Taiwan exported US$17.214 billion worth of machinery in 2010, representing a whopping 51.7% increase from 2009, according to customs statistics compiled by the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI). In terms of machinery categories, machine tools ranked first with an export value of US$2.961 billion in 2010, up 69.9% from the previous year. Second place went to plastics and rubber pr...

Taiwan’s machinery industry scored NT$145.89 billion (US$4.56 billion) in production value in the second quarter of this year, up 59.3% from a year earlier, according to statistics compiled by the government-backed Industry & Technology Intelligence Services Office (ITIS), which says the domestic machinery industry is recovering steadily from the global meltdown, but won’t likely return to pre-c...

On September 8, 2010, KMC Group in Taiwan signed a joint venture agreement in Taipei with ShinMaywa Industries Ltd. of Japan to build mechanical car-parking systems via the new company named Taiwan ShinMaywa Industrial Co. (TSMI), 35% stake in which to be held by the former and two of its shareholders, and the remaining held by the Japanese partner. KMC is a leading maker in Taiwan of p...

Taiwan's machinery industry is steadily recovering from the global meltdown with overall production value totaling US$3.85 billion in the first quarter of 2010, for a 32.2% year-on-year growth, says W.C. Cheng, industry analyst at the officially-backed Industry & Technology Intelligence Services (ITIS) program, adding that the current recovery may not take the industry back to pre-meltdown levels...

Thanks to the economic recovery, Taiwan's machine-tool industry is booming. Major manufacturers such as the Goodway Machine Corp., Awea Mechantronic Corp., Kao Fong Machinery Co., Victor Taichung Machinery Works Co., and Tongtai Machine & Tool Co. all experienced a sales growth of more than 100% in the first four months of the year, and their production lines are booked full through the second qu...

(Based on copy from Reed Tradex Company, the show organizer) "METALEX Vietnam" Part of "METALEX," the largest event in ASEAN, will once again repeat its strong position as Vietnam's most comprehensive machine tool and metalworking trade show, to be held Oct. 7-9, 2010 at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC) in Vietnam. The event will attract the biggest range of technologies, 500...

The 2010 Taipei International Food Show, held June 23-26, combined Food Taipei, Taipei Pack and FoodTech & Pharmatech Taipei under one roof at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall, attracting a record high of some 50,000 visitors from home and abroad. The 20-year trade event also set a record with 1,254 exhibitors in 2,753 booths. The annual three-in-one food show is widely vi...

Over 35,000 global buyers and trade specialists visited the 26th Spanish Machine-Tool Biennial (BIEMH), which closed on Saturday, June 5. Speaking to journalists Jose Miguel Corres, CEO of the Bilbao Exhibition Center, stated that the event's success had "defied the widespread crisis." Some 1,085 international manufacturers, importers and distributors exhibited machinery and technologies start...

The 7th International Plastic & Packaging Industry Exhibition - PLASTI&PACK Pakistan 2010-held at the Karachi Expo Centre from May 31 to June 3, 2010, covered the latest technologies and machinery related to the integrated plastic, printing and packaging sectors. Some say the success of the event was attributable to the increasing use of plastic and packaging materials in various industries, res...

It is unsurprising that on June 10, 2010 in the Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers, HCMC, Vietnam, Mr.Yoshida Sakae, Managing Director of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Ho Chi Minh Office, Mr. Nguyen Anh Ngoc, Deputy Director of The Investment & Trade Promotion Centre of Ho Chi Minh City and Ms. Nichapa Yoswee, Managing Director of Reed Tradex, attended a contract signing ceremony for...