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.
The Taiwan Cabinet plans to roll out the Taiwanese version of “Industry 4.0 Plan” this June just shortly after such plan had been publicized on TV to be part of China's official program, with the aim to help the island’s industries to double per-capita output and triple per-capita income in 10 years. Reports are that such industry plan is modeled after the German government’s “Industrie 4.0” p...
Hiwin Technologies Co., Ltd. Chairman Eric Chuo says the company will launch in June bath-assistant robots for home-care, healthcare applications and robotic arms to be integrated into a high-speed milling-grinding combo it has designed. Chuo says the bath-assistant robots are designed to lessen labor input of caretakers who have to lift patients off beds and into bathtubs. Prototypes of such ...
Taiwan’s leading machine-tool makers say the recently rallying NT-dollar weakens their exports, which have been weaker so far in the second quarter relative to that in the first quarter. These leading manufacturers include Tongtai Machine & Tool Co., Ltd., Victor Taichung Machinery Works Co., Ltd., Goodway Machine Corp., AWEA Mechantronic Co., Ltd., Taiwan Takisawa Technology Co., Ltd., Roundt...
Chairman Jimmy Chu of the Fair Friend Ent. Group, Taiwan’s biggest machine-tool conglomerate by revenue, announced plans to go public in Taiwan around the end of 2017 by consolidating resources of all of its subsidiaries worldwide. The group’s machine-tool business operates 40 manufacturing sites and 26 brands worldwide, generating revenue of NT$45 billion (US$1.45 billion) in 2014 and likely ...
Taiwan’s leading machine tool makers landed sizable orders during the Taipei International Machine Tool Show 2015 (TIMTOS 2015), held March 3-8 in Taiwan’s capital city of Taipei, thanks to encouraging recovery in Europe due to its quantitative easing, lowered interest rate in China, and foreseeable steady growth in the American economy. The Goodway Group landed US$15 million of orders mostly ...
TIMTOS 2015 in Taipei to Set New High in Turnout The Taipei International Machine Tool Show (TIMTOS) 2015, staged March 3-8, is projected to draw over 1,000 exhibitors from 17 nations to occupy 5,400 booths this year, setting new high and unseating the Japan Machine Tool Fair as the No.2 machine-tool event in Asia, according to co-organizer Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA)...
Despite a low-season factor, Taiwan’s leading machine-tool makers, including AWEA Mechantronic Co., Ltd., Goodway Machine Corp., Roundtop Machinery Industries Co., Ltd., Kao Fong Machinery Co., Ltd., Falcon Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Shieh Yih Machinery Industry Co., Ltd., Tong Tai Machine & Tool Co., Ltd., and Taiwan Takisawa Technology Co., Ltd., have seen orders surge so far in Q1, 2015. They ...
One maker applies gear motors to keep up with industry trends
Feb 10, 2015Compiled by STEVE CHUANG After seeing sharp shrinkage in size mostly due to overwhelming rivalry from underselling rivals worldwide, it may have been impossible for Taiwan’s blown film sector to return to its heyday. However, local surviving insiders are still working hard on improving machines and technologies, in efforts to satisfy increasingly fuzzy customers. Kang Chyau As one of the b...
High performance with competitive costs is among striking features of Taiwan-made machines
Feb 10, 2015Compiled by STEVE CHUANG High performance, excellent energy efficiency and low requirements for manpower and space are growing trends in the global market for machinery. And lots of Taiwanese extrusion machine makers have followed well those trends by developing top-caliber models and solutions that can help its users achieve high profits and low costs. Yean Horng A blooming extrusion equi...
One maker holds technology exchange conferences to be known by local young people
Feb 10, 2015Compiled by STEVE CHUANG The packaging machine industry has developed into one of Taiwan’s export contributors over the past decades after local companies began production using skills and know-how absorbed from abroad to reduce the industry’s dependence on imports, and many insiders have built reputations in the global market by taking advantage of division of labor and R&D to achieve flexibl...
