Taiwan's Metal Industries are Buoyed by Academia and Industry

The metal industry is the mother of heavy industry and its applications are ubiquitous. For example, 3C products, machine tools, medical equipment, and light industries need to use metal structural materials. The metal industry has been actively upgraded and transformed in recent years. To this end, the Industrial Bureau and the Institute of Industrial Technology have also promoted the "Smart Metal Industry Talent Training Platform Program", which will assist the metal industry to integrate with universities and colleges, and tailor the needs of corporate talents, looking forward to the industry transformation under the industry-academia cooperation model.

The Industrial Bureau pointed out that the metal industry has been actively upgrading and transforming in recent years, introducing capital communication and digitalization, while applying advanced metal process technology, studying advanced metal products and smart tools to increase product added value and create considerable profits. The key technology lies in how to maintain the high precision, high quality and stability of metal equipment components, and extend the accuracy period. Heat treatment and materials are needed to adjust. Therefore, metal plants need materials, product forming, and mold development engineers to invest in research and development. While diversifying research and development products, it also improves quality and efficiency.

To this end, the plan mainly assists steel industry players, fastener manufacturers, metal industry manufacturers and mold maker to join hands with several local Universities to cultivate talents in the metal industry, and through this plan, the six companies will create customized professional courses in conjunction with universities and colleges, and will be guided by the needs of high-value and intelligent technology of enterprises. , Planning case studies.

In the past, the Institute of Machinery of the Industrial Technology Research Institute has had many practical experience in promoting industry-academia cooperation in the machinery industry. For example, two plans for the establishment of industrial talents and the cultivation of smart mechanical talents have been provided. They have assisted companies to set up university-industry cooperation In the past three years, it has promoted 20 industrial-academia collaborations and 404 companies participated. ITRI also expressed the hope that through this "smart metal industry education platform", the successful industry-academia cooperation experience in the machinery industry will continue to be replicated and spread to the metal industry.