COMPUTERS
German buyer visits
Microsoft Germany manager Thorsten Thomas is to visit Taiwan to procure tablet computers, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) said. Thomas will hold procurement meetings in Taipei today to look for suppliers, TAITRA said. His orders are expected to reach US$24 million, or about 700,000 tablets. Microsoft Taiwan said it was unaware of Thomas’ plan.
TRADE
UK trade official to visit
UK Trade and Investment chief executive Nick Baird will visit Taiwan from June 3 to June 5, the British Trade and Cultural Office has announced. Baird will promote UK firms’ participation in rail, low carbon, renewable energy and creative industry projects in Taiwan, while seeking investment in the UK, the office said in a statement. He will also witness the signing of two agreements between UK and Taiwanese firms. Funkwerk Information Technologies York Ltd and China Engineering Consultants Inc will sign a memorandum of understanding on collaborating to enhance railway efficiency, while the UK Railway Industry Association will sign a deal with the Chung-Hwa Railway Industry Development Association on information exchanges.
SMARTPHONES
HTC One certified in US
HTC Corp (宏達電) has announced the new HTC One as its first HTC pro Certified device in the US. The certification means that the device meets security and encryption standards that make it a good enterprise solution for companies with security concerns. The HTC One has level-one government-grade security, flexible mobile device management solutions and an array of HTC Sense-enabled productivity capabilities, HTC said in a news release.
TECH PARTNERSHIP: The deal with Arizona-based Amkor would provide TSMC with advanced packing and test capacities, a requirement to serve US customers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) is collaborating with Amkor Technology Inc to provide local advanced packaging and test capacities in Arizona to address customer requirements for geographical flexibility in chip manufacturing. As part of the agreement, TSMC, the world’s biggest contract chipmaker, would contract turnkey advanced packaging and test services from Amkor at their planned facility in Peoria, Arizona, a joint statement released yesterday said. TSMC would leverage these services to support its customers, particularly those using TSMC’s advanced wafer fabrication facilities in Phoenix, Arizona, it said. The companies would jointly define the specific packaging technologies, such as TSMC’s Integrated
An Indian factory producing iPhone components resumed work yesterday after a fire that halted production — the third blaze to disrupt Apple Inc’s local supply chain since the start of last year. Local industrial behemoth Tata Group’s plant in Tamil Nadu, which was shut down by the unexplained fire on Saturday, is a key linchpin of Apple’s nascent supply chain in the country. A spokesperson for subsidiary Tata Electronics Pvt yesterday said that the company would restart work in “many areas of the facility today.” “We’ve been working diligently since Saturday to support our team and to identify the cause of the fire,”
China’s economic planning agency yesterday outlined details of measures aimed at boosting the economy, but refrained from major spending initiatives. The piecemeal nature of the plans announced yesterday appeared to disappoint investors who were hoping for bolder moves, and the Shanghai Composite Index gave up a 10 percent initial gain as markets reopened after a weeklong holiday to end 4.59 percent higher, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index dived 9.41 percent. Chinese National Development and Reform Commission Chairman Zheng Shanjie (鄭珊潔) said the government would frontload 100 billion yuan (US$14.2 billion) in spending from the government’s budget for next year in addition
Sales RecORD: Hon Hai’s consolidated sales rose by about 20 percent last quarter, while Largan, another Apple supplier, saw quarterly sales increase by 17 percent IPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) on Saturday reported its highest-ever quarterly sales for the third quarter on the back of solid global demand for artificial intelligence (AI) servers. Hon Hai, also known as Foxconn Technology Group (富士康科技集團) globally, said it posted NT$1.85 trillion (US$57.93 billion) in consolidated sales in the July-to-September quarter, up 19.46 percent from the previous quarter and up 20.15 percent from a year earlier. The figure beat the previous third-quarter high of NT$1.74 trillion recorded in 2022, company data showed. Due to rising demand for AI, Hon Hai said its cloud and networking division enjoyed strong sales
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