Long Gang Machinery Co., Ltd., set up by a technical expert with over 20 years of experience in the industry, specializes in designing and manufacturing hole processing machinery and special dedicated machinery:CNC turret drilling and tapping machines, automatic high-speed vertical/horizontal drill

GTEN Ball Screw Technology Co., Ltd. operates in New Taipei City as one of Taiwan’s most specialized manufacturers of rolled ball screws. Under the leadership of its general manager, Levite Lee, the firm has accumulated more than two decades of experience in the field and uses imported state-of-the

With Taiwan's domestic market for steel structure showing little growth potential, China Steel Structure Co., Ltd., (CSSC), a Taiwanese manufacturer of structural steel and affiliate of a major steelmaker in Taiwan's China Steel Corp., will step up exploring business opportunities in the ASEAN (As

After almost three decades of experience, Tai Cheer Industrial Co. has become a dynamic manufacturer of ball bearing drawer slides at a production base in Yunlin County, central Taiwan. The company concentrated mainly on roll forming machines in the first decade of its life, and in 1993 became

Mainly dampened by steadily declining steel exports to China, which remain subject to 3-8% duties, the output value of Taiwan’s steel industry totaled only NT$405.1 billion (US$13.5 billion) for the first four months of this year, down 5.6% year-on-year (YoY), according to the statistics by the Mi

By JUDY LI The furniture and handicraft industries have played an important role in Indonesia’s economic development, and are a major source of jobs there, supplying employment (directly or indirectly) for more than three million people. Both industries have a very long value chain that intersec

By STEVE CHUANG Asia’s largest trade fair for plastics and rubber industries as well as world’s second-biggest (after K Fair in Germany), ChinaPlas 2014 (the 28th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries) bustled with demand and bulged with an increased number of visitors and b

Founded in 1985 in Taichung, central Taiwan, Hann Kuen Machinery & Hardware Co., Ltd. specializes in making drilling spindle heads, tapping spindle heads, boring/milling spindle heads, and slide tables for precision machines. The firm's spindle heads come in a wide range of specifications, with a

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

Founded in 1985 in Taichung, central Taiwan, Hann Kuen Machinery & Hardware Co., Ltd. specializes in making drilling spindle heads, tapping spindle heads, boring/milling spindle heads, and slide tables for precision machines. The firm's spindle heads come in a wide range of specifications, with

Taiwan's flat-panel display (FPD) industry turned out NT$377.05 billion (US$12.57 billion) worth of products in the third quarter of 2013, down 4.2% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) and 2.3% year-on-year (YoY), according to the Industrial Economics & Knowledge Center of the Industry & Technology Intelligen

By STEVE CHUANG Despite a sluggish 2013, most of Taiwanese furniture parts makers have not slackened their efforts to continue developing through improved production capability and better. The three manufacturers described below are noted for their consistent efforts to sharpen their competit

Taiwan's jobless rate slid 0.08 of a percentage point from a month earlier to 4.16% in November 2013, reflecting a slow economic recovery, according to statistics released by the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS). In 2012 the unemployment rate stood at 4.24% and th

Bosch recently announced a major advancement in active motorcycle safety technology that is expected to change the image of motorcycling as a dangerous activity. The global automotive tier-1 supplier claimed that it has developed world's first brake control system for motorcycles. The motorcycl

Established in 1965, Chia Cheng World Industrial Co., Ltd. is today one of Taiwan's leading makers of metal washroom accessories, bathroom fittings, kitchen racks, and toilet partitions for use in hotels, commercial buildings, and public facilities and establishments. With a consummate producti

Argentina attracts investments in energy sector Argentina in July announced a new policy to attract investments in the energy sector, availing companies which invest US$1 billion within five years 20% tax exemption on exports of oil or gas, on the eve of the expected announcement of a joint ventur

Denver Industry Co., Ltd., founded by Kao Yuan-tang in 1972 in Taichung City of central Taiwan, is one of Taiwan’s leading manufacturers of lathes, CNC lathes (with large spindle bore) and CNC milling machines. The company mainly focuses on producing made-to-order special-purpose machines for clien

Mostly clustered in Taiwan’s central counties of Taichung and Changhua, Taiwanese furniture parts makers saw their heyday as the island’s export-driven economy took off in the 1960s, with the prosperity being relatively fleeting as labor, land costs rose on the island, coupled with rivalry from eme

Seventeen winners emerged from a slate of 62 competitors at the second annual Taiwan Machine Tools Industry Award 2013 for Excellence in Research and Innovation contest held during the Taipei International Machine Tool Show (TIMTOS) 2013 in early March. The number of award contenders this year

Metalworking is vital to Taiwan’s economy, as the basic metal and metal product industries generated NT$1.6 trillion and NT$704.6 billion, respectively, in output to command a 11.2% and 6.1% share of the island’s total in 2012, according to statistics compiled by the Metal Industries Research & De

Mostly clustered in Taiwan’s central counties of Taichung and Changhua, Taiwanese furniture parts makers saw their heyday as the island’s export-driven economy took off in the 1960s, with the prosperity being relatively fleeting as labor, land costs rose on the island, coupled with rivalry from eme

Ming Lurn Precision Machine Co., Ltd., founded in 1977, is now a leading supplier of garage equipment in Taiwan as well as a major player in overseas markets such as Japan, Europe, and Southeast Asia. The ISO 9001-certified company markets its products under its own “CARLEO” brand. Ming Lurn’s w

CNC-TAKANG Co., Ltd., established in 1994, has ample expertise in development and production of heavy-duty/high-torque/full-power-output CNC lathes and vertical/horizontal/double-column machining centers. The maker mainly offers conventional lathes, CNC lathes (flat & slant bed), double spindle

Relatively higher price of Windows 8 stops it from being growth driver Recent reports that the global PC market is on an inevitable slide with ever increasing use of PDAs as tablets, smartphones seem to be coming true. The launch of Windows 8 seems powerless to revive the gloomy global market fo

Japanese carmakers, which suffer from sharp decline in car sales in China due to the Diaoyutai (aka Senkaku Islands)dispute, are promoting “local content” to overcome the massive boycott against Japanese goods, emphasizing that most auto parts being made in China. The Wall Street Journal

Taipei, Dec. 10, 2012 (CENS)--HIWIN Technologies Corp. chairman and chief executive officer Eric Chuo recently said the company will be supplying precision positioning components to chip making industry heavyweights, adding that the company’s positioning component have been adopted by prominent ch

Taipei, Nov. 26, 2012 (CENS)--Thanks to upturn in exports and investment, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting, and Statistics (DGBAS) revised upward on Nov. 23 its forecast of Taiwan’s economic growth this year to 1.13%, confirming that the growth rate will hold onto the 1% mark. Although

Taipei, Nov.2, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan Cement Group’s three listed subsidiaries saw NT$7.372 billion (US$245.73 million) in net profits in the first three quarters, down 25% year on year (YoY). Institutional investors indicated that, with the coming high season, Taiwan Cement Co.’s (TCC) operation in

Taipei, Nov. 1, 2012 (CENS)-- United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) will see wafer shipment slip 7-9% in the fourth quarter from the third quarter, revenue drop 5-7%, capacity utilization rate fall to 75-79% from last quarter’s 84% and gross margin sink to 17-19% from last quarter’s 24%, according to

Taipei, Oct.12, 2012 (CENS)--Driven by simmering sales amid the Oct. 1 holiday in China, Synnex Technology International Corp., Taiwan-based distributor of 3C (computers, consumer electronics and communications) products, witnessed consolidated revenues in September up 4% month on month (MoM) to N