These are in-depth pre- and post-show reports on major international trade fairs, held in Taiwan and other countries with significant participation by Taiwanese manufacturers and exporters. They are offered to help global buyers and other readers better understand what is going on at the fairs and the latest offerings by Taiwanese exhibitors.
In light of the increasingly busy global machine tool industry, several institutional investors from domestic and abroad have rated a couple of Taiwanese machine tool makers and upstream suppliers of parts and components “worth buying”, indicating that Taiwan’s machinery industry is expected to enjoy a prosperous future in the years to come. Lu-Ming Liao, vice president of Sinopac Futures, a t...
Fostered by newly added capacity in China and Taiwan and new customers from automotive and semiconductor industries, Hiwin Technologies Corp., Taiwan's largest manufacturer of linear-motion components for precision machinery, is going to challenge annual revenue of NT$30 billion (US$1 billion) this year, according to chairman Eric Chuo. A few days earlier, Hiwin reported its consolidated reven...
In light of a continued growth of the global economy coupled with other factors, Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center (IEK), a market research division under Taiwan's government-funded R&D institution, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), has just released its newest growth forecast of 3.49 percent in output value by the manufacturing sector on the island for 2018. The forecas...
Mainly on strong demands from service sectors, Japan's core machinery orders have continuously surged, and hit a 10-year zenith in November, 2017, showing that the Japanese government's efforts on encouraging local enterprises to invest in capital expenditures have gradually paid off. Japan's Cabinet Office, an agency of the Cabinet of Japan, which is responsible for handling the day-to-day af...
With support from Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI), the establishment of Shoe Manufacturing Technology Center by National Formosa University (NFU) underlines the collective efforts by local shoemakers and machinery suppliers on the development of intelligent manufacturing technologies applied in footwear production. Alex Ko, chairman of TAMI, the only industrial federation of m...
On January 8th, Alex Ko, chairman of the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI), claimed that overall production value of Taiwan’s machinery industry beat the NT$1 trillion (US$33.8 billion) mark, to NT$1.1 trillion, in 2017, a goal that has long been set since 10 years ago. Starting this year, Ko said, TAMI will actively integrate resources from the government, industry insiders and...
Looking at the great growth potential of Taiwan’s bio-technology industry, Henri Lenferink, the mayor of Leiden, a city and municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland, led a delegation to Taiwan earlier, discussing cooperation opportunities with Taiwan Bio Industry Organization (TBIO) in the fields of bio-medical big data science, bio-medicine development, and genetic testing. On anot...
Putting aside nearly NT$4 billion (US$132 million), Hiwin, a Taiwan-based leading firm that manufactures precision machinery components, inaugurated a new plant in Suzhou, China. Market insiders forecasted that, plus the production capacity from Hiwin’s new plant, the firm is very likely to see sharply increased revenue of NT$30 billion (US$994 million), which is a great leap compared to the N...
Biotech Golden Week is around the corner! Starting from Nov 28 through Dec. 7, three major events including a forum with the theme: the future of biotechnology industry, Asia Pacific Biotech Investment Forum, and Taiwan Health Care+ Expo will take place in Taiwan, promoting visibilities of the biotech industry on the island. With an aim to rejuvenate Taiwan’s biotechnology industry, and connec...
The 2017 edition of EMO, held on September 18th through September 23th in Hannover, Germany, further consolidated its status as the world’s most influential exhibition for industries from machine tools to Industry 4.0, with exhibitors from Taiwan generally witnessing satisfying orders. Among the orders received and worth around NT$600 million (US$20 million) during the show, Goodway Machine C...
