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.
Due to limited driving range, light electric vehicles (LEVs) are making the biggest inroads today among commuters in high-density urban markets. Much of Taiwan's population is concentrated in the type of large and compact cities in which LEVs excel, giving the island a natural home market to fuel the sector's rise. A sound LEV manufacturing infrastructure and stringent emission standards promise ...
Taiwan's automotive-electronics industry took another step forward recently with the signing of an agreement between the Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC) and four private companies to set up a strategic alliance for the development of advanced parking guidance systems (APGS). The alliance aims at the introduction in 2010 of commercialized APGS products, which are likely to be firs...
The global auto industry seems to be running out of gas as the flagging economy keeps buyers off the dealer lots. The woes of the Big Three have been grabbing most of the headlines in recent months, but Japan's leaner automakers, and legions of parts suppliers, are also feeling the pain this time around. No one knows for sure when the auto market will recover, and the outlook for auto parts suppl...
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Mar 12, 2009The Taiwan Hardware Show (THS), held annually in Taipei, is a major trade platform for souring hand tools, fasteners and garden tools for global buyers, and is seen as the most influential trade fair of its kind in the Asia-Pacific, as the show effectively offers wide-ranging goods to foreign buyers at one location. The most recent and the 8th THS, organized by Kaigo Co., Ltd., was held Oct. 2...
At the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair 2008, held in late October, a large number of the 28,210 attending buyers were eagerly searching for energy-saving products, notably LED lights, compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and solar lighting systems. Suppliers of green products at the show were confident that such products would remain in the spotlight at a time of energy shortage and growing env...
Major names and suppliers showed innovative products and services for lighting, installation and building automation at the 6th Interlight Istanbul, Lighting, Installation and Building Automation Fair held Oct. 9-12, 2008, during which 7,643 visitors from 37 countries and 52 cities passed the gates. A total of 89 exhibitors were on-hand, while professional visitors worldwide were seen at Inte...
Interzum, the world's largest trade fair for furniture and interior decor sectors that has helped to generate tremendous business opportunities and impress visitors for five decades, also offers an ingredient that perhaps exceeds in importance than any other-inspiring furniture and interior decor suppliers to continually innovate. Scheduled for May 13-16, 2009 in the historic German city of...
Likely buoyed by the highly reputable name Messe Frankfurt, the largest trade show organizer in Germany, and its partnership with the China National Automotive Industry International Corporation, the world's second largest Automechanika show in Shanghai, staged Dec. 10-12, 2008 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, drew record visitors and exhibitors, reflecting the confidence held by bo...
The 3rd Taiwan International Motorcycle Industry Show (Motorcycle Taiwan 2008) held from April 9-12 in Taipei once again proved it has plenty of horsepower to spare. This year the event went into overdrive, with the number of exhibition booths surging by 30% over the previous event. Over one thousand international buyers and more than 20,000 local visitors turned out for the four-day show, accord...
A major exporter of wood products, Malaysia is again hosting Aseanwood-Woodtech Malaysia (WTM) 2008, a leading trade show for woodworking machinery that is held alongside Furnitech 2008 and Forest 2008, with the multi-show event scheduled for Sept. 24-28 at Putra World Trade Center (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur of Malaysia. A once-three-year event that began in 1994, Aseanwood-Woodtech Malaysia 20...
