Manufacturing

Apple’s iPhone factories won’t make India the next China

A quarter of all iPhones now roll out of factories near Chennai, employing tens of thousands.

Micron union in Taiwan to launch strike as bonus dispute escalates

Mediation between Micron and the Taoyuan union ended without an agreement in September.

US manufacturing output rises 0.3% in September but hurt by Mid-East conflict

Manufacturing output eased to an 0.7% annualised rate in the third quarter after surging 5.6% in the second.

India found itself ‘let down miserably’ during Covid-19, says minister

India’s Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal clarified that the criticism was not directed at any particular nation.

MAS keeps Singdollar appreciation rate unchanged but warns of elevated inflation

Unlike most central banks, which target interest rates, MAS uses S$NEER, which is a trade-weighted basket of currencies of Singapore’s major trading partners.

AI scale-up PhysicsX comes to Singapore with ambition to accelerate industrial innovation

PhysicsX CEO and co-founder Jacomo Corbo at the launch of the PhysicsX Singapore Hub at Temasek Shophouse on Oct 8.

Deeptech unicorn PhysicsX opens regional hub in S’pore to scale AI-powered industrial engineering

PhysicsX CEO Jacomo Corbo. PhysicsX develops AI models for manufacturing parts of jet engines and machines that make semiconductors.

Samsung flags $95.7 billion profit on AI boom, highest quarterly for any tech company

Samsung’s shares rose 0.3% in early trade, outperforming a 0.1% fall in the benchmark KOSPI.

AkzoNobel to sell South-east Asia paints business to Nippon Paint for US$1.35 billion

Dulux paintmaker AkzoNobel earlier divested its decorative paints operations in India and Pakistan for US$1.6 billion and €50 million respectively.

Singapore factory activity expands in September, ‘supercharged’ by AI demand

The Republic’s purchasing managers’ index rose to 51.7 points in September, from 51.5 points in August.

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