Foreign media cite a report from the United Nations Environment Programme saying that by 2010, the volume of IT related electronic waste products will be four times of that of 2007 and China and India will be the main source of toxic e-waste.

The Jinzhou, Liaoning-based auto components manufacturer Wonder Auto Technology has announced that its subsidiary, Jinzhou Halla Electrical Company, has signed a joint venture agreement with Korean Teawon Dianzhuang Corporation establishing a joint venture to be named Jinzhou Wonder Teawon Dianzhuang Company.

Sinovac Biotech, a developer and provider of vaccines in China, has received a certificate of approval from the Secretaria de Salud to distribute PANFLU.1, its H1N1 pandemic influenza (swine flu) vaccine, in Mexico.

TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings has officially opened the group's LCD Integration Plant and held a ceremony for the third phase of TCL LCD Industry Park in Huizhou, Guangdong.

Taiwan-based computer monitor and flat-panel television maker TPV Technology has announced plans to build two new plants in mainland China and Mexico, respectively.

U-Tron (Beijing) Electronics Company has announced that it has signed an exclusive agency agreement with the Canada-based LECC Consulting Group appointing LECC as U-Tron's exclusive agent in Canada, Mexico and Indonesia.

Circuit protection products company Littelfuse has announced restructuring plans which include consolidating the company’s Taiwan wafer fabrication facility into Wuxi in China.

Sino Fibre Communications, a broadband and value added Internet services provider in China, announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with P2P Cash Inc. to explore the business opportunity for integrating the P2P Cash mobile commerce features into an advanced international barter trading platform.

European electronics manufacturing services firm Elcoteq SE has decided to launch an intense global restructuring plan that will see one of its China facilities close.

China America Cooperative Automotive, an importer and distributor of Chinese vehicles into the U.S., Canada and Mexico, is inviting Chinese auto manufacturers to utilize the company's range of services to bring additional car models into the North American marketplace.