Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/12/23
By: Tien Yu-pin and Frances Huang 

Taipei, Dec. 23 (CNA) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, dominated the country’s private investment in the last three years, according to the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE).

Data compiled by the TWSE, which operates the local main board, shows that TSMC invested a total of NT$821.1 billion in capital assets, which refers to production equipment, manufacturing plants and other property for development, during the 2014-2016 period, accounting for about 48 percent of the total NT$1.71 trillion invested by the listed companies on the main board.

The data shows that TSMC’s smaller rival, United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), took second place in the rankings for fixed asset investments by injecting NT$123 billion, far behind TSMC’s figure.    [FULL  STORY]