CENS continued to participate in global trade fairs in May to promote its services and publications, helping Taiwanese manufacturers explore world markets via events such as Metaltech, BrasilPlast, National Hardware Show, Interpack, TTM Automotive Technology Fair, Lightingfair International, Chinap

Taipei, July 6, 2011 (CENS)--In an effort to help domestic exporters counter the impact of the South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOFA) has proposed to offer tax rebates for imported industrial raw materials and components/parts with average tariffs topping 4.3

The ISO 9001:2000-approved Juender Precision Industry Co., Ltd. is a veteran specializing in computer numerically-controlled (CNC)-machined metal parts, which are turned out in its modern, integrated plant in Taiwan spread across 36,000 square feet. With comprehensive metal-parts processing cap

Jet Long Corporation is a specialist producer of VCI paper that is corrosion-resistant and waterproof for packing various metals. The corrosion-resistant agent applied on VCI paper slowly sublimates to spread evenly over package interiors and attach to metal surfaces. The VCI paper eliminates c

Taipei, June 24, 2011 (CENS)--Tong Yang Industrial Co., Ltd., a leading auto-parts conglomerate in Taiwan, recently announced an invitation from China's FAW Group to set up a plastic body parts plant in Foshan, Guangdong Province. FAW-VW Automobile Co., Ltd. will set up a new auto plant with tar

Taipei, June 22, 2011 (CENS)--Taiwan’s LED chipmakers are expected to breathe easier when South Korea’s top LED chipmakers have reportedly decided to halt their expansion plans. According to LED-equipment suppliers, leading South Korean LED chipmakers have recently decided to shelve their expan

Israel has an ICT sector with global might. With considerable effort by the Israel Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei (ISECO), 12 Israeli companies jointly showcased their latest technologies, products in the first-ever “Israeli Pavilion” at the 2011 Taipei International Information Technology

Clear Dawn Co., Ltd.(CDC) was founded in 1982 mainly to handle the production of hardware. Since then, the company has grown and diversified into handling more complex hardware parts for mass transit vehicles as well as the designing and production of display solutions, mainly for the commercial an

Taiwan-based OEMs (original equipment manufacturer) have become veritable classic business models in world trade, able to take on just about any order in any volume made according to customers’ specifications, and thus have been recognized by foreign customers as the most trustworthy production arm

Already a major supplier of high-quality aftermarket (AM) automotive steering and suspension parts globally and the leader in Taiwan, Hwang Yu Inc. recently saw its green strategy pay off, which the company considers productive in the long-term. The maker has been ISO 14001 approved, the well-known

Established in 1987 in Taiwan’s central county of Changhua, Nan Shun Spring Co. is living proof that modest size does not necessarily hinder corporate growth and excellence. A specialized supplier of springs and related industrial parts with around 30 workers in two plants, the maker uses one as wa

Established in 1996, the ISO 9001:2008-certified Chian Mau Co. Ltd. has been dedicated to the production of high-caliber aluminum and magnesium-forged parts and accessories for medical equipment, motorcycles and bicycles. The firm's wide-ranging products and services include aluminum/magnesium

OHLA Plastics Co., Ltd., founded in 1989, is a very experienced maker of plastic and metallic furniture parts, mostly plastic injection-molded parts, metallic hardware, office chair casters, office and household furniture parts, adjustable casters, hand tools, lazy susans etc. With a modern fac

Functional breakthrough presents new opportunities Once the domain of mostly high-end furniture, ergonomic design is becoming deeply embedded in the thinking of most office furniture makers in Taiwan today. Many of these manufacturers have been in business for a decade, two decades or longer, gi

Some adopt imported parts to assure world-class quality Taiwan’s bag-making equipment manufacturers can usually create business opportunities by building machines that help customers achieve maximum output with minimum input. After some four decades of development, most local manufacture

While some Taiwanese manufacturers, forced by gradually rising costs in mainland China, have migrated from places as Shenzhen to Vietnam, larger operators as Hon Hai and other Taiwan-invested ITC businesses in China have chosen to move inland to tap lower costs. And with mainland China’s unquenchab

Taipei, June 15, 2011 (CENS)--Fair Friend Group, Taiwan's leading manufacturer of machine tools, has aimed to become the world's No. 1 producer in this field in 2018, when the group will see annual sales reach over US$3.5 billion. To reach that goal, the group has mapped out four big strategies,

Taipei, June 10, 2011 (CENS)--Taiwan's manpower demand in the third quarter is estimated to rise by 110,000 persons from a quarter earlier, but to post a net rise of 101,000 persons after deducting the potential dismissal of 8,700 employees during the quarter to set a new five-year high, according

Manufacturers go for the natural and human touch With "low-carbon" furniture having become a catchword in their industry, some Chinese makers of living-room furniture have started to roll out environmentally -friendly furniture products through the careful selection of raw materials, improved pr

Metallic Power Industrial Co., Ltd. is a professional furniture hardware manufacturer with factories in Taiwan and Vietnam, turning out a wide variety of furniture parts such as handles, pulls & knobs, door catches, sofa legs, fittings and other metal parts as well as iron-wired kitchenware. The

To promote Taiwan's intelligent electric vehicle (EV) industry and link local companies with global experts and buyers, the Taiwan Automotive Research Consortium (TARC) held the annual Taiwan Automotive International Forum & Exhibition (TAIFE) on April 14 and 15. TARC has four founding member

Taiwan’s ITRI general director advises LED industry to build industry alliances When Unimicorn Corp., United Microelectronics Corp.’s (UMC) printed-circuit board subsidiary, announced in late 2010 its investment in LED-luminaire maker NeoPac Lighting (Zhongshan) Ltd., it was the highlight of wha

Many first-time exhibitors aim to tap thriving Asian economies This year’s Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition), held April 13-16, saw over 640 exhibitors, a 70% increase over last year, as well as more interesting products. The higher exhibitor number is due to the thr

Taipei, May 13, 2011 (CENS)--Moody's Analytics, Inc. recently noted Japan's March 11 disaster, now officially called the Great East Japan Earthquake, will push its economy back into a brief recession. Moody's Analytics has lowered Japan's 2011 GDP growth forecast to 0.7%, from a pre-disaster expect

The jury of the 2011 iF Product Design Award, the “Oscars” of the design world, selected 991 favorites out of 2,756 entries by 1,121 participants from 43 countries, compared to the 2,486 registrations from 39 countries in 2010. The jurors noticed that the consistent brand strategy of many c

Jwu Tzeng Industrial Co. Ltd., a manufacturer of precision CNC machined parts, has served many industries, including electronics, medical, computer, outer-space, robotics, pneumatic, hydraulic, automotive and appliance machined parts, since its inception in 1990. Continued investment in machinin

Taipei, April 12, 2011 (CENS)--Poised as Asia's largest and the world's fourth-largest machine tool show, the six-day 2011 China International Machine Tool Show (CIMT 2011) kicked off yesterday at the China International Exhibition Center in Beijing, drawing a record number of 83 manufacturers of m

Motor-scooter tuning parts maker aims to become world leader The R.P.M. Co., a major Taiwanese maker of powered two-wheeler (PTW) tuning parts, is celebrating its 24th anniversary this year. It moved into a new integrated office-factory complex in Taipei about two years ago as part of its effort

Taipei, April 8, 2011 (CENS)--Tong Yang Industrial Co., Ltd., the largest auto-parts conglomerate in Taiwan, recently sold 50% shareholding in one of its Chinese subsidiaries, the Wuhu Youth Tongyang Auto Plastic Parts Co., Ltd., to Magna International Inc. of Canada, the world's fifth-largest auto

Taipei, April 8, 2011 (CENS)--The number of OCWs or overseas contract workers in Taiwan reached 193,545 in 2010, up 10% or 17,472 from 176,073 recorded a year earlier, according to a survey by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA). The survey shows that over 70% of OCWs engage in laborious or low-