Benefiting from Taiwan’s well-established information-technology and telecommunications industries, Taiwan’s connector makers have been concentrating on upgrading their manufacturing processes to widen their product categories for high-end markets. With a solid market base in Taiwan, and being

The Tzung Jin Co. has set a tough goal for itself: to become the world’s top manufacturer in the line of auto battery terminals, cable adapters, fuse blocks, in-line fuse holders, and power-distribution blocks. The president of the company, Frank Liang, insists that this vision is not just pie-

Taipei, Oct. 7, 2003 (CENS)--The 2003 Taiwan International Electronics Show (2003 Taitronics), one of the most important annual events for Asian’s electronics industry, will be held in Taipei in October, including the Taitronics Components & Equipment slated for Oct. 9-13, and Finished Products Oct

Taipei, Oct. 1, 2003 (CENS)--Taiwan's commercial sales revenue amounted to NT$757 billion in July, representing an increase of 5.89% over one month earlier and a gain of 4.67% over one year earlier, according to statistics compiled by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). MOEA officials attr

Wall lamps have traditionally been treated as the supporting actors in an industry dominated by other more lucrative lighting products. Yet despite their limited market share--about 10% to 20% of the total lighting market--they play an irreplaceable role as auxiliary and decorative lighting. Conseq

Facing an increasingly competitive landscape in the mass market, lamp manufacturers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are making a concerted effort to develop niche markets for high-quality specialty products. The various strategies adopted by the manufacturers, while dissimilar in many regard

Taipei, Aug. 28, 2003 (CENS)--Taiwan's two-way trade with mainland China amounted to US$20.885 billion in the first six months of the year, representing an annual growth of 22.9%, according to tallies issued yesterday by the Board of Foreign Trade under the economics ministry. The two-way trade

Taipei, Aug. 4, 2003 (CENS)--The development of an export processing zone in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, for the biotechnology and auto industries will be completed by the end of 2005, according to officials with the Export Processing Zone Administration. The new export processing zone wi

Taipei, July 28, 2003 (CENS)--Vice Economics Minister Yin Chi-ming yesterday departed for Australia and New Zealand as head of a delegation of representatives from over 30 firms to explore trade and investment opportunities with these countries. The trade promotion mission is the first organized

Taipei, July 22, 2003 (CENS)--The Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association (TEEMA) will establish a branch office in Shanghai to improve the services to member companies that have already set up business operations in mainland China. Participants in a meeting of representatives

Taipei, June 19, 2003 (CENS)--Mobiletron Electronics Co., Ltd. Recently announced that it would start construction on a NT$240 million (US$6.94 million at US$1:NT$34.6) global headquarters in central Taiwan's Taichung in July and complete the project by the second quarter next year. Mobiletron p

Taipei, May 16, 2003 (CENS)--The outbreak of severe respiratory syndrome (SARS) has affected the business of 67% of firms surveyed by the Importers and Exporters Association of Taipei. The survey, conducted between April 29 and May 2, found that 33% of the association's member firms have not bee

Taipei, April 28, 2003 (CENS)--The Teco Electric & Machinery has decided to suspend its massive NT$1 billion investment plan in Nanchang of Jiangxi Province in southern China and it has not ruled out the possibility of moving the project to Subic Bay of the Philippines. The flu-like disease seve

Once primarily known for their competitive pricing, Taiwanese manufacturers of plastic- processing machines are now turning heads in the global market with products rivaling and even beating their Japanese counterparts in terms of quality and functions. This has paved the way for Taiwan's rapid ris

Taipei, April 4, 2003 (CENS)--Teco Group, a leading electrical machinery and home appliance conglomerate in Taiwan, recently announced that it would invest about NT$1 billion (US$28.74 million at US$1:NT$34.8) to set up a home appliance production base in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, mainland China.

Taipei, April 1, 2003 (CENS)--Trinity Metallize Co., Ltd., one of the leading suppliers of powder-metallurgy (P/M) parts in Taiwan, made an initial public offering (IPO) yesterday on Taiwan's over-the-counter market at NT$27.5 per share (US$0.8 at US$1:NT$35). Trinity makes power-tool parts suc

Taipei, March 17, 2003 (CENS)--The 2003 symposium on Taiwan industrial vitality and new opportunities sponsored by the Industrial Technology Information Service (IT IS) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) will open in Taipei today. The two-week symposium will be a forum for government off

Taipei, Feb. 28, 2003 (CENS)--Taiwan Fluorescent Lamp (TFL) Co., Taiwan's second-largest lamp manufacturer, expects electrical fans built on its nano-class titanium dioxide (TiO2) anatase technology to bring it hefty revenue this year. The company rolled out the technology that it co-developed

Taipei, Feb. 28, 2003 (CENS)--Ulvac Taiwan Inc., the local subsidiary of Ulvac Japan Ltd., a leading vacuum technology company, recently applied to set up an R&D center and production plant in southern Taiwan's Tainan Science-based Industrial Park (TSIP). Ulvac said that it would jointly develop

Nanotechnology is becoming ever more important to the continued development of Taiwan's machinery industry, which is finding its entry into this emerging field relatively easy because of its long-term experience in the commercialization of advanced technologies. The Mechanical Industry Research

Taipei, Feb. 11, 2003 (CENS)--Taiwan's exports in January rose just 4% on year to US$10.07 billion as outbound shipments to the island's major trading partners, including the U.S., Hong Kong and Europe declined, the government said yesterday. The 4% rise in January compared with a 13.5% year-on

In a move to protect its electrical-machinery industry, mainland China removed tariff exemptions on imported machinery and related equipment in the fourth quarter of 2002, making it harder for foreigners to compete in the emerging market there. The mainland authorities also ruled that large compani