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Tuesday 4 November 2025
China's carmakers turn to AI robots to reinvent the factory floor
As automakers worldwide accelerate toward smarter factories, China's carmakers are moving at an unprecedented pace to deploy artificial intelligence-powered robots across their production...
Monday 3 November 2025
TEL raises full-year profit forecast but misses market expectations
Tokyo Electron (TEL) announced it has raised its operating profit forecast for fiscal 2025 (April 2025-March 2026) from JPY570 billion (approx. US$3.7 billion) to JPY586 billion....
Monday 3 November 2025
India roundup: India steps up electronics component play
India has approved several electronic component manufacturing projects, underscoring its push up the tech supply chain, while OpenAI, Meta, and Google race to secure positions in...
Monday 3 November 2025
Taiwan manufacturing set to gain as traditional and electronics sectors strengthen
The recent meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping has eased tensions between the two countries, de-escalating rare earth export controls...
Monday 3 November 2025
India triples rare-earth incentives as China eases export curbs
India is preparing to nearly triple incentives for rare-earth magnet manufacturing to over INR70 billion (US$788 million) as part of efforts to reduce reliance on China. The move...
Monday 3 November 2025
US signs critical minerals cooperation MOUs with Thailand and Malaysia amid domestic concerns
The ASEAN summit concluded on October 28 with US President Donald Trump signing memorandums of understanding (MOUs) on critical minerals cooperation with Thailand and Malaysia. The...
Monday 3 November 2025
Radiant builds unprecedented team, eyes 2027 for meta-optics launch
Backlight module leader Radiant Opto-Electronics has completed three acquisitions within two years, forming what Chairman Justin Wang calls an unprecedented team. With key technologies...
Monday 3 November 2025
US becomes largest production base for South Korean's top conglomerates
South Korea's major corporate groups have significantly expanded their production assets in the US over the past eight years, overtaking China and Vietnam as the leading overseas...
Sunday 2 November 2025
Research Insight: LiDAR goes mainstream as prices plunge and China tightens grip on market

Once reserved for luxury autonomous vehicles, LiDAR technology is rapidly making its way into midrange and even budget car models as...

Saturday 1 November 2025
China’s rare earth squeeze reaches a turning point in the global tech standoff
Rare earth elements (REEs), comprising 17 chemical elements including the 15 lanthanides from lanthanum (La, atomic number 57) to lutetium (Lu, 71), plus scandium and yttrium, are...
Saturday 1 November 2025
Taiwan’s quantum talent gap widens as Dutch model highlights what’s missing
At a seminar held on April 28, 2025, by Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), experts highlighted the stark contrast in quantum talent development and industry...
Friday 31 October 2025
Panasonic cuts fiscal 2025 profit forecast amid weak US EV battery market
Panasonic Holdings has revised down its operating profit forecast for fiscal year 2025 by 13.5%, primarily due to reduced profitability in its energy business segment that includes...
Friday 31 October 2025
Column: How Taiwan recyclers gain from China's rare earth curbs?
China's expanded rare earth export controls, now including semiconductors, heighten global strategic risks while offering Taiwan's firms a chance to boost sustainable material recovery...
Friday 31 October 2025
Google, Meta, and Microsoft double down on AI infrastructure despite mixed earnings

Cloud service providers, including Google, Meta, and Microsoft, this week reported mixed quarterly earnings, yet one theme united all...

Friday 31 October 2025
What US-China trade breakthrough was reached in Busan?
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in South Korea on October 30, 2025, to announce a trade agreement that paused months of escalating tensions between...