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Dutch Take Control Of Chinese-Owned Chipmaker Fearing Tech Leaks
The Netherlands government said it is taking control of Chinese-owned Dutch chipmaker Nexperia due to fears of potential transfers of crucial technology to China. Nexperia is one of the world’s largest makers of simple computer chips such as...
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Wingtech to Sue Dutch Government Over Nexperia Asset Freeze
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Chinese tech firm Wingtech Technology Co. Ltd. said it will sue the Dutch government after the Netherlands froze the operations of its semiconductor subsidiary Nexperia Holding and stripped the company of control. At an investor meeting late...
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China’s Wingtech Loses Control of Chip Unit After Dutch Government Freezes Operations
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Chinese tech firm Wingtech Technology Co. Ltd. has temporarily lost control of its Netherlands-based subsidiary Nexperia after the Dutch government intervened on national-security grounds and ordered a freeze on the semiconductor-maker’s...
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Chinese-Owned Dutch Chipmaker to Invest $200 Million in Germany
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(Bloomberg) — Nexperia Holding BV, a Dutch chipmaker owned by Shanghai-listed Wingtech Technology Co. Ltd., will invest $200 million to develop and manufacture semiconductors at its Hamburg production facility. The company intends to build...
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Nexperia: Dutch Government Takes Control of China-Owned Chip Firm
In a dramatic and almost unprecedented move, the Dutch government has taken effective control of Nexperia, a Netherlands-based semiconductor company owned by China's Wingtech. The intervention, declared on 12–13 October 2025, invokes emergency...
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KSA: Illegal online market growing in the Netherlands
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Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has shared its autumn report, detailing concerns about the increasing amount of money being channeled to illegal online operators. By Rory Calland Key points: - Player channelisation stable, but total money channelisation...
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Dutch govt takes over China-owned chipmaker Nexperia
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The Dutch government said it is taking control of Dutch chipmaker Nexperia, which manufactures computer chips for the car and consumer electronics industries, due to worries about the possible transfer of crucial technology to its Chinese parent...
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Dutch government takes control of China-owned chip firm
The Dutch government has taken control of Nexperia, a Chinese-owned chipmaker based in the Netherlands, in a bid to safeguard the European supply of semiconductors for cars and other electronic goods and protect Europe's economic security. The...
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51-year-old software engineer Leslie Nkansa Osei Bonsu nominated as Mamponghene’s replacement
A 51-year-old software engineer, Leslie Osei Bonsu, has been nominated as Mamponghene’s replacement. He was introduced on Monday by the Mamponghemaa Nana Agyakoma Difie II. Whoever occupies the Mampong stool, referred to as the Silver Stool, is...
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Netherlands to start using new HPV vaccine next year
Children getting vaccinated against HPV from the fall of next year will get the new vaccine, which protects against nine instead of two types of the virus, caretaker State Secretary Judith Tielen of Public Health informed parliament. The Ministry...
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Dutch intervene in Chinese-owned chip firm over security fears
October 13, 2025 Nexperia chips. Photo: Arie Kievit ANP/HHThe Dutch government has partly taken control of Nijmegen-based chipmaker Nexperia over concerns that key intellectual property could be transferred to China. The economic affairs ministry...
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Armenia center of attraction of regional technological potential; 20th DigiTec technology exhibition opened at Meridian Exhibition Center
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ArmInfo. DigiTec, the largest technology exhibition in the region, opened at the Meridian Exhibition Center. It is a significant event for both the Armenian tech community and the country as a whole. The event is organized by the Union of Advanced...
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Gravel World Championships tech gallery: Unreleased tyres and bikes, plus hidden repair hacks
The UCI Gravel World Championships' may have fallen awkwardly this year, with them coinciding with the fifth and final Monument of the men's road cycling season in Il Lombardia, and taking place just before the final two rounds of the Life Time...
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Dutch government puts Nexperia on a short leash over chip security fears
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The Dutch government has placed Nexperia - a Chinese-owned semiconductor company that previously operated Britain's Newport Wafer Fab — under special administrative measures, citing serious governance failures that threaten European tech security....
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Nobel Prize in Economics awarded for research on innovation and growth
This year’s Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to American-Israeli scholar Joel Mokyr, French economist Philippe Aghion, and Canadian researcher Peter Howitt for their groundbreaking work on how innovation drives long-term economic...
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Northwestern professor among 3 researchers who won Nobel economics prize
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(Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP) (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images) STOCKHOLM - Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for explaining how innovation creates new products...
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Wingtech seeks China’s help after Dutch intervention
Chinese semiconductor firm Wingtech Technology Co (聞泰科技) yesterday said it would seek help from Beijing and vowed to protect its interests, after Dutch authorities intervened over its European subsidiary Nexperia Holding NV. Officials in the...
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Dutch government seizes local chipmaker from its Chinese owner — Nexperia parent company Wingtech preps response to 'exceptional' steps taken to safeguard 'crucial technological knowledge'
The Dutch government has taken the "exceptional" step of seizing control of strategically important Dutch chip maker, Nexperia, from its Chinese owner, Wingtech, according to Reuters. The government says it is concerned that important technologies...
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Netherlands takes over Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
Nexperia was acquired by Chinese contract manufacturing giant Wingtech Technology in 2018. The Dutch government has taken control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia, citing a “threat” to Europe’s semiconductor capabilities. The country’s Ministry...
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Tech Brief (Oct. 13): Wingtech Temporarily Loses Control of Dutch Chipmaker Nexperia
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Wingtech loses control of Nexperia Chinese tech firm Wingtech Technology Co. Ltd. has temporarily lost control of its Netherlands-based subsidiary Nexperia after the Dutch government intervened on national-security grounds and ordered a freeze on...
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