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.
Seeking to replace the U.S. as the leader in global artificial intelligence (AI) industry, China plans to pour US$150 billion (NT$4.5 trillion) into R & D of such technologies With the edges like massive Internet population and information provision, China’s research about AI has been increasingly cited by professionals worldwide as well. Financial Times, an English-language international ...
Biotech Golden Week is around the corner! Starting from Nov 28 through Dec. 7, three major events including a forum with the theme: the future of biotechnology industry, Asia Pacific Biotech Investment Forum, and Taiwan Health Care+ Expo will take place in Taiwan, promoting visibilities of the biotech industry on the island. With an aim to rejuvenate Taiwan’s biotechnology industry, and connec...
With a 39.3 percent YoY growth , Tmall, a Chinese-language website for business-to-consumer (B2C) online retail, spun off from Taobao and operated in China by Alibaba Group, the largest Chinese e-commerce company in size, generated RMB 168.2 billion (NT$763.5 billion) in gross merchandise volume (GMV) during the Singles’ Day Global Shopping Festival on Nov 11. Saying “Singles’ Day is Olympic ...
With ever more carmakers venturing into the electric vehicle (EV) field, demands for nickel is very likely to surge in the years to come, causing global investors paying high attention to the economic potential of the base metal. As of November 1, nickel price at London Metal Exchange (LME) has increased by 4.8% to US$ 12,880 (NT$ 389,000) per tonne, a new high ever seen since June, 2015. Also...
With 2017 Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show (TITAS 2017), an international textile trade show held in Taiwan on October 18th through 20th, enjoying a satisfying turnout, industry insiders, including heads from heavy-weight companies, such as Far Eastern Group, one of the biggest conglomerates in Taiwan; Eclat, a leading textile firm headquartered in Taiwan; and Tainan Spinning, Taiwan’s ...
The 2017 Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show (TITAS 2017), organized by Taiwan Textile Federation in associate with Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), has just opened today (October 16) in Hall 1, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, set to continue swaying its steadily growing influence over the global textile market in the next three days. The exhibition hosts 383 exhibi...
Audrey Tang, a Taiwanese free software programmer and a minister without portfolio, noted that the central government, with an aim to build a test site for unmanned cars in Shalun, Tainan, southern Taiwan, has been collecting opinions on an unmanned vehicle experimental bill through the Internet, expecting to gain recognitions and cooperating opportunities with industries and local governments. ...
The massive blackout on August 15 in Taiwan, which hit business segments and millions of households around the island, has caused different level of loss and malfunction to the corporations and plants in Taiwan. With its K21 and K22 plants forced to suspend production for nearly 60 minutes due to the blackout, ASE Group, world’s largest semiconductor testing and packaging company headquarter...
The rising tensions between North Korea and the U.S. has raised concerns with global market prospects among business leaders from all over the world, including those in Taiwan, who hold mixed views on if Taiwanese companies will be able to see windfalls from the deteriorating situation in Korean Peninsula. To say the two countries are on the brink of a war is stating the obvious. North Korea ...
With IMF (International Monetary Fund) foreseeing the global economy to experience the strongest recovery in the decade, Ministry of Finance (MOF) of Taiwan points out that the island will hopefully finish this year with the best export in the past six years. Beatrice Tsai, director of Department of Statistics Director-General in MOF, noted that actual export growth rates in Taiwan’s overall e...
