Have you recently reviewed which investment themes your company stock is classified under? The metaverse craze recently may have reminded many people that whether investors and the market have classified your company in certain investment themes is more important than previously thought.

Indonesia attracted new investments worth a total of Rp 37.1 trillion (US$2.48 billion) from Japanese automakers, Mitshubishi and Toyota through the coordinating minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto recently.

Key observation factors for the Asia Enterprise special report of the week of July 16-22 include the utilization of gallium oxide (Ga2O3) epitaxy capacity of Japanese startup Novel Crystal, which is estimated to begin in 2025. Meanwhile, SK Hynix halting the construction of its new plant and Samsung Electronics reducing the production of CIS show the Korean semiconductor companies are turning conservative about the second half of 2022.

South Korea-based LG Energy Solution will produce LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery at its factory in Nanjing, China, with production expected to kick off in 2023, according to Chinese media.