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Thursday 12 November 2026
Aleees makes Tainan plant launchpad for North American LFP expansion
Advanced Lithium Electrochemistry (Aleees), a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode-material maker, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a North American partner on November...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Naver signs US$1.5 billion AI cloud deal with US firm
Naver said on November 12 it had signed a KRW2 trillion (approx. US$1.5 billion) AI computing services contract with a US-based AI inference company, securing its first major customer...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Sharp sells LCD color filter plant to Nitto Denko for JPY22.2B
Sharp is accelerating efforts to address its loss-making display component business. According to Nikkei, Sharp will sell its Hisai plant in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan, which...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Sam Altman warns Samsung of short-term AI demand volatility
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned Samsung Electronics executives that AI memory demand could fluctuate in the short term, with the market potentially counting the same demand more than...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Taiwan's electronics industry targets four overseas tech parks under TEEMA's global expansion plan
The Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (TEEMA) released its first industry white paper in 78 years on November 11, proposing a "Taiwan+N" global expansion...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Toyota to assemble and sell Japanese light-duty trucks in the US, with sales starting in 2H27
Japanese automaker Toyota has announced plans to revive the Scion brand, which was discontinued nearly a decade ago, with the launch of its first model, the KEI-01, in the second half...
Thursday 12 November 2026
South Korea’s HBM demand drives 54% surge in Taiwan glass fiber exports
Taiwan’s glass fiber exports to South Korea rose 54.0% year-over-year in the first nine months of 2026 as demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and advanced packaging expanded...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Taiwan's quantum push gathers momentum as Asus, Compal and global tech giants join forces
Taiwan is strengthening its quantum technology ecosystem through coordinated government research and industry collaboration, bringing together international technology companies, academic...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Tekscend's cost strategy and global edge
As global foundry capacity expands and market dynamics shift, competitive pressures have intensified significantly across major manufacturing regions, particularly in mature process...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Innovation, AI investments will shape the future, says Kinpo president Hsu
The award ceremony for the fourth K. T. Li Award was held in Taipei on November 10, with this year's awards presented by former President Ing-wen Tsai to Kinpo-Compal Group president...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Samsung Display, BOE weigh low-cost OLED panels as phone sales fall
Samsung Display, BOE Technology Group and Tianma Microelectronics are considering cheaper OLED panels for budget smartphones to boost factory utilization as handset sales decline,...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Apple, Samsung reportedly developing new foldable glass for 2028
Apple and Samsung Electronics are working with suppliers on foldable phone glass that is thinner at the hinge and thicker elsewhere, a design they are considering for 2028 models,...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Electronica forum identifies wages, energy as Europe's tech bottlenecks
The biennial Electronica trade show opened in Munich on November 10, 2026, with industry leaders warning that high wages, energy prices, and bureaucracy continue to undermine Europe's...
Thursday 12 November 2026
AI server tracker: ODM/EMS giants scale up, but optical suppliers show who captures the next wave
Taiwan's AI infrastructure expansion is producing different growth patterns across system manufacturers and optical suppliers. All six original design manufacturers and electronics...
Thursday 12 November 2026
TECO pivots to AI infrastructure services with Japan project
TECO Electric & Machinery is expanding into global AI computing infrastructure, announcing on the November 11 that it will partner with AI cloud service provider GMI Cloud and...