HD Hyundai and Hanwha win China dual-fuel engine contracts
South Korean engine builders took over 65% of their 2026 order value from Chinese shipyards, securing high-margin propulsion…
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Every EAB briefing filed under the Economic Security policy tag, newest first. 456 briefings.
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Japan urges China to expedite rare earth export approvals
Japanese delegates in Beijing raised administrative export delays as Chinese magnet shipments to Japan fell 17.1% in August…
ABB shifts industrial robot control to commercial tablets
The handheld E-Device interface supplies physical emergency stop controls across all OmniCore controllers, enabling plant…
Japan and Australia advance critical minerals security pact
The bilateral framework deploys A$1.67 billion in public capital and long-term offtake agreements to insulate rare earth, gallium…
Chip fab expansion drives cleanroom SCARA robot demand globally
Global industrial robotics revenue will reach $88.66 billion by 2030 as electronics makers and semiconductor fabs deploy…
SRI says robot harmonic drive reducer sales will hit $3.5B
Collaborative robot joints are expanding at an 8.3% annual pace, tightening competition between Japan's Harmonic Drive Systems…
Korea unfreezes Honam grid to add 2.6 GW of solar capacity
The policy ends a two-year connection freeze across 164 substations on Oct.
TOPPAN and Broadcom open Singapore plant for AI substrates
The 95,000-square-meter facility in Jurong marks TOPPAN’s first overseas FC-BGA base and Broadcom’s push to secure critical…
POSCO Future M signs $776M LFP cathode supply deal with SK On
The three-year agreement covers battery cells produced at SK On's Georgia plant for North American energy storage systems,…
Samsung SDI debuts cylindrical LFP cells for AI data centers at DCWA
The South Korean cell maker showcased emergency backup power units that passed UL indoor fire testing as hyperscalers demand…
Hanwha Ocean wins $500 million LNG carrier deal from Zodiac
The two-vessel contract lifts the shipbuilder's September intake to 2.89 trillion won, marking a pivot by independent non-energy…
HD Hyundai books $243 million order for two Ro-Ro vessels
The contract with Luxembourg-based CLdN secures shipyard berths through late 2029 while accelerating dual-fuel fleet renewal…
Kandi wins second CATL heavy-truck battery swap station order in China
The follow-on deal expands China Battery Exchange's supply role under CATL's commercial vehicle swap network, which targets 900…
CATL begins trial cell production at 100 GWh Hungarian site
The €7.34 billion Debrecen facility cleared environmental disputes to run its first two lines, challenging Korean cell makers…
Volkswagen and Gotion commit $3.7B to European battery hubsMembers
The three-factory partnership covers cell plants in Spain and Slovakia alongside cathode production in Morocco to bypass European…
SK hynix validates HBM5 with TSMC on next-generation CoWoS
The South Korean chipmaker secured TSMC's partner award after completing thermal and electrical trials on eighth-generation…
TSMC plans to lift wafer foundry prices by 3% to 6% from 2027
Leading-edge 2-nanometer and 3-nanometer lines face the steepest increases as AI chip demand fills foundry capacity through 2030…
Synopsys certifies TSMC A14 EDA flows and tapes out 64G UCIe
The milestone expands 2-nanometer IP libraries for HBM4 memory and CoWoS packaging, locking fabless chipmakers into angstrom-era…
NYK Names Hyundai Samho LNG Carrier for Cameron Export Trade
The 174,000-cubic-meter Diamond Gas Nexus will transport American fuel under charter to Mitsubishi subsidiary Diamond Global…
Samsung SDI clears UL fire safety test for utility LFP battery systems
The containerized SBB 2.0 system demonstrated zero fire propagation in testing, advancing plans to produce cells at its Indiana…
TSMC adds five packaging fabs in Chiayi to ease AI crunch
Taiwan's consultation for a 198.65-hectare Chiayi Science Park expansion clears the path for TSMC to construct five more advanced…
Mobilint tests robot AI chips with Doosan to curb Nvidia costs
South Korea will invest 511.1 billion won through 2030 to deploy domestic neural processing units across collaborative arms,…
Vanguard and NXP open Singapore fab, weigh second chip plant
The $6.7 billion joint facility begins risk production at 40nm to 130nm nodes, offering Western automotive and AI hardware…
US mounts Kenya rare earth challenge against China at Mrima Hill
Washington backs Western mining consortia for Kwale County niobium and rare earth rights as Kenya enforces local refining rules…