In recent years, the competition has become increasingly intensified in the low-price furniture market once dominated by Taiwan. Many producers on the island have sobered to the futility of competing with low-cost producers in these markets, and are instead betting their futures on promising new ma

20030909062.jpg] While the majority of Taiwan's furniture manufacturers have joined an exodus to mainland China in a quest to trim production costs, many of their peers in the furniture-parts industry are managing to operate profitably in Taiwan thanks to their commitment to high-quality and high-m

Household lamps made at both the local and overseas plants of Taiwanese manufacturers are in greater demand among international buyers thanks to the wave of innovative new products available. The trend owes much to the industry's success in cultivating talented designers who know how to add value a

Taipei, July 1, 2003 (CENS)--Teco Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd. And Sampo Corp. will resume investments in mainland China following the easing of travel restrictions between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits. Teco chairman M.H. Huang will fly to Nanchang of Jiangxi province next month to sig

Taipei, April 28, 2003 (CENS)--The Teco Electric & Machinery has decided to suspend its massive NT$1 billion investment plan in Nanchang of Jiangxi Province in southern China and it has not ruled out the possibility of moving the project to Subic Bay of the Philippines. The flu-like disease seve

Once primarily known for their competitive pricing, Taiwanese manufacturers of plastic- processing machines are now turning heads in the global market with products rivaling and even beating their Japanese counterparts in terms of quality and functions. This has paved the way for Taiwan's rapid ris

For Taiwan's manufacturers of paper-making and -processing machines, 2003 promises to be a year of new challenges and opportunities. The challenges will come from greater foreign competition as Taiwan drops tariffs on paper-related imports to meet the guidelines of the World Trade Organization. Yet

Auto-parts manufacturers in Taiwan are so optimistic about the global market that they are busily expanding their production capacity both at home and overseas. TYC Brothers Industrial Co., the island's largest exporter of auto lamps, is setting up its global operations headquarters in a combin