Michael Kung, a senior partner at the US research and advisory firm Gartner Inc, told reporters at a press conference in Taiwan yesterday hyper-automation tops the list of 10 most important strategic technology trends for next year. The ultimate goal of hyperautomation is to automate anything that can be automated,…
COTD: Chart of the Day Maybe a bit dated but you get the picture. No surprise, China dominates, which also includes fabs.
We are fairly certain China trade talks are hung up on a rollback (China wants) of some of the tariffs and the bigger issues of structural changes to China’s economy and IP protection (U.S. wants). Trump looks weak if he rolls back tariffs without getting anything big and not…
Of the 18 manufacturing industries, five reported growth in November: Apparel, Leather & Allied Products; Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products; Paper Products; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; and Computer & Electronic Products. The two industries reporting paying increased prices for raw materials in November are: Computer & Electronic Products; and Miscellaneous Manufacturing‡ .…
Contract electronics manufacturer Wistron Corp plans to purchase land in Vietnam, as the company continues to gradually shift production to Taiwan, India and the Philippines to diversify risk. The transaction would total 337.4 billion dong (US$14.6 million). Wistron might build a factory to produce information technology-related products in Vietnam, the…
Here is a very informative chart from our Business Outlook, which illustrates how electronics are becoming dominant in auto production — from 1 percent of total cost in 1950 to a projected 50 percent over the next ten years.
