For different reasons, Taiwan’s technology-related industries, including electric vehicles and auto electronics parts, smartphone components, and artificial intelligence solutions, are generally on a roll, as reflected by the robust revenues posted by many of listed companies in the Taiwan bourse for the third quarter of this year, to hopefully continue to serve as growth engines for Taiwan’s eco...

After considerable deliberation by an international jury panel, 48 entries were announced as winners of the prestigious TAIPEI CYCLE d&i awards 2016; while among them, five products were granted the TAIPEI CYCLE d&i gold awards, and the special “Gold Award – Young Enterprise” was given to startups showing outstanding achievements. Makers and designers could until Dec. 31, 2015 submit products fo...

Designers from Taiwan again bring home encouraging news to perhaps further confirm the undeniable fact that the relatively small island contains a sizable pool of talent in design. A record number of awards at the iF DESIGN AWARD 2016 has been won by Taiwanese designers. iF DESIGN AWARD is widely recognized globally as the “Oscars” of the design world, of which the 2016 edition saw Taiwanese ...

Continuing an uptrend in growth from 2013, when about 80 million units were sold, sales of new cars worldwide increased by 2.3 percent to reach a new record high of 87.28 million units in 2015, driven by robust demand from major markets like the U.S. and Western Europe; while sales in China, the world's largest automobile market continued to rise slightly, according to the Automotive Research & T...

While recent TV news platforms as CNN, CNBC and Bloomberg having aired stock market turmoil globally, with crude oil and iron ore prices continuing to plunge to impact major mining firms as BH Billiton and even the financial health of Saudi Arabia, coupled with global economic growth as well as China's being forecasted to slow in 2016, which inevitably rattles investor sentiments as well as botto...

The Cowealth Group of Taiwan, a publicly held vendor of medical equipment who was the first Taiwanese firm to have entered the mainland Chinese market some 18 years ago, is determined to promote its products across prefectural cities by 2016 and county cities by 2018 after having supplied such products across provincial capitals in mainland China in 2015. Company chairperson, Q.Z. Wang, is san...

In response to consistently strong market demand for medical instruments globally, some Taiwanese firms in the line have been aggressively expanding production capacity at home and overseas, to be better prepared for shipment growth amid such boom that is expected to continue for the next few years. The increasingly upbeat prospect of the global market for medical devices and instruments is wi...

Taiwan's assembled-bicycle and parts exports contrasted against the frequently reported volatility, uncertainty in the global economy across TV news platforms as CNN, BBC, CNBC and Bloomberg, all of which held their breaths as global stock markets began their first trading day of 2016 by tanking as if uncontrollably, which apparently was triggered by reports of discouraging PMI figures out of Chi...

The Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) recently announced survey results related to the top-20 Most Innovative Companies in Taiwan 2015, of which technology companies continue to account for the lion's share. This regular survey, kicked off in 2011, is organized by the IDB and implemented by Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The rankings are derived bas...

Thanks to cyclist-friendly weather in major export markets such as Europe and the U.S., many Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE)-listed assembled-bicycle and parts makers reported record-high revenues in the first three quarters of 2015, with institutional investors predicting also these companies to likely achieve whole-year revenue records. Merida Industry Co., Ltd., recognized as the second-larges...