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.
The "Taiwan & EU Business Networking Reception," hosted by the Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association (CIECA) and the European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan (ECCT), focused on strengthening industry relations amid a global pandemic, with industries and countries wrangling with the impacts of a post-COVID-19 era. Among the reception attendees, the European Economic and Trade Office...
AI will transform from a "centralized cloud computing" to a "decentralized edge cloud computing" model, Quanta Chairman Barry Lam said on Sept. 21 at the AI on Chip Taiwan Alliance (AITA) members summit. Lam laid out expectations that a smart, connected society built on 6G will appear in five years, making technology development in the next decade "incredibly exciting." The Quanta chairman spo...
The 27th Taiwan-France of the Industrial Cooperation Consultation Meeting (ICCM) convened over an online conference on Sept. 16, revolving around industry talks on collaborating over aerospace, green energy, and smart transportation, ICT, IoT, and smart machinery. Between the Ministry of Economic Affairs Industrial Development Bureau Director-General Leu Jang-Hwa and General Director Thomas Co...
The COVID-19 pandemic impact on the world's supply chain has renewed putting more value into the manufacturing industry in Taiwan, industry experts said at the Industry Summit Seminar hosted by the Economic Daily News on Wednesday. The collective agreement among industry experts sitting on the "Key Strategies in Intelligizing Production Chains" panel was that Taiwan's manufacturing sector shou...
Another four Taiwanese firms were green-lighted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs to expand investment to move overseas back to the island on Thursday. Two firms slated to move factories back to Taiwan are Chenbro Micom and Sander Electronic; the other two are set to keep operations on the island, including China Petrochemical Dev and golf-ball maker Launch Technology. Together, the firms ar...
The push to connect Taiwan's smart manufacturing and smart machinery industry globally, become Asia's high-end production hub, and strengthen ties with Japan, was on the table over a remote smart manufacturing forum on Sept. 3. Taiwan's Smart Machinery Promotion Office, Taiwan Electronic Equipment Industry Association, and Kumamoto Industrial Federation hosted the 2020 4th Taiwan-Japan Smart M...
As the U.S. government stepped up its ban on Huawei, Micron Technology announced its intention to cease working with Huawei, effective on Sept. 14. The latest announcement meant that the impact of the U.S. ban on Huawei was gradually moving from smartphone chips to memory chips. Taiwanese memory chip packaging suppliers working with Micron are likely to feel the impact as well, including Power...
The advancement of technology in a country does not depend on its national power, land area or population size. It is about how the government drives tech policies and how the society aspires for tech applications. The Czech Republic is a small but highly industrialized nation at the heart of Europe. Its government has been proactive in the promotion of tech transformation and has established R&D...
Low birth rates and population aging are changing the demographic profile around the world. At the G20 Summit in Fukuoka for Finance Ministers and Central bank Governors in June 2019, population aging was for the first time classified as a global risk. Policymakers around the world were urged to tackle the relevant economic issues before the problems materialize. Many countries will be faced ...
The U.S. semiconductor industry is stepping up lobbying, seeking US$37 billion in plant construction and R&D subsidies from the federal government to ensure that U.S. technology continues to lead other countries that provide high subsidies to the chip industry, especially in mainland China. It is to build the US national semiconductor team through subsidies and increase the domestic production ra...
