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.
An 89-member Czech delegation led by Senate President Miloš Vystrčil made a visit to ITRI today in Hsinchu, where the delegation will learn about ITRI’s accomplishments in biomedical and pandemic prevention technologies, groundbreaking innovation-oriented R&D, and industrialization of research results. ITRI is the only R&D organization that Senate President Vystrčil has visited during his stay, w...
Chinese automotive sales saw an unexpected growth in its off-season for August, totaling at 2.18 million vehicles, an 11.3% year-on-year growth. Estimates show China's automotive sales will significantly increase in the following months, as September and onwards is considered the country's regular season for vehicle purchasing. The sales will see also see a boost from auto expos, new vehicles ...
As the U.S. government stepped up its ban on Huawei, Micron Technology announced its intention to cease working with Huawei, effective on Sept. 14. The latest announcement meant that the impact of the U.S. ban on Huawei was gradually moving from smartphone chips to memory chips. Taiwanese memory chip packaging suppliers working with Micron are likely to feel the impact as well, including Power...
Ministry of Economic Affairs officials regard the concessions on U.S.-imported pork and beef would ease the path towards negotiating future trade agreement pacts. For the signing of trade agreements like a bilateral trade agreement (BTA) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Economics Minister emphasized the need to allow U.S.-imported pork ...
Discussing the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on Taiwan’s tool machine industry, Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI) Chairman Ko Pa-hsi said the “current orders are all effective, just delayed.” Once the pandemic ends, he forecasts a surge of order growth in the latter half of 2020 or next year. Ko stressed that the machinery industry’s future shows the rise of “decentralized production h...
Plastic Sheet & Film Calendering Machine, Corona-discharge Plastic Surface, Plastic Finishing Machine, Surface Treatment
Aug 20, 2020Ever since founded in 1977, Feng Tien Electronic Co., Ltd. has been engaged in production of plastic surface electronic processors and static eliminators, it can target special difficult PE, PP, PET, PS films, paper, and relatively difficult plating films and PP, PS, PE , PET sheet to do effective discharge treatment, according to various plastic machinery design. Following over 40 years of de...
Export Machinery Saw -15.4% Export Growth Compared to Jan. 2019 Imports Grew 7.8%, machinery Products See Big Challenges Ahead in 2020
Aug 20, 2020By Wang Cheng-Ching (TAMI Association Affairs Consultant)Translated by Chao Ting-Yu 1. Machinery Equipment Exports In Jan. 2020, Taiwan saw a slump in its machinery exports. Outbound value was reported at USD$2.05 billion, a -15.4% growth compared to the growth in the same period as last year. In Taiwan dollars, export value was at TWD$61.5 billion, a -18% growth compared to the same period...
By Huang Hsiao-Ting (Taiwan Machine Tool & Accessory Builder’s Association) Translated by Chao Ting-Yu The world’s economy saw huge turbulance last year due to the U.S.-China trade war, with tariffs becoming an important negotiation tool, and severely impacted Taiwan, as it is an export-oriented economy. Despite the first-stage talks at the end of 2019 between China and the U.S. that would hav...
By Huang Wei-Shiou Gov’t Successfully Keeps COVID-19 at Bay with Teamwork As news of the COVID-19 virus overwhelms the world, Taiwan’s government acted quickly to increase investment in expanding the country’s mask-producing volume to 60 machines. This mammoth effort was headed by domestic firms – Chang Hong Machinery and NCM Nonwoven Converting Machinery. The goal was to expand production ...
Due to the severe circumstances caused by COVID-19 pandemic, Hyundai Motor became the first global automaker to shut down operations outside of China. Its subsidiary Kia Motors also announced that they are considering to halt production due to its supply chains. South Korean mid-sized automaker Ssangyong Motor Corporation has also suspended operations in its factories. South Korea's automotive in...
