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...SMIC, Hua Hong, Huawei, Naura and Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc China did not respond to requests for comment....
...“For example, if chipmaking equipment breaks down, they need to replace some parts, but this will not be possible if they can’t renew the waiver.”...
...The name of its registered owner in the Marshall Islands: Social Club Inc....
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...The company said major layout changes would not be necessary, but some extra equipment such as cleaning machinery and for mask production would be needed....
...Tighter export controls on advanced chips used for AI development and the equipment used to manufacture them are proving difficult to bypass....
...Daniel Roeska, an auto analyst with Bernstein, said that consumers had perceived a “chasm” between the industry leaders — Tesla and BYD — and the “traditional [original equipment manufacturers]” such as...
...First Solar, an Arizona-based clean energy equipment maker, has $1.8bn in overall balance sheet cash....
...Their Asian rivals, meanwhile, opt for expansion through mergers and provide a wide range of equipment for battery production....
...He also predicts a good year for large renewable developers as equipment prices fall....
...“Toshiba is like a state-owned enterprise, it has never had a shareholder-focused mindset,” said the person of the conglomerate that makes everything from batteries and chips to nuclear and defence equipment...
...The IPO also follows an earlier attempt by KKR to sell the chipmaking equipment business to US-based Applied Materials in 2019....
...China, the dominant solar equipment supplier, doubled production capacity last year to more than 1tn watts and now produces nearly three times more panels than global demand, according to the International...
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...People were buying high-end Shimano fishing rods, expensive high-fidelity audio equipment, home massage chairs and a dizzying array of other goods....
...It is hoping to raise over $1bn so it can pay back a shareholder loan taken out to finance its acquisition by Chinese sportswear company Anta Sports....
...it, “a business only becomes unviable when the profits, after production costs of labour and bought in goods and services, have a lower value than its land, net trade credit and the scrap value of its equipment...
...The UK government has ordered its departments to remove products made by surveillance equipment maker Hikvision, citing privacy concerns....
...Murphy said the company’s initial estimates assume the ban affects networking and data centre equipment but not smartphones, with analysts pointing to South Korean chipmakers such as Samsung and SK Hynix...
...According to two people with direct knowledge of the situation, the Chengdu government has already started to inventory CHJS’s leftover equipment and intellectual property....
...“Officials truly believe that Americans can use their equipment for wiretapping,” said Andrey Soldatov, a Russia security and intelligence services expert....
...China has urged Japan to retract new restrictions on exports of semiconductor manufacturing equipment announced last month....
...Anwar, who doubles as the finance minister, last month vowed his commitment to fiscal reforms....
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