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.
It seems that all the talk and prodding by both official and business sectors in Taiwan to build more added-value into locally-made products-hence enhancing the overall competitiveness and appeal of made-in-Taiwan goods and image-by cultivating the island's design prowess is actually bearing fruit. Recently a leading German design promoter and doyen lauded Taiwan for being a world-class design ba...
Taiwan once again tells the world that the island is no longer merely home to extensive subcontract manufacturing headquarters and factories, but is gradually remaking itself into a concern where a proportionally greater share of the industrial output is generated by brain work than brawn, which would enhance added-value of products and hence margins. Such effort is apparently paying off: Taiwan-...
Design is a process that transforms traditional products into new items with a fresh appearance, improved functions, and more added value, and this process is greatly facilitated when a research institution teams up with a creative design company. When the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan's top high-tech development center, and the Duck Image Co., a prominent local desig...
