China International Furniture Fair (Guangzhou) (“CIFF”) is regarded as “Asia’s furniture sourcing center,” having been held biannually in Guangzhou every March and September since 1998, with exhibits covering furniture, furnishing, and upstream and downstream items. From 2014, two phases of CIFF

The continuing slump in the international market, along with other factors, has caused Taiwanese furniture makers, one after another, to shift their attention to the domestic market. To their disappointment, however, they have discovered that Taiwan is actually part of the weak global market. S

Furniture China 2013 chalked up record visitor and exhibitor numbers during its five-day run from Sept. 11-15 at the New International Expo Center and Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center. Visitor turnout was up 18.5% and the number of international exhibitors with foreign brands gain

Tsung-Yeh International Exhibition of Wooden Artifacts 2013 The Tsung-Yeh Arts and Cultural Center, operated by the Tainan City Cultural Affairs Bureau, has held the Tsung-Yeh International Exhibition of Wooden Artifacts for three years in a row to promote handicraft aesthetics and the wood ha

While several electric scooter (e-scooter) pilot projects undertaken throughout Taiwan to popularize such green transportation have registered initial success nearing the end of the second-year e-scooter leasing project in Liuqiu, the only offshore coral-reef island in southern Taiwan, the Pingtung

Wen Yang Enterprise Co., established in 1990 in central Taiwan’s Miaoli County, has accumulated an abundance of experience in manufacturing spot-welded products. Backed by a spot-welding plant that also handles powder coating, electroplating, and plastic lamination, the firm capably fills custom or

Established in 1988, Fu Kao Industrial Co., Ltd. has grown into a veteran designer, developer, and manufacturer of high-quality stretch cargo cords, cargo nets, and tie downs for a wide range of hardware, automotive, outdoor, and other applications. The company sells its products to many interna

Denver Industry Co., Ltd., founded by Kao Yuan-tang in 1972 in Taichung City of central Taiwan, is one of Taiwan’s leading manufacturers of lathes, CNC lathes (with large spindle bore) and CNC milling machines. The company mainly focuses on producing made-to-order special-purpose machines for clien

Unlike other major economies like the United States, Japan, and Europe, which are experiencing either slow growth, financial problems, or both, China has enjoyed rapid economic growth over the past decade and many cities and counties across the country have been competitively developing at an amazi

Seventeen winners emerged from a slate of 62 competitors at the second annual Taiwan Machine Tools Industry Award 2013 for Excellence in Research and Innovation contest held during the Taipei International Machine Tool Show (TIMTOS) 2013 in early March. The number of award contenders this year

Reporting a 34% revenue increase year on year in 2012 and expecting sales for the second half of 2013 to climb from the flat first half, L&L Machinery Industry Co., Ltd., a leading heavy-duty-lathe maker in Taiwan, is moving in a new direction that departs from what it had comfortably accustomed to

The Taiwan International Furniture Show for this year (TIFS 2013), held Feb. 22-25 at the Taipei World Trade Center, introduced several innovative products selected from the over 10,000 items displayed by more than 100 exhibitors. Some bore global brands introduced by local agents as porcelain flat

China’s home furniture industry witnessed an annualized growth of 27% in production value during the first 11 months of 2012, to over 500 billion renminbi (RMB), or about US$81.6 billion—and the climate for the industry is expected be even better this year, according to Zhu Changling, director of t

The Taiwan International Furniture Show (TIFS), which was held at the Taipei World Trade Center this spring shortly after the Chinese New Year, has experienced a gradual shift in its nature over the years along with structural changes in the island’s furniture industry. Unlike the shows of the past

Official subsidies program to create demand for 100,000 e-scooters in 4 years Taiwan is generally seen as heaven to promote electric scooters (e-scooters) due to many reasons, not least of which being geographically-mandated. The central alpine ridge forces most of the population to live in rela

CNC-TAKANG Co., Ltd., established in 1994, has ample expertise in development and production of heavy-duty/high-torque/full-power-output CNC lathes and vertical/horizontal/double-column machining centers. The maker mainly offers conventional lathes, CNC lathes (flat & slant bed), double spindle

Founded in 1973, Shih Kuo Enterprise Co., Ltd. is a versatile manufacturer of gardenings, home care products, bathroom fittings, and household hardware. The products are turned out by a skillful, experienced workforce of more than 100 people. Shih Kuo is noted for a comprehensive product mix tha

Win Ho Technology Industrial Co., Ltd. is a quality manufacturer that specializes in high-speed precision lathes and inverter transmission lathes, and the products are backed up by efficient customer service. The company’s inverter transmission lathes feature seamless speed change, able to cut

Backed by nearly three decades of production know-how, Ta Chen Technology Co., Ltd. has overcome numerous technological hurdles to develop a continuous stream of new products and today maintains a strong R&D team to meet the stringent requirements of its customers. The firm offers a wide range

Among the various segments of Taiwan's furniture industry, metal furniture producers have outperformed on exports over the past few decades, a feat that the Taiwan Furniture Manufacturers Association (TFMA) attributes to the local availability of high-grade raw materials. "Taiwan has a superior pos

For the first time, machine tool makers specializing in CNC PCB-drilling machines were invited to display their technologies at the Taiwan Printed Circuit Association Show 2012 (TPCA Show 2012), indicative of the capacity of Taiwan’s machine-tool industry. As machine tools typically call for pr

Founded in 1991, L&L Machinery Co., Ltd. specializes in high-precision CNC lathes including universal CNC lathes, heavy-duty CNC lathes, large-size flat bed CNC lathes, turret lathes, roll turning lathes, big bore CNC lathes, and turning centers. Backed up by the mature technology and high profes

To confront the increasingly serious problems such as traffic congestion and environmental pollution, the Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers in Europe, or ACEM, is promoting a slogan—“Powered Two-Wheelers: the SMART Choice for Urban Mobility”—that is expected to both help solve the urbanizatio

Yao Han Industries Co., Ltd., founded in 1975, is a leading supplier of industrial sewing machines and parts with operations worldwide. The company, headquartered in Taiwan and operating branch offices in Hong Kong and China, runs a factory each in Taiwan and mainland China to serve customers from

With a history of about seven years, Green May Industrial Mfg. Co., Ltd. is a dynamic designer and manufacturer of various types of conveyors with expertise in transmission mechanism. Based on its great expertise in transmission mechanism, the company has also developed electric beds that ca

PTWs emit 50% less CO2 than automobiles over the same distance To confront the increasingly serious problems such as traffic congestion and environmental pollution, the Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers in Europe, or ACEM, is promoting a slogan—“Powered Two-Wheelers: the SMART Choice for U

Taipei, Oct. 9, 2012 (CENS)--The Taipei International Travel Fair (ITF) 2012, scheduled October 26-29, will take place in Hall 1 and 3 of the Taipei World Trade Center, expecting to attract 850 exhibitors from some 60 countries across 1,000 standard booths. The biggest annual event in Taiwan’s t

With more than two decades of manufacturing experiences, Jing Day Machinery Industrial Co. has established itself as a premier professional manufacturer of machines used mainly for molding items consisting of rubber, melamine, urea, bakelite, foam, or silicone. “When you purchase a Jing Day mach

Quick reaction to market fluctuations and flexible manufacturing capabilities have helped many Taiwanese manufacturers of machining centers to escape the impact of economic recession in major markets. Those markets include mainland China, which is the world’s second-largest economy and the biggest

Taiwan’s manufacturers of machine tools, most of which are small or medium in size, have experienced substantial sales growth following the global financial crisis of 2009. Their exports grew a further 9.4% in the first half of 2012, to US$2.09 billion, according to the Taiwan Association of Machin