Shinko buys Japan Display plant to build advanced packaging hub
The 373,483-square-meter Mobara factory will yield a 51.4 billion yen gain for JDI while giving Shinko flip-chip substrate…
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Li Auto and EV rivals drop CATL to build in-house batteriesMembers
Regulatory filings and supply shifts show automakers reallocating cell procurement to CALB and Sunwoda while assembling…
HD Hyundai Draws U.S. Navy Focus on Anduril $6.6B Project
South Korea's top shipbuilder faces rising interest in its U.S. defense ties following Anduril's Maryland submarine plant deal,…
Korea Zinc wins US political backing for Tennessee smelter
The $7.4 billion Project Crucible facility in Clarksville cleared federal environmental reviews under FAST-41 to supply 11…
POSCO Future M Locks In $4.5B Cathode Pact With Samsung SDI to 2032
The revised 21.25 trillion won agreement swaps high-nickel volume for 380,000 tons of LFP materials to build US-compliant battery…
TSMC widens CoWoS supply chain with $2 billion US interposer deal
A five-year agreement with GlobalFoundries establishes the first US manufacturing source for AI silicon interposers, challenging…
HD Hyundai opens offshore SMR verification center in Ulsan
A 12-member consortium spanning shipbuilders, utilities and universities will share testing facilities to develop floating…
Hanwha Ocean hosts US Sen. Dave McCormick to advance naval repair and yard ties
The Pennsylvania lawmaker inspected the 3,600-ton frigate Pyeongtaek at Geoje as Hanwha doubles Philly Shipyard headcount to…
EP Manufacturing, Hebei Shichang form RM100m auto parts JV
The 200,000-unit Selangor facility will supply fuel tanks for Proton's new modular vehicle architecture starting in March 2027…
USTR and MOFCOM set $60B tariff cuts on non-sensitive itemsMembers
The reciprocal pact restores most-favored-nation duties across 90% of targeted lines, dropping surcharges on Chinese toys and…
LG Energy Solution shifts battery output to AI data centers
South Korean battery makers accelerate grid storage production as Nvidia certifies containerized energy systems to cushion sudden…
USA Rare Earth Funds Brazil Mining and Carolina Magnet Plant
The company faces capital scrutiny over its $2.8 billion Serra Verde mine purchase and $1.2 billion South Carolina magnet…
Samsung Heavy names 174,000 cbm LNG carrier for MISC in Korea
The delivery marks the first of three newbuilds entering 15-year charters with QatarEnergy as South Korean yards sustain…
Murata completes Vietnam inductor plant for power components
The 3-billion-yen facility in Dong Nai expands passive component manufacturing outside China as electric vehicles and server…
Samsung and SK hynix Target Robot DRAM as Demand Multiplies
Average memory per humanoid will more than double to 39 gigabytes by 2030, shifting packaging requirements toward low-power LPDDR…
HD Hyundai teams with Croatia yard on €660m corvette program
The alliance pairs South Korean combat vessel design with local Adriatic fabrication to bypass European Union defense procurement…
Paladin expands rare earth recycling to 150 metric tonnes
The $5 million capital expansion in Ohio scales secondary NdFeB magnet processing by Q3 2027 to supply automotive and defense…
Harmonic Drive pitches integrated actuators for robot joints in 2026
The motion specialist focuses on modular strain wave units as parent firm Harmonic Drive Systems projects ¥68.0 billion in annual…
CATL separates battery specs as 600 kW charging tests grids
The world’s largest cell maker clarified that its six-minute recharge belongs to an 800-kilometer chemistry, while utility…
Commerce locks in Korean steel duties as mills press quota review
Countervailing rates of up to 3.68% land on Seoul producers as U.S.
HD Hyundai Heavy upgrades dock safety with 17 billion won plan
The South Korean shipbuilder expanded communications and vision sensors to prevent fatal accidents that trigger mandatory…
FANUC expands US packaging robotics with AI and delta cells
The Japanese automation maker paired generative AI programming with washdown delta robots ahead of trade demonstrations in…
China Northern Rare Earth fixes fourth-quarter concentrate supply priceMembers
A quarterly formula adjustment at 38,769 yuan per ton sets upstream costs while the Baotou exchange builds nationwide benchmark…
Suzuki selects BYD LFP battery cells for inaugural Japanese mini EV
The procurement decision equips Suzuki's e SKY kei car with a 26 kilowatt-hour pack, intensifying cost competition against…