CHINAPLAS, the world's leading plastics and rubber trade fair, is making a strong comeback to Shanghai after a six-year hiatus. The event is scheduled to take place from April 23 to 26, 2024, at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) in Hongqiao, Shanghai, PR China. This year's editio

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Redirected orders thanks to the China and U.S. trade tensions The chairman of Taiwan Hand Tool Manufacturers’ Association (THTMA) Huang Hsin-te pointed out due to the impact brought on by the China-U.S. trade war, the export value in the hand tool industry increased by NTD$3.2 billion from Janua

E-One Moli Energy Corp. is a global leading lithium-ion battery developer and manufacturer with recognized brand name “MOLICEL®”. MOLICEL® has been leading the battery market for more than 30 years, with R&D center in Canada and Taiwan and manufacturing plant in Taiwan. E-One Moli offers competitiv

By Chao Ting-Yu As the world settles into 2019, the automotive industry is still feeling the effects brought on by last year's trade tensions between auto powerhouses -- the U.S. and China. Such tensions have hurt the industry, as shown in the mass layoffs and government intervention to buoy the

Aiming to take the leading place in the global electric vehicle (EV) industry, Volkswagen (VW), an large-sized international automaker headquartered in Germany, has signed a contract with overseas battery suppliers to ramp up its production of EVs and hybrid cars. On March 13, VW made an announ

A Taiwanese official delegation led by Governor Wei Ming-Gu of Changhua County visited Tesla’s factory in Silicon Valley in late June, actively soliciting investments by the globally prestigious electric vehicle maker in the central administrative region of Taiwan. To lure investments by the ca

With the exhibitor number hitting a record high amid moderate global economic growth, Automechanika Frankfurt 2016, organized by Messe Frankfurt GmbH from September 13 through 17 in Germany, again lived up to its solid name as world’s largest, most important trade fair for the global automotive aft

Delta Electronics, Inc. of Taiwan, recognized as a leading provider of power and thermal management solutions, recently announced the expansion of its R&D and manufacturing operations with new facilities in Bangalore and Hosur, India, respectively. In line with its long-term plans to harness the co

Delta Electronics Inc. of Taiwan, a major maker of power supply products that has been aggressively developing new-energy businesses, said earlier that it is scheduled to kick off mass production of lithium-ion (Li-ion) rechargeable batteries in January, 2016, a move allegedly taken in response to

Obviously Gogoro Inc., an upstart with ambitions to develop and sell the Gogoro Smartscooter electric-scooters as well as aim to transform energy distribution and management in megacities, is serious about its plan to popularize its line of stylish e-scooters in Taiwan, in the wake of cutting price

While smog from heavy traffic in China's major cities awe most observers as does the nation's leading status as the world's biggest car market by sales volume that has been achieved in just a couple of decades, the Chinese administrators have not neglected to balance rapid economic growth with life

Due to a new model that has been designed to appeal to younger, fashion-conscious urban commuters launched few months ago, sales of electric scooters (e-scooters) in Taiwan hit a record monthly high in October since January 2012. Statistics compiled by the Ministry of Transportation and Communic

Simplo Technology Co., Ltd., recognized as the world's largest lithium-ion battery pack (for consumer electronics) designer and maker based in Taiwan, has been trying to diversify into other fields by leveraging its established technological strength. Fu-hsiang Sun, Chairman and CEO of Simplo, r

Nothing stays unchanged in business has been proven again. The latest shake-up happened in August, traditionally an important period for the electric-scooter (e-scooter) market in Taiwan which has long been virtually monopolized by the China Motor Corp. (CMC), both a local assembler of automobiles

It seems that Taiwanese motor scooter buyers are not sufficiently moved by the slick styling nor envision the same eco-friendly personal transport landscape as the maker of the electric Gogoro Smartscooter, whose delivery totaled only 36 units in July on the island, representing only a 6 percent ma

Citing a Green Car Report of July 2, 2015, Tesla, the Silicon Valley premium electric carmaker, delivered 11,507 Model S luxury electric cars from April 1 through June 30. That is its highest quarterly total thus far, and brings Tesla's global deliveries for the first half of 2015 to 21,537 cars.

Changs Ascending Enterprise Co., Ltd. (CAEC), a supplier of lithium-iron phosphate oxide (LiFexMyPOz) cathode materials, and a Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE)-listed firm, recently claimed that it will copy its successful Japanese market business model to new markets this year, including Europe, the U

Gogoro of Taiwan has a website that promises grand visions of changing the world by developing technologies to enable energy usage via Big Data and smart technologies, but is mainly promoting its Smartscooter, a registered trademark. The innovative technology company recently announced to begin del

Aleees Eco Ark Co., Ltd. of Taiwan, a company dedicated to developing LFP-NCO (Lithium- Ferrous-Phosphate Nano Co-crystalline Olivine) batteries and electric vehicles (EVs), recently said it is scheduled to launch a pure electric bus model with parallel power supply module (supporting both plug-in

By KEN LIU The twice-yearly H.K. lighting fair has not lost its drawing power, having posted some 19,000-plus buyers from 112 countries at the spring edition who looked for energy-saving lighting products, especially LED lamps, displayed by more than 1,250 exhibitors from 12 countries at the

Yulon Group of Taiwan, the original carmaker in Taiwan that began life as machinery maker and then automobile maker via partnership with Nissan, recently announced its two Chinese affiliates, including Dongfeng Yulon Motor Co., Ltd. and South East (Fujian) Motor Co., Ltd. (SEM), will launch alterna

After years of stagnation, demand for electric vehicles (EVs) has been rising fast as more drivers embrace the environment-friendly vehicles. With more than 133,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs, including plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs)) sold in 2

Compiled by QUINCY LIANG The highly promoted automotive, powered two-wheeler (PTW) and e-vehicle trade show held April 8-11, 2015 in Hall 1 of the Taipei World Trade Center as well as the Nangang exhibition complex was a 5-in-1 event this year. Held by the semi-official trade promoter Taiwan

By QUINCY LIANG The Taiwan Automotive Research Consortium (TARC), a key automotive industry alliance formed by domestic research institutes and private makers, presented its latest R&D achievements to global visitors at this year's 5-in-1 auto and motorcycle shows in Taiwan, comprising the 2015

Premier Mao Chi-Kuo recently led a group of ranking government officials to visit China Motor Corp. (CMC) and Gogoro Inc., two major electric-scooter (e-scooter) makers in Taiwan, to encourage the development of the domestic electric vehicle (EV) industry. CMC, an affiliate of domestic Yulon Gro

Global sales of electric vehicles (EVs) has been on an uptrend since 2013, during which some 225,000 units were sold, having rocketed sizably from only 6,000 in 2009. Sales of EVs last year continued to rise, with the volume sold in the first three quarters of 2014 increasing 25 percent from the sa

HPMJ Co., Ltd. is an innovative company with strong technical capability focused on developing and manufacturing high-quality emergency power-supply products, including jump starters, super mini boosters, emergency power pack, emergency car starter, battery boosters, solar batteries (power packs wi

To further promote the popularity of electric scooters in Taiwan, the Environment Protection Administration (EPA) under the Executive Yuan (Cabinet) mapped out an e-scooter battery-swapping system demonstration project in late 2013, and commissioned the Taiwan EV Development Association (TEVDA) to

Pihsiang Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (PHET), a C-LiFePO4 lithium-ion cell maker in Taiwan, and Ningbo Sonluk Holding Group Co., Ltd., reportedly China's largest maker of alkaline batteries and a world's top-three, recently signed a cooperation agreement to develop new-energy business. The ag