Taiwan chip packager King Yuan halts output after COVID cases at factory

KING YUAN ELECTRONICS

04/06/2021 08:07

TAIPEI, June 4 (Reuters) - Taiwan's major chip packager King
Yuan Electronics  2449.TW  will halt production on the island
for two days after several employees contracted COVID-19,
Central News Agency reported on Friday, the first time the
pandemic has hit the global chip hub, as case numbers climb.
    Hsinchu-based King Yuan, one of the island's major chip
packaging and testing firms, counts global tech giants including
Intel  INTC.O  and Samsung Electronics  005930.KS  among its
major clients. 
    Sixty-seven employees mostly from the Philippines and
working at a King Yuan factory in the northern city of Miaoli
tested positive, Taiwan's health ministry said.

 (Reporting by Yimou Lee; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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