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...The country’s biggest chipmaker SMIC has put together new semiconductor production lines in Shanghai, according to two people familiar with the move, to mass produce the chips designed by technology giant...
...But once they begin putting silicon wafers through the equipment, “it’s about making the small tweaks to see how we can optimise the process”....
...After getting into the chip production business, the company is now moving upstream, building a massive semiconductor equipment R&D centre in western Shanghai, Nikkei Asia’s Cheng Ting-Fang writes....
...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...
...The unit’s biggest fear was turning into HiSilicon, the chip design unit of telecom equipment maker Huawei, which has been shattered by US-imposed sanctions, said one of the people....
...“Laying eyes on equipment that I had never seen in Japan and their state of the art manufacturing, I was struck by a sense of crisis,” he recalled. “We’re in trouble!” Kato was right to worry....
...“Methane emissions are a huge threat to climate change and methane is a lot more powerful than CO₂,” said Elena Belletti, co-author of the Wood Mackenzie report, which warns regulation is getting serious...
...Liu Hanyu, an analyst at Daxue Consulting in Shanghai, said more western machine-tool makers would follow in DMG’s footsteps....
...This year the only listing in Switzerland has been Chinese — Zhejiang HangKe Technology Incorporated Co, which manufactures lithium battery equipment and raised $172mn....
...But recruitment did not go as hoped and the company encountered financial difficulties as well as challenges in securing technology sources and importing advanced chip production equipment amid tensions...
...“They see the price tag for the factory and they go back and get in line,” said Velu Sinha, a partner at Bain in Shanghai....
...Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd Sector: BATTERIES / HQ: NINGDE, CHINA China’s dominant maker of batteries for electric vehicles has boomed thanks to growing sales to global customers such as Tesla...
...Its investors have also learnt patience: Bernstein estimates it took seven years for the Shanghai plant to break even. What it cannot count on is the political climate....
...Their backers have included Fidelity, Silver Lake Partners, GGV Capital, IDG Capital, Qualcomm and Qiming Ventures, a Shanghai-based fund....
...“Once Google takes [the] lead in the mobility market, even the most powerful automotive OEM [original equipment manufacturer] will have to fight a tough battle....
...The Trump administration has also attempted to cut off access to US markets for several Chinese technology companies, including telecoms equipment maker Huawei....
...Velu Sinha, Bain & Company partner in Shanghai, said Chinese semiconductor science and chip design capabilities were already at the cutting edge, but he noted challenges around accessing some of the key...
...Fortescue has reduced site costs for a sixth straight year by embracing autonomous haulage, drilling and other innovative approaches to iron ore mining....
...At Sany Group’s factory on the outskirts of Shanghai, there is little sign of a trade war involving the world’s two biggest economies....
...That July, a new subsidiary of IC Fund, Ruitong Semiconductor Technologies, acquired Silex through its subsidiary, GAE Ltd....
...The answer supplied by financial markets appears to be “no”, as reflected in the slide in the renminbi’s value against the dollar and a concurrent fall in Shanghai stock prices....
...Siemens has signed a memorandum of understanding on technology co-operation in large gas turbines with China’s State Power Investment Corporation....
...Shanghai-listed Jifeng, based in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo, bought about 25 per cent of Grammer last year during a shareholder dispute with the Hastor family of Bosnia, according to the regulatory...
...The two groups said they were co-operating with authorities....
...It has since dropped the pure online marketing and has pushed into a number of other products such as TVs, toothbrushes and computer equipment....
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