After years of focusing on rolling out speedy, high-precision and high value-added machine tools able to process workpieces along multiple axes, Quick-Tech Machinery Co., Ltd. is now shifting emphasis to develop user-friendly control system and innovative functionalities. Among the latest machin

Jeng Feng Cutter Manufacture Industry Co., Ltd., set up around 20 years ago in Taiwan, makes cutters mostly for machine tools, paper-processing machines, copper foil-cutting machines, steel sheet-cutting machines, and plastics-processing machines. Machine tools that use Jeng Feng's cutters include

Chairman X.B. Ke of the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI) points out that Taiwan’s machinery industry has the capacity to surpass its Japanese, Italian and even German competitors if it makes the most of the island’s mature, established information-communication technology (ICT) indus

Citing unnamed sources, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) reports that mainland China is unlikely to extend a tariff-exempt grace period on Taiwan-made machine tools destined for the mainland market, despite pleas by Taiwanese makers who wish to be allowed another five years through th

Chairman B.X. Ke of the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI) has suggested the newly elected Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration should resume the trade-in-goods talks between Taiwan and mainland China as soon as possible, and allow the NT-dollar-to-greenback ratio to deval

The recognized leading makers of machine tools and components in Taiwan, including Hiwin Technologies Corp., Tongtai Machine & Tool Co., Ltd., Kao Fong Machinery Co., Ltd., Shih Yih Machinery Co., Ltd., and Taiwan Takisawa Technology Co., Ltd., are projected to grow at annual rate ranging from two

Noticing Taiwan’s exports of machine tools having dropped 15 percent year on year (YoY) to US$2.91 billion in the Jan.-Nov. period, chairman B.X. Ke of the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI) projects the island’s machine-tool exports to contract 16 percent YoY to US$3.15-3.2 billion by

Taiwan’s leading machine-tool makers, including AWEA Mechantronic Co., Ltd., Goodway Machine Corp., Kao Fong Machinery Co., Ltd., and Tongtai Machine & Tool Co., Ltd., predict their revenue for 2015 likely to fail to meet targets as a result of inability to compete against Japanese makers when the

Ever since the organizers and trade group made the practical decision three years ago to move the show to Taichung, central Taiwan, to be closer to the hub of Taiwan’s manufacturers of hardware products, such as hand tools, plumbing fittings and garden accessories and tools, Taiwan Hardware Show (T

With the European Central Bank recently hinting strongly of more quantitative easing to fuel the slowing economic recovery in the EU and amid growing optimism toward the continuous recovery of the global machine-tool market in 2015, EMO Milano 2015 rounded off with strong turnout and mixed impressi

While Taiwanese makers have come a long way since the 1970s when they mostly filled export orders based on buyer specifications to offer OEM (original equipment manufacturing) service, which later evolved to ODM (original design manufacturing) along with changing market structure and rising technol

Taiwan’s central county of Changhua is widely recognized as the hub of the island’s faucet and plumbing fittings production, given that over 800 related manufacturers and subcontractors are clustered in the region to result in a high density of CNC machines deployed there. Among local companies inv

Founded in 1986, Huang Liang Precision Enterprise Co., Ltd is one of the most specialized CNC precision lathed parts suppliers in Taiwan. The company firmly sticks to its operational principle of "Customer First, Quality First", and has won extensive recognition from customers all over the world.

The 1976-founded Pinnacle Machine Tool Co., Ltd. excels in 5-axis, double-column, vertical and horizontal type machining centers, not to mention a wide range of computerized numerical control (CNC) lathes and milling machines. Pinnacle machines are adopted by subcontract makers for Bosch and the

CNC-Takang Co., Ltd., established in 1994, has ample expertise in development and production of heavy-duty/high-torque/full-power-output CNC lathes and vertical/horizontal/double-column machining centers. The maker mainly offers conventional lathes, CNC lathes (flat & slant bed), double spindle

Liouy Hsing Co., Ltd., headquartered in Taichung, central Taiwan, makes a full range of CNC lathes and high-speed lathes. Among the company’s latest CNC lathes include the CNC-500 for heavy-duty purpose, the CNC-10T for budget buyers, and the CNC-20. The CNC-500 delivers superior machining st

Quick-Tech Machinery Co., Ltd., a member of the Tongtai Group, makes a variety of computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools, including lathes, turning-milling combos, turret lathes, vertical machining centers, in addition to robotic loading and unloading systems and training-type milling machi

Fepotec Industrial Co., Ltd., established in 1996, is a specialist maker of spindles and tailstocks for a variety of high-precision, high-performance machine tools. Its product lines include lathe spindles, lathe tailstocks, grinding machine spindles, machining center spindles and semi-conductor

Lico Machinery Co., Ltd., established in 1978 by its president Ray Cheng, is a maker of cam-operated single-spindle automatic lathes and technical CNC turning centers, which are adopted by aviation, vehicle, ITC, plumbing fitting, and optical instrument sectors. Headquartered in Shenkang Dist. o

Autogrip Machinery Co., Ltd. builds power chucks and rotary cylinders for processing high-precision products. Autogrip, operating a 43,200-square-foot plant in central Taiwan, supplies innovative products developed by its in-house R&D department. Meeting international standards such as SGS IS

Eastar Machine Tools Corp., founded in 1967, is a machinery maker particularly adept at slotting machines, slotting heads and educational machining centers. With integrated service capability, the company also doubles as a provider of various machines and related components, turnkey systems and

Jeng Feng Cutter Manufacture Industry Co., Ltd. makes cutters mostly for machine tools, paper-processing machines, copper foil-cutting machines, steel sheet-cutting machines, and plastics-processing machines. The maker also offers cutters for machine tools, such as computer numerical control (CN

Founded around 20 years ago in Taiwan, Jeng Feng Cutter Manufacture Industry Co., Ltd. makes cutters mostly for machine tools, paper-processing machines, copper foil-cutting machines, steel sheet-cutting machines, and plastics-processing machines. The company’s cutters mainly consist of slotter,

Impacted by steadily shrinking exports and local economy battered by a slowing Chinese economy, recent upheavals in the Chinese stock market, dropping oil and commodity prices, Taiwan’s industrial production index (IPI) continuously dropped by 1.35 percent year-on-year (YoY) to 106.42 in June, albe

Driven by a consistent dedication to improving production technology, Taiwan’s OEM (original equipment manufacturing) and ODM (original design manufacturing) sector has built up a solid global reputation, particularly for unparalleled manufacturing flexibility and precision. For the past decade,

Advantech Co., Ltd., recognized as the largest industrial computer maker in Taiwan, recently said the company has tapped into the supply chain of SAIC Motor Corporation Limited (SAIC Motor), reportedly the largest automobile manufacturer in China, through its subsidiary Advantech-LNC Technology Co.

Many of Taiwan’s leading machine-tool makers saw their exports in June rise from the previous month as a result of their discount pricing strategy, temporarily halting their sagging exports impacted by strengthened NT-dollar-to-greenback rate relative to weaker counterparts of euro, Japanese yen an

Compiled by KEN LIU Chairman of Rountop Machinery Industries Co., Ltd., S.M. Lin, says after years of adjustments to product strategy to give buyers made-to-order products so as to combat underselling mainland Chinese competitors, customized heavy-duty machining centers now account for over 90 p

Compiled By KEN LIU This year the biennial Taichung Plastic and Rubber Industry & Manufacturing Technology and Facility Show (TPMS), to be staged June 25-29 in the Greater Taichung International Expo Center, Taichung, central Taiwan, will install a new zone dedicated to aircraft-processing equip

Compiled By KEN LIU GSA Technology Co., Ltd., the No.1 manufacturer of rotary tables and turrets for computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools in the Greater China region that is based in Fengyuan District, Taichung City of central Taiwan, has inaugurated new expansion plans on Taiwan and m