Taiwanese suppliers of metal-furniture-making equipment have been under mounting pressure from customers shopping for the highly efficient equipment they need to cut costs and stay competitive in world markets. While most of Taiwan's wood-furniture producers have moved shop to mainland China, l

Building on decades of expertise in making sophisticated molds, Taiwan has become one of the world's preeminent manufacturers of tube and pipe making machinery. Local manufacturers of such equipment are capable of turning out a wide array of products to meet the special requirements of buyers from

Taipei, Oct. 29, 2003 (CENS)--The production value of Taiwan's machinery industry amounted to NT$112.5 billion (US$3.31 billion at US$1:NT$33.9) in the third quarter of this year, up 5.67% from the same quarter of last year, according to a survey conducted by the Industrial Technology Information S

Taipei, Oct. 9, 2003 (CENS)--Taiwan's exports of machine tools amounted to US$751 million in the first half of this year, up 14.7% from the same period of last year, according to statistics compiled by the Directorate General of Customs under the Ministry of Finance. Thanks to the increased dema

Taipei, Sept. 26, 2003 (CENS)--Thanks to the recovery of the machine tool industry, Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI), Taiwan's largest machinery industry association, recently resolved to rename Taipei International Automation & Precision Machinery Show (Taipei Automat) as Taipei Int

Taipei, Sept. 9, 2003 (CENS)—Aided by the economic recovery, the overall production value of Taiwan's machinery industry is expected to hit NT$446.8 billion (US$13.1 billion at US$1:NT$34.1), up 9.78% from last year, according to a survey conducted by the Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center (

20030909062.jpg] While the majority of Taiwan's furniture manufacturers have joined an exodus to mainland China in a quest to trim production costs, many of their peers in the furniture-parts industry are managing to operate profitably in Taiwan thanks to their commitment to high-quality and high-m

Taipei, April 30, 2003 (CENS)--Taiwan's machinery makers have enjoyed increasing orders from abroad for the first three quarters of the year and the industry's production value is estimated to grow 17.16% from one year earlier to NT$97.298 billion in the first quarter, industry sources said. Acc

High-speed, ultra-high-precision machine tools were spotlighted at the 2003 Taipei International Machine Tool Show (TIMTOS), which wound up on March 23 at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC). President Chen Shui-bian spoke at the show on the current state of, and development prospects for, the mac

Booming sales in mainland China will keep Taiwan's machinery industry growing this year, according to a recent survey conducted by the Industrial Technology Information Services (IT IS) office under the Industrial Technology Department (ITB), Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Local makers of

Taiwan moved up one spot to sixth place among the machine-tool producing nations of the world last year with a production value of US$1.57 billion, according to the authoritative Gardner Publications, a trade publications and research outfit. The island was also the fifth-biggest exporter of machin

The government of mainland China is trying to boost the development of its machinery industry by implementing a strict policy of curtailing imports of production machinery and equipment, and by encouraging its own companies to use domestically made machines. Despite the fact that they are not anxio

Taipei, March 18, 2003 (CENS)--Taiwan was the world's sixth-largest producer of machine tools with an overall production value of US$1.75 billion last year, advancing one spot from the previous year, according to an analyst of Gardner Publications, an authority on the machine-tool industry. Gard

Taipei, March 17, 2003 (CENS)--The 2003 Taipei International Machine Tool Exhibition, regarded as one of the largest of its kind in Asia, is scheduled to kick off at Taipei World Trade Center on Mar. 18. A total of 524 makers from at home and abroad have registered to attend and will use a total

Taipei, March 10, 2003 (CENS)--Total production value of Taiwan's machinery industry came to NT$402.1 billion in 2002, representing a growth of 6.11% from 2001, according to statistics compiled by the Industrial Technology Information Service under the economics ministry. IT IS tallies showed th

Taipei, Feb. 19, 2003 (CENS)--The semi-official Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Japan's Yamamoto Suiatu Kogyosho Co., Ltd. (YSK) in Kaohsiung of southern Taiwan. The MOU was signed by Yao Shyh-feng, president of MIRD