Does it still make sense to have world-spanning supply chains in a climate of economic downturn? Ruari McCallion finds out if new models are emerging
Back in 2000, a small Philips microchip factory in New Mexico suffered a fire. It wasn’t a large blaze, the factory wasn’t destroyed and no lives were lost but there was a lot of smoke damage — and that wasn’t good news for the sensitive equipment used in chip manufacture. The factory supplied specialist chips…
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