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Social Impacts of Electronics Production and Recycling by Andreas Manhart

Social Impacts of Electronics Production and Recycling by Andreas Manhart R’07, Davos the 03.-05. September 2007. Brand-name headquarters. Mass-assembly locations. CPU-fabrications. The Electronics Industry:. „The most globalized industry“. “Exports of office & telecom equipment”

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Social Impacts of Electronics Production and Recycling by Andreas Manhart

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  1. Social Impacts of Electronics Production and Recycling by Andreas Manhart R’07, Davos the 03.-05. September 2007

  2. Brand-name headquarters Mass-assembly locations CPU-fabrications The Electronics Industry: „The most globalized industry“

  3. “Exports of office & telecom equipment” in % of the total merchandise exports (Source: WTO International Trade Statistics 2006)

  4. Merkel promises help for AMD […] So far the American company manufactured all of their microprocessors in the Saxon capital. The Federal Government and the Province Administration attracted AMD with significant subsidies. With the current extension of the production site by AMD in Dresden, the investment volume climbs to 8 billion US$. With this sum, the AMD-plant is one of the biggest foreign investments into the new German provinces. […] Süddeutsche Zeitung, 15.10.2006

  5. A question of business location in Dresden […] In March, Georg Milbradt (German politician) raised alarm: The Saxon chip-production-site is endangered since there are not enough subsidies. […] The investment (by AMD) is endangered because the US State of New York announced far better support than Saxony can ever grant. The offer by New York is said to sum up to half a billion US$. […] Süddeutsche Zeitung, 16.04.2007

  6. The Electronics Industry builds on global value chains It spurred the economic rise of Japan, S-Korea & Taiwan It is regarded as strategic industry worldwide Countries actively compete against each others in attracting investments by the industry.

  7. 65.5 billion US$ trade surplus or 64.2% of China’s total surplus PR China:

  8. PR China: (Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China, 2006)

  9. Between 2.27 and 6.3 million people are employed in the electronics industry in China. (Source: NBSC 2006, ILO 2007) The electronics industry is currently amongst the three most important Chinese manufacturing industries from an employment creation perspective.

  10. Also a global industry China is also a major player What about e-waste? • Increasing use of ICTs • in emerging economies • One-laptop-per-child • project & donations • Under-cover exports to • non-OECD-countries

  11. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ! Contact: Andreas Manhart +49 (0)761 – 45295 44 a.manhart@oeko.de

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