Taiwan’s clean room engineering specialist Acter Group has seen a record high number of ongoing contract construction engineering projects, as semiconductor fabs in Taiwan and China continue their capacity expansion momentum.

Texas Instruments (TI) has denied recent speculation that claims the analog chip vendor has dissolved its microcontroller R&D team stationed in Shanghai with plans to scale down its workforce in China.

Lordstown Motors (LMC), a maker of electric light duty trucks focused on the commercial fleet market, has announced that it has closed the sale of its Lordstown facility and signed a contract manufacturing agreement and joint venture agreement for product development with affiliates of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn).