A World Disrupted
As we move from one disruption to the next it becomes increasingly clear that those that manufacture and those that buy manufacturing services need to get used to a world disrupted! But how can brands that outsource and companies that seek to provide those outsourcing services adapt to a world in permanent flux?
China’s factories opt for isolation bubbles to beat COVID curbs and keep running
SHANGHAI/BEIJING, March 17 (Reuters) – To keep factory lines open in the face of COVID curbs Chinese firms are asking workers to eat, sleep and work in bubbles isolated from the wider world, sterilising premises as often as three times a day and testing for COVID daily. Dubbed “closed-loop management”, this approach has been part […]
SIA Endorses FABS Act Introduced in House
Bipartisan legislation would boost U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, research, design and strengthen America’s economy, national security, chip supply chains WASHINGTON—March 16, 2022—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today applauded introduction in the House of Representatives of the Facilitating American-Built Semiconductors (FABS) Act, bipartisan legislation that would establish an investment tax credit to incentivize semiconductor manufacturing, design, and […]
Strong Quake in Northeastern Japan, Preliminary Assessment Suggests Semiconductor Production Currently Unaffected, Says TrendForce
A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurred off the coast of Fukushima, Japan on the evening of March 16th (CST). Most of northeastern Japan is a production center for global upstream semiconductor raw materials. According to TrendForce investigations, in the main quake zone, only Kioxia’s K1 Fab (located in Kitakami) will face the possibility of a […]