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Monday 9 August 2021
India may increase incentives for foreign investments in IT products
India plans to ramp up its production linked incentive scheme (PLI) for IT hardware as suppliers criticized the current budget is too low to satisfy domestic demand, according to...
Monday 9 August 2021
Tech is enabling future of retail: Q&A with Felicis Ventures principal Grace Chou
eCommerce continues to penetrate the global retail market. Big companies are competing to adopt new technologies in order to win the game, which also provides many new opportunities...
Monday 9 August 2021
India roundup: First Solar to build PV module plant in India; Realme to export locally-made handsets
US-based First solar has unveiled a plan to build a PV module plant in India, emphasizing that none of its production occurs in China. Meanwhile, Chinese brand Realme is looking to...
Monday 9 August 2021
Southeast Asia roundup: Apple strengthens Vietnam supply chain; COVID disrupts production
Apple is seeking to hiring more managers to accelerate the development of its supply chain in Vietnam. Meanwhile, the wosrening COVID pandemic in Southeast Asia is disrupting local...
Friday 6 August 2021
OSATs, power chips makers gain shifted orders from ASEAN
Shortages of automotive MOSFET and power management ICs are getting worse as many IDMs including Infinenon and On-Semi are operating at reduced capacity at their plants in Malaysia,...
Friday 6 August 2021
First Solar to set up 3.3GW facility in India
US-based First Solar has announced that it intends to invest US$684 million in a vertically integrated photovoltaic (PV) thin film solar module manufacturing facility in India.
Thursday 5 August 2021
Tata is leading India's EV market
Tata Motors' EV model Nexon EV sold 26 million cars in 2020 in India, two times more than MG Motors' ZS, according to RushLane.
Thursday 5 August 2021
Pegatron upbeat about 2H21 as components crunch on track to ease
Device assembler Pegatron has expressed optimism about its consolidated sales outlook for the second half of 2021, as the ongoing shortage of upstream chips and components is expected...
Thursday 5 August 2021
India handset vendors still keen on 2G phones
India-based Reliance has been encouraging local consumers to swtich from feature phones to smartphones, but several other brands such as Realme and HMD Global are instead releasing...
Wednesday 4 August 2021
Vietnam to be third largest startup ecosystem in Southeast Asia, says Golden Gate Venture
Vietnam is expected to be the third biggest startup ecosystem by 2022, according to Golden Gate Ventures. There will be over 300 IPOs in 2030 in Vietnam, nearly three times the number...
Wednesday 4 August 2021
Views from Taiwan (7): India to cash in on China's setbacks?
As the second largest handset market next to China, India sees its suppliers mainly carrying Chinese brands. Is India facing a fundamental change in market structure? Smartphone brands...
Tuesday 3 August 2021
India to ban Chinese solar imports
Industrial sources indicated that the Indian government is blocking China's solar modules from coming to India, in an attempt to reduce dependence on China.
Tuesday 3 August 2021
Smartphone shipment rebounds in India
Sales of smartphone in India took a hit by the resurgence of COVID-19 in the second quarter this year, but when compared with the same period in 2020, sales have seen considerable...
Tuesday 3 August 2021
India active EV development impacts local supply chains
The India government and India-based automakers and motorcycle makers have been actively boosting the development and domestic production of two-, three- and four-wheel electric vehicles...
Monday 2 August 2021
Southeast Asia roundup: COVID surge disrupts car production, prompts new rail route for cargo
A surge in COVID infections in Southeast Asia is hitting Japanese carmakers' production in the region. And COVID-inflicted disruptions to logistics services have prompted Vietnam...