According to an economic outlook report released by the World Bank in June, the global GDP for 2023 has been marginally raised from the initial estimate of 1.7% to 2.1%. However, the stickiness of ong...
Qualcomm, which is the world’s largest supplier of chips used in mobile devices, released its earnings report for 1Q23 on May 4. According to the report, its revenue from smartphone-related chips fell...
The MLCC market was subdued during the low season of 1Q23 as the momentum of incoming orders from ICT companies as a whole was weak. Despite this situation, MLCC suppliers were able to reduce existing...
1Q23 is about to end. While the Euro Zone has got through the energy crisis, the US’ economy remains hot, and China’s economy continues to recover after the lifting of pandemic restrictions, global in...
ODMs’ pull-in order momentum remained weak after the Chinese New Year ended. With order requests for consumer electronics, data centers, and 5G devices slowing down, market demand has entered into the...
Covid-19 utbreaks oin China hiked as soon as 2023 started after restrictions were lifted. While the relaxation of restrictions has a positive impact on long-term economy, it will also affect the socie...
ODMs have announced their financial reports for November. Hon Hai, the major contract manufacturer of Apple’s iPhone, suffered a 30% monthly decline in revenue due to the impact of Covid-19 outbreaks...
As expectations for holiday season demand perished, which led to weak pull-in order momentum, ODMs’ revenue and shipment volume both declined sequentially in September and October......
ODMs have announced their shipment and revenue performance for September. While Hon Hai and Quanta were able to maintain steady shipments and operating momentum thanks to......
The manufacturing environment remained unstable in the third quarter as a result of China’s restrictive measures for the pandemic and power rationing in response to climate change......
Japan’s Murata, Taiyo Yuden, and TDK as well as Korea’s Samsung published their 2Q22 financial reports in early August......
While global energy and raw material prices have started to fall, inflation remains high. The CPI data for June published by the United States Department of Labor rose to 9.1%, its highest rate in 40...
Affected by the stalemate in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the slow recovery of manufacturing activities in China due to Covid-19 control measures, and the sharp increase in global inflatio...
As the outbreak in China’s Shanghai and Kunshan eases, local businesses have successively resumed operations after the Labor Day holiday starting May 1. Large ODMs have aggressively rearranged their p...
COVID-19 variant Omicron has continued to rampage in China. Due to the growing outbreak in Shanghai, China’s financial center and exports/imports hub, and Kunshan, the manufacturing hub where electron...
