Source: CNA / March 8, 2011 TAIPEI, Taiwan — The 2011 Taipei International Machine Tool Show (TIMTOS), which closed Sunday, set records in terms of the number of booths and foreign visitors, the organizers said. Some 5,071 overseas visitors attended the six-day show, which was an 18.9 percent increase from the last exhibition in 2009, the...more

Source: CNA / March 3, 2011 TAIPEI, Taiwan — Manufacturing key machine tool components will enable Taiwan to maintain its competitive edge in the industry and counter strong pressure from rival China, an official with a Swiss trade group said Tuesday. "In the world market of machine tools, China has become a more important player bec...more

The Taiwan Machine Tool Industry TMTF Nov 24, 2010 The 2009 Taiwan survey of machine tools showed that production value will go down with business recession on the export and home market. The production value in 2009 was NT$74.9 billion, a decrease of 50.6% from the same period in 2008. The value of CNC machine tool production value in the sam...more

Source: CENS.com / October 18, 2010 Taiwan's surface finishing industry enjoyed significant revenue growth in the first half of this year, thanks to good business in the upstream metal products sector. In Taiwan, the industry's main business operations cover coatings and surface treatment. Companies in the industry make money by providing surfa...more

Source: CENS.com / October 13, 2010 With global industrial production strongly rebounding earlier this year and global steel prices hitting 2010-highs in May, Taiwan's steelmaking industry also rode the wave of recovery in the second quarter, trickling down clear gains to its downstream sectors. The ITIS (Industry & Technology Intelligence...more

Source: The China Post news staff / October 13, 2010 Businesses operating inside the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) posted total trade of NT$101.2 billion during the third quarter, a year-over-year increase of 52.7 percent, said the park administration yesterday. CTSP pointed out the trade figure broke down into exports of NT$65.7 billion ...more

Updated Sunday, October 3, 2010 11:32 pm TWN, CNA TAIPEI -- A trade and investment delegation led by Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang has won orders worth US$36 million in Indonesia during a three-day visit, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said yesterday. The delegation, which returned to Taipei earlier i...more