Taiwan entries win more than a quarter of the trophies The "Best 100" winners of the iF concept design award 2012 were announced in late May and included 27 entries from Taiwan. In this ultimate competition for young design talent, two of the top 20 winners that received both trophies and prize mo

Taiwan remains the third-largest foreign source of exhibitors at 2012 Automechanika in terms of booth floorage The 2012 Automechanika Frankfurt, the world’s leading international automotive trade fair, was held on Sept. 11-16, once again affirming its reputation as the top platform for displayin

Without world-class automakers in Taiwan, where operators have always been OEMs for global brands except for the Luxgen line that was launched in the last couple of years by the local Yulon Group to claim to be the first homegrown vehicle built on an SUV platform, literally all the automotive R&D o

The five Gold Award winners of the COMPUTEX d&i awards 2012 were honored during the official opening of the 2012 COMPUTEX TAIPEI (Taipei International Information Technology Show) held in early June. COMPUTEX TAIPEI is one of the world's largest information and communication technology (ICT) trade

Despite earnest governmental support and the awareness among lighting manufacturers of the need to develop LED lighting to upgrade the industry, China’s LED lighting industry, albeit having seen some progress, has a long road ahead. Inconsistent Standards While LED lighting is touted by espe

Struck by shrinking sales and global market share, HTC Corp., a Taiwan-based developer and vendor of branded smartphones that may be regarded as the island’s upstart against Apple and Sansung, erstwhile the industry leader who launched the world’s first Android phone two years ago to ignite short-l

Shyam Sujan, Sectary General of India’s Electric Lamp & Component Manufacturers’ Association (ELCOMA), hopes that compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) will replace incandescent lamps in India in three to four years under the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism carbon credit scheme. The b

Some data show Taiwan’s LED industry to have a strong second quarter, but forecasts are mixed regarding the local industry’s 2012 outlook. Rush orders for LED backlights have boosted capacity utilizations as of mid-May for most of Taiwan’s LED makers to an estimated 90%, up from 70% or so. The

Taipei, Sept. 18, 2012 (CENS)--Following the footsteps of Hon Hai Precision and Hiwin Technologies, Delta Electronics Inc., a large-sized manufacturer of electronics in Taiwan, has decided to invest NT$250 million to set up an R&D center for the development of industrial robots in Central Taiwan Sc

Taipei, Sept. 4, 2012 (CENS)--By working with German companies on technology and design, the Taiwan-based Alder Optomechanical Corp. has pledged to become a world leading supplier of various LED devices, LED displays and LED lighting equipment. The company has since 2003 started researching and

Quick reaction to market fluctuations and flexible manufacturing capabilities have helped many Taiwanese manufacturers of machining centers to escape the impact of economic recession in major markets. Those markets include mainland China, which is the world’s second-largest economy and the biggest

Makers of gardening tools along with accessories generate export revenue of around US$95 million on average yearly help to drive hand tool exports in Taiwan. Besides being popular with professionals and DIY gardeners in the U.S. and Europe, and despite global economic uncertainty that have occa

At 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 meeti

Living up to Taiwan’s reputation of “Kingdom of Hand Tools,” local suppliers of auto repair tools are earning plaudits for their long-term dedication to R&D and branding upgrades. Unwilling to compromise in the face of rivalry from emerging countries and realizing the danger of market erosion ca

Taipei, Aug. 17, 2012 (CENS)--Stealth, leakage, or utilization of business secrets will be liable up to five years of imprisonment term, plus a maximum fine of NT$10 million, while the fine for offshore utilization of business secrets will be increased to NT$50 million at maximum, according to the

Taipei, May 23, 2012 (CENS)--Actively engaged in development and mass production of LED lights with power of more than 200 watts, LT Lighting (Taiwan) Corp., a world-caliber supplier of LED lamps and electronic devices, has seen its 200W LED high bay lights and 500W LED flood lights well received i

Taipei, July 9, 2012 (CENS)--The Taiwan-based Nike Machinery Co., Ltd., a maker of work lights, adjustable coolant nozzles, fixed point nozzles and magnetic stands for machine tools, supplies beefed-up LED work lights to broaden its product portfolio. The company’s LED work lights include linear

Taipei, June 26, 2012 (CENS)--Representatives from Taiwan and mainland China recently signed three memorandums of understanding (MOUs) in Taiwan over LED cooperation, creating an advantageous condition for Taiwan’s LED industry to step up presence in the mainland’s vast LED lighting market. The

Taipei, June 21, 2012 (CENS)--Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. Chairman Y.F. Yeh recently said that price is already replaced by efficiency as the driver of LED lamp consumption, citing sell-out of the company’s 100,000 pieces of LED light bulbs, priced at NT$299 (US$10.3 at US$1: NT$29) per piece,

Taipei, June 20, 2012 (CENS)--After two years of work, Wintek Corp., a major supplier of small- and medium-sized liquid crystal display (LCD) and touch panels, recently announced marketing of its own line of "Otali" LED light-bulbs in Taiwan. Industry sources say that Wintek will launch 10W ful

Taipei, June 7, 2012 (CENS)—Encouraged by mainland China’s plan to renew subsidization on car consumption, Taiwan Takisawa Co., Ltd. and Tongtai Machine & Tool Co., Ltd., two of Taiwan’s leading machine-tool makers, recently revised their perspectives to foretell business of second half this year w

Featuring better energy-efficiency, lighter weight and wider color spectrum than typical displays, AMOLED (active matrix organic light emitting diode) is widely regarded as yet another upgrade in display technology to effectively add value to the consumer electronics segment. Topology Research

Taipei, May 25, 2012 (CENS)--AcBel Polytech Inc., an LED subsidiary of the Kinpo Group, recently stroke a deal to open an LED venture with Samost Photoelectrical Scientific Stock Co., Ltd. in mainland China to tap the mainland’s LED-lighting market. AcBel has recently expanded operation into th

Founded in 2007, Scape Light Co., Ltd. specializes in LED-lighting products sorted into indoor-lighting, outdoor-lighting, emergency-lighting and accessories categories. It operates an ISO 9001-certified factory in China with over 300 employees and 5,000 square-meter facility. The company’s

Jan W. Denneman, president of the Global Lighting Association (GLA) and chairman of the Zhaga Consortium, as well as a VP with Philips Lighting, announced at the opening ceremony of the Taiwan International Lighting Show 2012, which took place on March 13-16, that the Global Lighting Forum (GLF) ha

Demand for eco products such as solar panels tend to vary according to official policies and prices of fossil fuel, and the same applies to the LED lighting market, which last year took a downturn. But the sluggishness of such market in Taiwan has been gradually reversing with the currently US$100-

Taipei, May 22, 2012 (CENS)--Regardless of mainland China’s lukewarm market for LCD TVs lit by LED backlights during the Labor Day holidays in May, Photonic Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA) estimated Taiwan’s LED industry would rise 10% in revenue this year from last year. P

Taipei, May 7, 2012 (CENS)--TYC Brother Industrial Co., Ltd., one of Taiwan’s leading auto-lamp makers, estimates its energy-saving lighting operation will begin turning a profit this year after three years of operation starting in 2009 mostly thanks to robust sales in mainland China. So far,

Taipei, April 17, 2012 (CENS)--In light of an increasingly challenging global market, Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI)’s vice chairman H.H. Huang, also chairman of Dees Hydraulic Industrial Co., Ltd., a hydraulic machine maker, urges Taiwanese machinery suppliers to work mutually cl

Taipei, April 6, 2012 (CENS)--LED-lamp maker Leadray Energy Co., Ltd., partly held by Ritek Inc. and Nien Hsing Textile Co., Ltd., has recently unveiled a factory in Miaoli, northern Taiwan, completely outfitted with in-house-made LED lamps. The company estimates the LED lamps consume around 8