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.
Online shopping has eliminated need for jobbers and modification shops
Apr 10, 2013Once maybe the fastest rising segment in the global auto-parts and -accessory market, performance-tuning items attracted intense attention from global buyers and created a booming sector that nourished a big group of suppliers and traders worldwide. However, such prosperous times have passed since the global meltdown in 2008 that sapped consumer confidence. The global performance-tuning auto...
Chinese makers must choose the right foreign partners to advance technically
Apr 08, 2013The booming automobile market in China has been attracting an increasing number of international automakers to invest in the high-potential market, and the capital and technical injection from the major global players have been expanding the production and upgrading technical levels in China's automotive industry, as well as creating a huge demand for automotive-electronic parts and components. ...
Director general encourages younger people to use PTWs as daily transport
Sep 26, 2012Besides the often reported financial woes besetting Italy, the largest powered two-wheeler (PTW) market in Europe has also been suffering steadily dropping sales that are threatening its long-established PTW industry, one that may have given the world the iconic Vespa and blueprints for the show-stopping Ducati, with enough gravity to motivate many operators and trade associations to devise way...
One maker offers wide ranging lamps to Korean makes and models
Aug 29, 2012At the 2012 Taipei Int'l Auto Parts & Accessories Show (Taipei AMPA) and Taipei International Automobile Electronics Show (AutoTronics Taipei), held April 11-14 in Taipei and the largest automotive parts show in Asia, global visitors generally expect and do find a host of suppliers capable of meeting buyers’ various demands, and it wasn’t an exception this year as over 1,000 exhibitors were on ha...
Makers from Taiwan, HK and China replace Germans and Japanese at global shows
Sep 08, 2011Since the global recession in 2008 as well as resulting weaker consumer confidence, the global performance-tuning auto-parts market has sagged, a situation exasperated by automakers trying to spice up product competitiveness with enhanced engine output and exterior styling. High fuel prices, unemployment in the USA and EU and uncertain prospects have all impacted yearning to spend on faster, fan...
Hsiao also has won unprecedented official subsidies to attend global trade shows Eugene Hsiao, an entrepreneur in Taiwan's auto parts and accessory industry and elected at 45 as the 8th chairman of the Taipei County Auto Parts Association (TCAPA) in 2010, quickly proved his leadership in only several months by significantly enhancing cooperation and interaction among the trade group’s 250-to...
