Stockholm, Sweden-headquartered Atlas Copco has begun construction of a new production facility in China for its gas and process division.

Semiconductor company Hynix has announced plans to build a semiconductor back-end joint venture in Wuxi with Wuxi Industrial Development Group.

Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials, a company specializing in chemical mechanical planarization technology for the global semiconductor industry, has received a volume order for its IC 1000 line of CMP pads from a leading memory manufacturer.

Holding company RPM International has announced that its subsidiary, Carboline Company, has acquired a 49% interest in its Chinese licensee Carboline Dalian Paint Production Company.

According to the decision announced by the Intermediate People's Court of Hangzhou, the Korean electronics maker Samsung has been ordered to pay CNY50 million compensation to the Zhejiang-based Holley Communications for infringing the patent of Holley's GSM/CDMA dual-mode handsets.

Amtran Technology, a Taiwan-based display OEM/ODM company, is discussing with the South Korea panel giant LG Display Company to form a joint venture in Suzhou.

ET Solar Group Corp. a Nanjing-based manufacturer of photovoltaic products has announced that it has signed a module sales agreement with Techwin Co Ltd, a Korean company specializing in plant engineering and environmental technology development.

UPS says it is moving its intra-Asia air hub from the Philippines to Shenzhen to improve customer service by reducing transit times across Asia.

China's Suntech has signed an eight-year polysilicon supply agreement with DC Chemical, a Korean chemicals producer.

Integrated photovoltaic manufacturer Yingli Green Energy has signed two polysilicon supply agreements with DC Chemical Company, a leading Korean chemicals producer.