Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) yesterday said that another employee has tested positive for COVID-19, but that its operations are normal.
The Hsinchu-based chipmaker said that an employee at its Taichung fab had developed mild COVID-19 symptoms and was staying in New Taipei City.
The employee had not been in the office for several days, TSMC said, without specifying whether the employee worked at its headquarters at the Hsinchu Science Park (新竹科學園區).
More than 10 people who had close contact with the employee were quarantined, or were practicing self-health management, it added.
Since the Central Epidemic Command Center raised the COVID-19 alert to
COVID-19: Yulon expects COVID-19 restrictions to hurt sales
AUTO CHIP SHORTAGE: Yulon Nissan and Luxgen Motor have raised their chip inventories, so there would not be a supply issue until July, Yulon Motor’s vice president said
By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
Yulon Nissan Motor Co (裕隆日產), which distributes Nissan and Infiniti vehicles in Taiwan, yesterday said that a spike in COVID-19 infections would dent local automobile sales this quarter as people are opting to stay at home amid restrictions on public movement.
“We expect the pandemic to impact car sales in May, June and July. At this stage, it is premature to say how big the impact will be,” Yulon Nissan spokesman Joseph Hsiung (熊金鐸) told an online investors’ meeting. “It will hinge on whether the government will impose more stringent measures to curb the infections.”
United Renewable considers raising prices
By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
United Renewable Energy Co (URE, 聯合再生), the nation’s biggest supplier of solar cells and modules, yesterday said that it is considering raising prices further in the second half of this year due to rising raw material costs.
Prices of solar modules increased 15 percent in the first half of this year, following a spike in prices of polysilicon and ethylene vinyl acetate film, URE chief financial officer Pan Lay-lay (潘蕾蕾) told an online investors’ conference yesterday.
As of the end of March, prices of polysilicon had surged 140 percent to US$17.8 per kilogram from US$7.5 in July last year after Chinese suppliers cut production, Pan said.
Industrial production rises for 15th month in row
‘SPORADIC CASES’: More than half of manufacturers in a survey said they expect the positive trend to extend into this month, despite a local outbreak of COVID-19
By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
The industrial production index last month rose for the 15th consecutive month on an annual basis on the back of rising demand for semiconductor and electronic products, due to the stay-at-home economy and demand for 5G-related devices amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.
On a monthly basis, industrial production and manufacturing output dropped 9.26 percent and 9.88 percent respectively, the ministry said.