Two Companies Will Guide Global Supply Chains
As TSMC and Foxconn expand their footprints across the world, other players will need to follow.
Moving on from China.
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A splintering of global supply chains, driven by both political and business considerations, has hundreds of manufacturers and logistics providers debating where to go next. They’d be well advised to take their cues from two Taiwanese companies who’ve led the charge.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is the world’s largest maker of chips, with clients including Apple Inc., Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Foxconn Technology Group, whose flagship is Taipei-based Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., assembles those components into end devices. Apple’s iPhones and Nvidia’s artificial intelligence servers are among the most famous of Foxconn’s products, but its reach extends into industrial sectors including Tesla Inc. cars, factory-automation systems provider Siemens AG and even an Israeli satellite maker.