Domestic and overseas economic performance was in an uptick in 2017 when Taiwan’s GDP was adjusted upwards from the original 1% to nearly 2.5%. With economic recovery at the background, Taiwanese fastener companies grabbed their chances to tap into the U.S. and Europe where purchase sentiment turned strong, as well as China and Southeast Asia where infrastructure construction was prevalent. Under the leadership of former chairman Bill Chen and former vice chairman Jimmy Chang, TFTA members not only actively visited fastener companies in Thailand, Germany and Japan, but also teamed up and attended overseas major exhibitions in 2017. (…)
