NgoMeyi 26, kwabikwa ukuthi iFoxconn yayicabanga ngokubhida inkampani yokupakisha nokuhlola i-semiconductor eseSingapore i-United Test and Assembly Centre (UTAC), enenani elingaba khona lokuthengiselana elingafika ku-US$3 billion. Ngokusho kwabangaphakathi embonini, inkampani engumzali we-UTAC iBeijing Zhilu Capital iqashe ibhange lokutshala imali iJefferies ukuthi lihole ukuthengiswa futhi kulindeleke ukuthi lithole umjikelezo wokuqala wamabhidi ekupheleni kwale nyanga. Njengamanje, akukho qembu eliphawulile ngalolu daba.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi ukwakheka kwebhizinisi le-UTAC ezwenikazi laseShayina kwenza kube yindawo efanelekile kubatshalizimali abangebona abase-US. Njengomkhiqizi omkhulu wenkontileka wemikhiqizo kagesi emhlabeni kanye nomhlinzeki omkhulu we-Apple, i-Foxconn inyuse ukutshalwa kwezimali kwayo embonini ye-semiconductor eminyakeni yamuva nje. Yasungulwa ngo-1997, i-UTAC iyinkampani yobungcweti yokupakisha nokuhlola enebhizinisi emikhakheni eminingi kufaka phakathi ama-elekthronikhi abathengi, imishini yekhompyutha, ezokuphepha kanye nezinhlelo zokusebenza zezokwelapha. Le nkampani inezisekelo zokukhiqiza eSingapore, eThailand, eShayina nase-Indonesia, futhi ikhonza amakhasimende kufaka phakathi izinkampani zokuklama ezingenamsebenzi, abakhiqizi bamadivayisi ahlanganisiwe (ama-IDM) kanye nezindawo zokusekela i-wafer.
Nakuba i-UTAC ingakadalulanga idatha ethile yezezimali, kubikwa ukuthi i-EBITDA yayo yonyaka ilinganiselwa ku-US$300 million. Ngenxa yokuqhubeka nokuguqulwa kwemboni ye-semiconductor yomhlaba wonke, uma lokhu kuthengiselana kufezeka, ngeke kuthuthukise kuphela amakhono okuhlanganisa i-Foxconn ngokuqondile ku-chip supply chain, kodwa futhi kuzoba nomthelela omkhulu esimweni se-semiconductor supply chain yomhlaba wonke. Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu uma kubhekwa ukuncintisana kobuchwepheshe obukhulayo phakathi kweShayina ne-United States, kanye nokunaka okukhonjiswa ekuhlanganisweni kwemboni kanye nokuthengwa kwayo ngaphandle kwe-United States.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Juni-02-2025
