May 15, 2014
The four-day 11th Taipei Manufacturing Technology Show 2014 (MTduo) and 13th Taipei International Woodworking Machinery and Supplies Show 2014 (Interwood Taipei), co-organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI), drew to a close on May 11. It was attended by about 300 domestic and international exhibitors using 1,100 booths. The total number of international and domestic visitors was up to 15,000, an increase of 7%, including up to 1,000 international buyers. Most of the buyers came from China, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and USA. The event received a large crowd and the venue was bustling with activities.
The exhibitors this year in MTduo 2014 and Interwood Taipei 2014 exhibited a serious intelligent automation manufacturing technologies and equipment, including a long list of well-known manufacturers, such as SIEMEN, FATEK, C-DOUBLE, DMG MORI, CHMER, DAHLIH, KAO MING, SUN FIRM, RONGFU, POLY GIM, WEXTEN, CHAIN HEADWAY, FENGEI, BLASER, DKSH, KUKA LUREN, ROAD AHEAD, PROJECT, BES MACHINERY, PIONEER MAGAZINE, KINGSLIDE, SHARE WORKSHOP and HAO YU. This year, not only the Swiss Pavilion but also the German Pavilion attended the event to showcase a series of high performance and advanced manufacturing equipment.
According to second time MTduo participant Yi-Jie Lin, CEO of RONGFU Industrial, many buyers not only from Southeast Asia, such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand, but also from South Africa, the Netherlands and India had placed orders onsite. Participation in the event produced better results than expected. Rong-You Lin, CEO of BES MACHINERY, exhibiting the crane-type five axis machining center, claimed the company's reason for participating in MTduo was to reach customers from different fields and to expand business. Shi-Duan Chen, CEO of LUREN, exhibiting the universal gear tool grinding machine also felt the crowd was larger than previous event, which brought better business opportunity. Ji-Sheng Wang, CEO of DMG Mori Seiki, also said there were a large number of buyers at the venue and the sales were promising, which was about EUR$ 3 millions in total onsite and the company was satisfied.
Intelligent automation machines shine the show.
Among the large number of machinery manufacturers that participated in this event, the leading industry brands and winners of the “Taiwan Machine Tools Industry Award 2013 for Excellence in Research and Innovation” and “Taiwan Excellence Awards 2014” showcased sophisticated, multifunctional machinery and equipment, including the Q4025L High Precision Linear Drive Wire Cut EDM from CHMER, who’s technology of the machine is as good as that of German machines. Moreover, LUREN exhibited the LUG-3040 CNC universal gear tool grinding machine with world-class patents; DAHLIH exhibited the DMX-320 5-Axis Vertical Machining Center and DMG MORI exhibited the latest five axis high-speed machining center. All of these machines caught the eyes of buyers.
Business opportunities up to US$ 60 million.
The exhibitors in the shows were numerous. Besides, the joint procurement meeting of MTduo and Interwood Taipei created business up to US$ 23 million. Furthermore, there are many more coming business contracts in future. Totally, the two shows combined creates a business up to US$ 60 million.
Professional seminars capturing latest industrial trend
The organizers of MTduo and Interwood Taipei held many professional seminars during the show, including the participation of experts from Precision Machinery Research & Development Center, which share subjects including “Development of the machine tool industry and servitization of manufacturing”, “Development and recent trends of design and manufacturing in CNC machine tools” and “Development and analysis of intelligent machine tools” and more. There were lots of attendees in seminars, ready to find out more future developmental possibilities for the machinery industry. In addition, “3D printing 2.0”, held by ROAD AHEAD TECHNOLOGIES used new materials to print 3D objects by the state-of-the-art German 3D scanner, which attracted one hundred attendees.
The 4-day event drew to a perfect close with a constant stream of visitors, demonstrating the latest skills and strength of Taiwan's machinery industry. The next MTduo is scheduled on May 2016 which will once again gather all well-known machine manufacturers to show the most innovative technology, while offering the same premium services and draw immense business opportunities for all participants.
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