For many years, car sales in emerging markets, especially Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, have outpaced those in industrially advanced areas, prompting international carmakers to adopt regional division-of-labor schemes in response. This change in the global automotive industry i

Rechi Precision Co., Ltd., a Taiwanese manufacturer of compressors mainly for air conditioners, recently reported that both its sales volume and consolidated revenue in Q1, 2014 hit record highs in company history. The company pointed out that its monthly compressor production volume outstrippe

Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., recently came to Taiwan for the 30th anniversary of Kuozui Motors Ltd., Toyota's auto assembler in Taiwan. Addressing the attendees at the ceremony, Toyoda announced that Kuozui targets annual production volume of 200,000 cars, including some 100,000

Delta Electronics Inc. of Taiwan, a major maker of power supply products that has been aggressively developing new-energy businesses, recently announced having concluded an agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) of Japan to acquire the partner's business assets, including machinery,

The ISO/TS 16949: 2002-certified Taizhou Yihao Steering Gear Co., Ltd., established in 1991, has been dedicated to production of power steering racks, manual steering racks, and steering-gear connectors. With vigorous development in the past years, the company has grown into an integrated enterpris

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.

Taiwan-based automaker China Motor Corp. (CMC), the local assembler of Mitsubishis and CMC brand vehicles, recently announced an injection of 13.47 million euro into its affiliate Fujian Benz Automotive Co., Ltd. (FBAC, originally Fujian Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd.) Established in June 2007, FB

Founded in 1988, Jisen Enterprise Company specializes in the manufacture and export of customized precision products made of rubber, plastic, metal, and glass, as well as in the provision of die-casting, lost-wax casting, powder injection molding, lathing, polishing, electroplating, bake-enameling,

The Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., now the world’s biggest EMS (electronics manufacturing service) firm, and Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP), the global giant of servers, together announced April 30 a joint-venture partnership on cloud servers, a move that, according to the both partie

By JENNY WU The LED lighting industry is developing rapidly in mainland China, where it has already set up integrated supply chains encompassing substrate and epitaxy processing in the upstream sector, chip-making and packaging in the midstream sector, and system applications in the downstream s

In its 40th anniversary this year, China Economic News Service (CENS), founded in 1974 and now a leading Taiwanese export promoter, participated in the opening of the Taiwan International Fastener Show (TIFS) 2014 to witness the island’s only specialized exhibition for the fastener industry and the

Last year Taiwan’s 13 budget carriers took a 6% local market share, up one percentage point from 5% of a year earlier; and the number of such airlines on the island is expected to grow to 16 this year, according to the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA). Two more budget airlines were establi

By QUINCY LIANG To present R&D achievements in recent years to global visitors, as well as attract more participants in joint development of automotive technologies, the Taiwan Automotive Research Consortium (TARC), a key automotive industry alliance formed by domestic research institutes and

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), world’s major pure foundry, and Altera Corp., a world leading vendor of programmable chips, have announced cooperation to bring TSMC’s patented, fine-pitch copper bump-based packaging technology to Altera’s 20nm Arria 10 FPGAs and SoCs. Altera is th

By QUINCY LIANG The 2014 TAIPEI AMPA (30th Taipei International Auto Parts & Accessories Show) and 2014 AutoTronics Taipei (9th Taipei International Automobile Electronics Show), two of the world's most important auto-parts shows, were held from April 9 to 12 at the TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall

Established in 1987 and today one of Taiwan's leading makers of steel household products, Ren Gui Wood Co., Ltd. exports a wide array of steel household items to Japan, the U.S., and Europe. The firm insists on using a down-to-earth, honest approach to create business opportunities. Ren Gui’s co

Kuozui Motors Ltd., an assembler of Toyotas and largest exporter of cars in Taiwan, hit a record export volume of more than 81,000 units in 2013, which is also the highest-ever in local automotive industry. Another local automaker, China Motor Corp. (CMC), assembler of Mitsubishi and own CMC br

Yuan Rong Auto Parts Co., Ltd. is a young and dynamic company dedicated to designing, developing, and manufacturing high-end automotive performance-tuning parts and accessories. The company was set up in 2005 and manufactures a variety of LED mirror covers, car mirrors, BMW grilles, BMW body mol

Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Kuozui Motors Ltd., assembler of Toyotas and trucks in Taiwan, aims for annual production volume of some 200,000 cars, which, if met, will make Kuozui the first local automaker to surpass the 200,000-unit threshold. Kuozui is a joint venture between To

In view of the positive outlook for renewable energy and its commitment to build a low-carbon homeland, Taiwan's AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) recently announced the establishment of Star River Energy Corp. in cooperation with several insurance companies on the island. The new firm will will focus on in

After more than 40 years in the business of manufacturing plastic wheel covers and accessories, Jiuh Huey Enterprise Co., Ltd. has grown into a multi-million US dollar business and a major name in Asia. To offer customers more choices of peripherals for automotive applications, the company regular

TYC Brothers Industrial Co., Ltd., a major auto-lamp maker in Taiwan, recently led local counterparts to win the "Famous Brand in China" certification, which should pave an even-smoother way for the company to develop sales in China, the world's largest automobile market. TYC also announced th

Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corp. (EGAT), a Taiwan-based aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul firm affiliated with the Evergreen Group, a conglomerate of air transportation and ocean shipping, has reached an agreement with U.S.’s GE to set up a joint venture to repair aircraft engines in T

With industrial portable computers increasingly sought-after, Taiwanese industrial computer manufacturers are focusing on developing and launching such products to tap such demand for stronger shipment growth this year. Among them, FLYTECH Technology Co., Ltd., a major POS (point-to-service) sy

Thanks to increasingly strong global demand for lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery cathode materials, Mechema Chemicals International Corp. of Taiwan recently said that all its five cathode-material production lines are running at full capacity with order visibility throughout May. Mechema is a major

Major global thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel makers have been boosting low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS)-TFT production capacity since 2013 with the addition of 5.5-generation (5.5G) and 6G lines. The new capacity is expected to boost global LTPS capacity from 6.74 mil

By KEN LIU Kamioka Corp., a leading CNC machine-tool maker that was founded in Taiwan in 1965, has recently added a number of innovative computerized machine tools to the lineup of its products featuring high cost-performance (C/P) ratios. Among these new products are a CNC vertical mac

Taiwanese suppliers of small- and medium-sized thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels are seeing returns from business transformation. Driven by increasingly higher profit margins of automotive and industrial panels, Giantplus Technology Co., Ltd. recently said the money-l

By MICHELLE HSU Official statistics show that the value of China's auto parts exports increased 5.33% in 2013 to US$78.42 billion. On the other hand, exports of assembled vehicles reversed their growth trend since 2010, falling to 948,1000 units or US$12.91 billion, a retreat of 6.59% and 5.83%, r

After more than 40 years in the business of manufacturing plastic (ABS) wheel covers and accessories, Jiuh Huey Enterprise Co., Ltd. has grown into a multi-million US dollar business and a major name in Asia. To offer its customers more choices of peripherals for automotive applications, the com