Tongtai Machine & Tool Co., Ltd. has decided to build a factory near its headquarters in Kaohsung, southern Taiwan, and train more specialists as part of its expansion plan to further grow in the machine-tool market, in which the company made an estimated 27% year-on-year revenue increase in the fi

Leading machine-tool makers in Taiwan are vigorously purchasing crucial components and materials for machines or raising materials and parts inventory to the level of at least two months lest incoming rush orders should be lost. Taiwan’s industry executives say that the recovering global economy

To help Taiwanese manufacturers, exporters and traders explore world markets, CENS attended six international trade shows in May, including Thailand Auto Parts & Accessories 2014 (TAPA 2014), Architect Expo 2014, National Hardware Show, International Fair Packaging Machinery, Packaging and Confecti

The 16th edition of the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair will be held on Oct. 27 through 30 this year at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. It will try hard to outdo last year's show, which occupied 69,633 square meters of floor space, hosted 2,360 exhibitors, and attracted 38,030

American automaker Ford Motor Co. recently said that it and H.J. Heinz Co. are exploring the use of tomato fiber to develop a more sustainable bio-plastic material for vehicles. Ford researchers are testing the material's durability for potential use in vehicle wiring brackets and storage bins,

By STEVE CHUANG The year 2013 was a year of mixed performance by Taiwanese OA furniture parts manufacturers, given that gloomy economies weakened global enterprises’ willingness to invest in fixed assets and dampened the sector to some extent. But with economies in the U.S., Japan and Europe sho

Pota Corporation, founded in 1982, specializes in making high-quality paper-ware making machines, boasting strong development capacity and abundant experience that help to expand its product line. The maker’s products mainly include versatile paper-ware making machines, such as fully automatic t

Lung Chang Machinery Enterprise Co., Ltd. has been devoting all its resources to satisfying customers’ demands and offering professional services in the plastic-processing machine sector, as well as such accessories as gearboxes, extrusion and injection screws, and barrels. At present, Lung Chan

Founded in 1996, Genemax Industrial Inc. is a top-caliber Taiwanese supplier of precision parts and key components for extruders. Genemax supplies a full line of extruder machining parts and components as below. 1) Screw and barrel. (Nitride and Bimetallic) (Single and Twin) 2) Twin screw (co-

Since its was founded in 1992, Kuen Tong Industrial Co., Ltd. has been devoted to designing and making precision metal parts for a variety of applications, with more than 20 years of practice and know-how. Kuen Tong’s precision metal parts and components are meticulously developed, manufactured

Established in 1993, Kuen Horng Co., Ltd. is a manufacturer of healthcare kits with seasoned capability of plastic injection molding. The company enjoys ample know-how of plastic injection molding and mold development and runs a sound production line composed of 22 plastic molding machines, as w

This year, the six jurors of the COMPUTEX d&i Awards chose GP Acoustics (UK) Ltd., Royal Philips (Netherlands), HTC Corp. (Taiwan), Taer Innovation Co., Ltd. (Taiwan), and Thermaltake Technology Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) as the Gold Award winners of the information-communication technology (ICT) design c

Mainly fueled by the prospering electronic industry, Taiwan’s industrial production index in April grew 4.8% year-on-year (YoY), for the third consecutive month, to 104.34 as an all-time high of the month, according to the latest report by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Meanwhile, the

Hiwin Technologies Corp., the world's No. 2 supplier of ballscrews for precision machines, has opened another R&D laboratory, at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in northern Taiwan, with the aim of training high-level precision-machinery engineers in cooperation with the prestigious tech-orient

Founded in 1981 in Iquique, a port city in northern Chile, Marutomo Industry Co. , Ltd. has grown into a veteran trading company that began life primarily as a vendor of used Japanese cars and spare parts in Latin American countries such as Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, and Chile. A

Founded in 1987, Chuan Jieen Enterprise Co., Ltd. is a leader in the automotive parts and components sector in Taiwan, having been a supplier to major OE markets and aftermarkets in the USA, Europe, Japan and China for 15 years and highly recognized for trustworthy quality. Backed by outstanding p

By STEVE CHUANG Taiwanese suppliers of plastic processing machinery and related components captured the buyer spotlight at ChinaPlas 2014 (The 28th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries) with products materializing their well-honed techniques and rich know-how and further co

Founded in 1981 in Iquique, a port city in northern Chile, Marutomo Industry Co. , Ltd. has grown into a veteran trading company that began life primarily as a vendor of used Japanese cars and spare parts in Latin American countries such as Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, and Chile.

By JUDY LI The furniture and handicraft industries have played an important role in Indonesia’s economic development, and are a major source of jobs there, supplying employment (directly or indirectly) for more than three million people. Both industries have a very long value chain that intersec

Dia-Compe Taiwan Co., Ltd. was founded in 1987 by Dia-Compe Group of Japan, a major supplier of high-quality, high-precision bicycle parts for customers all over the world, to serve as the parent company’s main overseas manufacturing base. The Taiwan company is located in the Taichung Industri

Sindaco Automotive Industry Co., Ltd. founded in 1987, is now a veteran company with ISO 9001 certification that specializes in manufacturing high-quality parts for trucks and trailers, especially Japanese makes. The quality products that the company markets globally under its own "SDC" brand i

Since founded in 1990, Fine Fu Sheng Enterprise Co., Ltd. has been specializing in manufacturing hot stamping machines, transfer printing machines and hot pressing and laminating machines, also able to integrate those machines into automated systems for customers to raise production efficiency and

Yung Hung Precision Machinery Co., Ltd. specializes in water-transfer printing machines, built with quality manufacturing and design it has gleaned for over 20 years as a processor of precision components. The company has recently released several smart machines, including a water-transfer printer

By STEVE CHUANG Asia’s largest trade fair for plastics and rubber industries as well as world’s second-biggest (after K Fair in Germany), ChinaPlas 2014 (the 28th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries) bustled with demand and bulged with an increased number of visitors and b

Since founded in 1996, Day Tay Plastic Industry Ltd. has specialized in plastic extrusion to supply varieties of tubing and plastic components and accessories for different purposes. The company offers braided tubes, air hoses, soaker hoses, fishery tubing, filter tubes for water filters, hold-dow

With more than 10 years of experience, Chien Pei Hsiang Ent. Co., Ltd. specializes in manufacturing carburetor repair kits for cars, motorcycles, trucks, forklifts and different agriculture machinery, also manufacturing motorcycle induction valves, induction manifolds, and motorcycle chains. Most

By QUINCY LIANG The Taipei AMPA, AutoTronics Taipei Innovation Awards is a highlight event during the annual Taipei International Auto Parts & Accessories Show (Taipei AMPA) and Taipei International Automobile Electronics Show (AutoTronics Taipei), a two-in-one show that is one of the world's mo

CENS had a busy month in April, attending nine international trade shows to promote buyer guides to help manufacturers, exporters and traders to build global presence, including Light + Building International Trade Fair, Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition), Hannover Messe, Autome

By KEN LIU A total of 10,097 buyers from 112 countries and regions eagerly shopped for energy-saving lighting products, especially LED lamps, that were displayed by 1,081 exhibitors from 14 countries and regions at the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition) 2014, which was held o

With the inaugural Taiwan International Boat Show (TIBS), held May 8-11 in Kaohsiung City, southern Taiwan, to further boost the local yacht industry’s global profile, the island may also accelerate transformation from a yacht production base into an exhibition and recreation hub in Asia. Organi