Buima reported steady revenue growth in October 2025 as orders for green energy and construction projects advanced. The company is accelerating its expansion into renewable energy, developing next-generation energy storage and management systems to strengthen its market position and capture international opportunities.
As the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) becomes more saturated with semiconductor industrial land, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) is accelerating land development to meet TSMC's expansion needs. A comprehensive pollution remediation plan has been implemented with an investment of NT$57.011 billion (US$1.8 billion). On November 5, 2025, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) committee approved the project to enter its second phase. The project will transform heavy industrial land into a green, sustainable ecological science park by reactivating contaminated land.
Weak market conditions and the impact of European summer holidays drove down stainless steel sales volume and prices in the third quarter of 2025. Taiwan-based cable and stainless steel supplier Walsin Lihwa has reported that its stainless steel business revenue in the third quarter of 2025 fell 17% compared to the same period in 2024.
As AI computing demands rapidly increase, the number of GPUs in data centers continues to grow, driving electricity consumption up exponentially and making power usage effectiveness (PUE) a critical indicator for measuring data center energy efficiency. Currently, international regulations generally set 1.5 as the minimum threshold, with many countries moving toward stricter standards. Virginia even offers incentives for data centers achieving a PUE below 1.2.
The battery industry is emerging from a downturn, shifting from losses to profits. Experts say this turnaround is not solely due to renewed electric vehicle (EV) demand but is also driven by expanding non-automotive applications.
Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) president Chia-chau Wu said China's rapid buildout of large-scale petrochemical plants has caused a lasting supply-demand imbalance that may take years to correct, with recovery expected by 2027. He added that electronic materials are now a key growth driver for the group and are projected to perform even better in 2026.
Formosa Plastics Group's four core subsidiaries posted lower revenue in October 2025, showing both monthly and annual declines. Combined sales from Formosa Plastics Corporation (FPC), Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation (FCFC), and Formosa Petrochemical Corporation (FPCC) reached NT$100.85 billion (US$3.26 billion), down 9.8% from the previous month and 8.9% from a year earlier.
As artificial intelligence (AI) servers drive a revolution in power infrastructure, one critical component is quietly becoming indispensable: the back battery unit, or BBU. Increasingly, these BBUs are being equipped with Electric Double Layer Capacitor (EDLC), a shift that's already reshaping the industry.
Data center power consumption has become a critical issue as global energy demand surges due to AI computing. The Trump administration has recently pushed through major energy regulatory reforms, aimed at shortening the review period for AI data centers connecting to the grid, with the goal of maintaining competitiveness and accelerating growth in the AI sector.
The Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI) is celebrating its 80th anniversary amid one of the most turbulent economic periods in history. Despite global challenges, Taiwan's machinery industry still achieved a solid 6.6% year-on-year growth in the first three quarters of 2025.
AI-related products have become a key growth engine for Taiwan's economy, being a major driver of Taiwan's exports in 2024 and boosting investment in 2025. However, as companies continue to increase their AI investments by hundreds of billions or even trillions of US dollars annually, revenues have yet to rise proportionally. Experts recommend closely monitoring US CSP trends, as any reduction in procurement could directly impact Taiwan's tech exports.
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