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Thursday 18 June 2026
Panjit ramps investment in AI and automotive as book-to-bill rises to 1.5

Panjit International announced at its shareholders' meeting on June 18 that it will pursue a "dual-engine" growth strategy focused on automotive...

Thursday 18 June 2026
TSMC, ASML and Imec push 2D transistors toward manufacturing

Imec, ASML and TSMC have demonstrated a 300mm integration route for 2D-material n-type and p-type field-effect transistors, marking a...

Thursday 18 June 2026
Samsung pushes vertical transistor design as chip scaling hits limits

Samsung Electronics has demonstrated a 3D stacked transistor structure with a 42-nanometer gate pitch, a research milestone that extends...

Thursday 18 June 2026
Samsung said to open fab data to suppliers in AI factory push

Samsung Electronics is developing and operating a data-sharing platform with semiconductor materials, components and equipment suppliers,...

Wednesday 17 June 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix suppliers seek war-cost payback after US-Iran shock drains chip materials inventory

Semiconductor materials suppliers are moving to rebuild depleted inventories and recover sharply higher costs from Samsung Electronics,...

Wednesday 17 June 2026
Nexchip reportedly broadens semiconductor ambitions with new design and materials subsidiary

Chinese foundry Nexchip is expanding beyond wafer manufacturing with the establishment of a new wholly owned subsidiary, marking its...

Wednesday 17 June 2026
Lithium carbonate prices recover as battery costs face fresh pressure

Lithium carbonate prices are beginning to recover as demand from China's power batteries and the global energy storage market strengthens...

Wednesday 17 June 2026
EssilorLuxottica, Applied Materials team up on smart eyewear technology
EssilorLuxottica and Applied Materials have agreed to a long-term partnership to speed development of intelligent optical systems for augmented reality and AI-powered smart eyewear,...
Wednesday 17 June 2026
Ajinomoto's chip film faces supply test as AI demand climbs

The global appetite for AI chips is putting new strain on materials suppliers, turning one of Ajinomoto's lesser-known products into...

Wednesday 17 June 2026
Topkey accelerates carbon fiber footprint into drones, robots, and LEO satellites
Taiwan-based carbon fiber composite maker Topkey is accelerating its expansion into high-growth technology sectors, with formal evaluations underway for applications in drones, industrial...
Wednesday 17 June 2026
Gem Terminal eyes new growth curve in 2026 with shipments of AI-related thermal materials
Gem Terminal Industry is seeing the results of its recent efforts in developing new copper materials, with expectations of sequential quarterly growth in 2026 as production capacity...
Tuesday 16 June 2026
ASML, TSMC, and imec move 2D transistors closer to manufacturing reality
ASML, TSMC, and imec have demonstrated a major advance in the effort to bring two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor materials from research laboratories into high-volume semiconductor...
Monday 15 June 2026
BESS boom supply chain reshuffle: Automakers pivot to stationary battery systems

US automakers are shifting major battery investment away from electric vehicle traction packs and into stationary battery energy storage...

Monday 15 June 2026
Taiwan's UBright broadens beyond optical films with push into semiconductors, passives and smart acoustics

Taiwan-based UBright Optronics is accelerating its transformation from an LCD optical film specialist into a diversified technology...

Monday 15 June 2026
ACCM Solves AI Chip Warpage and Signal Loss with Celeritas

Advanced Chip and Circuit Materials today announces the commercial availability of Celeritas HM50 and Celeritas HM001, which eliminate the root causes of warpage, package...