Taiwan's automotive industry is showing signs of shifting back into higher gear after a punishing year. Production value in the sector, including both assembled vehicles and auto parts, surged by 37.86 % quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in the second quarter, trimming the year-on-year (YoY) decline to 13.0

The Department of Industrial Technology (DIT) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs initiated the Southern Taiwan Alliance of Researchers & Scholars (STARS) Project in 2007 to bolster the development of traditional industries in seven counties and cities of southern Taiwan, and to guide their tran

Wisedom Win International Co., Ltd., headquartered in Taichung County, central Taiwan, is a professional maker of screwdrivers and related accessories with a production plant in China. Continuously engaged in development of functional tools, the company has worked out its newest product magn

Parget Industrial Co., Ltd., established in 1983, is one of Taiwan’s most prominent manufacturers and exporters of hand tools and accessories. The company uses “Licota” brand name, a symbol of perspective, proficiency, excellence and reliance. The company boasts it has established a strong r

As an LED industry guru, K.H. Huang, chief executive of High Power Opto Inc. firmly believes that thermal dissipation solutions for high-power LEDs should not address system, module, and package alone. "In fact," he stresses, "dissipation on the chip is the most important factor, because the semico

One wonders if certain sectors are immune to the global downturn, triggered apparently by the sub-prime mortgage fiasco stateside some time prior to the fourth quarter of 2008, but casual observers of the two recent trade shows held at the TWTC (Taipei World Trade Center) Exhibition Hall 1 in Taipe

Taipei, Jan. 12, 2010 (CENS)--Thanks to good returns from operations in China, Taiwan-based vehicle-frame maker Kian Shen Metal Works Co., Ltd. is expected to post remarkable profitability in its 2009 operation. Kian Shen is currently the largest vehicle-frame maker in Taiwan, established in 195

Tapping the opportunities pushed by the global wave to minimize energy use, Matila Industrial Co., Ltd., a major maker of blown-film machinery in Taiwan, has been aggressively developing a series of waste-plastic recycling machinery to meet demands both up-, middle- and downstream. The company is p

Established in 1995 in Kaohsiung County, southern Taiwan, Dang Fong International Co., Ltd. has been specialized in manufacturing and exporting furniture and hardware parts as furnishing accessories for nearly 15 years. The firm’s wide-ranging product lines cover collection from dining room, bed

The global meltdown hasn't spared Taiwan's metal OA furniture sector, now the most globally competitive sector in the island's overall furniture industry, as its export trade still shrank sharply in the first nine months of 2009, compared from a year earlier. Statistics from the Taiwan Customs

The overall scale of the furniture industry in Taiwan has been downsized over the last two decades due to makers' moving offshore to offset rising costs at home; but such is not true of the entire sector for some have kept their operations on the island due to various factors, not the least of whic

In line with global market trends, growing numbers of Chinese manufacturers have jumped on the green office furniture bandwagon to curry the favor of customers who consider "green factors" such as carbon footprint in making their procurement decisions. Chinese makers are following major interna

Taiwan's automotive industry has relied on foreign partners, especially from Japan, for technical support over the past 50 or more years. Originally, the industry focused on styling and equipment modification of assembled cars to meet domestic tastes. A few players tried to introduce homegrown mode

Taipei, Dec. 24, 2009 (CENS)--Taiwan's LED (light emitting diode) makers are stepping up presences in mainland China, which is touted as the world's biggest market for LED lighting, in hope of influencing the mainland's drafting of industrial standards for the new lighting technology. Taiwan's

Once the world's largest production bases of bicycles of all kinds with an annual export volume of almost 10 million units, Taiwan has been forced by low-priced competitors from mainland China to upgrade to the front ranks in the world to roll out high-end bicycles. Just a few years ago, "Think

If the success of Taiwan's information technology (IT) and electronics manufacturing industries is a consequence of generous government support, the rise of the island's yacht industry must be a miracle. For over 40 years, this luxury goods sector has been faring well in the global market despite a

Taipei, Dec. 7, 2009 (CENS)--The Taiwan-based Inventec Corp., the world's fourth-largest notebook PC maker presently, has spent NT$540 million (US$16.61 million at US$1: NT$32.5) to acquire a 4.9% stake in a Taiwanese leading LED (light emitting diode) maker Huga Optotech Inc., in an effort to dive

Taipei, Dec. 4, 2009 (CENS)--The Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed Vietnam Manufacturing and Export Processing (Holdings) Limited (VMEPH) (code: 0422HK) yesterday began public trading in the form of Taiwan depository receipts (code: 9110) on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) at the price of NT$13.5 pe

Taipei, Nov. 30, 2009 (CENS)--State-run Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC), the IDF (indigenous defense fighter) maker, plans to take part in China's "big aircraft" project, aimed to produce 919-type civil aircraft, which, if approved by the Executive Yuan (the Cabinet), will enable it,

Taipei, Nov. 20, 2009 (CENS)--Over 500 senior executives of major automotive-related enterprises in Taiwan and China will discuss future cooperation opportunities in the post-Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) year at the Conference on Cross-strait Cooperation and Exchange in the Autom

It seems that more and more manufacturers, especially in Asia, are realizing the importance of well-thought-out design in the commercial success of products. Such belief has been confirmed by the level of turnout at the "red dot design award 2009," where a record number of product entries were subm

Wu Feng Enterprise Co., Ltd. is one of Taiwan's leading manufacturers of a variety of hardware for bathroom and ships. The company has expertise in developing and manufacturing water faucets, valves and elbows. With a production site of 20,000 square meters in Changhua County, central Taiwan, th

Taipei has outbid 18 other cities in 18 countries to host the world's key design event-the IDA Congress (held every six years) in 2011, when the capital of Taiwan wishes to convey to the global design community that the island has Chuck Yeager's "The Right Stuff." In other words, Taipei has in its

It's generally agreed and a foregone conclusion that developing fully-practical EVs (electric vehicles) is one of the essential solutions to helping mitigate global warming, a phenomenon no longer considered scientific theory as the Maldives are likely to be submerged under the ocean by 2100, with

Since its establishment in 1948 in Taiwan's central country of Taichung, Yung Shing Precision Machinery Co., Ltd. has been specialized in producing plastic injection molds, sheet metal working machine and industrial-class clutches and brakes for over six decades. In 1955, with powerful R&D capa

HCT Enterprise Co., Ltd. has been dedicated to supplying a wide variety of metal parts and hardware parts, including brass parts, iron parts, aluminum parts, stainless parts, automobile parts, coal gas parts, furniture hardware, leather goods hardware, and special screw nuts for years. HCT has i

High-power powered two-wheelers (PTWs), all terrain vehicles (ATVs), electric-scooters graced the show floor at the 4th Taiwan International Motorcycle Industry Show (Motorcycle Taiwan 2009), further demonstrating Taiwan's rising profile among the industry big boys. The show also enjoyed an impr

Established in 1976, Chuan Horng Industrial Ltd. is a designer, developer, maker and exporter of almost all kinds of metal, plastic, electronics parts to the powersports industry. The firm started out as a bicycle-parts developer and maker and now still maintains in-house production of such parts n

Choice Industries Corp., established in 1992 in Pingtong, southern Taiwan, is a leading office furniture manufacturer, turning out mainly computer desks, chairs, workstations, lateral cabinets, table stands, pedestals and OA furniture fittings. To guarantee its product quality, the company has a

The Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC), a benchmark automotive R&D institute in Taiwan, may have broken new ground-coming up with effective solutions to address age-old problems as clearing blind-spots and adjust headlights to better illuminate curving roads-in its program to develop innov