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.
Traditional automakers are confronting a once in a hundred years change, with tech tycoons to entering the competition with its strong capital and advanced technology, leaving car industries suppliers with no alternative but to catch in the wave of CASE, namely the promising trend of future research and development in the auto industry. Such a heavy burden in R&D and strict environmental regulati...
With the trade war tension between China and the United States escalating, the economy of manufacture industry has been sluggish in May again. U.S. manufacturing activity growth is at its slowest since U.S. President Donald Trump was elected. On the other hand, the European Union Euro Zone has shrunk harshly, raising investors’ concern with global economic recession and further aggravating the pr...
With the advent of the fourth industrial revolution, many countries are actively investing in the smart production of self-driving vehicles, including Germany’s Audi efforts to convert car driving into a mobile, entertainment driving experience; Japan’s Toyota launching the e-Palette, an unmanned electric concept minibus and South Korea’s Hyundai Motor introducing the concept of autonomous drivin...
The 2019 Taipei AMPA 6-in-1 show congregated at Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 1 and 2. The shows wrapped up on April 28, having attracted roughly around 7,000 domestic and foreign buyers to the event to search and procure. This year’s show theme is an extension of the continual tech trends in the industry – “Motorization, Electrization and Intelligentization,” and the promotion of more matured n...
The 17th International Auto Aftermarket Expo (IAAE) was held at Tokyo Big Sight from March 13th to 15th. A total of 296 exhibitors occupied 549 booths. According to the organizers, the number of exhibitors that attended this year grew by 7.2% compared with last year. The exhibition was more popular and attracted 34,129 visitors during the three-day exhibition. To promote Taipei International Auto...
The first four shows are April 24-27, while Motorcycle Taiwan and Taiwan Car Tuning run April 25-28. All six exhibitions will assemble together at Nangang Exhibition Center Halls 1 and 2. Organizers expect the 2019 event to be the largest ever, with 1,530 exhibitors spread over 4,550 booths. Organizers expect more than 7,000 international buyers from 120 countries to attend the show — up from ...
By Chao Ting-Yu As the world settles into 2019, the automotive industry is still feeling the effects brought on by last year's trade tensions between auto powerhouses -- the U.S. and China. Such tensions have hurt the industry, as shown in the mass layoffs and government intervention to buoy the local industries. In China, the automotive industry saw the first decline in sales in the past 2...
TrendForce LED research (LEDinside), in its newly published price trend report, indicated that mainstream high-power and medium-power LED packaging products in the Chinese market had seen a price-drop in January, but swung back to ride a stable trend in February. Such a trend reflected a struggling global economy at the start of the year, LEDinside analysist Wang Ting said, pointing out that c...
Electric cars are expected to enter a fast-growth period this year – media reports indicated that traditional automotive heavyweight Hota Industrial Mfg has seen a huge increase of orders from one of its major clients, Tesla Inc. Reports indicate that Tesla is likely to become Hota’s biggest client this year should the rumors turn out true. Also, Ford’s electric cars is currently in its mass p...
The world waited with bated breath as Chinese and U.S. representatives met during this week to deliberate over whether the trade war would finally come to a reasonable conclusion. Throughout the entirety of the trade war early last year, from escalation to the tentative 90-day truce borne from the G20 Summit in Argentina between President Xi Jinping and U.S. counterpart President Donald Trump...
