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Canon semiconductor manufacturing disruption + more
Canon semiconductor manufacturing disruption I started thinking about Canon semiconductor manufacturing disruption when I read this article: Canon looks to nanoimprint tech for 2nm lithography | EE News Europe. Canon semiconductor manufacturing disruption looked on the horizon with the announcement of its nano imprint technology. Nano imprint approach is something that has been explored for…
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Apple and China + more things
Apple and China Elliott Management wrote this opinion piece on Apple and China: Apple is a Chinese company | Financial Times – interesting assessment of risk exposure with a focus on the Apple share price. The Apple and China relationship started before China joined the WTO. Taiwanese contract manufacturers had built huge industrial sites in…
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China evacuation
‘China evac‘ or China evacuation is something that I have been hearing more about from my network. Its less dramatic in it sounds in some respects. It isn’t an immediate bailout like the fall of Saigon in 1975. China evacuation in this case is about businesses moving processes and supply chains out of the country…
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Apple and Jaguar Land Rover in China
Apple and Jaguar Land Rover blamed the Chinese economy for their recent financial results. The truth is probably more complex. What factors are affecting affecting Apple and Jaguar Land Rover that aren’t directly related to the Chinese economy? The reality is that Apple and Jaguar Land Rover are being buffeted by very different forces, some…
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Robot nation in China factories +more
China’s Factories Are Building a Robot Nation – Caixin – it is amazing how manual things like smartphone manufacture is. Apple moved production to China because pick and place ‘robotic’ automated machines had been used in phone manufacturer, but couldn’t handle the jewellery like manufacturing. Pick and place had been used in Japanese consumer electronics manufacturing…
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Revlon China + more news
Revlon China Revlon to shut down China operations – US cosmetics company Revlon says it was shutting down its operations in China to cut costs. The move will cost 1,100 people to lose their jobs. Revlon accounted for just 2 percent of the companies global revenue, so the decision to leave China must have been…
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Nokia in China + more news
Nokia in China Nokia in China: it’s all relative | FT.com – doesn’t mention that Nokia screwed over Chinese partners by abandoning MeeGO and Symbian. Having a Nokia in China meant that you were part of the middle class when I first visited Shenzhen. There were domestic phones and competitors like Samsung and Motorola, but…
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Made in China brand thoughts
Made in China tends to mean cheap, and possibly nasty. But that doesn’t mean that it will always be the case. Companies like Apple go Made in China because there are manufacturing capabilities in Taiwanese owned factories that aren’t anywhere else. Thinking about the future of Made In China; it makes sense to go back…
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Pointy + more stuff
Google acquires Pointy, a startup to help brick-and-mortar retailers list products online, for $163M | TechCrunch – built hardware and software technology to help physical retailers — specifically those that might not already have an extensive e-commerce storefront detailing in-store inventory — get their products discoverable online without any extra work – reminds me of…