| Taiwan Industry Updates

Heads of industry associations, top executives of leading enterprises, experts from industrial research institutions, and foreign buyers at international trade fairs shed light on the latest industrial developments, trends, and prospects in their respective professional fields through interviews with CENS.com reporters.

TFTA chairman Jim Chen (left) and advisor William Liao (right) play key roles in putting together pre-show plans for the first International Fastener Show, Tainan, TAIWAN.

New Fastener Show to Boost Fastener Industry's Global Presence: TFTA

Tainan fair to complement similar event held in Kaohsiung

Fastener production is one of the landmark industries of southern Taiwan, where 1,000 manufacturers, related upstream suppliers, and processing service providers clustered in Tainan and Kaohsiung cities form a highly ef...

Apr 16, 2013

Bruce Liu (right), chairman of Camco, and his company's booths at Automechanika Frankfurt, the world's largest auto-parts trade fair.

2013 Performance-Tuning Parts Market to Stay Flat

Online shopping has eliminated need for jobbers and modification shops

Once maybe the fastest rising segment in the global auto-parts and -accessory market, performance-tuning items attracted intense attention from global buyers and created a booming sector that nourished a big group of su...

Apr 10, 2013

In-car infotainment systems displayed in the 2012 Guangzhou International Auto Parts and Accessories Exhibition
(Auto Guangzhou).

Status Quo of Automotive-electronic Industry Segment In China

Chinese makers must choose the right foreign partners to advance technically

The booming automobile market in China has been attracting an increasing number of international automakers to invest in the high-potential market, and the capital and technical injection from the major global players h...

Apr 08, 2013

Pu Sheng Yuan Emerges as Leading LED Tube Maker in China

BCX-branded LED lightings well received in international markets

Cai Yahui is known for being the founder of mainland China’s first LED-lighting tube maker using mechanized production equipment, Shenzhen Pu Sheng Yuan Lighting Co., which now has an annual output of 10 million tubes t...

SHENZHEN PU SHENG YUAN LIGHTING CO., LTD. Mar 08, 2013

Chai Yen-hsin, professor at National Taipei University of Technology, cooperates with several lighting companies to design lighting products based on required specifications.

Taiwan's Lighting Makers Shine by Winning International Awards

Optoelectronics expert invents way to recycle heat and light from lamps

Obviously Taiwan’s lighting makers are seeing their investments in R&D to generate innovations pay off, not only in garnering frequent international awards, but also in promoting their global image and breeding potent...

Mar 08, 2013

Jou compares his candlelight-like OLED (in right hand) with candle light. (Photo courtesy of Prof. Jou)

Materials Science Professor Unveils Friendlier OLED Lighting

OLED's blanketing light is better for households than LED's spot pattern

Preliminary results of an ambitious OLED project led by materials scientist Prof. Jwo-huei Jou of the National Tsing-Hua University of Taiwan has been achieved: A small organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel emitting...

Mar 08, 2013

The two sides of the Taiwan Straights have started cooperating in the development of common certification standards for LED lighting.

China Considers Adopting Taiwanese Lighting Standards

Local LED lighting companies have great hopes for cross-straits cooperation

China is reportedly considering the possibility of adopting some of Taiwan’s LED lighting certification standards, initially those applicable to LED models which can be immediately applied in the Chinese market, in orde...

Mar 08, 2013

Radley introduces Microlights' product range to local teams in Taichung.

Microlights Brings Retail Lighting Expertise to Taiwan

Store lighting supplier offers efficient solutions to retailers everywhere

Amanda Radley, International Sales Director of Microlights Ltd., a member of the Aurora Group of the United Kingdom, made her first-ever trade presentations in Taiwan (one each in Taipei and Taichung) in May 2012. Her o...

Jan 07, 2013

Chen Pao-chin, chairman of Cindy Enterprise Co., expects an end to the traditional export-driven lighting industry.

Ex-TLFEA Chairman Chen Sizes up Tough Lighting Market

More makers to go under in next few years

In recent years, the Beijing authority announced policies unfavorable to the so-called traditional export-driven industries, having also impacted heavily most of the Taiwanese-run companies set up to take advantage of C...

Oct 12, 2012

An Interview with Shyam Sujan, Secretary General of ELCOMA of India

Shyam Sujan, Sectary General of India’s Electric Lamp & Component Manufacturers’ Association (ELCOMA), hopes that compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) will replace incandescent lamps in India in three to four years under th...

Oct 12, 2012

ANCMA in Italy Pleads for Official Action Amid PTW Market Woes

Director general encourages younger people to use PTWs as daily transport

Besides the often reported financial woes besetting Italy, the largest powered two-wheeler (PTW) market in Europe has also been suffering steadily dropping sales that are threatening its long-established PTW industry, ...

Sep 26, 2012

Wise Center is a well-known maker of gardening shears in Taiwan's central county of Taichung.

Gardening Product Makers Shed Light on Strategies for Sustainable Development

One maker plans to launch electromechanical agricultural items to stay ahead

Makers of gardening tools along with accessories generate export revenue of around US$95 million on average yearly help to drive hand tool exports in Taiwan. Besides being popular with professionals and DIY gardener...

Aug 30, 2012