Industries are focusing on new technologies for better environmental sustainability and to promote the overall protection and safety of consumers. The same is trending in Taiwan's hardware and plumbing sector. Companies and consumers are becoming more and more aware of the long-term impact of pollu

As Taiwanese chip manufacturers are struggling to buoy the global semiconductor supply shortage, Taiwan is taking blows from all sides: the worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic and the year-long drought that has hit multiple sectors: agriculture, commercial, and energy supply. While the governmen

Global Research and Industry Alliance for semiconductors at National Chiao Tung University is a government-backed project, executed by academic institutions, that aims to bolster companies, direct and employ academic research results for real-life application. Aside from assisting members in promot

November 20 marks a huge milestone in Taiwan’s self-driving industry. The Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC) joined hands with 18 brands, including Acer ITS Inc., Global UniTek, Shin Wei Automotive Industrial and others of Taiwan’s top-to-bottom industrial chain to form the Autonomous V

The Taiwan-based Argosy Research Inc., a company principally engaged in the manufacture, design and maintenance of computer peripheral products and components, has seen the pay-off of its R&D for connectors for automotive application in the form of considerable orders received from globally known a

Wang Ping-Sheng, chairman of Agio, a high-profile furniture company in the global market, is poised to tap the building material market in Greater China with its Resysta, a new material mainly of rice husk and plastic for furniture and building construction. A patented technology developed in Ge

Aiming to tap the Southeast Asian market, the Taiwan-based TECO Electric & Machinery Co. eyes the electric tricycle segment in the Philippines, and plans to export 3,000 TECO’S E-Trike there this year. TECO, with the E-Trike’s production capacity reaching 50,000, is likely to see a rosy future,

Known as the "Kingdom of Hand Tools," Taiwan has long been the world's major supplier of general hand tools, and now some makers on the island are taking aim at the high-end market. With the help of industry and government-backed institutions, such as the Metal Industrial Research & Development

The KH-66 Broken Tap Remover launched by Koton EDM, a Taiwanese globally known brand of EDMs and developed by Kortec Precision Industrial Co., Ltd., is an ideal, useful and safe tool for removing broken taps and drill bits with ease and efficiency but without causing damages to workpiece. Koton

An integral part of the famed China International Furniture Fair (CIFF), CIFM / interzum guangzhou 2016, staged March 28-31 at the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex in Guangzhou, southeastern China, will see brisk participation of major branded vendors from emerging countries as exhibitor

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

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), recognized as the world’s No.1 maker of built-to-order chips, on Dec. 7 submitted an application to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) for approval on its plan to open a 12-inch wafer fab and an IC design service center in Nanjing, mainland China

As mostly an unsung hero, Y.D. Wu, chairman of the Plumbing Association of Taiwan (PAT), the island’s only trade group representing several hundred manufacturers and subcontractors of plumbing, bathroom fittings and products in Changhua, central Taiwan, is in the last year of his second 2-year tenu

With a basic geometry to embrace simplicity and easy access to numerous apps on Apple Store for better practicality as its major attraction to consumers, most observers would agree, with revenue generating figures as support, that the iPhone has managed to become one of the hottest-selling, most so

Compiled by STEVE CHUANG With positive news reported about the U.S. economy that is only occasionally shadowed by talk of a frothy stock market, coupled with robust home price rises in California, CENS (China Economic News Service), a Taipei-based export media with a history of over 40 years, wi

Compiled by STEVE CHUANG The Taiwan Industrial Fastener Institute (TIFI), the island’s only trade association composed of fastener manufacturers, is generally regarded as the driver of development of the industry over the past decades, and its newly nominated chairman, Anchor Chang, also the own

By STEVE CHUANG According to Visiongain, a British market research firm, the global flexible packaging market has reached some US$143.83 billion, mostly driven by growing sales of consumer products in emerging nations. In the next decade, the firm forecasts the global market will likely peak, gi

By JENNY WU The rapidly developing automobile market in China is boosting the demand for automotive fuel pumps, a key part in the engine fuel-supply system. The auto fuel-pump industry started later in China than in the industrially advanced nations, however, and it still lacks some core technol

With consumers in North America and Europe spending increasing amounts of time in their gardens, the outlook for the garden tool and equipment market is bright. The shopping lists of gardeners, as well as for wholesalers and retailers wanting to take advantage of the business opportunities inher

Cheng Victory Co., Ltd., established in 1993, is an innovative manufacturer in Taiwan of water-spraying products and accessories. One of its newest products is the elastic, expandable “G-hose,” which, available in lengths of 3.8, 7.5 and 10 meters and three colors, features a wrinkle-free outer

With decades of experience, Hsin Yuirs Industrial Co., Ltd. supplies water-spraying equipment and accessories mainly for gardening. The company operates a modern factory in Changhua County, central Taiwan, in which advanced production equipment and skilled workers are employed and strict quality

"Furniture Manufacturing & Supply China 2014" (FMC China 2014) will be staged at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center (SWEECC) September 10-13, 2014 and held concurrently with "FMC Premium 2014" and "Furniture China 2014". The total floor area will be 59,000 sqm and the event

By JUDY LI The furniture and handicraft industries have played an important role in Indonesia’s economic development, and are a major source of jobs there, supplying employment (directly or indirectly) for more than three million people. Both industries have a very long value chain that intersec

By QUINCY LIANG The Taipei AMPA, AutoTronics Taipei Innovation Awards is a highlight event during the annual Taipei International Auto Parts & Accessories Show (Taipei AMPA) and Taipei International Automobile Electronics Show (AutoTronics Taipei), a two-in-one show that is one of the world's mo

By KEN LIU A total of 10,097 buyers from 112 countries and regions eagerly shopped for energy-saving lighting products, especially LED lamps, that were displayed by 1,081 exhibitors from 14 countries and regions at the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition) 2014, which was held o

By QUINCY LIANG The 22 winners of the 2014 International Bicycle Design Competition (IBDC 2014) were announced at Taipei CYCLE, held in Taipei on March 5-8, 2014 in Taipei. The 10 best entries were rewarded with prize money amounting to a total of NT$760,000 (approximately US$25,333 or 19,000 eur

What, on earth, is more important than drinking “my H water” ? Not only pure, but also…..amazingly healthy! Founded in 2010, DaySun Health International Co., Ltd. focuses on developing products to improve health and wellbeing. Following its business motto of “making good by doing good,” the co

Taiwan Designer Takes the Gold Award Again The winners of the 2013 International Bicycle Design Competition (IBDC) were announced at an award ceremony on March 20th, the opening day of the 2013 Taipei International Cycle Show (Taipei Cycle). Students and young designers entered 590 design con

Focused on improvement of products and manufacturing, the Taiwanese bathroom and kitchen fitting industry has come a long way since originating in Taiwan’s central county of Changhua more than a half century ago, also helping to drive exports on the island. Uncertain economic growth in 2013 motivat

Soft power has been a buzzword in Taiwan, whose export-driven economy is gradually changing and needs sustainable development when cost cutting is no longer sufficient, and when knowledge is essential to stay ahead; and accordingly, traditional manufacturers are eagerly looking to upgrade into valu