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<ul><li>Wingtech sells ODM assets to Luxshare as they shift focus towards semiconductors, a strategic move for the Apple supplier.</li><li>India's PLI scheme falls short of goals, prompting a shift towards offering factory subsidies instead to incentivize growth in the industry.</li><li>Taiwan's IPC industry feels the impact of US tariffs, while Foxconn remains tight-lipped on potential collaboration with Mitsubishi Motors.</li></ul>

Wingtech sells ODM assets to Luxshare as they shift focus towards semiconductors, a strategic move for the Apple supplier.India's PLI scheme falls short of goals, prompting a shift towards offering factory subsidies instead to incentivize growth in the industry.Taiwan's IPC industry feels the impact of US tariffs, while Foxconn remains tight-lipped on potential collaboration with Mitsubishi Motors.

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (22-Mar-2025): Wingtech sells ODM assets to Luxshare.

<ul><li>Foxconn chairman emphasizes collaboration with Nissan, denies interest in takeover, focusing on their partnership.</li><li>SMIC targets automotive growth, facing competition in China's chip market, seeking to expand market share.</li><li>Microip sees 489% revenue growth post-CES success, expanding 'designless' strategy, fueling January success.</li></ul>

Foxconn chairman emphasizes collaboration with Nissan, denies interest in takeover, focusing on their partnership.SMIC targets automotive growth, facing competition in China's chip market, seeking to expand market share.Microip sees 489% revenue growth post-CES success, expanding 'designless' strategy, fueling January success.

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (13-Feb-2025): Foxconn chair denies Nissan takeover, focuses on collaboration.

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Vincent Fernando, CFA

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Hon Hai Precision Industry / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Mitsubishi Motors plans to outsource EV production to Foxconn, signaling the most significant commercial validation of Foxconn’s MIH EV platform to date.</li>
<li>While Foxconn’s AI server manufacturing is currently the company’s strongest growth driver, its EV strategy is increasingly gaining credibility as a second long-term pillar.</li>
<li>Foxconn -- Structural Long. We see depressed share price as buying opportunity. Mitsubishi contract win increases the probability for additional major OEM production partnership wins this year for Foxconn.</li>
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Mitsubishi Motors plans to outsource EV production to Foxconn, signaling the most significant commercial validation of Foxconn’s MIH EV platform to date.
While Foxconn’s AI server manufacturing is currently the company’s strongest growth driver, its EV strategy is increasingly gaining credibility as a second long-term pillar.
Foxconn -- Structural Long. We see depressed share price as buying opportunity. Mitsubishi contract win increases the probability for additional major OEM production partnership wins this year for Foxconn.


Foxconn's Huge EV Bet Pays Off: Key Mitsubishi Win Could Spark Additional Automaker Deals to Come

<ul><li>UMC Singapore fab is in the process of moving in new equipment to enhance its production capabilities.</li><li>Japan has a target of manufacturing 12 million software-defined vehicles by the year 2030.</li><li>India continues to enforce import restrictions on IT products, impacting the sector's growth and development. Power HV brings advanced technology to transformer monitoring in the energy industry for increased reliability.</li></ul>

UMC Singapore fab is in the process of moving in new equipment to enhance its production capabilities.Japan has a target of manufacturing 12 million software-defined vehicles by the year 2030.India continues to enforce import restrictions on IT products, impacting the sector's growth and development. Power HV brings advanced technology to transformer monitoring in the energy industry for increased reliability.

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (23-May-2024): UMC begins move-in at Singapore fab.

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Gaudenz Schneider

Equity Derivatives

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<li>The global auto industry faces significant tariff exposure. Option implied volatility offers a forward-looking assessment of risk.</li>
<li>Chinese car makers started to increase in implied volatility more than the other markets at the beginning of February. They now show the highest risk.</li>
<li>Recent implied volatility trends, asymmetric pricing (skew), and the term structure all seem to indicate that the Indian auto sector is the least exposed to international trade relations.</li>
</ul>


The global auto industry faces significant tariff exposure. Option implied volatility offers a forward-looking assessment of risk.
Chinese car makers started to increase in implied volatility more than the other markets at the beginning of February. They now show the highest risk.
Recent implied volatility trends, asymmetric pricing (skew), and the term structure all seem to indicate that the Indian auto sector is the least exposed to international trade relations.


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NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. manufactures and distributes automobiles and related parts. It also provides financing services. Nissan delivers a comprehensive range of products under various brands. The Company manufactures in Japan, the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom and many other countries.

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Tech Supply Chain Tracker (22-Mar-2025): Wingtech sells ODM assets to Luxshare.

Wingtech sells ODM assets to Luxshare, PLI scheme misses goals in India, Taiwan IPC industry impacted by tariffs, Foxconn remains silent on...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (13-Feb-2025): Foxconn chair denies Nissan takeover, focuses on collaboration.

Foxconn denies interest in Nissan takeover, focusing on collaboration; SMIC targets automotive growth in response to China's chip market pressures;...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Foxconn's Huge EV Bet Pays Off: Key Mitsubishi Win Could Spark Additional Automaker Deals to Come

​Mitsubishi Motors to outsource EV production to Foxconn, boosting credibility of Foxconn's EV strategy and potential for more OEM partnerships.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (23-May-2024): UMC begins move-in at Singapore fab.

UMC Singapore prepares for new equipment, Japan targets software-defined vehicles, India limits IT product imports, Power HV transforms transformer...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

EQD | Volatile Roads: Unveiling Risk in the Asian Auto Industry Through the Options Market

​Global auto industry faces tariff risk. The option market assigns the highest risk to Chinese car makers. The Indian auto sector appears least...

Gaudenz Schneider

Mitsubishi Motors to outsource EV production to Foxconn, boosting credibility of Foxconn's EV strategy and potential for more OEM partnerships.

Global auto industry faces tariff risk. The option market assigns the highest risk to Chinese car makers. The Indian auto sector appears least...