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Tuesday 13 October 2026
China's Jinai Tech backed by state, targets 2027 advanced process pilot-line launch with ambition laid upon SEA
China's 15th Five-Year Plan and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's strong chip project are accelerating the domestic replacement of semiconductor equipment and materials...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Nan Pao sees breakthroughs in adhesives for semiconductors, foldable displays
Nan Pao Resins Chemical reported September revenue of NT$2.308 billion (US$72.35 million), up 16.5% year-over-year and a record for the same period, as it continued to develop new...
Monday 12 October 2026
Sumitomo Bakelite expands packaging material production across Singapore, China
Sumitomo Bakelite announced that it is expanding production capacity for encapsulation materials used in advanced chip packaging at its facilities in Singapore and Suzhou, China. This...
Monday 12 October 2026
HTSI September revenue surges 150% as AI chip testing demand accelerates
Hermes Testing Solutions (HTSI) reported September revenue of NT$514 million (US$16.10 million), up 2.35% month over month and 150.33% year over year, as shipments of customized products,...
Monday 12 October 2026
Aurona Industries posts 19% September growth as Taiwan plant targets 2027 trial run
Aurona Industries reported September revenue of NT$137 million (US$4.3 million), up 19.29% from a year earlier, as pre-holiday inventory building in China strengthened customer orders...
Monday 12 October 2026
Chinese thermal materials maker SJ Electronics to build US$70 million plant in Penang
PEN SJ Electronics, a subsidiary of China's SJ Electronics, will invest more than US$70 million in an advanced packaging materials and thermal management facility at Batu Kawan Industrial...
Monday 12 October 2026
MAtek September 2026 revenue hits record for 7th straight month
MAtek, a leading semiconductor testing company, reported September 2026 revenue of NT$569 million (approx. US$17.8 million), up 12.31% year-over-year. Revenue for the first nine months...
Sunday 11 October 2026
Everlight Chemical September revenue rises on strong electronic chemicals demand
Everlight Chemical reported higher September and year-to-date revenue, with electronic chemicals driving most of the growth. The results suggest continued resilience in industrial...
Friday 9 October 2026
Applied Materials, Intel target AI chip bottlenecks with interconnect scaling and Foveros 3D
AI chip manufacturing demands are accelerating development of advanced logic and packaging technologies, prompting Applied Materials and Intel to expand their collaboration on next-generation...
Friday 9 October 2026
Ample revenue slips in September as passive component demand stays strong

Ample Electronic, a supplier of conductive paste materials for the passive components industry, reported September 2026 revenue of NT$304 million (approx. US$9.6 million), down...

Thursday 8 October 2026
India's chip packaging plants start exporting, but scale, skills, and subsidies test the next phase
India's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) sector has moved from inaugurations to its first export shipments. The challenge now is scale. The new plants are small, still...
Thursday 8 October 2026
European carmakers urge delay to battery localization rules
The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) and European automakers are pressing the European Commission to delay localization rules for EV batteries under the draft...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Doosan bets big on China as CCL prices climb
South Korea's Doosan is directing more than half of its record KRW968.4 billion (approx. US$724 million) copper-clad laminate (CCL) investment to China, positioning itself closer to...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Wolfspeed secures conditional US$1.5B US defense loan for SiC, GaN expansion
Wolfspeed has received a conditional commitment for up to US$1.5 billion in long-term financing from the US Department of War to expand domestic production of silicon carbide (SiC)...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Huawei claims to have largely cut US tech reliance
Huawei executive director and consumer business group chairman Richard Yu said at a recent media roundtable that the company has worked with China's supply chain since US export controls...