Japan leads India FDI with $5.7 billion as factories expand
Ministry data shows Tokyo supplied 28.8% of New Delhi's $19.81 billion first-quarter equity inflows as automakers and component…
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CATL warns China's solid-state battery target faces cost gap
The battery maker pegged solid-state readiness at level four out of nine, warning sulfide cells cost up to five times more than…
China yttrium export curbs squeeze Western chip toolmakers
Ultra-high purity yttrium oxide surged 140-fold to $850 a kilogram as plasma etch chamber coating shortages delay wafer fab tool…
CK Solution wins SK hynix cleanroom deal, targeting 500B won
A $110 million contract for SK hynix's Indiana packaging fab lifts the cleanroom engineering specialist's disclosed 2026 bookings…
Japan Prefectures Woo Taiwan Chip Vendors With Site Grants
Regional governments across Kyushu are preparing dedicated industrial parks to house supply chains feeding TSMC’s planned $17…
Samsung SDI puts Gen 3 lithium packs in Textron E-Z-GO fleet
The South Korean battery maker expands cylindrical pack shipments to 2027 utility carts as EV demand cools, adding…
Samsung Heavy secures $494 million deal for two LNG carriers by 2029Members
The 672.2 billion won contract brings the shipbuilder's 2026 commercial backlog to $8 billion, exhausting high-value delivery…
Korea Urges USTR to Strictly Honor 15% Bilateral Tariff Cap
Trade Minister Park Jung-sung pressed Washington to prevent new trade measures from breaching the agreed duty limit as Korean…
CATL widens global EV battery lead to 39.4% as Korean share slips
Seven Chinese producers took 73.3% of global volume through August, while North American delivery drops dragged LG Energy…
IndexBox reports 12% annual growth for dual-arm chip cobots
Turnkey bimanual systems handling semiconductor packaging and electronics assembly will double by 2035 as Asia-Pacific drives…
Micron taps TSMC for custom HBM4E memory, taking on SK hynix
The US memory maker will outsource its HBM4E base logic dies to TSMC's advanced node, targeting up to 30% higher bandwidth for…
Pentagon awards Elmet $2.45B to cut China tungsten reliance by 2027
The equity and procurement package expands domestic powder manufacturing fivefold before a federal ban on Russian and Chinese…
AMD and Intel lift chip prices 10% on higher TSMC wafer fees
The planned markups across client processors and accelerators pass through foundry price hikes of up to 10% as advanced packaging…
PIIE ties $99.8 billion US-China trade gap to tariff evasion
Bilateral customs gaps reached 63% of American imports through July, pointing to transshipment through Vietnam as US tariff rates…
Talga advances Japan graphite anode pacts for Swedish output
The Australian developer moved closer to binding contracts with Mitsubishi Chemical, Dainen and Hanwa as Japanese manufacturers…
Hanwha Ocean Loses Court Injunction Over Subcontractor Talks
The shipbuilder posted notices listing two supplier unions at its Geoje yard after judges rejected its petition to block labor…
Imabari Shipbuilding wins two Aframax tankers from Carlova by 2030
The Greek shipowner reserved delivery slots in late 2029 and 2030, turning to Japanese yard capacity as South Korean builders…
HD Hyundai Heavy union votes down wage deal, reopening talksMembers
More than 52% of voting shipbuilders opposed the agreement over base wages, threatening production schedules across three years…
SFA targets 95% unmanned logistics as chip gear sales double
The South Korean automation supplier will deploy humanoid robots with Rainbow Robotics to reach 95% unmanned factory logistics by…
LG Energy Solution readies Mercedes cylindrical cell rollout in Poland
The battery maker has committed 157.5 gigawatt-hours of large-format cylindrical capacity to the German automaker across North…
South Korean battery makers prepare sodium-ion lines for energy storage
Cell manufacturers limit early sodium-ion spending to pilot facilities while targeting 2027 prototype shipments to counter…
Samsung starts Exynos 2700 production, lifting run size 10%
The 2nm processor targets Galaxy S27 handsets in Korea and Europe, trimming reliance on Qualcomm as Samsung Foundry works to…
TSMC Dismisses Terafab Rumors as Texas Factory Talks Surface
While TSMC dismissed market talk of joining Elon Musk's 1-terawatt AI compute initiative, Intel remains the sole confirmed…
LG Electronics adds chiller plants in US and Korea for AI cooling
A 150 billion won investment in Virginia and domestic sites targets thermal bottlenecks as data center power requirements climb…