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Thursday 21 August 2025
Taiwan-Germany robotics ties deepen with new joint venture agreement
German humanoid robot startup Neura Robotics GmbH and Taiwanese firm Kenmec Mechanical Engineering have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly explore robotics market opportunities...
Thursday 21 August 2025
Samsung could benefit from US approval of lower-spec Nvidia Blackwell chips for China

Industry analysts say Samsung could start supplying 12-layer HBM3E to Nvidia in the fourth quarter of 2025. But shipments for Nvidia's...

Thursday 21 August 2025
European luxury car brands reeling as China tightens tax policy
As global automakers battle for dominance in an increasingly competitive Chinese market, European luxury brands are facing unprecedented headwinds. Beyond losing market share to fast-rising...
Thursday 21 August 2025
China and South Korea clash over the future of EV batteries
As the global electric vehicle market begins to cool and Chinese battery giants continue their rapid expansion, South Korea is placing its hopes on next-generation solid-state batteries...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Taiwan pitches AI robotics as next trillion-dollar industry at Intelligent Asia 2025
The 2025 Intelligent Asia smart manufacturing exhibition opened in Taipei on August 20, 2025, with robotics taking center stage. Taiwanese firms unveiled proprietary modules and solutions,...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Giga Solar's subsidiary breaks ground on 60MW solar plant in the Philippines
Giga Solar Materials, a leading solar conductive paste manufacturer in Taiwan, announced on August 19 that its renewable energy arm, Whole Sun Green Power, has begun construction...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Taiwan's auto parts sector struggles to survive market freeze as tariff uncertainty lingers
Taiwan's automotive parts industry is facing its toughest challenge in years, as domestic car demand has stalled since April 2025. The sales freeze has rippled through the supply...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Advantech to invest US$96.5 million in new North America headquarters campus
Advantech Co., Ltd. has approved a US$96.5 million investment to build a new headquarters campus in Tustin, California, aiming to expand its North American operations. The facility...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
US's move to block BOE OLEDs could help South Korea, but raises bigger concerns

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a preliminary ruling siding with Samsung Display (SDC) in its trade secrets case...

Wednesday 20 August 2025
WPG expands into SEA and NA as clients adopt China+1 strategy
Electronics distributor WPG Holdings (WPG) announced on August 19 its strategic expansion into Southeast Asia and North America, diversifying beyond its traditional stronghold in...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Taiwan's manufacturing 'Big Six' are quietly building factories of the future

As industrial automation and robotics evolve at breakneck speed, major global automakers and Tier 1 suppliers are swiftly transforming...

Wednesday 20 August 2025
US seeks Intel stake without governance rights, Lutnick says
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick confirmed discussions between the US and Intel Corp. for the government to take a stake in the chipmaker, casting the plan as a bid to convert Chips...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Why TSMC's CoWoS bottleneck could lock AI memory makers into Nvidia's orbit
The AI chip market is expected to stay under Nvidia's dominance in 2026, as Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron battle to win sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) orders...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Minebea Mitsumi calls Shibaura deal a once-in-a-lifetime chance as Yageo delays linger
The acquisition contest for Shibaura Electronics, a maker of negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistors, has intensified as Minebea Mitsumi and Taiwan's Yageo Corporation...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Samsung's HBM3E supply to Nvidia loses strategic significance as focus shifts to HBM4 in 2026
Driven by the booming demand for artificial intelligence (AI) servers, high-bandwidth memory (HBM) has become a key factor reshaping the memory industry landscape. Micron recently...