Electronics Manufacturing

Taipei – October 12, 2026 -- Kathy Yang, General Manager of Global Campus Operations and Head of AI Software Business and AI Infrastructure at Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) (TWSE:2317), has been named to Fortune's Most Powerful Women Asia 2026 list for the second consecutive year.

Technology leads the 2026 list with 16 honorees, ahead of banking's 14

Technology is the most represented sector in this year's ranking. Fortune's Asia list Senior Manager Charmian Choo said the sector's prominence reflects its growing influence on Asia's economy, with established leaders and a newer generation both rising.

Valley View – October 12, 2026 -- Peak Nano's NanoPlex LDF film holds 95% of its room-temperature breakdown strength at 135°C and handles 25% more current than traditional film at the same voltage and temperature, without derating. Advanced Conversion has selected it as the dielectric for its new HP Drive Test Kit, a DC-link inverter solution for 800V+ Silicon Carbide (SiC) power electronics.

Advanced Conversion is a wholly owned subsidiary of Electro Technik Industries (ETI) of Clearwater, Florida. The companies describe the kit as one of the first fully domestic DC-link solutions for high-voltage e-mobility. Target platforms include Formula E and performance automotive, electric buses and heavy trucks, off-highway and industrial vehicles, and electrified aviation.

Hong Kong – October 11, 2026 -- Phase I of the October 2026 Global Sources Hong Kong Shows opened at AsiaWorld-Expo with more than 4,000 booths and over 2,100 Asian suppliers, running October 11 to 14. The Consumer Electronics Show and Gaming Show are held concurrently, covering PC peripherals, gaming peripherals, audio-visual equipment, automotive electronics, personal transporters, photography accessories, and batteries and power products.

Greater Bay Area makers anchor the PC accessory and gaming floor

The floor features more than 1,600 PC accessory booths and nearly 500 gaming peripheral booths. Another nearly 1,900 booths cover audio-visual equipment, automotive electronics, personal transporters, photography accessories, and batteries and power consumer electronics.

Vancouver – October 11, 2026 -- The PHLX Semiconductor Index finished the week ended October 9 lower after the Financial Times reported that OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue was nearing $50 billion at the end of September, below the roughly $70 billion cited in earlier media reports.

The iShares Semiconductor ETF had advanced for five consecutive sessions at the start of October, and the sector's largest company hit a record high. Semiconductor valuations are closely tied to expectations for AI infrastructure spending, so the Thursday report weighed on the group while the broader market proved more resilient.

San Jose – October 09, 2026 -- PUFsecurity, a subsidiary of eMemory Technology, argues that the security of AI agents ultimately rests on hardware Roots of Trust in the chips that run them, as agents gain delegated credentials and act without user review.

Agents that act on their own output raise the cost of compromise

Unlike a chatbot, an agent runs persistently, holds delegated credentials, browses the web, executes code and calls connected services. PUFsecurity says a misled chatbot yields a bad answer a person can still catch, while a misled agent can act with the user's credentials before anyone checks.

Shenzhen – October 08, 2026 -- SmallRig hosted its 3rd Visionary Storytellers Industry Forum in Shenzhen, releasing the "2025-2026 Top 12 Global Imaging Scenarios Report" that projects peripheral equipment growth will reach 9.2% annually over the next five years, outpacing host device sales.

Report identifies 12 core imaging scenarios reshaping creator markets

The report, based on user research and market analysis, maps 12 scenarios including everyday life content, unscripted livestreaming, extreme sports, micro-dramas, wildlife photography, and specialized imaging. It flags four structural trends: mobile cinematography, decentralization of professional resources, democratization of creators, and AI-powered video generation.

Shenzhen, China – – October 08, 2026 -- The High People's Court of Guangdong Province has issued a final, legally binding judgment in favor of Shenzhen Leqi Innovation Co., Ltd., the company behind imaging accessories brand SmallRig, in a design patent infringement case against Shenzhen Neewer Technology Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Xing Ying Da Industry Co., Ltd.

Court dismisses Neewer's appeal and upholds full damages award

The court ruled that the accused side handle products fall within the scope of protection of Leqi Innovation's design patent, dismissing Neewer Technology's appeal and affirming the trial court's judgment in its entirety. The two defendants were ordered to cease manufacturing and selling the infringing side handles, destroy remaining inventory and related promotional materials, bear all court costs, and pay damages to Leqi Innovation. The damages have been paid in full.

London – October 07, 2026 -- MintNeuro, a London-based semiconductor company building specialised chips for neural devices, has closed a $5 million funding round to accelerate commercial scale-up of its chip platform for implants, wearables and brain-computer interfaces.

Odyssey Ventures leads round with US and European deep-tech backers

The round was led by Odyssey Ventures, with participation from 33East, JSK Investments and Alumni Ventures, alongside returning investors Empirical Ventures and Jumpspace Ventures. MintNeuro will use the capital to expand engineering and commercial teams, deliver pre-release silicon to partners and strengthen its presence in the US market while maintaining its UK and European base.

Lowell – October 07, 2026 -- Draper has broken ground on a 111,000-square-foot microelectronics facility in Lowell, Massachusetts, designed to onshore advanced chip packaging capacity that is currently 97% dependent on foreign production.

Draper's IMPACT Center targets a critical gap in U.S. chip packaging capacity

Colleen Anderson, Electronic Systems program director at Draper, said only 3 percent of chip packaging is performed in the United States today, leaving a domestic void the new Integrated Microelectronics Production & Advanced Chip Technology (IMPACT) Center intends to fill. The facility will house design, production, and packaging operations covering microelectronics through advanced precision navigation and timing systems, supporting high-mix, low-volume manufacturing for Draper's customer base.

Maple Grove, Minn. – – October 06, 2026 -- Circuit Check has acquired a partial ownership stake in QualityLine, an Israel-based AI manufacturing analytics provider, and will bundle one year of QualityLine's analytics and security features into every Circuit Check test system at no additional cost starting immediately.

Circuit Check integrates QualityLine analytics directly into its CCI Test Partner platform

CCI Test Partner, Circuit Check's test automation toolset, uses Isolated Networks technology to securely connect automated test equipment to the internet, including legacy systems that conventional IT networks cannot handle. The QualityLine integration adds a layer that correlates test results with production, inspection, repair, MES, ERP, and sensor data across stations, products, and lines, identifying failure root causes and predicting future defects.