The key observations of Asia Enterprise for this issue include the following: Japan-based company expands its photomask capacity for semiconductor advanced process, indicating that foundries will increase the proportion of advanced process photomask outsourcing. Top three South Korea-based electronics companies?? procurement expenses of their major business divisions showed significant fluctuations, mainly by inflation, supply chain disruption, and market demand. CATL recently announced a new battery plant in Hungary, the company??s second one in Europe. With policy support, Hungary in Central Europe has become the base of European power battery production.