In a trading update for full-year 2025, epiwafer and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that, as previously noted, trading in first-half 2025 was impacted by macroeconomic uncertainty and, as a result, some end-customer demand was fulfilled with existing inventory. The firm has continued to experience weakness in wireless markets, due mainly to softness in mobile handset sales, and this is expected to persist through 2025. In addition, delays to federal funding cycles in US military and defence sectors are resulting in the deferral of orders into 2026...
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