Taipei, March 27, 2012 (CENS)--To celebrate its 40-year founding anniversary, Taiwan Takisawa Technology Co., Taiwan’s major manufacturer of precision machine tools and PCB (printed circuit board) drilling machines, recently inaugurated a new plant in Yangmei of Taoyuan County, northern Taiwan.

Taiwan’s manufacturers of machining centers enjoyed robust growth in sales in 2011 despite the impact of the European sovereign debt crisis. And through the first half of this year most of them received enough orders to keep their production lines busy. And now they have also called for the inclusi

Taipei, March 14, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan exported US$4 billion of machine tools in 2011, up 35.1% year-on-year, according to customs-cleared statistics compiled by the Taiwan Machine Tool Foundation (TMTF). Exports of metal-cutting machine tools amounted to US$3.287 billion, up 41% year-on-year and

Taipei, March 13, 2012 (CENS)--Kamioka Corp. has recently won the 18th Taiwan SME’s Innovation Award from the Ministry of Economic Affairs for its new semi-gantry machining center dubbed LG-2500, which is honored for the unique, integrated one-piece, L-shape structure with semi-gantry axle overhan

Taipei, March 8, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan's major machine-tool manufacturers, including Awea Mechantronic Corp., Goodway Machine Corp. and Tongtai Machine & Tool Co., have enjoyed influx of orders to keep their production line busy through the end of the second quarter of this year. These companies s

Taipei, March 2, 2012 (CENS)--Liouy Hsing Co. has recently debuted extra-heavy-duty CNC (computerized numerically controlled) lathes that are dubbed CNC-500, which have relatively higher machining capacity. Founded in 1992 with industry/academic cooperation, Liouy Hsing has remained in central

Taipei, Feb.29, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan’s major manufacturers of machine tools and components, including Awea Mechantronic Co., Goodway Machine Corp., Roundtop Machinery Industries Co., Tongtai Machine & Tool Co., Falcon Machine Tools Co. and Hiwin Technologies Corp., have orders backlogged till the en

Taipei, Feb. 24, 2012 (CENS)--Jarng Yeong Enterprise Co., maker of CNC (computerized numerically controlled) lathes in Taiwan, has recently launched an innovative product line—HCS-25B/32B Swiss-type dual-spindle lathes—which has high-efficiency, built-in spindle with both gang-type and Swiss-type m

Taipei, Feb. 20, 2012 (CENS)--The Taiwan-headquartered Accuway Machinery Co., Ltd., a supplier of machining centers and lathes marketed worldwide under the own brand Accuway, has released its latest UT series CNC (computer numerically controlled) lathe UT-400. The company introduced that the lar

Taipei, Feb. 17, 2012 (CENS)--You Ji Machine Industrial Co., Ltd., a maker of CNC (computerized numerically controlled) vertical lathes in Taiwan, is speeding up expanding production capacities both in Taiwan’s headquarters in Kaohsiung City, southern Taiwan and Kunshan, Jiangsu province, China.

Taipei, Feb. 14, 2012 (CENS)--By consolidating marketing and production with parent company—the Japan-based Takisawa Machine Tools Co., Taiwan Takisawa Technology Co., a manufacturers of CNC (computerized numerically controlled) machine tools in Taiwan, will see sales in China double in three years

Taipei, Feb. 13, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan exported US$3.648 billion of machine tools in the first 11 months of 2011, up 36.9% year-on-year, according to customs-cleared statistics compiled by the Taiwan Machine Tool Foundation (TMTF). Exports of metal-cutting machine tools came to US$2.991 billion, up 4

Taipei, Feb. 9, 2012 (CENS)--The Fair Friend Group will challenge NT$70 billion in total sales, including those generated by machine-tool, electronics and green-energy business units, in 2012, says Jimmy Chu, the chairman. The group expects its machine-tool unit's sales to increase to NT$45 bill

Taipei, Feb. 7, 2012 (CENS)--Goodway Group, one of Taiwan’s leading manufacturers of CNC (computerized numerically controlled) machine tools, has recently announced a NT$5 billion investment plan for the Dapumei Industrial Park in Chiayi County, southern Taiwan. One of the group’s three major su

Taipei, Feb., 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan’s leading manufacturers of machine tools and accessories, including Rechi Precision Co., Hiwin Technologies Corp., Tongtai Machine & Tool Co., Awea Mechantronic Co. and Goodway Machine Corp., all had to skip the Lunar New Year holidays to keep working to fill order

Taipei, Feb. 1, 2012 (CENS)--The production value of Taiwan’s machine-tool industry will grow 10% to US$5.5 billion in 2012 from last year’s US$5 billion, forecasts the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI), whose president C.C. Wang also predicts the industry’s export value to grow 10%

Taipei, Jan. 30, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan’s machine-tool industry will continue to prosper in 2012 as ever more locally-made machine-tools will be shipped to China duty-free under the cross-Taiwan Strait ECFA (economic cooperation framework agreement), whose further negotiations will take place soon.

Taipei, Jan. 20, 2012 (CENS)--Fair Friend Group, a leading numerically controlled machine tool maker, has successfully acquired five overseas machine-tool firms recently, including three Italian firms, one Korean firm, and one Japanese firm, which will bring the group extra NT$10 billion of revenue

'''Taiwan’s overall machinery industry will go back to a normal development situation with production value growing 6% up to 9% year-on-year in 2012. Even a double-digit growth like years before is out of the picture, the industry will see annual production value break the NT$1 trillion mark in 201

Johnson Tools Co., Ltd., founded in 1978, specializes in manufacturing a variety of high-end industrial hand tools and pneumatic tools, mainly sockets, wrenches and related accessories. With advanced manufacturing and testing equipment, including hot-forging machines, heavy-duty pressing machin

With manufacturing experience exceeding 15 years, Kenswell Tube Forming Inc. is one of Taiwan’s most specialized manufacturers of guide wire liners and other types of liners. Headquartered in Lungching Dist. of Taichung City, central Taiwan, the ISO9002-certified firm mainly offers a wide range

Taipei, Jan. 19, 2012 (CENS)--Seemingly defying the European sovereign debt crisis and China’s credit-tightening policy, Goodway Machine Corp., a listed, leading manufacturer of CNC (computerized numerically controlled) machine tools in Taiwan, saw monthly sales hit a historic high of NT$343 millio

Sheng Yih Hardware Industry Co., Ltd., founded in 1976, is one of Taiwan’s most specialized manufacturers of hand tools, and has over the past several years diversified into garden tools. Its long-term experience in manufacturing versatile hand tools, backed by a dedicated, strong research and

Initially supplying ratchet screwdrivers in 1988, Stand Tools Enterprise Co., Ltd. is now one of the most technologically competitive suppliers of digital torque wrenches in Taiwan. Since launching its first MEMS-integrated model in 2008, the company has consistently expanded product diversity

Janstone Enterprise Co., Ltd., located in Changhua County, central Taiwan, specializes in making tools for industrial and DIY use. The company now supplies a broad array of air tools, power tools, impact wrenches, ratchet wrenches, die grinders, drills, hammers, spray guns, sockets and accessori

Taipei, Jan. 17, 2012 (CENS)--The Hiwin Group recently announced the goal to be the world’s No. 2 manufacturer of transmission systems in 2012. Hiwin Group chairman Eric Y.T. Chuo is cautiously optimistic towards the second half, despite unclear signs in the first half. Driven by orders from ov

Taipei, Jan. 17, 2012 (CENS)--The cross-Taiwan Strait ECFA (economic cooperation framework agreement) works for Taiwan’s machine-tool industry as some major products as CNC (computerized numerically controlled) lathes will be allowed duty-free shipment to China from the beginning of this year, said

Taiwan’s plastic injection industry has matured and grown strong over the 30 years or so since its inception, building up a strong manufacturing ecosystem that covers almost all sectors of the industry from molds and components to machines and injected parts. Along with its wide coverage th

Taipei, Janu. 10, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan exported US$3.294 billion of machine tools in the first 10 months of 2011, up 39.1% year-on-year, according to customs-cleared statistics compiled by the Taiwan Machine Tool Foundation (TMTF). Exports of metal-cutting machine tools came to US$2.689 billion,

The development of digital tools is one means that Taiwan’s hand tool makers are using to deal with price-slashing rivals in emerging countries. Digital models, including torque wrenches and screwdrivers, require advanced electromechanical integration and feature higher torque precision than mechan