The global rare metals market has been shaken in 2025 by geopolitical tensions and surging structural demand, driving strategic materials such as tungsten and cobalt to new price...
As construction of TSMC Arizona fabs accelerates, two of its low-profile Taiwanese suppliers, Chang Chun Group and Sunlit Chemical, are emerging as early winners.
The 10th edition of the Materials Industry Forum kicked off on November 7 in Taiwan under the theme "A Single Tree Cannot Make a Forest: Taiwan's Rising Materials Industry."
Taiwan's exports in October 2025 hit a single-month record high of US$61.8 billion, experiencing a year-over-year increase of 49.7% and surpassing the US$60 billion mark for the first...
Topoint, a leading manufacturer of high-end drills and drilling services for the PCB industry, expects supply shortages to persist through 2026 despite recent capacity expansions...
Taiwan-based lead frame manufacturer SDI announced it has signed a right of first offer (ROFO) agreement with Infineon Technologies to jointly advance the development of lead frame...
Flexible printed circuit (FPC) manufacturer Flexium Interconnect said its challenging business transformation phase was approaching completion after a difficult 2025. The company...
Memory design IC firm AP Memory reported consolidated revenue of NT$1.495 billion (US$48.3 million) in the third quarter of 2025, up 17.3% year-over-year, driven by multiple interposers...
Touch IC leader Elan Microelectronics held an earnings call on November 6, reporting that third-quarter performance exceeded internal forecasts despite a weaker consumer market than...
Samsung Electro-Mechanics is reportedly set to supply advanced semiconductor glass substrates to Broadcom. The move comes as Broadcom, a key chip supplier for tech giants like Google...
HannStar Board's revenue skyrocketed in the first three quarters of 2025, jumping 33% year-over-year after its April merger with Japanese PCB maker Lincstech.
Japanese IC substrate giant Ibiden announced an upward revision of its fiscal year 2025 financial forecast, running April 2025 to March 2026, with revenue, operating profit, and net...
A significant divergence emerged as Taiwan and China concluded their major PCB industry exhibitions in late October 2025. While Taiwanese manufacturers focused on supply bottlenecks...
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...
