China’s MLCC supply chain expanding rapidly amid surge in global AI demand
China’s upstream supply chain for multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) – tiny components dubbed “the rice of electronics” – is racing to expand capacity, as an artificial intelligence-driven boom triggers a surge in global orders. Shandong Sinocera Functional Materials, a major supplier of dielectric powder to MLCC manufacturers, told investors in a Shenzhen Stock Exchange filing on Wednesday that it was actively pushing to expand capacity for AI servers and vehicles, with parts of its new...
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Published: 6 August 2026
Source: SCMP Tech (HK/CN)
Category: News
Topics: Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 7 August 2026
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