Compiled by STEVE CHUANG
Fastener production is one of Taiwan’s globally competitive traditional industries, with production value exceeding NT$100 billion (around US$3.17 billion) yearly. Mostly clustered in Taiwan’s southern region across Tainan and Kaohsiung, insiders generally boast exceptional quality, high production efficiency and flexibility, achieved mainly through high concentration of subcontractors who invest in R&D steadily to upgrade technologies.
Not to miss out on a global-scale marketing opportunity, over 180 makers from the island will be organized by Taiwan Industrial Fastener Institute (TIFI) in association with Kaohsiung city government into a sizeable exhibitor group to attend Fastener Fair Stuttgart 2015, held March 10-12 in Germany as a world’s top-3 trade fair of this kind by size.(…)