Siemens Taiwan chief to lead European Chamber in Taiwan from September 2026

The European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan said on August 27 that Siemens Taiwan president and chief executive Frank Grunert will become its chairperson on September 1, 2026. The decision was approved unanimously by the chamber’s council and puts a senior Taiwan-based executive in charge of the group representing European business interests on the island.

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MiniMax revenue surges 283% as enterprise adoption increases

Chinese AI startup MiniMax Group reported a 283.1% increase in revenue, rising from US$30.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025, to US$116.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026. This growth was primarily driven by the continued expansion of its global user base, surging demand for model inference, and the company’s ability to translate model advancements into commercial products and services for global enterprises, developers, and individual users.

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Driving measurable sustainability: CIDB Malaysia’s blueprint for carbon accountability

At Sustainability Environment Asia Conference 2026, Suhaimi Mansor, deputy chief executive of the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia, delivered a clear mandate for the nation’s built environment: sustainability must transition from simple assessment to measurable, lifecycle-wide performance across buildings and infrastructure.

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HBM hybrid bonding delayed by 300°C heat and CMP dishing

As high-bandwidth memory (HBM) stack counts continue to rise, the industry originally anticipated that hybrid bonding (HB), a next-generation packaging solution, would be officially introduced with HBM5. However, process control challenges and cost barriers are threatening to delay that timeline. Simultaneously, thermal management is emerging as the central bottleneck for the memory sector.

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