New car sales in Taiwan increased 35.8% month-on-month (MoM) and 31.6% year-on-year (YoY) in September to 28,941 units, according to statistics compiled by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC), with the rise having narrowed the first-three-quarter YoY sales-volume drop to less t

Taiwanese bicycle marker places equal emphasis on capacity expansion and marketing Taiwan's bicycle makers are expected to win a growing share of the global market by continuously weeding out rivals in Japan and South Korea, but they will have to invest constantly in their core business and furt

Founded in 1991, Wise Center Industrial Group Inc. is one of Taiwan’s top-end suppliers of garden tools, well known among buyers for strong commitment to quality and outstanding R&D capability. This maker insists on by-the-book quality control in line with IQC (input quality control), IPQC (in p

Driven primarily by domestic demand, Taiwan’s mold and die industry saw its output value grow 2.2% year-on-year (YoY) or 10.5% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in the second quarter of this year, to NT$13.7 billion, according to the latest report from the Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIR

Amid still slowly recovering global economies, Taiwan’s fastener industry finished the first half of this year with output of NT$59.6 billion, compared to NT$61.5 billion scored a year ago, according to the latest report issued by Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC). The repor

Nanya Photonics Inc. (NYPI), an LED subsidiary co-owned by the Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) and Epistar Corp., saw LED light bulb orders nearly double in the first half of this year relative to the second half of last year mostly thanks to automated assembly, reportedly the world’s first. The l

Thanks mostly to declining demand for tablets, global PC shipments in the second quarter of this year dropped by 10.9% year-on-year (YoY) to around 76 million units, according to preliminary estimates by Gartner Inc., a British market research firm. In its recent report, Garnter pointed out that

Local operators focus on individual R&D to overlook interchange amid peers With the rise of e-books driving printed electronics as well as sapping demand for traditional printing equipment, Taiwanese printing machine suppliers should step up going upmarket and achieving vertical integration to

Growing as rapidly as the Turkish automotive industry and market, the 7th Automechanika Istanbul wrapped up on April 14, 2013, at the TUYAP Fair, Convention and Congress Center in Istanbul alongside Petroleum Istanbul 2013, with encouraging turnout compared to its last edition. According to Mes

Turkey’s most influential trade fair for the auto parts industry, Automechanika Istanbul 2013 rounded off on April 14, in TUYAP Fair, Convention and Congress Center with a larger turnout compared to the 2011 edition. Despite the half-day flight to the country, some 20 Taiwanese companies took p

Taiwan's auto-parts industry is often reported to be internationally known for supplying quality, reasonably-priced products for the global aftermarket (AM), as well as product comprehensiveness that is not easily surpassed by typical rivals due to steady product development over decades. At the 2

Although the growth of car sales in China has slowed in recent years, the steady increase in car ownership there has continuously boosted demand for vehicle maintenance and repair services. The result has been an accelerated growth in the number of car service outlets and in the demand for aftermar

Founded in 1991 in Taiwan’s central metropolis of Taichung, Wise Center Industrial Group Inc. has been dedicated to developing and manufacturing gardening tools, being globally recognized as a reliable supplier of its kind in the global market. The company mainly supplies lopping shears, hedge s

Founded in 1998, ARGO Technology Co., Ltd. specializes in developing, designing, and manufacturing band frequency controlling devices and microwave wireless communication parts. Over the years, the company has developed into a leading supplier of high-precision and -reliability products which are d

Chan Li Machinery Co., Ltd., founded in 1987, is one of Taiwan’s leading manufacturers of converting equipment and packaging systems, offering whole-plant solutions and technical know-how. Its comprehensive product range includes fully automatic kitchen-towel and toilet-roll converting lines, ta

Hinnli Co., Ltd., established 20 years ago, is one of the major producers in Taiwan of papermaking and steel/iron processing machines. Besides individual machines and related components and parts, the company also specializes in supplying turnkey equipment to global buyers whose requirements may

Mostly clustered in Taiwan’s central counties of Taichung and Changhua, Taiwanese furniture parts makers saw their heyday as the island’s export-driven economy took off in the 1960s, with the prosperity being relatively fleeting as labor, land costs rose on the island, coupled with rivalry from eme

Mainly due to uneven recovery and ongoing systemic problems in global economies along with depreciating Japanese yen against the greenback, Taiwan’s plastic and rubber machine industry experienced declining exports during the first half of this year, which will continue for the rest of 2013, accord

When machine-tool maker Kasuga Co. of Japan decided to open its first overseas workshop around one year ago, it chose Taiwan over China on the advice of Jackson Wong, a Hong Kong citizen operating for more than 10 years as machine trader before becoming chairman of the Taiwan subsidiary, Kasuga Sei

The Chinese and international furniture markets are warming up, and market observers in China believe that furniture manufacturers there will prosper this year as the real estate industry regains strength and the Building Household Index (BHI) surges. The dining set sector of the industry has b

Founded in 2007 in Changhua County, central Taiwan, Newbud Industrial Corp. is a busy supplier of brass connectors and tools for gardening. Backed by its parent company Hsiu Fu Bronze Corp., a veteran maker of brass connectors on the island, Newbud concentrates on R&D to work out top-quality, tr

Over the past four decades, Winland Garden Tools Co., Ltd. has focused on producing gardening tools as a specialist in Taiwan. Steadily sharpening competitive edge, the firm is reputed for its ample expertise and conscientious approach to reliable quality, on-time delivery and timely customer

Wise Center Industrial Group Inc., one of Taiwan’s most globally competitive suppliers of garden tools, has experienced an explosive growth of sales in Southeast Asia, offsetting declines that have afflicted the European market in the wake of the debt crisis there. Founded in 1991 in the ce

Founded in 1958 in Changhua County, central Taiwan, Chung Cheng Scissors Co., has focused on production of gardening cutters as one of the oldest makers on the island. With over 50 years of hard work, the company steadily hones competitiveness to stay in the ever-changing market. Such effort has

Since its founding in 1976 in Taichung, central Taiwan, Geon Hung Enterprise Co., Ltd. has been specializing in manufacturing gardening tools, marketing products under its SUMIO brand in international markets, including North America, Europe and Oceania. The company offers pruners, long-reach sh

Mostly clustered in Taiwan’s central counties of Taichung and Changhua, Taiwanese furniture parts makers saw their heyday as the island’s export-driven economy took off in the 1960s, with the prosperity being relatively fleeting as labor, land costs rose on the island, coupled with rivalry from eme

Established in 1986 in Taiwan’s central county of Changhua, Hung Yi Metal Co., Ltd. works on saws and saw blades as a conscientious supplier, whose products are sought-after by buyers and end-users in America and Europe. Initially a supplier of metal processing services to local saw and saw bla

The 7-category contest is in its 6th year The Computex Taipei 2013 trade show hosted the sixth annual Computex d&i Competition, with the jury having selected five winners for the Gold Award out of 90 award winners. The product design and innovation competition, co-hosted by the Taiwan Exteral

Taiwan’s output of electronic materials was valued at NT$75.49 billion in the fourth quarter of last year, down 5.8% from the previous quarter but up a sharp 17.8% compared with the same period of 2011, according to the latest report by the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a governm

Taiwan’s surface finishing industry recorded an output value of NT$35 billion in the fourth quarter of last year, down 11% from a year earlier, according the latest report by the Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC), a local industrial research body. The report shows that the i