A new Singapore-based research project, called the Accelerated, Manufacturing Platform for Engineered Nanomaterials (Ample), was launched in July. Funded by Singapore’s National Research Foundation’s Central Gap Fund, the project’s goal is to develop a manufacturing...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said Japan’s Nidec Corp., a maker of electric motors, is planning a PHP 40 billion (USD 710.8 million) expansion of its manufacturing site in Subic in the next three years. The expansion targets a 50,000-unit augmentation to...
Apple has announced to produce iPad in Vietnam for the first time. This is in an effort to diversify its supply chain and lessen reliance on China, the company’s primary manufacturing hub. According to Nikkei Asia, the American firm is shifting part of its iPad...
US-based global materials supplier Indium Corp is investing MYR 250 million (USD 56.8 million) in a new manufacturing plant in Penang. The company supplies to the electronics assembly and semiconductor packaging industries, and has been doing business in Malaysia for...
It has been recently revealed that Apple’s newest wireless earphones, the AirPods Pro 2, will be mass manufactured in Vietnam in the second half of 2022, as part of the American company´s strategy to expand production outside China amid strict Covid-19 policies...
Nidec, a leading producer of motors found in hard disk drives, automobiles, and consumer and industrial equipment, would break ground for a new facility sometime in the third quarter of this year, according to the Department of Trade and Industry. The manufacturer...
Lamipak, one of the industry leaders in providing high quality products and solutions in aseptic packaging, breaks ground on the construction of a new packaging factory in Indonesia. With an investment of USD 200 million, the factory will not only be Lamipak’s first...
MiRXES, a Singapore-headquartered biotechnology company that focuses on miRNA-powered cancer early detection tests, announced the opening of South East Asia’s first industry 4.0 (i4.0) in vitro diagnostic (IVD) manufacturing facility. The USD 5.7 million facility is...
The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has just announced its intention to partner with South Korean companies in order to explore the possibility of establishing a new high-tech industrial estate. The new facilities would be designed to specifically cater...
At a recent Investment Promotion Conference in Vinh Phuc province, a representative of Compal, a Taiwanese company specializing in electronic devices, has announced the operation of a laptop plant valued at USD 500 million. The company is currently a manufacturer for...
Chioson Group, a Cebu-based steel manufacturer and property developer is set to be a carbon-neutral firm by 2025 as it completely shifted to renewal energy by tapping First Gen Corporation as its power supplier. First Gen will now be supplying Chioson’s total...
US-based TTM Technologies Inc (TTM) will open a new, highly automated printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing plant in Penang state, Malaysia, with a proposed capital investment of USD 130 million by 2025. The expansion in Malaysia seeks to respond to the growing...
