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.
Taiwan accounted for more than 90 percent of global shipments of computer servers and server motherboards in 2015; while servers delivered by Taiwanese companies under the ODM-direct shipment mode had already rose to about 20 percent of the global total, according to IDC Taiwan, the local subsidiary of the global market intelligence provider. International Data Corporation (IDC), says its webs...
After the Chinese New Year holidays, of which this year totaled nine days to have likely sapped new car sales as is typically the case, new-car sales in Taiwan lost momentum due to economic uncertainties ahead that could be partly caused by the new administration to take over in May, totaling only 21,561 units, down 13.5 percent from a year earlier, or year-on-year (YoY), and lower than most vend...
Looking at Taiwan’s investment-friendly environment and high-quality labor resources with favor, the Switzerland-headquartered chemical maker vanBaerle AG has just broken the ground on its new silicate production plant in Taichung Port, one of the island’s major commerical ports and in the central region, as part of its constant effort to explore the Asian market. At the ground-breaking ceremo...
Taiwan’s overall sales by local non-traditional (such as online retailers, TV shopping channels etc.) retailers totaled NT$216.7 billion (US$6.57 billion) in 2015, up 5.3 percent over a year ago to represent a 9-year growth trend, according to the latest report issued by the Department of Statistics (DoS) under Ministry of Economic Affairs. The report shows that food, beverage and tobacco cont...
Taiwan exported more than 3.99 million assembled bicycles in 2015, representing a 6.55 percent growth over the previous year, or year-on-year (YoY), for an export value of more than US$1.89 billion to register a 10.04 percent YoY increase, according to Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA). Bicycle-parts exports totaled US$2.99 billion last year, up 8.31 percent YoY to set again a new record high. ...
Taiwan's Ministry of Labor (MOL) has released a survey that estimates Taiwan’s enterprises to add a net 19,000-plus workers overall in the second quarter of this year, plunging 57 percent year on year to a seven-year low. The ministry conducted the survey in January this year on enterprises with over 30 employees to see if they will recruit more workers by the end of April. The ministry receiv...
A survey recently released by the independent think tank Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) shows that 29 percent of local manufacturers polled in January by the institute feels optimistic about business prospects in the first half of this year, up 6.6 percentage points from 22.4 percent posted in the month earlier. In the survey, 16.8 percent of the respondents sees gloomy business ...
Far Eastern Electronic Toll Collection Co., Ltd. (FETC), a subsidiary of the Far Eastern Group and the first supplier of the electronic toll system for the north-south freeway in Taiwan, is tapping overseas markets for its e-Tag electronic toll collection systems (ETCs), having signed up the Vietnamese government to install the system and been in talks with governments of many countries. FETC ...
Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower), the state-owned power monopoly in Taiwan, recently announced it plans to invest some NT$400 billion (US$12.12 billion) into the development of renewable energies, of which more than 80 percent of such investment to go to offshore wind farms. According to Taipower's plans, the company will install 300 wind turbines in the Changhua costal area that lies off the count...
To encourage the installation of solar-power generation equipment by the private sector, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) recently announced its target to promote the installation of 500 megawatt (MW) of such equipment in Taiwan this year, which calls for total investment of at least NT$45 billion (US$1.36 billion). The Bureau of Energy (BOE) under the MOEA has encouraged the priva...
