Manufacturing & Industry

US alternative food company Eat Just, a maker of “cultivated meat” and egg substitutes, decided to set up the largest plant to produce lab-grown...

Faced with continued Covid-19 lockdown-related supply disruptions, Apple is moving some iPad production from China to Vietnam, while Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi has just...

The age of electric vehicles is gradually arriving in Southeast Asia as primarily Asian car makers are launching their fleets of battery-powered cars in...

US electric carmaker Tesla has apparently agreed to invest in battery and electric vehicle manufacturing plants in Indonesia, the country’s investment minister Bahlil Lahadalia...

US tech giant Apple has told its suppliers that it wants to expand contract manufacturing outside of China and is looking at Vietnam and...

Malaysia has attracted 16.52 billion ringgit ($3.8 billion) worth of new investments commitments through its trade mission in the US this year so far,...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, is exploring the possibility of setting up a new production facility in Singapore to help address the persistent...

US-based Hershey Company, the world’s fifth largest chocolate and candy maker, has opened a new research and development (R&D) center in Malaysia to develop...

Chinese e-commerce and Internet technology giant Alibaba Group has put into operation its first data center in Thailand to tap the country’s growing cloud...

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob during his four-day working visit to Washington, D.C. on May 11 has invited US businesses, particularly Fortune 500...

Vietnam’s domestic car maker VinFast once again is set to postpone its much-awaited initial public offering (IPO) in the US, likely until next year...

Philippine think tank Action for Economic Reforms (AER) has warned that a potential presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of the country’s late...

Thai Beverage, the company that produces Thailand’s iconic Chang beer and the popular Mekhong rice liquor, among others, has revived plans to list its...

Cambodia has officially started  the construction of a multi-purpose deep seaport in its southern Kampot province on May 5 after the project was delayed...

Russia’s biggest truck manufacturer Kamaz is set to start vehicle production in Myanmar as the company is increasingly losing access to other markets due...

The government of Laos has agreed in principle to a minimum wage increase amid rising cost of living and rampant inflation in the country,...

The significant raise of Malaysia’s minimum wage by May 1 predictably does not find favour among businesses in the private sector, but some economists...

US-based Australis Capital Inc. – doing business as Audacious – has entered a joint venture with a Thai partner for the distribution of cannabis-infused...