Nexperia China resumes operations after IT outage

Nexperia’s Chinese unit said most operations in China have resumed after a March 3 mass disabling of employees’ office accounts that blocked access to company software.

Nexperia is a Netherlands-based chipmaker and a unit of China’s Wingtech.

Nexperia China said the outage significantly disrupted some production processes, including the SAP order-to-production workflow for customer-supplied wafers, and prompted an emergency response.

The accounts were disabled on the evening of March 3, preventing employees in China from accessing company software.

Nexperia China said most business operations have restarted, and it is making efforts to minimise impacts on future production and delivery.

A Dutch state intervention last year installed a European management team at Nexperia, a move that sparked tensions between Europe and China.

Reuters reported the intervention triggered a crisis that disrupted global supplies of basic chips for the car industry, and Nexperia’s Chinese unit later declared itself independent of European management.

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Implications, context, and why it matters.

US export controls and Dutch intervention deepened Nexperia’s governance dispute

The account lockout is the latest fallout from US export controls, plus a governance clash between Nexperia’s Dutch leadership and its China-based entities.
The US added Nexperia’s Chinese parent, Wingtech, to a trade blacklist, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Entity List, in December 2024 1.
On 29 September 2025, the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a rule that extends export control restrictions to entities at least 50% owned by one or more entities on the US Entity List, which affects Nexperia because Wingtech owns it 1.
The Dutch government stepped in last year to put a European management team in place at Nexperia, which raised tensions between Europe and China.

Nexperia’s fight is straining a China-linked packaging model and customer supply continuity

The struggle for control is wearing down coordination between Nexperia’s European production arm and China-based packaging plus distribution operations, which raises long-term risks for customers.
Nexperia China said employees’ office accounts were disabled in a mass action on March 3, which cut access to company software and disrupted some production steps, including the SAP order-to-production workflow for customer-supplied wafers.
Nexperia China said most operations are running again, and it is trying to limit effects on future output and deliveries.
Reuters reported the Dutch intervention set off a crisis that disrupted global supplies of basic chips for the car industry, and Nexperia’s Chinese unit later said it operates independently from European management.