At the 2017 edition of EMO, also known as Exposition de la Machine-Outil (Machine Tool World Exposition) and held on September 18th through September 23rd as the world’s largest machine tool exhibition, exhibitors from Taiwan, the third-biggest exhibiting nation, have generally witnessed fruitful outcomes from their participation in this international trade show. Among them, Fair Friend Group ...

With exhibitor and visitor turnout both on an upward trend to shatter records, the 2017 edition of Taipei International Industrial Automation Exhibition consolidates its status as Taiwan’s largest exhibition to Industry 4.0. The 2017 Taipei International Industrial Automation Exhibition, held on September 6th through September 8th, hosts over 800 exhibitors manning 2,500 booths at Taipei Nang...

The development of Taiwan’s first smart manufacturing demo site, jointly developed by Taichung City Government, Industrial Technology Institute of Taiwan (ITRI), and Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), was officially kicked-off on Aug 31st in Taichung, with an aim to turn the central metropolis of the island into a model city of smart manufacturing. The smart manufacturing site, situated in T...

In light of the trend for unmanned logistic systems, Cainiao Network Technology Co., Ltd, a Chinese company that offers delivery, logistics and warehousing services, and affiliated with Alibaba Group, China’s biggest online commerce company, just inaugurated China’s biggest “smart warehouse” in Huiyang, Guangdong on Aug. 2. According to All Weather TMT, a China-based financial website, a work...

Chen Liang-gee, Minister of Science and Technology (MOST), is seeking support to secure a NT$ 5 billion (US$163 million) budget on artificial intelligence (AI) development, planning to set up 3-4 cutting-edge high-speed AI computing bases to create more opportunity for Taiwanese AI sectors. MOST plans to recruit over 300 veteran researchers in the said bases, and to integrate resources among ...

David Shen, chairman and CEO of Hota Industrial Mfg. Co., Ltd, one of Taiwan’s largest precision auto transmission component makers by size, confirmed to invest NT$ 180 million (about US$ 5.9 million) to establish “Intelligent Manufacturing” service platform. Shen noted that within 5-10 years, Indonesia and Philippines will no longer export labors while low fertility issue has made the manpo...

The smart manufacturing delegation’s visit, led by Deputy Minister of Economic affairs, Shen Jong-Chin, to Japan-Taiwan Smart Machinery forum has gain fruitful results. Taiwan-Japan Smart Machinery Forum, held at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan on June 8 by Industrial Technology Research Institute, a Taiwanese government-funded R&D body, is an international platform for smart machinery manufacturers fr...

Production value of Taiwan’s machinery industry is expected to exceed NT$1 trillion this year for a couple of reasons. Last year, total output of Taiwan’s machinery industry increased by 3.6 percent to NT$990 billion, said Alex Ko, chairman of the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI). This year, Taiwan’s export is climbing up due to the increasing demands for automation equipment...

TIMTOS 2017 (Taiwan International Machine Tool Show 2017) is set to open from March 7 through 12 in Taipei, capital of Taiwan, with four exhibition halls at different locations to impress participants with a full spectrum of machine tools and related products from all over the world. Organized by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), a semi-official export promoter, in associate ...

With overall output of Taiwan-made machinery continuously rising, B.S. Ko, chairman of Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI), an industrial federation of local machinery makers, stated earlier that the industry is very likely to finish 2017 with annual output value capping NT$1 trillion (US$32.53 billion) the first time in history. Boding well for the industry, the overall exports of...