Toshiba will build new production lines at its main semiconductor memory plant to address a demand increase. Subsidiary Toshiba Memory foresees this increase in 2018 and will bear the entire cost of this planned 195…
This corporate social responsibility (CSR) company profile on Fujitsu Siemens Computers is part of a research project on the ICT hardware sector by SOMO, co-financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands. Other…
Electronics manufacturers are seeking ways “to diversify risk by investing or relocating to other countries”, warned Gritsada Suptuaychone, secretary of the Electrical, Electronics and Allied Industries club under the Federation of Thai Industries in November…
This policy brief by the Dutch Centre for research on multinational corporation SOMO focuses on the working conditions in Thailand’s hard disk drive industry and is meant for stakeholders that are interested to get to…
Nikkei Asian Review reported iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry (or Foxconn Technology Group) is offering 2.1 trillion yen ($19.6 billion) for the chip unit of the Japanese conglomerate Toshiba Corporation. Foxconn says Toshiba Memory…
The fate of large quantities of electronic waste is unknown, according to a Greenpeace report Toxic tech: Not In Our Backyard. Even in regions such as the EU that are subject to tighter regulation, there…