Supply ChainTaiwan chip industry sails overseas amid supply chain shift
Investments elsewhere begin to pay off as China market matures
Shifting supply chains are bringing more Taiwanese suppliers to countries like Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia. © Reuters
CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei Asia chief tech correspondent
TAIPEI -- TSMC and Foxconn are not the only Taiwanese tech companies feeling compelled to expand abroad. Suppliers of chip and electronics tools, materials and plant builders are also venturing beyond the island as top clients undertake their biggest overseas expansion in decades.