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Friday 12 December 2025
Taiwan firms tighten hold on AI-server PCB drilling supply chain
Explosive AI infrastructure investment is driving a broad upgrade across the PCB value chain, pulling high-end AI server and materials demand sharply higher. PCB layer counts and...
Thursday 11 December 2025
UMC launches new Tainan plant to convert chip waste into valuable materials

United Microelectronics (UMC) has opened an NT$1.8 billion (approx. US$58 million) circular economy center at its Tainan campus, launching...

Wednesday 10 December 2025
Budget stall threatens Taiwan's 2026 semiconductor and tech R&D agenda
Taiwan's 2026 central government budget has stalled in the Legislative Yuan amid partisan gridlock and the ruling party's loss of a parliamentary majority, raising concerns over funding...
Wednesday 10 December 2025
Taiwan leverages semiconductor edge to build full quantum ecosystem
Taiwan is moving to cement its position in the emerging global quantum technology supply chain, with the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) outlining a strategy to build...
Wednesday 10 December 2025
Tex Year Technologies ramps up production capacity with new plant in India
Tex Year Technologies has commenced mass production at its second manufacturing facility in Mahad Industrial Area, Maharashtra, India, significantly boosting its local output amid...
Tuesday 9 December 2025
Topco Scientific to showcase key semiconductor materials and equipment at SEMICON Japan
The SEMICON Japan 2025 exhibition is set to take place in Tokyo from December 17 to 19, 2025, with Topco Scientific (TSC) and its Japanese subsidiary Shunkawa participating alongside...
Tuesday 9 December 2025
Silver shockwaves push tech suppliers to renegotiate and retrench

Since the start of 2025, silver prices have nearly doubled, far outpacing the roughly 30% rise in copper and the 60% climb in gold. The...

Monday 8 December 2025
Ritek revives growth by becoming an AI infrastructure dark horse

Ritek Group CEO Wang Ting-chang said the group has long invested in AI-linked fields such as power, semiconductor materials, and packaging...

Friday 5 December 2025
China's rare-metal clamp creates a tungsten void; Lianyou builds high-value lines to capture demand
China's rare metal export controls have created a clear global supply gap. Lianyou Metals, a key recycler and smelter of tungsten and cobalt, expects to gain from offshore demand...
Friday 5 December 2025
Glotech sees growing demand for quartz cloth on M9 CCL shift
Glotech Industrial said it is increasing shipments of quartz-fiber yarn samples to Japanese customers as the supply chain prepares for Nvidia Corp.'s next-generation Rubin AI server...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Germany and Taiwan strike a chord: Merck's 357-year legacy meets new chip investments
Germany and Taiwan marked a symbolic convergence of politics, culture, and industrial strategy on the evening of December 2, 2025, as the Deutsche Philharmonie Merck performed at...
Wednesday 3 December 2025
China's Kingboard raises prices again as copper and fiberglass costs soar

Following price-hike announcements from Taiwan's major copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers, including Nan Ya, China's market leader Kingboard...

Tuesday 2 December 2025
Merck launches Kaohsiung semiconductor flagship campus to target AI and silicon photonics
Merck Group's Kaohsiung semiconductor technology flagship campus officially completed phase one on December 1, marking Merck's first large-scale semiconductor materials technology...
Tuesday 2 December 2025
Copper shock, AI PCB demand recasts global CCL pricing
Costs for copper foil and electronic-grade glass fibre cloth are climbing at the same time that AI infrastructure build-out is fuelling strong demand for high-frequency, high-speed...
Monday 1 December 2025
Nittobo, Nan Ya Plastics join forces to meet AI glass-fiber fabric demand
The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) applications has significantly boosted demand for specialized glass-fiber fabrics in recent years, creating a growing supply shortage...