New Tsinghua Unigroup chairman promises fresh start for Chinese chip company

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SHANGHAI : The new chairman of embattled Chinese chip conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup promised a 'new start' for the company in an open letter to staff published on Wednesday.In his first public comments since formally taking over Unigroup on Monday, Unigroup Chairman Li Bin wrote the company would begin i

SHANGHAI : The new chairman of embattled Chinese chip conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup promised a"new start" for the company in an open letter to staff published on Wednesday.

"The companies in the group are fighting each other and there is no resource sharing, collaborative management or synergies," Li wrote.Tsinghua Unigroup said in a market filing late on Monday that it had completed a restructuring plan that officially placed it under the ownership of a vehicle controlled by Wise Road Capital, Jianguang Asset Management, and a number of state-affiliated funds.Wise Road was behind a failed $1.4 billion acquisition of U.S.

Originating as a branch of China's prestigious Tsinghua University, Tsinghua Unigroup emerged in the previous decade as a would-be domestic champion for China's laggard chip industry. The conglomerate has yet to produce any global leaders in the semiconductor sector. However, in recent years, two divisions have made promising advances.

 

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