Rare is the office worker that enjoys sitting all day long in a chair with poor heat-dissipation performance and is not ergonomic. This straightforward reality is of course directly related to the popularity of an office-chair supplier's sales and profits, and makers thus unceasingly seek model imp

With an eye to penetrating high-end markets abroad, an increasing number of furniture manufacturers in Taiwan are developing innovative products with patented designs. The new products not only command higher margins than mass-market items, but are also helping Taiwan's furniture industry hone its

Occasional tables normally play a supporting role to major pieces of living-room furniture such as sofas, armchairs, and couches. Sometimes, though, occasional tables with innovative designs are able to take on a starring role as the visual center of the living room. These tables-tea tables, cof

Taiwan's furniture-hardware manu-facturers are working with full en-ergy on creating products of one-of-a-kind and not-easily-copied design, and are being aided in this effort by the island's iron and steel industry in the supply of high-grade materials. Although domestic makers of furniture har

Taipei, March 9, 2004 (CENS)--More than 100 metal processors and hardware manufacturers from central Taiwan recently formed the Taiwan Metalworking Industry Alliance and will muster over 50,000-strong relevant firms to request the government tentatively prohibit Taiwanese steel makers from exportin

Taipei, Feb. 9, 2004 (CENS)--The Market Development Department (MDD) of semi-official Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) is actively promoting its 'tailor-made' services to small- and medium-sized enterprises in many countries of the world, aiming to attract these enterprises to pur

With the aid of a dedicated R&D team, Isotech Products Inc. has been pressing forward with the development of new products made of polyurethane (PU) foam, from madballs and sporting goods to furniture parts and shoe materials. Isotech launched its first runaway hit, the madball, in 1986, just a

In the fives years since its creation, Meng Nung Enterprise Co., Ltd. Has developed a full line of high-end furniture and kitchen parts and accessories made of iron and aluminum alloy. The firm has equipped its central Taiwan factory with many sophisticated production machines and inspection ins

Zheng Shun Furniture Co., Ltd. Is a specialized maker of wooden and medium-density fiberboard (MDF) furniture, including coat trees, shelf racks and nesting tables. In recent years, the company has aggressively improved its quality and strengthened its design capability, opening the way for its exp

I Jang Industrial Co., Ltd., one of Taiwan's specialist makers of knock-down metal furniture and related parts, has recently announced success in developing a new advanced surface-treatment technique which both enhance the durability and beautifies the appearance of its products. Since its incep

True to its name, Matthew Comfort Co., Ltd. Has specialized in making comfortable, practical furniture since its founding 14 years ago. Over the years the company has won at least 20 patents on its innovative and user-friendly designs. Recently it has been promoting several new patented pieces,

Dah Shan Plastics Co., Ltd., founded in 1989, specializes in the production of irregularly shaped polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-extruded products. After years of knowledge accumulation and production-process upgrading, the ISO9001-certified firm now turns out a wide range of plastic-extrusion products,

Lamex International Co. Ltd. Is a subsidiary of the Lamex Group, which concentrates on the global export market. The Lamex Group was established in 1997, and is currently the largest supplier of office furniture in the region with an annual sales volume of over US$150 million. Close to the Hong Kon

One of the world's few manufacturers of furniture made of white-oak barrels, Chang Qing Enterprise Co., Ltd. Has gained a solid reputation in the Japanese market for unique and environment-friendly products. It is now seeking to penetrate the wider global market. The firm produces its oak-barrel

OHLA plastics Co., Ltd., established in the central Taiwan city of Taiping, Taichung County in 1989, supplies plastic and metal parts and accessories for the furniture industry. Five years ago the company moved into a new 28,000-square-foot plant with integrated production capabilities. The com

Established in 1998, Hsin Lien Sheng Machinery Co. is an ISO9001-approved maker of various types of mechanical press machines, including double-crank presses, CD double-crank presses, CS high-precision power presses, 180-degree reversing-type spotting presses, hemming presses, hydraulic deep-drawin

Established in 1998, Hsin Lien Sheng Machinery Co. is an ISO9001-approved maker of various types of mechanical press machines, including double-crank presses, CD double-crank presses, CS high-precision power presses, 180-degree reversing-type spotting presses, hemming presses, hydraulic deep-drawin

Like many traditional industries, Taiwan's bathroom accessories manufacturers have targeted mainland China as an alternative production base to turn out low-end products in large volume. Today more than half of them have moved their production lines across the Taiwan Strait, and those staying home

The rising price of iron and steel over the past year has forced domestic manufacturers of office furniture to shift to non-metal materials. In today's competitive market, they explain, there is no room to increase prices to offset the higher material costs. The strengthening of the New Taiwan d

Despite the economic slowdown over the past year and a half, Taiwan's display-rack industry has continued to prosper by shipping price-competitive products from low-cost plants in mainland China--a strategy that well suits the growing global demand for low- to medium-priced display racks. Produ

Taiwan's furniture manufacturers may have all but packed up for low-cost mainland China, but many major wood furniture parts makers have continued to prosper on the island, gaining solid footholds in the international market with their high quality and competitively priced wares. The stay-at-hom

In the face of a difficult market in the first half of this year, many Taiwanese woodworking-equipment suppliers have adjusted their product strategies and taken other steps to improve their fortunes. Among the many roadblocks confronted by Taiwanese manufacturers in the first half were a weak

For Taiwan's manufacturers of outdoor furniture, cheap labor and production costs may have been the initial incentives for moving production to mainland China, but increasingly their transplant operations there are proving that low pricing alone cannot always win over demanding overseas customers.

Taipei, Jan. 2, 2004 (CENS)--A free trade agreement inked by Taiwan and Panama took effect Jan. 1, said the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs. With the FTA taking effect, Taiwan's exporters can enjoy exemption of custom duties on 4,181 items of commodities exp

Over the last three decades Taiwan has developed a name for supplying high-quality innovative materials and parts for metal-furniture producers around the world. In their rise to the forefront of the global industry, local producers have benefited from a well-established support network that underl

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

In recent years, the competition has become increasingly intensified in the low-price furniture market once dominated by Taiwan. Many producers on the island have sobered to the futility of competing with low-cost producers in these markets, and are instead betting their futures on promising new ma

Taipei, Nov. 4, 2003 (CENS)--A delegation of more than 20 importers and exporters organized by Lima Chamber of Commerce, Peru is to arrive in Taipei to attend the Seminar on Trade Opportunities in Peru and the Fourth Joint Taiwan-Peru Business Councils Meeting. The meeting is to be held in Taipei o

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

Taiwan's San Fang Industrial Co., a specialized manufacturer of polyurethane synthetic fiber and synthetic leather, is placing heavy emphasis on developing innovative products and boosting overseas production capacity in an attempt to capture the No. 1 spot among Asia-Pacific synthetic leather make