Semiconductors

Kuehne+Nagel deploys private freighters to Taiwan for chip industry

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Kuehne+Nagel, the world’s largest third-party logistics provider and airfreight intermediary by...

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Arizona, Texas attracting EV and chip megafactories

While Arizona has had a large presence in the aerospace and defense sectors dating back to the 1980s, the state is becoming a hub for makers of electric vehicles, batteries and semiconductors.

Some of the latest wins for Arizona include LG Energy Solution, which recently announced a $5.5 billion battery manufacturing facility near Phoenix, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), which is investing $40 billion to open the company’s second chip plant in the Grand Canyon State.

“We always...

The Light Load: Everybody wants Freightliner CPCs

The thefts of common powertrain controller (CPC) modules from parked Freightliner and Western Star trucks feels like a game of Clue minus the conservatory, candlestick, Col. Mustard and, well, clues. Come to think of it, it’s nothing at all like Clue, but I digress.

Anyhow, unless Miss Marple clears her schedule, Daimler Truck North America and the authorities are going to have to sort through a passel of suspects, usual or otherwise, to get to the bottom of this high-tech poachery.

The purloined...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-light-load-everybody-wants-freightliner-cpcs

Viewpoint: A closer look at proposed U.S. competitiveness packages

As of March 28, both chambers of Congress have passed jobs and competitiveness bills that invest in supply chains to solidify American manufacturing and technological independence. Next, 26 senators and 81 house members, with a 58% Democrat majority, will convene a conference committee to reconcile differences between the house and senate versions, each with well over 2,000 pages.

One key similarity is that both versions appropriate $50.2 billion for the CHIPS for America Fund, to finance a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/viewpoint-a-closer-look-at-proposed-us-competitiveness-packages

UK government must tackle semiconductor shortage shock head on, comment from Interos

UK government must tackle semiconductor shortage shock head on, comment from Interos

As the ongoing computer chip shortage continues to hamper UK industries,* Jennifer Bisceglie, CEO and founder of Interos, comments below on how the UK government and commercial organisations require transparency throughout the supply chain to elevate operational resiliency and help alleviate the current semiconductor disruption.

“Over the past several months, supply chains, including the semiconductor – or ‘chip’...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/08/03/uk-government-must-tackle-semiconductor-shortage-shock-head-on-comment-from-interos/