The art of making tofu
For years, Naim Samin, 65, has been skilfully crafting tofu from soybeans, distributing it across local markets in Sepang, Selangor.
Ex-Samsung Elec executive indicted over alleged data theft for China factory
Prosecutors say they estimate the theft of the data to have inflicted at least US$233 million worth of losses on Samsung Electronics.
China's factory activity stuns with fastest growth in a decade
The world's second-largest economy recorded one of its worst years in nearly half a century in 2022 due to strict Covid lockdowns and subsequent widespread infections.
China imposes Covid lockdown on area around iPhone factory
The move comes after images emerged on Chinese social media showing people breaking out of the facility, which is run by Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn and employs hundreds of thousands of workers.
From stubs to soft toys, an Indian factory reprocesses cigarette ends
The material is composed of cigarette stubs, separated into fibres and cleaned and bleached after being gathered from the city streets where they had been discarded along with millions of others.
As Japanese manufacturing fades, a factory town fights to stay alive
The amalgam of issues that Higashiosaka faces mirror the problems that have been chewing at the foundation of the world’s third-largest economy and its global exports, which hit US$610.54 billion last year.
Korea Inc's foreign labour crunch puts older workers back in factories
The scramble for labour in South Korea, where unemployment hit a near-record low of 2.9% in July, has led to a surge in the number of elderly people in the workforce with 58% of the job increases driven by people aged 60 and older.
China's factory activity contracts unexpectedly in July as Covid flares up
Chinese manufacturers continue to wrestle with high raw material prices, which are squeezing profit margins, as the export outlook remains clouded with fears of a global recession.
Samsung SDI breaks ground for US$1.3 billion battery factory in Seremban
The factory will be Samsung SDI's second in Malaysia, with the first making cylindrical batteries for electric vehicle customers.
China factory output, retail sales weak as Covid shadow persists
The government is persisting with a zero-Covid strategy to stamp out clusters as they emerge, but this has placed companies and consumers at the mercy of snap, economically damaging lockdowns.
Chinese city probing BYD factory emissions over allegations of children’s nosebleeds
Changsha city authorities say they have sent an investigative team to BYD's factory to look into the allegations about its emissions.
Shanghai factories scramble to reopen as Covid lockdown lingers
Hundreds of companies including multinationals Tesla and 3M have reopened factories in the Chinese economic hub under local guidelines requiring them to isolate workers inside a 'closed-loop'.
