Sharp announced on November 10, 2025, that it has lifted its fiscal 2025 (April 2025 to March 2026) net profit outlook to JPY53 billion (US$345.6 million), a 47% annual increase and JPY21 billion above its prior forecast of JPY32 billion. The company also plans to work with its parent Foxconn to start AI server production at its Kameyama No. 2 plant in fiscal 2027 (April 2027 to March 2028).

Lite-On Technology Group founder Raymond Soong has committed to donating NT$20 million (US$645,000) annually for 10 years to National Taiwan University (NTU), which will use the funding to launch the “Taiwan Bridges Program” in collaboration with Academia Sinica and other research institutions. The initiative aims to invite 31 Nobel laureates to Taiwan within seven months for lectures and academic exchanges.

Weak market conditions and the impact of European summer holidays drove down stainless steel sales volume and prices in the third quarter of 2025. Taiwan-based cable and stainless steel supplier Walsin Lihwa has reported that its stainless steel business revenue in the third quarter of 2025 fell 17% compared to the same period in 2024.

Vietnam plans to bring its first semiconductor manufacturing base online by 2026, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said, underscoring the country’s ambition to strengthen its role in the global chip supply chain and position semiconductors as a core driver of economic transformation.