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.
3MEN Technology Co., Ltd. of Taiwan, an electronics company with expertise in automation who refocused on e-vehicle drive systems, recently debuted its MeNbike e-bicycles, equipped with power-assistance to ease uphill riding. The company says its self-developed, innovative pedal-assisted e-bikes differ totally from such traditional design as hub-motor. 3MEN's pedal-assisted system is multi-nat...
The Taiwan Bicycle Exporters' Association (TBEA) recently said that weaker demand from the European Union (EU), the U.S. and China sapped Taiwan's assembled-bicycle exports in the first half (H1) of the year by 7.87% year-on-year (YoY), to about 1.74 million units, with the export value also plunging 2.51% YoY, to US$759 million. However, the association stressed, the average selling price...
In the first quarter of 2014, global shipments of notebook PCs hit the highest quarterly record since the second quarter of 2012, and demand is generally expected to remain strong in the second half of the year thanks to the traditional high-season effect and a foreseeable replacement peak following Microsoft's announcement that it would stop providing technical support for the Windows XP operati...
The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a technology innovation and invention body in Taiwan, once again proves its prowess by winning two of the 2014 R&D 100 Awards, given to the 100 most technologically-significant products introduced to market over the past year. The ITRI is the only Taiwanese winner of the most-coveted technology-innovation awards this year, also being the only T...
The Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI), a textile technology R&D body on the island, recently showcased an innovative weather-proof bicycle energy pack enabled by its fully-foldable fabric ultra-capacitor technology, the winner of the 2011 R&D 100 Awards presented by the prestigious American magazine R&D. The weather-proof bike energy pack is a typical bag of light, thin (sub-0.1cm), ful...
Driven by rising demand from consumers in the U.S. and Europe, both of the major bicycle manufacturers in Taiwan posted double-digit growths in June revenues. Giant Manufacturing Co., Ltd., reportedly the world's largest maker of bicycles, registered revenue of NT$4.73 billion (US$157.6 million) in June, up 11.2% year-on-year (YoY), with cumulative revenue of NT$29.33 billion for the first ha...
Integrated Service Technology Inc. (IST) of Taiwan, a testing-service provider in Taiwan, recently reported record highs in monthly revenue in the past two months, with registered revenue of NT$168 million (US$5.6 million), up 9% month-on-month (MoM), and H1 cumulative revenue of NT$875 million (US$29.2 million), a 10% year-on-year (YoY) increase. The tester attributes such revenue performance...
Two major industrial-computer makers in Taiwan, Flytech Technology Co.. , Ltd. and Advantech Co.,Ltd., recently announced lucrative results for June. Flytech chalked up consolidated revenues of NT$408 million (US$13.6 million) for the month, a record high. This was an increase of 1.8% from the previous month and 10.4% year-on-year (YoY). The firm's consolidated revenues for the second quart...
Thanks to increased shipments of large-sized (larger than 10-inch) products, the Innolux Display Corp., the largest maker of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels in Taiwan, recently reported that its revenues soared 24% to NT$111.06 billion (US$3.7 billion) in the second quarter. AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) and HannStar Display Corp., another two major Taiwanese TFT-LCD pa...
To further expand global business, Teco Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd., an established maker of electro-mechanical products in Taiwan, recently announced plans to set up three motor factories in China, Japan and Germany, to focus on producing premium-efficiency IE3 motors. In 2013, Teco registered revenue of NT$56.64 billion (US$1.89 billion), and anticipates to see its revenue grow significan...
