Supply Chain

THE BROAD VIEW

Asean’s low-altitude economy needs a supply chain reform to take off

The bloc must address fragmentation and seize the growth opportunity

Guest of honour Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, and Culture, Community and Youth Low Yen Ling (fourth from right) and CDL group chief executive Sherman Kwek (fifth from right) attending the graduation ceremony of the pioneer batch of 42 SMEs from CDL's SME Supplier Decarbonisation Queen Bee Programme.

For SMEs, tracking carbon emissions is not about theory but growing the business

Property player CDL works with its SME suppliers to develop a decarbonisation road map

The EU's trade imbalance with China widened to 1:4 in container terms, compared with 1:2.7 in 2019, the lobby group said in a report.

EU firms in China accelerating supply chain diversification, report finds

One in three member companies looking to shift sourcing away from China

The US and other countries have been unable to break China’s stranglehold over rare earths supplies.

US moves to deepen minerals supply chain in AI race with China

The Asian nation is home to more than 90% of global rare earths and permanent magnets refining capacity

With the new Singapore plant, Tekscend will operate eight manufacturing facilities worldwide.

Japanese semicon photomask maker Tekscend breaks ground on new Singapore plant, set to create 60 jobs

It will be fully operation end-2026 or early 2027; aims to serve customers in Singapore, Malaysia and India 

China is responsible for 70% of the world’s mined rare earths and more than 90% of permanent magnets made with the minerals.

Xi’s rare earth ‘bazooka’ sparks global alarm, race for supplies

The latest move caps years of expansion in Beijing’s export control regime

From Jan 1, 2026, Andrew Kwan (center) will assume the role of executive chairman of Commonwealth Capital. Shawn Loh (right) will take on the role of group managing director and Ryan Kwan will become the deputy group managing director.

Commonwealth Capital eyes S-E Asia with growth push across F&B, logistics and manufacturing

Expansion comes amid leadership shuffle; founder Andrew Kwan steps up as executive chairman while Shawn Loh, Ryan Kwan assume top roles

The use of the Z10 autonomous vehicles is expected to lower the group's carbon dioxide emissions by up to 27 tonnes a year.

FairPrice Group to be first to use autonomous vehicles in public for supply chain operations

The group says it will now be able to automate ‘important but routine tasks’ such as the transportation of goods

From left: Go-Genie's chief operating officer Ryan Lim, its chief executive officer Ang Ming Cong, and business development director Markus Lim.

Singapore logistics tech startup Go-Genie on its big push to help smaller players to compete with the big boys

Its CEO wants to help businesses work with multiple providers on a single system, while collecting real-time data for carbon reporting

With demand for goods from China to the US sinking fast, cargo carriers have slashed capacity to keep ocean freight rates from cratering.

Trump’s China tariffs set to unleash supply shock on US economy

The looming supply shock has prompted economists to revise up their inflation forecasts because it could push prices higher