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INDUSTRY EVENTS

the machinery sector also sees
emerging opportunities in EV,
low-earth-orbit satellites, and
aerospace industries. As a result,
many more companies are
looking to incorporate ESG into
their production processes to
facilitate sustainable goals.

In a TAITRA-released press
release, Taiwan Association of
Machinery Industry Chairman
Larry Wei said the initial results
TIMTOS x TMTS 2022 were a
resounding success, citing how
Taiwan’s machine tool exports
maintained their third place
ranking in terms of global exports
last year. This year’s export
performance notably saw a
29.1% growth in the same period
as last year, indicating Taiwan’s
machine tools’ resiliency during
Taiwan’s top machinery motion component supplier Hiwin kicks off its attendance at
TIMTOS x TMTS 2022. (Photo courtesy of CENS) the COVID-19 pandemic.
Taiwan Machine Tool and
Accessory Builders’ Association Chairman Habor Hsu
TIMTOS x TMTS 2022 also emphasized that the expo was hosted in a hybrid
manner due to the border restrictions, allowing global
Organized by Taiwan External Trade Development
Council (TAITRA), this year’s TIMTOS x TMTS would buyers to see the innovative applications in the smart
mark the first ever show hosted by the Taiwan Association manufacturing realm. From this year’s example, Hsu said
of Machinery Industry (TAMI) and Taiwan Machine Tool Taiwan’s machine tools industry is on track to incorporate
and Accessory Builders’ Association. The hybrid show’s smart applications and digital transformations for future
physical event lasted six days, from Feb. 21 to 26, at the opportunities to include smart solutions into their product
Taipei Nangang Exhibition Hall 1 and 2, while the virtual lineup.
expo continued to Mar. 21 for an entire month.
Exhibitors from 16 countries/regions showcased at the
show, including the world’s largest machine tool producers
The 2022 edition was also the first machine tool
exhibition held in the world, as at the time, many other Switzerland, Germany, and the U.S., which had formed
countries were still grappling with high positive COVID-19 delegations to exhibit under a national pavilion capacity.
cases. Many industry heavyweight corporations, including Fair
Friend, PMI Group, Ying Lin Machine, Hiwin, Shinwu
Machinery, Kao Fung Machinery, Chmer, MAZAK,
This year, TIMTOS x TMTS focused on two primary
themes of smart manufacturing and intelligent key TRUMPF, Tong Tai, You Ji, and Delta Electronics. On the
components, covering exhibitors showcasing applications other hand, TIMTOS x TMTS saw attendance from the top
for Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing solutions, and the four suppliers for machine tool control systems: FANUC,
comprehensive ecosystem of Taiwan’s machine tools MITSUBISHI, HEIDENHAIN, and SIEMENS.
cluster.
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Citing external factors such as the restructuring of the Taiwan’s next machinery-focused trade show is the
global supply chain and climate change, TAITRA Chairman TaipeiPLAS event, coming to Nangang Exhibition Hall 1
James Huang pointed out that the globalized supply chains from Sept. 27 to Oct. 1. Together with the concurrently-held
were shifting towards regional-focused manufacturing to ShoeTech Taipei show, there will be approximately 300
limit external impacts on the supply chain. In addition, exhibitors using 1,300 booths on the show grounds, making

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