With a history of more than two decades, Sing Bee Enterprise Co., Ltd. is a leading furniture manufacturer in Taiwan, producing mainly metal and glass pieces, including PC desks, TV stands, entertainment system stands, shelves, and related parts. Unlike many of its counterparts, the company pref

Taiwan’s furniture making sector, as many other manufacturing industries globally, has had to cope with increasingly strict eco-protection rules and stay with the global trend to become earth-friendly amid more convincing evidence of global warming and the disastrous consequences of extreme weather

Sun White Industrial Co., Ltd., founded in 1990 in central Taiwan by a group of mechanical engineers, makes four categories of knock-down furniture—home-office furniture, accent or occasional tables, entertainment centers and others. In the home-office furniture category, the main products inclu

Soon You Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd., founded in 1979 in Taiwan, is a dedicated manufacturer of rubber wheels and casters for foreign and Taiwanese manufacturers of medical equipment, industrial machinery, shopping carts, furniture, suitcases and do-it-yourself (DIY) hardware, among others. It m

Fonntai Rollform Machinery Corp., established in 2000, is one of Taiwan’s leading manufacturers specializing in customized sheet metal cold roll-forming machines, providing both roll-forming machinery design and manufacturing solutions. The company supplies turnkey plant systems to makers of met

By KEN LIU The twice-yearly H.K. lighting fair has not lost its drawing power, having posted some 19,000-plus buyers from 112 countries at the spring edition who looked for energy-saving lighting products, especially LED lamps, displayed by more than 1,250 exhibitors from 12 countries at the

TV stands have become indispensable furnishing in homes since the appliance, generally accepted as offering the cheapest form of entertainment, has become the source of conversation and, since the invention of flat-screens, even status symbols for upscale home owners. Despite serving basically the

A total of 209 product innovations from 15 countries competed for the jury's favor at the the Fourth Taipei Cycle d&i Awards at the 28th Taipei International Cycle Show (Taipei Cycle 2015), held from March 18 to 21 in Taiwan. The six-member jury of international experts acknowledged 57 of the en

Established in 1991 in Tainan, southern Taiwan, Welltrust Industries Co., Ltd. is a leading manufacturer and exporter of office furniture and components. Its main product lines include executive chairs, mesh chairs, ergonomic chairs, reception chairs, stacking chairs, computer desks, conference tab

By Michelle Hsu The Tainan Furniture Museum, transformed from an idle furniture factory of Yung Shing Furniture Company, is the first private eco-themed furniture museum in Taiwan. Based in southern Taiwan, the museum's mission is to display and educate the public about Taiwan's furniture indust

By STEVE CHUANG If success of Taiwan’s IT (information technology) and electronics manufacturing industries is a consequence of the government’s heavy push at development of the industries, prosperity of the island’s yacht industry must be an industrial miracle, because the luxury goods industry

By KEN LIU Ever since China's market liberalization some 30 years ago that has drained much of Taiwan's furniture making resources to migrate offshore, the island's furniture makers have had to cope with thinning profit margins as Chinese suppliers gradually emulate Taiwanese peers on the mainla

By STEVE CHUANG While uncertain what effects lower crude oil prices will have on macro-economics globally, except that consumers in the U.S. and non-oil-producing nations will have more disposable cash, a report by Bloomberg BusinessWeek notes that housing starts across the U.S. in 2015 are proj

Since founded in 1990, Jia Hung Enterprise Co., Ltd. has been manufacturing office supplies, office furniture and computer peripheral products, being well-known for its decades-long practice and commitment to quality. Bolstered by over two decades of expertise in plastic extrusion molding, as we

Founded in 2006, Hanaco Group is a world-caliber manufacturer and marketer of furniture, with a production base in China and a branch in Taiwan. Despite its tender age of only eight years, Hanaco claims it is one of the few furniture makers that have integrated production capability, from material

By KEN LIU Beginning on July 1 this year, nine types of institution—colleges, libraries, medical organizations, social welfare institutes, government offices, railway stations, civilian airports, mass rapid transit stations, and shopping centers—became subject to the provisions of Taiwan's Indoo

Founded in 2006, Hanaco Group is a world-caliber manufacturer and marketer of furniture, with a production base in China and a branch in Taiwan. Despite its tender age of only eight years, Hanaco claims it is one of the few furniture makers that have integrated production capability, from materi

By STEVE CHUANG The year 2013 was a year of mixed performance by Taiwanese OA furniture parts manufacturers, given that gloomy economies weakened global enterprises’ willingness to invest in fixed assets and dampened the sector to some extent. But with economies in the U.S., Japan and Europe sho

By CARMEN LO The annual value of China's furniture market soared from about 10 billion renminbi (around US$1.67 billion) in the 1990s to 780 billion RMB (US$130 billion) in 2010, making furniture one of the top five industries in China. Today the country's furniture industry is continuing to gro

By JUDY LI The furniture and handicraft industries have played an important role in Indonesia’s economic development, and are a major source of jobs there, supplying employment (directly or indirectly) for more than three million people. Both industries have a very long value chain that intersec

Established in 1973, Hua Feng Machinery Co., Ltd. has been a manufacturer of aluminum alloy turntables since 1982, supplying Lazy Susan for dining tables, models for worktables, paint sprayers, and many more. After years of effort in R&D and innovation of turntables, the company expanded into hydr

Established in 1973, Hua Feng Machinery Co., Ltd. has been a manufacturer of aluminum alloy turntables since 1982, supplying Lazy Susan for dining tables, models for worktables, paint sprayers, and many more. After years of effort in R&D and innovation of turntables, the company expanded into hy

Established in 1993, Highdene Furniture Co., Ltd. is a Taiwan-based manufacturer focusing on wooden furniture including bedroom items, TV stands, coffee tables, buffet series, wall shelf units, desks, file cabinets, bookshelves, combination bookshelves with PC units, storage units, kid’s desks, etc

By JENNY WU China’s furniture industry generated a production value of 1,130 billion renminbi (RMB) in 2012, keeping that country in first place in the world in terms of both production and market value for the fifth year in a row, according to Zhu Changling, chairman of the China National Furnitu

Bedroom, living room and office furniture Established in 1993, Highdene Furniture Co., Ltd. is a Taiwan-based manufacturer focusing on wooden furniture including bedroom items, TV stands, coffee tables, buffet series, wall shelf units, desks, file cabinets, bookshelves, combination bookshelves w

Furniture China 2013 chalked up record visitor and exhibitor numbers during its five-day run from Sept. 11-15 at the New International Expo Center and Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center. Visitor turnout was up 18.5% and the number of international exhibitors with foreign brands gain

Founded in 1989, Chao Ching Woods Corp. is a well-known furniture manufacturer offering a wide variety of products including bentwood chairs, racks, bar stools and tables, dining sets, benches, trays and trolleys, office chairs, and metal folding chairs. Well-honed manufacturing skills and accum

Chyun Yow Enterprise Co., Ltd., set up in 1999, is a leading Taiwanese manufacturer of office chairs, including a wide range of deluxe task, high-back executive, mesh executive, managerial, secretarial chairs, and steel pipe chairs. The company welcomes samples, shop drawings, as well as custom and

Chyun Yow Enterprise Co., Ltd., set up in 1999, is a leading Taiwanese manufacturer of office chairs, including a wide range of deluxe task, high-back executive, mesh executive, managerial, secretarial chairs, and steel pipe chairs. The company welcomes samples, shop drawings, as well as custom and

Mostly clustered in Taiwan’s central counties of Taichung and Changhua, Taiwanese furniture parts makers saw their heyday as the island’s export-driven economy took off in the 1960s, with the prosperity being relatively fleeting as labor, land costs rose on the island, coupled with rivalry from eme