LG Display is enjoying a surge in demand for LCD panels for Apple’s iPad. The Cupertino Colossus has asked LG Display to quickly ramp up LCD panel supplies…
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Apple supplier Japan Display gets $920 million bailout
In a critical bailout for an Apple supplier that has been dependent on a series of publicly-funded rescues, Japan Display said on Friday it had inked a deal…
Foxconn pledges to start up Wisconsin electronics plant this year
Foxconn founder Terry Gou pledged to start up a long-delayed electronics plant in Wisconsin this year. Gou said the plant will drive his company’s vision…
Japan Display in talks with Apple and Sharp to sell key display plant
Japan Display is in talks with Apple and Sharp to sell its main Hakusan factory in Ishikawa Prefecture…
LG Display looking to supply LCDs for Apple’s budget iPhone SE successor
LG Display is looking to supply LCD panels for next-generation budget iPhones from Apple scheduled to be released early next year….
After meeting with President Trump, Foxconn’s Terry Gou to visit Wisconsin
Foxconn billionaire chairman Terry Gou has met United States President Donald Trump…
Foxconn chairman Terry Gou travels to White House to discuss Wisconsin investment
Terry Gou, the chairman of Apple supplier Foxconn will travel to the United States on Tuesday…
Apple-supplier Foxconn ‘still committed’ to 13,000 Wisconsin jobs, despite governor’s doubts
Foxconn apparently still has big plans for Wisconsin, even though the state’s governor is skeptical…
Foxconn says it remains committed to Wisconsin investment project
Taiwan’s Foxconn said on Friday it remains committed to its contract to build a display plant and tech research facilities in Wisconsin…
What’s going on with Foxconn in Wisconsin?
The secrecy and vagueness are frustrating to critics…
Foxconn after talks with White House: Wisconsin site will be an ‘advanced manufacturing facility as well as a hub of high technology innovation’
Foxconn says it’s moving forward with the construction of its Wisconsin facility…
Foxconn reconsidering plans to make LCD panels at Wisconsin plant
Foxconn Technology Group is reconsidering plans to make advanced liquid crystal display panels…
Apple-supplier Sharp lifts annual profit outlook
Sharp Corp nudged its full-year profit outlook higher on Tuesday amid a turnaround…
Foxconn secured permission to withdraw more than 7 million gallons a day from Lake Michigan
Great Lakes states are so zealous about guarding their increasingly valuable natural resource from thirsty outsiders…
Apple-supplier Sharp’s first-quarter operating profit soars 45 percent
Sharp Corp reported on Tuesday a 45 percent rise in first-quarter operating profit…
How smart TVs in millions of U.S. homes track more than what’s on tonight
The growing concern over online data and user privacy has been focused on tech giants…
President Trump gives remarks at groundbreaking of Apple supplier Foxconn’s $10 billion Wisconsin factory
President Donald Trump on Thursday said his demands for ‘fair and reciprocal trade’ are a response to…
Apple supplier Foxconn purchases North American headquarters in Milwaukee
Foxconn Technology Group has purchased a downtown Milwaukee building to house its North American headquarters…
Sharp to ramp up IGZO panel production in quest to secure display orders for Apple’s new iPad models
Sharp reportedly will realign its LCD panel production lines in 2018 with plans to ramp up the output of IGZO and OLED panels…
Big tech discovers America
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval had reason to beam and boast at a tech show here in Reno…
Consumer Reports: Samsung and Roku ‘smart’ TVs vulnerable to hacking
Consumer Reports has found that millions of smart TVs can be controlled by hackers exploiting easy-to-find security flaws…
President Trump: Apple’s iPhone will be assembled in Wisconsin
President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with four reporters from The Wall Street Journal…
Bain Capital aims to list Toshiba chip unit on the Tokyo Stock Exchange within three years
U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital LP on Thursday said it aims to list Toshiba Corp…
Apple’s device storage prices are getting better
When I last mentioned Apple SSD prices, they maxed out at $2/GB. Apple’s prices (per GB) also tended…
Toshiba signs deal to sell chip unit to Bain Capital-led, Apple-backed group for $18 billion
Japan’s Toshiba Corp said on Thursday it had signed an $18 billion deal to sell its chip unit to a consortium led by Bain Capital…
KKR said to be wooing Apple to switch sides in Toshiba bid
KKR & Co. is trying to persuade Apple Inc. to switch sides and join the private equity firm…
Bain Capital-Apple group to buy Toshiba chip business for $18 billion
After a messy, months-long bidding process, Toshiba has picked a consortium led by U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital…
Toshiba decides on Bain Capital-Apple Group in chip business sale
Toshiba Corp. decided Wednesday to sell its chip business to a group that includes Apple…
If Bain Capital bid for Toshiba succeeds, it could be Apple’s largest deal ever
Apple Inc. is throwing its considerable weight, and $3 billion in cash, behind Bain Capital…
Apple mounts a full-court press for Toshiba’s chip business, waging battle with Western Digital
Apple Inc. has sought to stop Western Digital Corp. from taking control of Toshiba Corp’s chip business…
Foxconn details plan to acquire Toshiba chips unit; Apple would own 20 percent
Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group is pressing its case to acquire Toshiba Corp.’s memory chips unit…
Wisconsin state Assembly approves bill paving the way for $3 billion in incentives for Foxconn plant
“We are ready to take advantage of this historic opportunity… and build a long-lasting relationship with Foxconn,” Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker…
$10 billion Wisconsin plant to accelerate Foxconn transformation
The decision by Foxconn Electronics to invest US$10 billion in the US…
Wisconsin Foxconn plant to produce Apple iPhone displays – WSJ
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker defended Wednesday a $3 billion tax incentive package to lure…
Following Apple supplier Foxconn; Toyota and Mazda set to invest $1.6 billion in U.S. Plant; create 4,000 jobs
Toyota Motor Co. will take a stake in rival Mazda Motor Corp., the companies confirmed Friday…
Foxconn considering a second Wisconsin facility
Asian electronics giant Foxconn is considering investing at a second site in Wisconsin…
President Trump’s comments regarding U.S. factories ratchets up the pressure on Apple
Mr. Cook, who is as reserved and tight-lipped as the president is freewheeling and outspoken, has sought to engage the administration…
President Trump announces Apple supplier Foxconn’s $10 billion investment in Wisconsin and up to 13,000 jobs
In a deal that could ripple through the economy and 2018 elections…
President Trump to announce Apple-supplier Foxconn manufacturing plant in Wisconsin today at 5pm EDT
it is unclear if Apple is involved in Wednesday’s announcement. About 10,000 jobs could be created…
Apple supplier Foxconn nearing decision to build plant in Wisconsin to produce display panels
The investment, if confirmed, would be the latest by Asian manufacturers in the U.S. as President Donald Trump seeks to revive manufacturing there…
Apple signs two-year contract with Samsung for up to 92 million OLED iPhone displays
Apple reportedly has signed a two-year contract with Samsung Display for the supply…
Apple assembler Foxconn reports 30 percent growth in fourth quarter net profit, thanks to Apple’s iPhone 7/Plus
Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker and a key Apple Inc supplier…
