Taiwan’s top passive components vendor Yageo will add sensing solutions to its product lines by acquiring sensor business units of two European makers in October, demonstrating the company’s ambition to strengthen its specialty electronics component business.

US companies are acknowledging that reshoring – once the subject of talk but no groundswell of action – is accelerating, with at least one executive being “pumped up” about critical supply lines shifting away from nations such as China.

India extends additional incentives to more companies to promote the entire value chain in manufacturing telecom and networking equipment. Samsung Electronics, Tata Group, and Reliance are expected to invest more in electronics manufacturing in India.

When cars meet smart technology, where do the two intersect? With 25 years of experience in the automotive, ICT, and telecom sectors, Garmin Asia’s automotive OEM group managing director Jay Shen provides some insight into the question.