The chaos in supply chains has manufacturers clamoring for storage space to keep contingency inventory—in other words, the reverse of JIT. The new mania is for “just-in-case” inventories. Welcome to the 1970s.
BEIJING—Samsung and other NAND Flash memory chip manufacturers have begun quoting memory chip prices again, after Chinese authorities ended a pandemic lockdown of the city Xi’an earlier this month.
TAIWAN—An escalated or prolonged conflict between Russia and Ukraine could negatively impact Ukraine's long-term ability to supply the raw material gases neon, argon, krypton and xenon needed for semiconductor production, according to researchers at TrendForce.
SANTA CLARA, CA—Intel Corp. and Tower Semiconductor, a leading foundry for analog semiconductors, have announced an agreement under which Intel will acquire Tower for approximately $5.4 billion.
DETROIT—Production at North American automotive factories is getting back on schedule after last week’s truck-convoy protests on the Amassador Bridge disrupted the flow of goods between between the United States and Canada.
PORTLAND, OR—SMTNW Inc., an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider, has selected FactoryLogix MES software from Aegis Software for its assembly plant here.
CHARLOTTE, NC—A startup maker of electric delivery vans and buses will add yet another assembly plant here—it’s third in the city and fourth in the region.
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