THE electronics manufacturing companies in Penang expect good prospects for the next six to nine months, due to the impact of the worsening US-China trade war.
Vitrox Corp Bhd
chairman Datuk Seri Kelvin Kiew explains: “Customers are stocking up raw materials and semi-finished components used in the manufacturing of IT, telecommunications and automation products because of the fear that the trade war would worsen by the end of the year.
“Customers don’t want to experience getting cut off from the supply chain again, which happened last year when the US-China trade war peaked.
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