The suit adds a Dutch front to a split that already includes Wingtech's RMB8 billion claim in China, a Chinese asset freeze and Dutch court limits on Wingtech's control.
Nexperia has sued its Chinese parent, Wingtech Technology, in Amsterdam, and Wingtech says the claim is worth US$2 billion. The chipmaker, based in Nijmegen, announced the case on November 3 against Wingtech, Wingtech founder and former Nexperia chief executive Zhang Xuezheng, and two Chinese Nexperia units, according to Reuters copy carried by The Standard. Caixin Global reported on November 5 that Wingtech disclosed the claim on November 3.
Nexperia said it wants the defendants held accountable for significant harm to the company and its business but did not state a figure. Wingtech says Nexperia is seeking joint damages of US$2 billion in Amsterdam, while Nexperia’s own statement named no amount. Wingtech rejects every allegation and the damages total.
The filing moves a fight that had run mostly through Chinese courts and Dutch corporate-law rulings into a Dutch civil suit, with Nexperia now the plaintiff. For investors in the automotive chip supply chain, it shows the company’s Dutch and Chinese halves now litigating against each other.
Nexperia says its Chinese units and Wingtech built a rival supply chain
Wingtech’s description of the complaint, as relayed by Reuters, is that Nexperia China and Nexperia Shanghai breached internal agreements with the Dutch company. Nexperia also alleges that the defendants built an independent supply chain in China that competed directly with Nexperia and disrupted its operations, which it calls unfair commercial conduct under Dutch law.
Techzine said, citing Dutch newspaper NRC, that the case is before the Amsterdam District Court, that no trial date is set, and that the US$2 billion is about 1.8 billion euros. Wingtech says it has not been formally served. It plans to hire overseas counsel and defend itself only if the court accepts the case.
NL Times, reporting with the Dutch news agency ANP, describes Nexperia as employing more than 12,500 people worldwide and shipping over 110 billion products a year. NL Times says its semiconductors are used in cars, mobile phones, consumer electronics and industrial equipment.
The claim lands on top of a Chinese lawsuit, an asset freeze and Dutch control orders
The Dutch government intervened in September 2025 to stop chip technology and production capacity from moving to China, according to Techzine. In October 2025 the Amsterdam Court of Appeal’s Enterprise Chamber suspended Zhang and moved almost all voting rights on Wingtech’s shares to an independent administrator, NL Times reported. In February 2026 the court ordered an investigation into Nexperia’s management, and those measures remain in place. Wingtech acquired full ownership of Nexperia in 2020, Caixin noted, but lost control after the intervention.
Beijing temporarily barred exports of Nexperia chips packaged in Dongguan, causing shortages for carmakers, especially in Europe. Both governments have since reversed their measures, but the company remains split along national lines.
Wingtech has answered on several fronts. In May it sued three Dutch Nexperia entities and three executives in China for 8 billion yuan, about US$1.2 billion, NL Times said. In August a Chinese court froze assets of up to 2.14 billion yuan, about US$300 million, held by Nexperia and its equipment subsidiary; Nexperia says operations are unaffected and the underlying case has not been heard on its merits. Techzine adds that Wingtech has started international arbitration seeking billions from the Dutch government and has written off 8.95 billion yuan on its Nexperia stake.
The next signals are service of the claim and whether the Amsterdam court accepts it
The first test is procedural. Wingtech says the claim has not been served, and Nexperia’s statement named no amount, so a court filing or Nexperia statement that states the amount would settle what is being asked. The Amsterdam court’s decision to take the case, and any trial date, would show whether the Dutch courts treat the Chinese units’ conduct as a matter for Dutch law.
Two other tracks run in parallel: the Chinese court case behind the asset freeze, which has not been heard on its merits, and the Dutch investigation into Nexperia’s management. Any ruling in either could change who can operate the Chinese units, which supply many of the chips that carmakers buy from Nexperia.