Supply chains

Commonwealth Kokubu Logistics taps Japan’s Mitsui OSK for regional cold-chain expansion

A cold-chain food logistics facility with 500,000 sq ft of space in Jurong is a key part of CKL’s growth plan

The declaration states that the countries seek to build and deploy trusted information networks, including fibre-optic cables and data centres.

Singapore signs US-led Pax Silica Declaration on AI, global tech supply chain

The declaration ‘reflects a shared commitment to advance prosperity, technological progress and economic security’, MDDI says

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

SK Hynix said that the memory shortfall would last through late 2027.
INSIGHT

The AI frenzy is driving a new global supply chain crisis

Memory shortage could delay AI projects, productivity gains

Nexperia’s Dutch unit said in an open letter that it had made repeated and multiple attempts to restore dialogues but has failed to receive a response from its Chinese units.

Dutch chipmaker Nexperia urges Chinese units to help restore supply chain

DUTCH chipmaker Nexperia, whose supply chain was broken up when the Dutch government took over the company in September, urged its Chinese units in an open letter on Thursday to help restore normal pr...

Capability building programmes and targeted supplier development initiatives could help ensure that Singapore captures the maximum economic value from EDB's strategic investments, the study says.

Companies supported by EDB yield annual spillovers of S$48.5 million each

The figure refers to net benefits that EDB-supported firms brought to other firms between 2012 and 2019

FedEx's Raj Subramaniam says: "We can move our capacity far faster than manufacturing can move. So we know from the bottom up, we see these signals and we can react."

Global supply chain shocks to cause lasting impacts: FedEx CEO

The company is shifting its capacity, including redeploying aircraft, in response to the changes

German Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil says: “We simply have a world ... that is reorganising itself and where we are very well advised, also in the interest of our national interests, to consider with which states we can expand partnerships.”

Germany to work closer with Singapore on supply chain issues

Export-driven Germany is squeezed between Trump’s tariffs and China’s tightening export curbs

Singapore businesses are well-placed to tap the growing economic integration in Asean, says the writer.
THE BROAD VIEW

What the US-China detente means for Asean businesses

South-east Asian firms must now compete with reshoring destinations such as India, while contending with Chinese companies diverting exports here

China made key strategic decisions and investments during the past decade that enabled it to pull ahead in battery technologies.

Batteries are crucial technology for the 21st century

Their role powering the growth of key industries means we cannot ignore economic security risks