Ayala-led IMI completes shift of manufacturing in China

Ayala-led Integrated Micro-Electronic Inc. (IMI) said Wednesday it transferred all manufacturing activities from its IMI Kuichong facility to its nearby Pingshan plant in China.

The move is part of the company’s efforts to streamline and improve operational efficiency, IMI said in a statement.

Final production at IMI Kuichong was completed on Sept. 30, 2025. The company said it would now focus on integrating operations fully into the Pingshan facility over the coming weeks.

“Throughout this transition period, IMI’s management team will prioritize business continuity and ensure that key customer accounts from IMI Kuichong will be served with minimal disruption,” Robert William Heese, chief finance officer and compliance officer at IMI, said.

IMI said it expects the strategic move to improve operational efficiency, increase capacity utilization in IMI Pingshan and further streamline IMI’s footprint in China.

Since last year, IMI has been streamlining operations and consolidating its footprint into strategically located facilities in a bid to reduce costs.

It earlier closed its prototyping and manufacturing activities in IMI USA, dissolved its offices in Japan and Malaysia and downsized its office in Singapore due to continued slowdown in demand for electronics. It also closed down its manufacturing operations in Chengdu, China.

IMI earlier said the global restructuring would yield $5 million in annual savings for the company.

IMI is a leading global electronics manufacturing solutions (EMS) expert specializing in highly reliable and quality electronics for long product life cycle segments in the automotive, industrial, power electronics, communications and medical industries.

It ranks among the top EMS providers in the world by the Manufacturing Market Insider, based on 2023 revenues, and remains among the top ten in the automotive sector, according to New Venture Research.