Genius Electronic Optical Co. reported consolidated revenue of NT$1.251 billion (US$41.75 million) for May 2025, marking a 32.55% decline from April's NT$1.854 billion and a 19.56% drop compared to May 2024. The company cited reduced virtual reality (VR) orders and seasonal off-peak effects as key factors behind the decline.

Besides chipmaking, India is actively advancing its IC design capabilities. Apple continues to expand Tata Electronics' role in its global diversification push.

As Taiwan faces mounting demographic challenges — an aging population and declining birth rate — Aurotek Corporation, a leading automation solutions provider, is placing a bold bet on robotics and artificial intelligence as future growth engines.

Dun & Bradstreet identified steel, electrical machinery, mechanical equipment, vehicles, and rubber products as Taiwan's most tariff-vulnerable sectors in a new report on export risks and opportunities. US business inquiries to Taiwanese companies jumped 15% between the first quarter of 2024 and the first quarter of 2025, led by manufacturing sector interest.

Samsung Electronics Device eXperience (DX) Division acting head Roh Tae-Moon recently introduced the core concept of the future growth strategy called "ABC," aiming to strengthen existing core areas while actively exploring emerging growth businesses.

Largan Precision held its annual shareholders' meeting on June 6, 2025, chaired by Chairman Enping Lin. Lin directly addressed concerns about an ongoing software licensing dispute with a German company, assuring shareholders that the legal issue would not impact the company's production. He emphasized that Largan would comply fully with judicial procedures and accept the outcome of the case.

Largan Precision held its annual shareholders' meeting on June 6, with chairman Enping Lin offering a candid view of the global economic outlook and updates on the company's progress in smartphone lenses, smart glasses, and emerging sectors such as humanoid robots.

International research teams are accelerating efforts to enable human-like collaboration among robots using vision-language-action (VLA) models, aiming for interactions as natural and seamless as those between people. These advances could open the door to widespread applications in healthcare, caregiving, and food service—if current technological limitations, particularly energy efficiency, can be overcome.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone on Thursday, June 5, 2025, agreeing to hold further trade talks aimed at resolving disputes over tariffs and supplies of rare earth minerals.

Acer Inc.'s Pan-Asia Operations president, Andrew Hou, said the company remains cautiously optimistic for 2025 despite a complex and shifting geopolitical and economic landscape that has dampened visibility and demand across the region. While revenue in the Pan-Asia region posted single-digit growth in the first half of the year, Hou warned that conservative market sentiment is likely to persist into the second half.

Foxconn reported consolidated revenue of NT$615.745 billion (US$20.55 billion) for May 2025, marking a 3.99% decline compared to April. However, when measured in US dollars, the company said revenue still increased month-over-month, underscoring the impact of currency movements on its reported figures in New Taiwan dollars.

Reuters, citing unnamed sources, reported that Apple has entrusted Tata Group with handling after-sales repairs for iPhones and MacBooks in India, marking a significant expansion of the Indian conglomerate's role in the US tech giant's supply chain. The move reflects Apple's increasing reliance on Tata as it seeks to diversify beyond China and deepen its manufacturing and service operations in India.

On the evening of June 5, 2025, Chinese state media reported that President Xi Jinping spoke by phone with US President Donald Trump, marking the first direct dialogue between the two leaders since Trump began his second presidential term in January 2025. The initial report by Xinhua News Agency and China Central Television was later updated to include the phrase "at request," indicating that the call was initiated by Trump and that China played a passive role in the exchange.

India is reportedly in talks with companies to create long-term stockpiles of rare earth magnets and boost domestic production through fiscal incentives as it scrambles to secure critical materials amid China's tightening export controls, according to people familiar with the matter.

Amid the significant appreciation of the New Taiwan dollar against the US dollar, Sporton reported consolidated revenue of NT$365 million (approx. US$12.2 million) for May 2025, a year-over-year decrease of 3.95%. The cumulative consolidated revenue for the first five months reached NT$1.86 billion (approx. US$62.1 million), down 2.34% year-over-year.

India's top contract electronics manufacturer, Dixon Technologies, has applied for government approval to set up a joint venture with China-based HKC for manufacturing display modules used in smartphones, notebooks, and televisions. Executive chairman Sunil Vachani told PTI that the application was submitted under Press Note 3 of 2020, which mandates prior clearance for foreign investments from countries sharing land borders with India.

India has eased land and operational norms in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) to lower entry barriers and spur investment in semiconductor and electronic component manufacturing.

Hanmi Taiwan, the local subsidiary of South Korea's Hanmi Semiconductor, reported explosive growth in the first quarter of 2025, generating 76% of its entire 2024 revenue in just three months. Industry analysts point to robust demand from key clients such as Micron Technology for maintenance services and component sales as the main driver behind the surge.

Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. (IMI), a Philippines-based EMS provider, has agreed to sell its subsidiary in the Czech Republic to KEBODA Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG for a total consideration of EUR10 million (US$11.42 million), reports Bloomberg, citing a stock exchange filing.

When US President Donald Trump took aim at China with record tariffs, the country's firms shrugged it off. Corporate China has since gone out of its way to assuage investors and tout its ability to weather tariff risks, citing experiences from Trump's first administration and that their businesses ultimately aren't that exposed to the US.

Geopolitical risks and tariff pressures are accelerating the regionalization of global manufacturing. Yet Taiwanese supply chain leaders warn that not all regions offer viable conditions for new factories, citing the need for stable infrastructure, reliable utilities, and a supportive industrial ecosystem.

As generative AI and high-performance computing reshape global infrastructure needs, the demand for high-speed transmission and system stability is accelerating. In an exclusive interview with DIGITIMES, Steven Jiang, Sales Director for APAC and Europe at TE Connectivity, detailed how the connector industry is adapting to these seismic changes—and redefining its role in the AI era.

The Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI) recently traveled to Tokyo and Nagoya to discuss machinery cooperation between Taiwan and Japan, which is expected to result in collaborative efforts on orders and technology. TAMI stated that it hopes to expand the scope of cooperation and jointly address current global supply chain restructuring and industry upgrading challenges.

Cooling module manufacturer Microloops' initial public offering application passed the Taiwan Stock Exchange's listing review committee on June 3, 2025. However, the case still requires approval from the Taiwan Stock Exchange board of directors. The company is applying for a capital amount of NT$600 million (US$18.5 million), focusing primarily on the research and manufacturing of high-performance cooling solutions. Its products are widely used in cloud AI computing centers, computers and graphics cards, automotive control systems, and new energy vehicles.