With some local surface treatment factories officially ordered to shut down due to the violation of environmental protection laws in Taiwan’s southern metropolis of Kaohsiung, where more than 80% of Taiwan's fasteners are made, domestic fastener manufacturers are doing everything they can to repair

With the global economy on the mend, Taiwan’s machinery exports for the first two months of this year totaled US$2.854 billion, up 7.5% from the same period of last year, according to the latest statistics by Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). MOEA pointed out that exports to the U.S., Southe

Established in 1975, the ISO 9001:2008-certified Meggis Enterprise Co. , Ltd. is one of Taiwan's top manufacturers and exporters of a wide range of parts and accessories for automotive and marine applications. With the backing of its strong in-house R&D team, the firm has successfully tapped the in

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

Founded in 1978 in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, Lico Machinery Co., Ltd. is known for manufacturing metalworking machines ranging from cam operated single-spindle automatic lathes to CNC turning centers for metal parts essential to aircrafts, vehicles, computers, plumbing fittings, optical instruments

Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced earlier that its definitive antidumping duties on imports of stainless steel from China and South Korea will be levied for five years retroactively from August 15, 2013, when the imposition of provisional duties in the same case began. According to th

By STEVE CHUANG Taiwan exhibitors came home from Saudi PPPP 2014 (the 12th International Trade Exhibition for Printing & Packaging Technologies and the 12th International Plastics & Petrochemicals Trade Fair) with multiple orders in hand for their high performance and quality plastic processing ma

Local manufacturers keep years ahead of the pack through innovation Automotive electronics are playing a vital role in the move toward safer, higher-performance, cleaner, smarter, more energy-saving, and connected vehicles. And Taiwan is playing a vital role in the supply of such products. Ba

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,

Kian Shen Corp., a Taiwanese original equipment (OE) vehicle-frame supplier with operations in Taiwan and China, recently said that it expects lucrative return on investment this year, as its Chinese venture Guangzhou NTN, an OE supplier of drive shafts, bearings, constant velocity (CV) joints etc.

Taiwan’s information-communications technology (ICT) manufacturers look forward to realizing potential business after the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014, which ended March 27 in Barcelona, Spain. Catcher Technology Co., Ltd. and Largan Precision Co., Ltd. are among the island’s manufacturers e

By STEVE CHUANG Saudi Arabia is working hard to restructure its economy toward more industrial production and less dependence on the oil sector, and this effort was reflected in Saudi PPPP 2014, a business event combining two exhibitions: the 12th International Trade Exhibition for Printing & Pa

Due to the Chinese New Year holiday, Taiwan’s retail sector witnessed record monthly turnover of NT$355.1 billion (US$11.84 billion) in January, up 6.4% year on year, according to the statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). In the same month total business turnover reach

Kuen Tong Industrial Co., Ltd., which has won ISO 9001:2008 certification and has ISO/TS 16949 certification pending, is a veteran specialist in the design, development, and manufacturing of high-quality, high-precision metal parts for a large variety of applications. Ever since its establishmen

The series of winter storms dumping large amounts of wet snow in the southwestern United States has driven replacement auto-parts traders to increase their inventories to levels that can meet the expected strong demand, and major Taiwanese suppliers of aftermarket (AM) replacement parts have been w

Founded in 1990, Tai Yang Zen Ind. Co., Ltd. specializes in the automated production of metallic parts and accessories for automobile, powered-two-wheeler, bicycle, and air tool applications using stainless steel, aluminum alloy, titanium alloy, alloy steel, and pig iron. The company welcomes OEM

Amita Technologies Inc., a major Taiwanese maker of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, recently announced that it had signed a 158.6 million renminbi (RMB, or Chinese yuan) agreement to sell a whole plant to the Beijing General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metal (GRINM), China's foremost authorit

The year 2013 was challenging for most Taiwanese enterprises, which seemed to have been left behind by the simmering American and Japanese stock markets, with Taiwan’s economic growth having reached only around 2% to lag behind those of most of Asian countries; but it remained a busy year for China

By STEVE CHUANG Over the past decade, Taiwan’s hand tool industry has built up solid reputations among international buyers for supplying high-quality, high-precision tools catering to professional end-users, and as a result has enjoyed steady growth. The hand tool industry took off in Taiwan

By STEVE CHUANG Joe Chen may be entering his last year as the chairman of Taiwan Industrial Fasteners Institute (TIFI), but the industry captain, also president of fastener supplier Saintec Enterprise Co., Ltd., is still going full-speed to boost Taiwan's competitiveness in the global market. Unde

Shih Hsiang Enterprise Co., Ltd. is one of the most experienced developers and makers of quality rubber and silicone rubber parts with more than 30 years of experience. Backed by strong R&D team with accumulated experience and know-how in the rubber industry, the manufacturer consistently researc

Ultrasilane Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd. is a veteran company specializing in designing, developing and manufacturing high-grade rubber parts for automotive, motorcycle, mechanical, electronic and household applications. Claiming to make products with high-grade materials and high-precision molds for top

Opened in 1989 to design and build tooling, jigs, and clamps, Zhan Cheng Precision Industrial Co., Ltd. expanded in 2001 into a precision processing service provider using milling machines and abundant experience and know-how it had gleaned from the tooling industry. In the company’s two factories

Tong Yang Industrial Co., Ltd., a major maker of aftermarket (AM) plastic body-parts and also a major Original Equipment (OE) parts supplier to international automakers, foresees its operations in Taiwan and China to enjoy explosive growths in 2014, according to Raymond Wu, vice chairman. Wu als

Taiwan’s Metal Industry Continues to Meet Market Trends With markets demanding eco-friendly, energy-saving, lightweight metal products, Taiwan’s metal industry has been increasingly working on value-added, non-ferrous metals and alloys as aluminum, magnesium and titanium to go upmarket and boost

By STEVE CHUANG Developed countries are increasingly outsourcing automotive sheet metal mold production because of cost considerations, and Taiwan’s government-funded Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC) is confident that the island’s manufacturers have the conditions necessary t

By STEVE CHUANG Pneumatic tools—a category covering air-powered hammers, impact wrenches, spray guns, socket wrenches, grinders, sanders and screwdrivers—account for a major part of Taiwan's power tool production. Local products in this segment have also established a strong presence in the global

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

Founded in 2005, Yang Light Engineering Co. is an ISO 9001: 2008-approved developer and manufacturer of metal hardware of high quality and precision with very competitive prices. The maker operates two factories in Taiwan with some 150 employees and backed by a wide range of advanced and fully a

Ultrasilane Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd. is a veteran company specializing in designing, developing and manufacturing high-grade rubber parts for automotive, motorcycle, mechanical, electronic and household applications. Claiming to make products with high-grade materials and high-precision molds for t