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.
Yang Yin-ming, chairman of Kenda Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd., a major tire maker headquartered in Taiwan, recently said the company plans to accelerate business deployment in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) market to take advantage of booming motorcycle and bicycle sales. Kenda plans to pour US$100 million to build a factory in Indonesia and is looking for a suitable locale for i...
China Motor Corp. (CMC), an affiliate of Taiwan's Yulon Group that locally assembles automobiles and produces e-scooters, recently announced its goal of shipping 5,000 e-scooters in 2014. CMC assembles Mitsubishi passenger cars and commercial vehicles, and is also the R&D and production arm of its own line of GreenTrans e-scooters and e-bikes for the Yulon Group. In the first eight mon...
The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) recently issued a green light to a new subsidy program to encourage adoption of eco-friendly electric scooters (e-scooters) in Taiwan. The program will be effective from October 1, 2014, to the end of 2018. Small/light e-scooters purchased during that time will be eligible for an NT$7,200 (US$240) subsidy, while light models can receive an NT$10,000 (US$333) subsidy....
Driven by rising gasoline prices and increasingly congested city streets, more consumers are turning to two-wheeled vehicles as electric motorcycles (e-motorcycles) and electric scooters (e-scooters). Although this market remains heavily concentrated in China, which accounts for 98% of worldwide sales, growth is expected to occur across many regions, particularly after 2015. According to a rec...
Micro-Star International Co. (MSI), a major maker of computer motherboard in Taiwan, recently announced having successfully tapped into the vehicle telematics market. MSI's chairman Joseph Hsu made the statement at his company's recent shareholders meeting. He said that MSI's subsidiary Funtoro Inc. has focused on the coach market for many years, and recently won telematics orders from custome...
The market for e-powered two-wheelers (PTWs), including both electric motorcycles (e-motorcycles) and electric scooters (e-scooters), has grown slowly in recent years due to different reasons in various markets. Although sales volumes in the next couple of years are likely to remain low, due mainly to the two most basic factors: high costs for components and low levels of demand, this market i...
Taiwan-based automaker China Motor Corp. (CMC), the local assembler of Mitsubishis and CMC brand vehicles, recently announced an injection of 13.47 million euro into its affiliate Fujian Benz Automotive Co., Ltd. (FBAC, originally Fujian Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd.) Established in June 2007, FBAC is a 50-50 joint venture between Fujian Motor Industry Group Co., Ltd. (FJMG) and Daimler Vans Ho...
Taiwanese carmaker China Motor Corp., an affiliate of local Yulon Group, recently said its annual exports of locally assembled cars are expected to increase 40% to some 4,500 units this year. In addition, CMC said it has delivered the first batch of 150 electric scooters to Germany, which is to become the most important market and regional distribution center for CMC's e-scooters in the fu...
Active automotive safety systems have become standard equipment on an increasing number of new cars, and their penetration is expected to continue rising as more and more national governments issue new regulations to protect driver and pedestrian safety. ABI Research, a market intelligence company, recently forecast that the global market for collision warning and mitigation systems would ...
Sales of new cars in China, which replaced the United States to become the world's largest automobile market for several years, are forecast to continue to increase by at least 10% in 2014, with booming demand for quality auto parts expected to benefit some Taiwanese auto-parts makers who now supply the top-10 Chinese automakers, according to local industry sources. In conjunction with double-...
