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Major Industries

General Introduction
- Major Industries in Taiwan (Updated 2008)

Year 2008
- Information Technology Industry
  - Robot exhibition attracts record number of buyers (May 14)
  - “IT Month” mania sates year-end consumer demand for electronics (January 2)
- Other Major Industries
  - Taiwan rated 5th in mega yacht building in world (January 2)

Year 2007
- Information Technology Industry
  - 3D industry alliance launched to boost Taiwan's capacity (August 22)
  - PMC to promote robotic technology in Taiwan (August 8)
  - Taiwan IT ranks among top ten in competitiveness (July 18)
  - Exports of Hsinchu Science Park soar (July 4)
  - Taiwan remains top producer of semiconductor in world (May 16)
- Other Major Industries

Year 2006
- Information Technology Industry
  - Home security a main concern, survey reveals (November 30)
  - Taiwanese IT makers to organize PC trade fair in Beijing (October 4)
  - Intel's job cuts deemed great boon to Taiwanese contract suppliers (September 6)
  - IPC firms reverse industrial trend to post sales growth (May 26)
  - UMC, Quanta to join Simplo's board as strategic shareholders (May 12)
  - BenQ Mobile to begin talks between management and labor (May 11)
  - APEC organization adopts VIA's PC solution (May 4)
  - HTC to ship 10-15m Smart, PDA phones in 2006 (May 4)
  - Taipei Plas 2006 highlights machines for 3C products (April 18)
  - Vibo claims leadership over Chunghwa in 3G cellular competition (April 10)
  - Compal Communications to set up plant in India (March 30)
  - Sony to increase procurements from Taiwan to US$6b (March 29)
  - Ericsson's Taiwan center provides WCDMA, HSDPA, video TV tests (March 29)
  - Acer projects doubling sales in China (March 15)
  - Sunplus emerges as world's no.2 DVD-chip supplier (March 2)
- Petrochemicals
  - Kuokuang Petrochemical agrees to swap shares for land (May 19)
  - Booth number at Taipei PLAS 2006 hits new record (March 23)
  - Petrochemicals and textiles encounter new barrier for sales to EU (March 17)
  - Formosa Plastics Group opens up cross-continental "New Silk Road" (February 24)
- Bicycle and Motorcycle Industry
  - Quality and innovation gear up at Motorcycle Taiwan 2006 (November 30)
  - Industry forums to highlight first international motorcycle show in Taiwan (August 31)
  - Tour de Taiwan helps promote world's third-largest bike show (March 31)
  - Tailing becomes R&D and production base for Suzuki scooters (March 23)
  - Taiwan bike makers facing cheap competition (March 11)
  - Multifunctional cycle designs win top prizes (March 11)
  - "Rolls Royce" of electric scooters unveiled at show (March 11)
  - Bicycle design contest sets global trends (March 7)
- Cars and Other Vehicles
  - Automakers eye car-leasing market to expand sales (October 5)
  - New venture to build solar-powered sunroofs for cars (September 6)
  - ATVs to power up at upcoming 2006 Taiwan Motorcycle Show (June 7)
  - New-car sales stop dropping in May (June 7)
  - AutoTronics, DigiTronics Taipei 2006 score big successes (April 26)
  - New-car sales plunge in first 4 months (April 26)
  - AIDC enters automotive electronics fields (April 25)
  - Tire makers invest heavily in R&D (April 10)
  - Small-displacement ATV exports suffer volume decreases (March 31)
  - DCT pushes new Mercedes-Benz models for higher market share (March 28)
  - Hota wins large transmission parts order from U.S. automaker (March 28)
  - Southern Taiwan auto-parts makers to form R&D alliance (March 23)
- Other Major Industries
  - China Steel Corp.
    - CSC posts NT$3b in May earnings (June 7)
    - CSC urges suspension of Formosa's steel plant project (May 4)
    - CSC world's no.19 steel producer (April 17)
  - Electronics
    - Delta Electronics to expand production in Dongguan (May 26)
    - Tsann Kuen wins No. 1 position in Japan electric-fan market (May 26)
  - Textiles
    - TTRI sets up national standard "CT3" for textile products (May 4)
    - Textile makers in southern Taiwan form alliance (April 26)
    - Textile makers win with high-end products (March 3)
  - Other Traditional Industries
    - Professor says toys are the future (November 30)
    - Rush weaving industry begins to revive after years in the doldrums (September 15)
    - Taiwan works out plan to boost traditional industries (August 30)
    - Traditional cardboard company becomes paper furniture maker (May 19)
    - Spring "Giftionery'" show highlights local creativity (May 12)
    - Hitting on the right combination (March 27)
    - Hand tool makers struggle in hard times (March 21)
    - TIFS 2006 slated for March 15-18 at TWTC (March 14)
    - Taiwan's retailers chalk up banner performance in 2005 (March 6)
    - Made-in-Taiwan luxury yachts moving up in the world market (February 10)

Year 2005
- Information Technology Industry
  - Success is a hard act to follow for the Nankang Software Park (December 9)
  - Taiwanese, Indian IT industry reps explore possibilities for partnership (August 26)
- Other Major industries
  - Decreasing demand, rising costs post challenge to coral business (December 30)
  - Electronics players eye "autotronics" in bid to diversify product portfolios (October 28)
  - Peddling to the Top (October 1)
  - Brick by Brick (September 1)
  - Taiwan's electrical and electronics products to meet green standards (August 12)

Year 2003
- A Winning Smile: Branding in Taiwan (July)
- The Plastic War (July)
- Food companies asked to register with US FDA (June 24)
- Taiwan's economic freedom rates high in think tank study (June 23)
- Electronics industry transforming into market deployer (June 11)
- Defense-oriented development planned for Taichung (June 2)
- No Longer Hidebound: 400 Years of Industrial History in Taiwan (June)