Manufacturing

Singapore factory activity expands at a slower pace amid heightened US-Iran conflict

Generic pix of a worker in the clean room processing Wafer-level packaging (WLP) at the Singapore semiconductor firm, STATS ChipPAC office in Yishun on April 12, 2023. Can be used for stories about manufacturing, semiconductors, electronic industry, clean room, wafer fabrication.

Gulf war batters India’s glass heartland, testing New Delhi’s manufacturing drive

The furnaces in Firozabad, famed as India’s “Glass City”, in Uttar Pradesh, are burning low, putting thousands of day labourers out of work in what would normally be peak season.

BioNTech to wind up Singapore vaccine manufacturing plant by early 2027

In 2022, BioNTech cited Singapore’s excellent business climate and rich talent among reasons why it plans to make Singapore its regional headquarters in South-east Asia.

Asia’s factory activity slows on cost pressure from Iran war

The Middle East war drove up energy and raw material prices for factories in Asia, which buys about 80 per cent of the oil that is shipped through the Strait of Hormuz.

China factory activity returns to growth despite Iran war disruption

China remains vulnerable to spillovers from foreign shocks as the Iran war sends global energy prices soaring.

Yeo Hiap Seng axes 25 S’pore jobs as can production shifts to Malaysia; no change to drinks prices

Drinks maker Yeo Hiap Seng (Yeo’s) will lay off 25 employees at its Senoko facility as it consolidates can manufacturing operations in Malaysia,

Bahrain smelter Alba assesses damage after Iran strikes aluminium plants

Two employees at Aluminium Bahrain were hurt in the March 28 attack.

Time to rethink ‘Made in China’ – it’s cheap and shoddy no more

Electric vehicles being assembled at Chinese automaker BYD’s new factory in Bahia, Brazil.

S’pore factory output sees surprise fall in Feb; rising costs, disruption from Iran war darken outlook

AI-related demand drove semiconductor production up 14.6 per cent, while total electronics output rose 13.7 per cent.

Musk launches ‘Terafab’ project to make own AI chips

Mr Musk said the Terafab would ultimately help humanity become a “galactic civilisation” capable of harnessing the resources of other planets and stars.

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