The Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC), Taiwan’s largest aircraft maker by size and also known for developing the AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo fighter several decades ago, recently said that its delegation led by company chairman Anson Liao had gone to the Singapore Airshow 2016, Asia's largest

In order to be ready to tap more business opportunities created by various new products soon to be pushed to market, some of Taiwan’s major aerospace manufacturers have been expanding production capacity to meet scheduled shipments to customers this or next year. The new business opportunities f

Although Taiwan was not invited even as observer at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris' Stade de France, an event held Dec. 7-8, 2015, Bolstering Success in Paris The Sustainable Innovation Forum (SIF15), the largest business-focused event held during the annual COP,

Airbus, recognized as the largest European aircraft maker, recently announced its delivery of the first A320Neo (New Engine Option) to the German airline Lufthansa. The foreseeable strong demand, to be buoyed by very low fuel prices that could last for some time with OPEC still unwilling to cut pro

The Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC), recognized as a key transportation vehicle testing and R&D hub in Taiwan focusing on upgrading the island's automotive techniques, technologies to transfer such R&D achievements to private enterprises, has been granted the ISO 26262 certification, th

Two Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE)-listed auto-parts makers, Tong Yang Industrial Co., Ltd. and Iron Force Industrial Co., Ltd., posted record revenues for 2015, driven mainly by encouraging new-car sales in the U.S. last year. Tong Yang is widely reported as the world's largest maker of aftermark

To be staged in Japan, still considered a hot bed of consumer electronic technologies, the LED NEXT STAGE will start its 2016 edition from March 8 through 11 at Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo International Exhibition Center), to again underline the increasing popularity and wide ranging application of such

The Yeong Guang Group (YGG), a publicly held Taiwanese foundry manufacturer headquartered in Ninbo, mainland China, has announced the acquisition of Shanghai No.1 Machine Tool Foundry (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. for its plan to expand into the wind power equipment industry. The takeover, including retool

Taiwan’s furniture making sector, as many other manufacturing industries globally, has had to cope with increasingly strict eco-protection rules and stay with the global trend to become earth-friendly amid more convincing evidence of global warming and the disastrous consequences of extreme weather

According to the Times of India, the Foxconn Technology Group, widely recognized as the world’s biggest provider of contract electronics manufacturing service, will boost smartphone output capacity at its Andhra Pradesh factory site in India this year by 1.5 folds to 2.5 million units a month to co

ELEM Technology Co., Ltd., established in 1988 in Changhua County, central Taiwan, is a world-caliber manufacturer of precision parts and components for wide ranging applications, as well as an assembler and precision-processing service provider, whose superior production techniques and troubleshoo

While recent TV news platforms as CNN, CNBC and Bloomberg having aired stock market turmoil globally, with crude oil and iron ore prices continuing to plunge to impact major mining firms as BH Billiton and even the financial health of Saudi Arabia, coupled with global economic growth as well as Chi

With recent TV reports on CNN and CNBC stating encouraging vehicle sales in the U.S., likely due to record-low gasoline prices across North America, the global automotive market may be one sector of the volatile global economy that is set for steady growth, despite widely reported economic slowdown

Thanks to growing R&D spending by Taiwan's enterprises along with continual price drops of raw materials, the overall value-added ratio by Taiwan’s manufacturing industries hit a 5-year zenith of 24.8 percent in 2014, slightly higher than the corresponding figure of 23.3 percent in S. Korea, accord

Being Japan’s only aftermarket exhibition dedicated to the automotive sector, International Auto Aftermarket EXPO (IAAE) has consistently provided the latest information, products, technologies and industry trends in the automotive aftermarket, with exhibitors engaged in sales, repair, maintenance,

The Tongtai Group of Taiwan estimates machine tools for making aircraft parts to rise to account for 10 percent of its revenue by 2016, up from the projected five to seven percent for 2015. Although machines for making automotive and motorcycle components remain the group’s major revenue earner,

Taiwan’s machine-tool makers have entered into an alliance with the island’s aircraft builders and a government-backed laboratory to develop intelligent industrial technology to sharpen their machine tool capability to manufacture aircraft, in an effort to tap the global aircraft-building market, w

CHINAPLAS 2016, the 30th annual edition of Asia’s largest plastics and rubber trade fair, looks to build on last year’s record-setting performance when it will take place in Shanghai next April 25-28. More than 27 percent of the 2015 edition’s 128,000 attendees in Guanghzou came from overseas, u

A total of 2,727 exhibitors form countries drew nearly 50,000 buyers to the 17th Autumn Edition of the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (LFAE) and the inaugural World of Outdoor Lighting & Lighting Accessories (WOLLA), making the two-in-one trade event the world’s biggest lighting marketplace,

Tung Yu O.A. Co., Ltd., founded in 1986, is a leading manufacturer of office chair components in Taiwan, being known for products boasting multi-functionality. The company’s products, including synchronizing mechanism, self-weighing mechanism, tilt mechanism, seat slider, and back bar, feature e

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

Electrical and electronics (E&E) products are becoming smaller, more interconnected and increasingly demanding in terms of performance requirements. Designers continue to cram additional electronic features into the slim, compact form factors of these packages. This often makes them run hotter w

Ever since the organizers and trade group made the practical decision three years ago to move the show to Taichung, central Taiwan, to be closer to the hub of Taiwan’s manufacturers of hardware products, such as hand tools, plumbing fittings and garden accessories and tools, Taiwan Hardware Show (T

The Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) recently announced survey results related to the top-20 Most Innovative Companies in Taiwan 2015, of which technology companies continue to account for the lion's share. This regular survey, kicked off in 2011, is

With the European Central Bank recently hinting strongly of more quantitative easing to fuel the slowing economic recovery in the EU and amid growing optimism toward the continuous recovery of the global machine-tool market in 2015, EMO Milano 2015 rounded off with strong turnout and mixed impressi

While Taiwanese makers have come a long way since the 1970s when they mostly filled export orders based on buyer specifications to offer OEM (original equipment manufacturing) service, which later evolved to ODM (original design manufacturing) along with changing market structure and rising technol

With plastics widely applied as affordable, flexible packaging of food, crops, cosmetics and other consumer products in every corner of the world, ever more plastic-processing machinery is developed with advanced technology and components to improve performance and functionality. One supplier of th

Taiwan's Industrial Production Index (IPI) decreased 5.46% from a year earlier, or year-on-year (YoY), in August to 104.47, according to Department of Statistics (DOS), the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). The island's IPI saw YoY drop for the past four months in a row, DOS said, and the rat

The rise of China’s “red supply chain,” a term coined by market observers for aggressive development of Chinese tech industries backed by the central government to minimize dependence on imports and secure sustained economic growth, is widely regarded a growing threat to Taiwanese manufacturers, es

The 17th Autumn Edition of HKTDC Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (LFAE), to be staged October 27-30, 2015 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, will accommodate over 2,530 exhibitors from 38 countries, an increase from 2014 event’s 2,492 exhibitors. First-time exhibitors at th