In the face of growing rivalry from underselling competitors at a time when global furniture production has mostly shifted to emerging countries, Taiwan’s furniture industry has been on an persistent downturn for the decades, but suppliers in the sector of bathroom fittings and accessories are stil

Aided by Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Taiwanese electric bus makers have teamed up with local parts and component suppliers to actively penetrate the Southeast Asian market. And better quality and price offered will hopefully help them in the face of competition from Chinese and Japanese ri

Taiwan may have been gradually walking out of months-long economic recession for the time being, as the economic monitoring indicator regularly issued by Cabinet-level National Development Council (NDC) flashed a transitional yellow-blue light in May for the second consecutive month. With the in

The Taiwan-based Kung Long Batteries Industrial Co., Ltd., a specialized manufacturer of lead-acid batteries and listed in Taiwan bourse, has garnered the first time an order from Honda for start-stop batteries and already begun delivery, confirmed by Kung Long’s general manager J.C. Lee right afte

Mainly fueled by strong orders from downstream manufacturers in such sectors as automobiles, smartphones and aerospace, Taiwanese machine-tool makers generally witnessed robust revenue in May after nearly a year of depression. Among them, Tongtai Group scored combined revenue of NT$894 million (

The TS16949-certified Tedsco Inc. is a versatile maker and supplier of a wide range of auto parts for assorted applications, especially engine, transmission, brake, suspension parts for cars, trucks and buses, agricultural machinery, marine vessels etc. The firm globally markets some of its qual

Forsa Enterprise Co., Ltd., already recognized as one of the world's most comprehensive supplier of shock absorbers for motorcycles, scooters, all terrain vehicles (ATVs) etc., has been moving along another direction which is designed to take the maker closer to developing products for a new niche

After considerable deliberation by an international jury panel, 48 entries were announced as winners of the prestigious TAIPEI CYCLE d&i awards 2016; while among them, five products were granted the TAIPEI CYCLE d&i gold awards, and the special “Gold Award – Young Enterprise” was given to startups

Designers from Taiwan again bring home encouraging news to perhaps further confirm the undeniable fact that the relatively small island contains a sizable pool of talent in design. A record number of awards at the iF DESIGN AWARD 2016 has been won by Taiwanese designers. iF DESIGN AWARD is wide

Yang Light Engineering Co., established in 2005 in Changhua County, central Taiwan, is a specialized manufacturer of metallic products and parts for wide ranging applications, with two manufacturing bases totally taking up 13,000 square meters. The versatile maker turns out a broad spectrum of h

Founded in 1989, Baocheng Enterprise Co., Ltd. (formerly Sincere Metal Enterprise Co., Ltd.) is a versatile maker with wide ranging expertise in metal and plastic-injected parts development, mold/die development, manufacturing, processing etc. The veteran company has efficiently set up a central-sa

Industry executives project Hiwin Technologies Co., Ltd.’s consolidated revenue for 2016 to hit a reported new high of NT$16 billion (US$484.84 million) as the company is stepping up efforts to boost sales of automation equipment and robots, while the Japanese yen has risen recently to about 113:1

Goodway Machine Corp. made NT$621 million (US$18.81 million) or NT$6.21 per diluted share, in after-tax net income in 2015, down 9.3 percent year on year but topping that by all of its machine-tool peers in Taiwan. The firm, set up in 1975 and located in the Central Taiwan Science Park, is principa

After years of focusing on rolling out speedy, high-precision and high value-added machine tools able to process workpieces along multiple axes, Quick-Tech Machinery Co., Ltd. is now shifting emphasis to develop user-friendly control system and innovative functionalities. Among the latest machin

Feng Zhou Industrial Co., Ltd. is a specialized manufacturer of various tubing accessories, guide pins, guide bushes, bushings, ejector pins, support pins, stepped ejector pins, return pins, ejector sleeves, ejector blades, mold sets, parting locks, ball plungers, etc., mainly applied in plastic in

Hsin Lung Accessories Co., Ltd. (SATORI) has been a widely recognized leader in supplying the bicycle industry for almost 40 years, with a focus on providing innovative handlebars, stems and seat posts to bicycle makers and cyclists globally. The firm proudly stands behind its well-rounded facil

Founded in 1979, Yosin Ind. Co., Ltd. is a veteran company specializing in OEM/ODM manufacturing with integrated capability from product and mold/die development, manufacturing, processing, surface treatment, assembly to packaging. The firm is known for always sticking to the highest quality-contro

A survey recently released by the independent think tank Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) shows that 29 percent of local manufacturers polled in January by the institute feels optimistic about business prospects in the first half of this year, up 6.6 percentage points from 22.4 percent

An integral part of the famed China International Furniture Fair (CIFF), CIFM / interzum guangzhou 2016, staged March 28-31 at the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex in Guangzhou, southeastern China, will see brisk participation of major branded vendors from emerging countries as exhibitor

The Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC), Taiwan’s largest aircraft maker by size and also known for developing the AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo fighter several decades ago, recently said that its delegation led by company chairman Anson Liao had gone to the Singapore Airshow 2016, Asia's largest

In order to be ready to tap more business opportunities created by various new products soon to be pushed to market, some of Taiwan’s major aerospace manufacturers have been expanding production capacity to meet scheduled shipments to customers this or next year. The new business opportunities f

Although Taiwan was not invited even as observer at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris' Stade de France, an event held Dec. 7-8, 2015, Bolstering Success in Paris The Sustainable Innovation Forum (SIF15), the largest business-focused event held during the annual COP,

Airbus, recognized as the largest European aircraft maker, recently announced its delivery of the first A320Neo (New Engine Option) to the German airline Lufthansa. The foreseeable strong demand, to be buoyed by very low fuel prices that could last for some time with OPEC still unwilling to cut pro

The Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC), recognized as a key transportation vehicle testing and R&D hub in Taiwan focusing on upgrading the island's automotive techniques, technologies to transfer such R&D achievements to private enterprises, has been granted the ISO 26262 certification, th

Two Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE)-listed auto-parts makers, Tong Yang Industrial Co., Ltd. and Iron Force Industrial Co., Ltd., posted record revenues for 2015, driven mainly by encouraging new-car sales in the U.S. last year. Tong Yang is widely reported as the world's largest maker of aftermark

To be staged in Japan, still considered a hot bed of consumer electronic technologies, the LED NEXT STAGE will start its 2016 edition from March 8 through 11 at Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo International Exhibition Center), to again underline the increasing popularity and wide ranging application of such

The Yeong Guang Group (YGG), a publicly held Taiwanese foundry manufacturer headquartered in Ninbo, mainland China, has announced the acquisition of Shanghai No.1 Machine Tool Foundry (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. for its plan to expand into the wind power equipment industry. The takeover, including retool

Taiwan’s furniture making sector, as many other manufacturing industries globally, has had to cope with increasingly strict eco-protection rules and stay with the global trend to become earth-friendly amid more convincing evidence of global warming and the disastrous consequences of extreme weather

According to the Times of India, the Foxconn Technology Group, widely recognized as the world’s biggest provider of contract electronics manufacturing service, will boost smartphone output capacity at its Andhra Pradesh factory site in India this year by 1.5 folds to 2.5 million units a month to co

ELEM Technology Co., Ltd., established in 1988 in Changhua County, central Taiwan, is a world-caliber manufacturer of precision parts and components for wide ranging applications, as well as an assembler and precision-processing service provider, whose superior production techniques and troubleshoo