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Thursday 15 October 2026
AUO-backed Star Shining Energy targets 2028 IPO with shift from solar assets to energy technology
Star Shining Energy Holdings (SSEH) acquired Star Shining Enetek Corporation (Enetek), a spin-off of AUO's energy business, on October 1, 2026, combining power generation assets with...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Taiwan Perovskite Solar Corp. deploys AI to optimize R&D, explore smart energy applications
Taiwan Perovskite Solar Corp. (TPSC) showcased its theme, "PEROVSKITE AI," at Energy Taiwan 2026, highlighting a two-way synergy between artificial intelligence and perovskite technology...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Delta Electronics' 13.8kV SST gains traction in China, with US cloud giant testing AI data centre microgrids
Delta Electronics unveiled its prefabricated solid-state transformer (SST) DC power solution at Energy Taiwan 2026 on October 14, targeting power efficiency, deployment speed and supply...
Thursday 15 October 2026
2026 Net-Zero Taiwan: Linde LienHwa highlights oxygen combustion, hydrogen solutions for industrial decarbonization
Rising carbon-fee pressure is accelerating efforts to decarbonize Taiwan's energy-intensive industries, prompting Linde LienHwa Industrial Gases Group to promote oxygen-enriched and...
Thursday 15 October 2026
LX Semicon puts SiC patents up for sale as Novatek gains ground
South Korea's LX Semicon is seeking buyers for more than 60 silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor patents, winding down a business it entered five years ago to reduce its reliance...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Premium PC demand fuels tandem OLED race between Samsung Display, LG Display
Competition in the global PC market is shifting from a focus on shipment volumes of low-cost models towards premium, high-performance devices, intensifying the race in OLED display...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Taiwan urged to recruit more from overseas to address talent shortage
Pegatron chairman T.H. Tung and Topco Scientific founder J.W. Kuo called for Taiwan to recruit talent from overseas as the country faces intensifying industrial challenges. Speaking...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Vietnam's FPT courts Toyota Tsusho unit to sell its power chips in Southeast Asia, India
Vietnamese technology group FPT is lining up a second Japanese distribution channel for its in-house power chips, a move that would carry Vietnamese-designed semiconductors beyond...
Thursday 15 October 2026
South Korea's Hanwool wins Delta Electronics MLCC inspection equipment order, breaking Japanese dominance
South Korean inspection equipment manufacturer Hanwool Semiconductor has secured an order to supply ultrasonic inspection equipment for multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) to a subsidiary...
Thursday 15 October 2026
BYD targets 40,000 European employees by 2030
BYD plans to launch a large-scale hiring drive in Europe, aiming to increase its local workforce to about 40,000 by 2030 as it seeks to become a leading automaker in the region. Stella...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Semiconductors to consume 30% of Taiwan's power by 2035
Rising demand for semiconductor wafer fabrication, memory, advanced packaging and high-end servers is driving a sharp increase in Taiwan's power consumption. Taipower estimates that...
Thursday 15 October 2026
United Renewable Energy targets 2x US revenue by 2027 as solar module prices double
Amid the global energy transition, localized supply chains, and rising demand for non-China supply chains, United Renewable Energy is working with Sino-American Silicon Products to...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix stand to benefit as humanoid robot DRAM demand is forecast to jump 20-fold by 2030
Global DRAM demand for humanoid robots is projected to increase more than 20-fold by 2030 as robot deployments expand and memory capacity per unit doubles, potentially opening a new...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Energy Taiwan 2026: Delta unveils breakthrough SST-based DC power system and SOFC solution
Delta, a global leader in power management and smart green solutions, unveiled its comprehensive microgrid and power infrastructure solutions for AI factories and high-density computing...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Taiwan’s second-generation leaders rebuild family firms, from semiconductor filters to sushi
First-generation Taiwanese entrepreneurs are retiring or leaving their businesses, driving a clear rise in second- and third-generation succession in recent years. At Chimei, for example,...