge: turning technological breakthroughs...
Friday 6 November 2026
China's NSIG sees silicon wafer prices rebound, but profitability remains elusive
National Silicon Industry Group (NSIG) expects to complete its expansion to 1.2 million 300mm silicon wafers per month by the end of 2026, positioning the Chinese semiconductor materials...