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Friday 14 August 2026

Hyundai's robot foundry bet outpaces its local supply chain

Hyundai Motor Group and the South Korean government are accelerating a KRW9 trillion (approx. US$6.3 billion) robot and AI investment...

Friday 14 August 2026

Kaori Heat Treatment to invest NT$3 billion in Taiwan and Thailand expansion

Kaori Heat Treatment has approved a major capacity expansion in Taiwan and Thailand as demand rises for AI cooling components and fuel cells. The heat-treatment maker said its board...

Friday 14 August 2026

Korea's CNT pellicle race heats up as aweXome Ray pushes toward EUV commercialization

As South Korea's major memory manufacturers race to secure next-generation lithography technologies for increasingly advanced process nodes, the approaching High-NA EUV era is adding...

Friday 14 August 2026

Grand Process's Challentech partners with Japan's Seiki for bonding tech

Artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) continue to drive demand for advanced packaging, where bonding technology...

Thursday 13 August 2026

Taiwan's carbon fee era begins, science parks roll out measures

Taiwan began charging companies for carbon emissions in 2026 as part of its push toward net-zero by 2050, with the initial filing deadline...

Thursday 13 August 2026

Taiwan's packaging and integration ecosystem positions it as the backbone of CPO scaling, Ayar Labs says

The technical feasibility of co-packaged optics (CPO) has been demonstrated repeatedly at major industry conferences in recent years...

Thursday 13 August 2026

Taiwan notebook industry, 2Q 2026

Thursday 13 August 2026

Samsung delays High-NA EUV adoption until 1nm production in 2030

Samsung Electronics plans to introduce high-numerical-aperture extreme ultraviolet (High-NA EUV) lithography into mass production at its 1nm node around 2030, according to South Korean...

Thursday 13 August 2026

SK Hynix expands EUV roadmap with High-NA tools and PSM adoption

SK hynix said it is advancing its use of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography for the mass production of next-generation DRAM, with high-numerical-aperture (High-NA) EUV equipment...

Thursday 13 August 2026

South Korea plans new sovereign wealth fund to back AI, robots, supply chains

South Korea plans to establish a strategic investment account with at least 20 trillion won in assets within the Korea Investment Corporation in 2027 as it moves to strengthen its...

Thursday 13 August 2026

LGES, Lopal sign three-year LFP supply deal worth up to CNY27 billion

LG Energy Solution (LGES) and China's Jiangsu Lopal Tech have signed a three-year framework agreement covering up to CNY27 billion (approx. US$3.8 billion) in lithium iron phosphate...

Thursday 13 August 2026

Samsung SDI-GM battery reset shows how ESS is reshaping the US EV supply chain

Samsung SDI is ending its battery manufacturing partnership with General Motors (GM) in Indiana, terminating a major EV joint venture...

Thursday 13 August 2026

Seetel tops NT$8.2B in first seven months amid US and Australia expansion

Seetel reported strong momentum in 2026 as large-scale energy storage projects and battery module shipments lifted revenue, while the...

Thursday 13 August 2026

LX Semicon starts mass producing automotive MCU for Hyundai Motor, Kia

LX Semicon has begun mass production of an automotive microcontroller unit (MCU) and started supplying the chip to Hyundai Motor and Kia, marking the first time the two automakers...

Thursday 13 August 2026

Hanmi pulls ahead of Hanwha as HBM4 orders rebound

South Korea's Hanmi Semiconductor is pulling ahead of rival Hanwha Semitech in thermal compression (TC) bonders for high-bandwidth memory...

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