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A fierce war of words has erupted between Dutch chipmaker Nexperia and its Chinese owner, Wingtech Technology, after China and the European Union signalled that their dispute should be resolved at the corporate level.
Wingtech accused Nexperia's head office of being insincere after the Dutch head office publicly released a letter that said the chipmaker's Chinese unit had been unresponsive to requests for talks.
The heightened tensions underscore the complexity in resolving the two sides' dispute over the control of Nexperia, which threatens to disrupt global car supply chains.
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It has also raised speculation that operations of Nexperia could be split into two: one centred at the Chinese unit's factory in Dongguan in southern Guangdong province, and the other at the chipmaker's head office in Nijmegen, the biggest city in Gelderland, the Netherlands' largest province.
Shanghai-listed Wingtech demanded the restoration "of its lawful control and shareholder rights" in Nexperia, according to a statement released in both Chinese and English on Friday.
Regaining control of Nexperia marks "the foundation and prerequisite for resolving the current crisis in the global semiconductor supply chain," Wingtech said. It also alleged that Nexperia's head office was attempting to create a "de-China-ised" supply chain that would permanently strip Wingtech of its shareholder rights.
Bikes are seen parked next to Nexperia China's factory in Dongguan, southern Guangdong province, on November 7, 2025. Photo: Reuters alt=Bikes are seen parked next to Nexperia China's factory in Dongguan, southern Guangdong province, on November 7, 2025. Photo: Reuters>
Nexperia's Dutch head office maintained that it had "made repeated and multiple attempts" to talk to the firm's China unit "via calls, emails and proposed meetings", but "did not receive any meaningful response".
"We urge you to respond to Nexperia's outreach and engage constructively and with a view to restore the supply chain, as this is in the interest of all parties involved, including our customers," the head office said in its public letter to the Dongguan-based unit.
In response, Nexperia China rejected the head office's accusation in a statement on Friday. The unit reiterated that the problem was Dutch headquarters' suspension of wafer supplies to the Dongguan plant and its denial of Nexperia China employees' access to email and other information technology systems.
繼續閱讀Still, Nexperia China claimed that it had supplied 7.4 billion chips to 515 clients across the globe since shipments were resumed in October.
Regarding the Dutch head office's plan to invest US$300 million for capacity expansion at its factory in Malaysia, Nexperia China pointed out that this was a brazen attempt to cut it off from the chipmaker's global supply chain. The Malaysia expansion's goal was reportedly to get 90 per cent of production outside China by 2026.
Nexperia China called on the Dutch head office to "immediately halt capacity expansion plans in Malaysia and other overseas regions".
Wingtech, meanwhile, urged the Dutch head office to present "constructive proposals regarding the restoration of Wingtech's lawful control over Nexperia".
The push for a corporate resolution came after two separate video conferences that Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao had on Wednesday - with German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche and European Commissioner for Trade Maros Sefcovic.
"Both sides agree that ... Nexperia Netherlands and Nexperia China should promptly engage in constructive communication regarding their internal corporate disputes and find an effective long-term solution," Chinese commerce authorities said on Thursday, in a statement following Wang's online discussion with Reiche.
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