Frankfurt-The biennial Automechanika Frankfurt (AMF) show kicked off on Sept. 11 and will last for five days. Products on display are of the world’s largest scale and quality, including automotive parts and components, repair and maintenance, tools, automotive electronics and systems, IT products and services. In celebration of the show’s 25th anniversary, AMF expanded its services by adding 12 h...

After nearly a half year of continued brisk growth, Taiwan’s two-wheeler sales slackened significantly in April, but are expected to have regained growth momentum for a couple of reasons. Based on the statistics of powered two-wheeler licenses issued by Motor Vehicles Office, a governmental unit under Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications, sales of new powered two-wheelers dec...

With ever more competitors jumping on the electric-scooter bandwagon by working on production and promotion of their models in the Taiwanese market, Gogoro Inc., a Taiwan-based, globally prestigious branded supplier of this kind, continues to lead the market segment on the island, thanks partly to its high street cred. Following years of development, Gogoro has scored cumulative e-scooter sale...

Despite a couple of negative factors, including fewer working days during the first quarter of this year and an increasing political uncertainty brought by the upcoming municipal elections in November, Taiwan’s new-car market still finished the first four months of 2018 with better-than-expected performance, making local insiders, most of who have been worried about a market downturn, heave a sig...

To most car drivers, not only is parking time-consuming, but it is stressful, especially in a congested city with very limited parking spaces, like Taipei. However, such a situation that almost every local driver with his or her car on a busy street of the city has experienced is likely to change sometime in the future—literally, parking can be made easier, more convenient—with the smart urban pa...

Dubai, UAE: Global automotive aftermarket manufacturers are gearing up for period of robust business growth in the Middle East, while new research indicates car sales and the corresponding demand for spare parts and auto services is on an upward trend. IQR is a Spanish producer of lubricants under the brand name Matrix, and is launching its operations in the Gulf region to find new partners, ...

Held simultaneously from April 11 through 15, 2018 as a high-profile five-in-one event for the automotive and motorcycle industries, Taipei AMPA, AutoTronics Taipei, MOTORCYCLE TAIWAN and EV TAIWAN as well as Taiwan ITS (Taiwan Int’l Intelligent Transportation Show) are likely to together impressed visitors and buyers from all over the world with Taiwan’s well integrated supply chain of auto and ...

Thanks to the rise of autonomous vehicles, many Taiwanese auto parts suppliers have witnessed a flood of contract orders recently. To keep riding the wave and further build up their reputations in the global market, some of them have been expanding their capacity while developing new products to meet customers’ requirements. Among them, Hota Industrial Mfg. Co., Ltd., one of the largest prec...

As diodes are widely applied in automobiles, many Taiwanese suppliers who have zeroed in on the market segment are expected benefit from the trend to witness significant sales growth. In light of comparatively high gross profits of diodes for automotive applications, several manufacturers, including Taiwan Semiconductor (TSC), a Taiwan-based semiconductor supplier; PANJIT International Inc., a...

Intai Technology Corp., a precision fastener manufacturer of Taiwan, has invested NT$850 million to set up a branch in Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) in Taichung. The branch will be dedicated to the R&D of minimally invasive surgical instruments, aerospace processing equipment, and precision fasteners. Intai started its business as a precision fastener manufacturer. With years of R&D exper...