Taipei, Nov. 6, 2012 (CENS)--Hiwin Technologies Corp. will open a branch office in Brazil to tap the Latin American market for machine tools in line with its Japanese customers, according to company chairman Y.T. Cho. Cho pointed out that ...
Tags: a branch office, machine-tool makers, economic recession
Taipei, Nov. 6, 2012 (CENS)--The four major member firms of Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) racked up total revenue of NT$133.386 billion in October, up 4.5% sequentially. Of the four firms, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre had the best performance, ...
Tags: Formosa Plastics Group, total revenue, Chemicals&Fibre, Plastics
Taipei, Nov. 5, 2012 (CENS)--To enlarge its network in Asia, Eva Airways, one of Taiwan's leading airlines, will lease 18 A321-200 Airbuses, the first of which to be delivered by the end of November. The leased Airbuses will enable Eva ...
Taipei, Nov. 5, 2012 (CENS)--Pretax profits of Taiwan's 38 domestic banks totaled NT$196.1 billion (US$6.54 billion) in the first nine months for a sharp annual growth of 17.5% and are expected to exceed last year's NT$200 billion (US$6.67 ...
Taipei, Nov. 2, 2012 (CENS)--The Taiwan government is promoting a plan to attract inbound investments from overseas Taiwanese enterprises, aiming to draw in NT$200 billion (US$6.67 billion) within two years to generate production value of ...
Tags: attract inbound investments, industry leaders, help high-tech firms
Taipei, Nov. 2, 2012 (CENS)--To stay competitive, Taiwan’s leading syndicated lenders, including Bank of Taiwan (BOT) and Mega International Commercial Bank, have offered rates below 2% as underwriters of some big loans recently. ...
Taipei, Nov. 2, 2012 (CENS)--American automaker Ford Motor Co. recently demonstrated a prototype carbon-fiber engine hood that helps lower fuel consumption. The carbon-fiber reinforced plastic Ford Focus hood displayed at the Composites ...
Tags: Ford Motor, prototype carbon-fiber engine hood, lower fuel consumption
Taipei, Nov. 2, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan’s Farglory Land Development recently announced to tie up with local counterparts Delta Electronics, Inc., Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (CHT) and Hotai Motor Co. Ltd. (local agent of Toyotas and Lexus) ...
Tags: Farglory`s construction projects, access EV charging, monitor energy use
Taipei, Nov.1, 2012 (CENS) – Taiwan’s two major bike makers, Merida Bikes and Giant Global Group, enjoyed booming revenues in the third quarter, with Merida’s earning per share (EPS) reaching NT$2.43 (US$0.081), a new ...
Tags: Merida Bikes, Giant Global Group, demand of mid-and high-end bikes
In Taiwan, there is a diversity of wedding ceremonies varying with nationalities and cultural backgrounds, but in general, all wedding ceremonies are either traditional or modern. Traditional wedding ceremonies are still ...
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Taipei, Nov. 1, 2012 (CENS)-- United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) will see wafer shipment slip 7-9% in the fourth quarter from the third quarter, revenue drop 5-7%, capacity utilization rate fall to 75-79% from last quarter’s 84% and ...
Tags: United Microelectronics Corp., silicon foundry industry
Taipei, Nov. 1, 2012 (CENS)--Shieh Yih Machinery Industry Co., Ltd. vows to rank among the world’s top five manufacturers of metal-pressing machine tools in five years with consolidated revenue of NT$10 billion (US$344 million at ...
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Taipei, Nov. 1, 2012 (CENS)--Francisco Sanchez, undersecretary for international trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce, announced yesterday (Oct. 31) that the Taiwan-U.S. economic and trade relationship has been upgraded from friendship ...
Tags: international trade, Taiwan-U.S.economic and trade relationship
Taipei, Nov. 1, 2012 (CENS)--The Directorate General of Budget, Accounting, and Statistics (DGBAS) revised downward, for the ninth time, its forecast for Taiwan's economic growth this year to 1.05% yesterday (Oct. 31). The DGBAS alerted ...
Tags: economic growth, anemic growth, The Directorate General of Budget
Taipei, Oct. 31, 2012 (CENS)--After 10 consecutive months of blue, Taiwan's economic indicator showed a yellow-blue in September, with the composite scores gaining seven points from a month earlier to 22, only one point from green, ...
Tags: Taiwan's economic, economic performance, performance in finance