The Taiwan Cabinet or its executive ministry plans to spend roughly NT$36 billion (US$1.16 billion) over the next nine years on its “Productivity 4.0” project beginning this year, with the aim of boosting the island’s total industrial revenue and helping 50,000 local manufacturers transform themsel

Founded in 1986, Kymyo Industrial Co., Ltd. specializes in the development and production of various air tools for professional sectors such as auto manufacturing, auto repair, wooden furniture manufacturing, boat-building, etc. After steady business development in the past 30 years or so, the air-

Pointed Idea Enterprises Co., Ltd. builds pulp-making machines, providing integrated manufacturing services covering planning, design, manufacture, installation, and after-sale service. The company builds the machines to-order and helps customers re-engineer dated equipment to improve production

Driven by a consistent dedication to improving production technology, Taiwan’s OEM (original equipment manufacturing) and ODM (original design manufacturing) sector has built up a solid global reputation, particularly for unparalleled manufacturing flexibility and precision. For the past decade,

By organizing three concurrent exhibitions for different industries in Myanmar, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), the semi-official export promoter, continues to try exploring new markets for Taiwanese suppliers, whose sales and market shares are being challenged by mainland C

Founded in 1963 in Taiwan’s southern metropolis of Tainan, where a large number of Taiwanese plastic processing machine suppliers are clustered, Intype Enterprise Co., Ltd., a seasoned supplier of this kind, has just worked out its cutting-edge model, CellWood Extruder, for production of materials

Rays Precision Technology Co., Ltd. develops and makes a wide range of high-precision electrical discharge machines (EDMs) including micromachining EDMs and deep-hole drilling EDMs. These machines are ideal tools for mirror finishing, chamfering and micro-hole drilling on hard materials like tun

Pleo Inc., headquartered in New Taipei City, northern Taiwan, is a contract maker of lighting fixtures, accessories and fittings. The maker supplies huge range of products, including invisible alabaster illumination spotlights, ceiling lighting, wall-mount lighting, walkway lighting, wall la

Compiled by STEVE CHUANG Just as the plastics industry gave birth to one of the pioneering industrial giants in Taiwan, the sector is proving to be a driving force in China, with advanced plastic technologies and machinery displayed at the ChinaPlas 2015 (29th International Exhibition on Plastic

Compiled by KEN LIU Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), recognized as the world’s No.1 pure silicon foundry, Chairman Morris Chang projects its revenue for the second half of this year to outperform that for the first half and its revenue for the entire year to grow at double-digi

Founded in 1975, King Ming Industry Co., Ltd. specializes in the manufacture of dining carts, hospital/clean room equipment, medical baskets and oven racks, and shelving units and systems for industrial, commercial, and residential use, as well as for use in warehouses, hospitals, schools and dinin

Hiwin Technologies Corp., recognized as Taiwan’s No.1 manufacturer of ball screws and linear guideways for mainly machine tools as well as industrial robots, announced posting consolidated revenue of NT$1.46 billion (US$47.22 million) in May, rising 4.9 percent from the previous month and 24 perce

Yu Ting Co. was established in 2012 as a manufacturer of various industrial parts mainly on an OEM (original equipment manufacturing) basis. It is located in Taiwan’s central county of Changhua. Despite its tender age, the manufacturer is capable of applying lathing, milling, threading, and drilli

Compiled By KEN LIU Chairman of Tailift Co., Ltd., Steve Lin, says his company, generally recognized as Taiwan’s biggest forklift maker, will partner with Toyota Industries Corp., (Yahoo Finance: Toyota Industries Corporation manufactures and sells textile machinery, automobiles, and material ha

By QUINCY LIANG The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) recently announced the 10 winners of the 2015 Taiwan Excellence Gold Award at a ceremony in Taipei. The ceremony was joined by a number of VIPs, including President Ma Ying-jeou, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Yang Wei

Compiled By KEN LIU Taiwanese exhibitors at the 14th China International Machine Tool Show (CIMT), held Apr. 20-25, 2015 at China International Exhibition Center in Beijing, were generally upbeat about prospects to land ample orders from mainland Chinese manufacturers this year in light of t

Compiled By KEN LIU Excetek Technologies Co., Ltd., a well-known manufacturer of computer numerical control (CNC) wire cutting machines in Taiwan established in 2006, has decided to diversify into the manufacturing of metal-additive manufacturing equipment, or 3D printing equipment, in the wake

Compiled by STEVE CHUANG With the Japanese yen at record-lows recently to make the nation's exports more competitive, coupled with its machine tool industry still commanding global respect for supplying some of the best, the 28th Japan International Machine Tool Fair (JIMTOF), a globally top-5 t

Compiled By KEN LIU Taiwan-made controllers stole the spotlight at the Taipei International Machine Tool Show (TIMTOS) this year, underscoring efforts by the island's machine-tool industry to enhance product value to fend off global challengers. In their drive to tap international markets

Compiled by KEN LIU Hiwin Technologies Co., Ltd., reportedly Taiwan’s No.1 manufacturer of key components for precision machinery, announced to take over a 41.93 percent stake in Luren Precision Co., Ltd. from Luren’s largest shareholder, Princo Corp., to strengthen its robotic-arm manufacturing

Compiled By KEN LIU The biennial 2015 Taipei International Machine Tool Show (TIMTOS), held March 3-8 in the Taipei World Trade Center Hall 1 and Nangang Exhibition Hall, saw notable technologies as multitasking, robotic arms and Industry 4.0 that are touted as crucial to "Smart Manufacturing."

Founded in 1963 in Taiwan’s southern metropolis of Tainan and home to a sizable cluster of plastic processing machine suppliers, Intype Enterprise Co., Ltd., a seasoned supplier of its kind, has just worked out its cutting-edge model, CellWood Extruder, to produce materials and supplies for furnitu

TIMTOS 2015 in Taipei to Set New High in Turnout The Taipei International Machine Tool Show (TIMTOS) 2015, staged March 3-8, is projected to draw over 1,000 exhibitors from 17 nations to occupy 5,400 booths this year, setting new high and unseating the Japan Machine Tool Fair as the No.2 machin

Taiwan’s manufacturers of petrochemicals, liquid-crystal displays, automobiles and machine tools can take a sigh of relief after learning the free trade agreement (FTA) China and South Korea initialed on February 25 does not offer as much leeway for trade and duty-reduction as had been expected by

For the first time, Taiwan-made controllers will be the theme at the Taipei International Machine Tool Show (TIMTOS) 2015, to be staged March 3-8, as the island’s machine-tool industry attempts to enhance product value when the market increasingly becomes more challenging globally. Backed by the

Global buyers and media descended on EICMA to see the latest and greatest from the powered two-wheeler (PTW) industry during the annual show's 2014 run from November 4 to 9 in Milan, Italy The show brought together all of the PTW majors at a 280,000-square-meter venue with both outside and insid

Founded in 1982, Yi Chang Sheng Machinery Co., Ltd. supplies clothes-hanger making machines and turnkey equipment, as a globally competitive supplier from New Taipei City, northern Taiwan. Drawing on decades-long expertise, Yi Chang Sheng supplies a full line of clothes- hanger making equipment, f

Jeng Feng Cutter Manufacture Industry Co., established in May 1988, is one of Taiwan’s most professional manufacturers of various kinds of industrial knives. The company has expertise in developing customized knives especially for cutting cartons and corrugated cardboard boxes. The company boast

Autogrip Machinery Co., Ltd., formerly the Chia Her Machinery Co., Ltd., is a Taiwanese manufacturer of power chucks and rotary cylinders that has, since its inception in 1989, concentrated on production of high-precision products to achieve differentiation, as well as steadily improving product q

Forng Wey Machinery Co., Ltd. specializes in manufacturing wire straightening and cutting machines and grinding chamfer machines. The maker supplies different series of straightedge rolling machines and wire straightening and cutting machines. The series models are suitable for straight-cutting