A firm emphasis on research and development work enabled Taiwanese exhibitors at the recent International Furniture Fair Tokyo (IFFT) 2004 to display numerous innovative products featuring new technologies, new materials, and new functions. They were aiming at Japanese niche markets, hoping to repl

Taipei, May 14, 2004 (CENS)--Formosa Plastics Corp. (FPC), the flagship unit of the Formosa Plastics Group (FPG), will build Asia's largest PP (polypropylene) plant in Beilun economic and technology zone in Ningbo of Zhejiang Province, mainland China. FPC said it has acquired special manufacturi

The rising price of iron and steel over the past year has forced domestic manufacturers of office furniture to shift to non-metal materials. In today's competitive market, they explain, there is no room to increase prices to offset the higher material costs. The strengthening of the New Taiwan d

Despite the economic slowdown over the past year and a half, Taiwan's display-rack industry has continued to prosper by shipping price-competitive products from low-cost plants in mainland China--a strategy that well suits the growing global demand for low- to medium-priced display racks. Produ

The turnout at this year's Taipei International Gift & Stationery Spring Show (Giftionery Taipei 2003), held April 24-28, plunged to a record low as exhibitors and visitors worried about severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) stayed home. Despite fears of the epidemic, however, the newly open

With their share of the Japanese market being severely eroded by rivals in mainland China, Taiwanese furniture makers are struggling to hold their position by switching to higher-end products. This effort paid off in a favorable response from Japanese buyers at the recent International Furniture Fa