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.
Fully living up to his role as president of Ford Lio Ho Motor Co., the Taiwanese subsidiary of American automaker Ford Motor, Thomas Fann has been closely observing the development of telematics and its impact on the global automotive industry. Over the past one to two years, Fann said in a recent interview with the major Taiwanese media group UDN, telematics has become a focus and new bat...
In Taiwan, over 700,000 used cars are bought and sold per year, compared to about 400,000 new cars sold a year, creating a market of about NT$300 billion (US$10 billion). Eyeing the growing domestic used-car market, automobile vendors have been aggressively developing such sales channels by tapping the ample supply of cars sourced from new-car distributors and affiliated car-leasing compan...
Among major industrially advanced nations where consumers tend to pay more attention to environmental-protection issues, Norway continues to lead the global electric vehicle/plug-in hybrid vehicle (EV/PHEV) market, according to recent analysis by IHS Automotive, a global provider of critical information. In the first quarter of 2015, Norway ranked first on the new IHS Automotive Plug-in Electr...
Advantech Co., Ltd., recognized as the largest industrial computer maker in Taiwan, recently said the company has tapped into the supply chain of SAIC Motor Corporation Limited (SAIC Motor), reportedly the largest automobile manufacturer in China, through its subsidiary Advantech-LNC Technology Co., Ltd. L.Y. Kuo, president of Advantech-LNC, pointed out that his company has kicked off smal...
Driven by robust sales of new-car models, two Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE)-listed automotive companies, including Yulon Motor Co. (maker of own Luxgen line and assembler of Nissans) and Hotai Motor Co. Ltd. (Taiwan's agent of Toyota and Lexus) posted record June revenues in company histories. Yulon pointed out that it launched the Eco Hyper (with higher engine output but better fuel economy) u...
Volkswagen Taiwan, the wholly-owned subsidiary on the island of Volkswagen Group of Germany and the 28th overseas sales subsidiary directly controlled by the German headquarters, recently launched its first full-sized imported sedan, the new VW Passat after its introduction in March this year. The new Passat is one among all the imported Volkswagen models sold in Taiwan, priced NT$1 millio...
Driven by several positive factors that have increased order volumes from customers worldwide, many Taiwanese Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE)-listed auto-parts suppliers reported impressive operational results for the first half; with Tong Yang Industrial Co., Ltd., one of the world's largest makers of aftermarket (AM) plastic body-parts and original equipment (OE) suppliers to automakers worldwide...
Several negative factors have impacted Taiwan's auto-parts exports to the United States, the largest market for the items, in the first half, but some positive ones have emerged and are expected to energize local auto-parts makers to improve sales starting in the second half. One important factor expected to help major auto-parts exporters in Taiwan is the NT-dollar's recent trend to appre...
Yang Yin-ming, chairman of Kenda Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd., a major tire maker headquartered in Taiwan, recently announced that his company will simultaneously expand tire production capacity in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Taiwan, and China. The chairman also announced business deployments in ASEAN including a new factory in Indonesia and another in Vietnam, with Kenda plan...
Aiming to accelerate, facilitate Taiwan's joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs recently invited representatives from the local automotive industry to attend a meeting to air opinions and ideas. The BOFT said that Taiwan's automotive-related exports exceeded NT$425.5 billion (US$14.18 billion) in 2014, with about 5...
