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Taiwan's Wooden Furniture Sector Struggling, But Undaunted
Oct 12, 2016Persistent makers in Taiwan’s wooden furniture sector adopt different strategies to survive a severe recession caused by insiders continuously migrating. Taiwan's wooden furniture manufacturers experienced a golden age back in the ...
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Taiwan Cabinet Plans to Roll out The Taiwanese Version of "Industry 4.0 Plan"
May 29, 2015The Taiwan Cabinet plans to roll out the Taiwanese version of “Industry 4.0 Plan” this June just shortly after such plan had been publicized on TV to be part of China's official program, with the aim to help the island's ...
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Canton Fair Concludes Amid Sagging Foreign Trade
Nov 4, 2014The 116th Canton Fair, China's largest trade fair, concluded Tuesday in the southern metropolis of Guangzhou with a trade slowdown, the event organizer said. Total turnover at the fair reached about 179.2 billion yuan (29.2 billion U.S. ...
Tags: 116th Canton Fair, trade fair, Canton Fair
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Hiwin and Advantech Partner to Foster Robotic Industry Cluster
Aug 8, 2014Hiwin Technologies Corp. and Advantech Co., Ltd. have signed an agreement to foster?the formation of Taiwan's robot-industry cluster in order to?boost international competitiveness of Taiwan's robotic and intelligent-automation industry. ...
Tags: taiwan, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery
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Hiwin Technologies Corp Had Consolidated Revenue of NT$1.1 Billion
May 29, 2014In April alone, Hiwin Technologies Corp. had consolidated revenue of NT$1.1 billion (US$37.6 million), increasing 4.3% from the previous month and 33.9% year on year, thanks to increased demand for industrial robots and intelligent ...
Tags: Hiwin, industrial robots
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RMI Declined to 53 in The First Quarter of 2014, According to The NAHB
Apr 24, 2014Against the backdrop of unusually severe winter weather, the Remodeling Market Index (RMI) declined to 53 in the first quarter of 2014, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). This reading is down from the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Remodeling Market
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Mainland Headwear Reported Revenue for The Year Ended 31 December 2013 Increased by 20.3 %
Mar 21, 2014Mainland Headwear Holdings Limited, the new parent of San Diego Hat Company that also manufactures headwear for some of the largest U.S. brands and operates Lids and New Era stores in Asia, reported revenue for the year ended 31 December ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
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Taiwan-Based Solar Firms Have Been Seeing Rising Orders in February and March
Mar 11, 2013Taiwan-based solar firms have been seeing rising orders in February and March. Some firms believe the changes are due to the EU's anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation against China-based firms which has been pushing customers to ...
Tags: solar firms, rising orders, February, March
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Hewlett-Packard Has Issued New Guidelines to Limit The Use of Student Labor
Feb 18, 2013Hewlett-Packard has issued new guidelines to limit the use of student labor at its supplier factories in China, in what it claimed was the first of its kind for the IT industry. The company issued the guidelines to address "the ...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard, IT industry, student labor
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A Bill Would Allow The Annual H-1B Visa Cap to Rise to as High as 300,000
Feb 4, 2013WASHINGTON -- Ten U.S. senators this week agreed to sponsor a bill that would allow the annual H-1B visa cap to rise to as high as 300,000, leaving opponents and some researchers concerned. Under the proposal, the cap would begin at ...
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Contractors Are Struggling with Shortages of Workers
Dec 31, 2012The construction industry shed 2.2 million workers between January 2007 and last year. So now there's an overabundance of them eager for jobs, right? Wrong. Contractors are struggling with shortages of workers as the home-building market ...
Tags: construction industry, workers, shortage, construction
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Looks at H-1B Use in U.S. Metropolitan Areas Is Being Criticized for Its Approach
Dec 25, 2012A Brookings Institution report that looks at H-1B use in U.S. metropolitan areas is being criticized for its approach, as well as its research data. Some of the criticism is coming from Jared Bernstein, who until last year was a member of ...
Tags: Brookings Institution, H 1B, U.S., research data
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Ken Stephens Tried to Hire a Product Manager From IBM Recently
Dec 21, 2012When Ken Stephens, a senior vice president of Xerox Cloud Services, tried to hire a product manager from IBM recently, he had quite a shock. "I offered him a 40 percent raise," Stevens said in an interview. "But then IBM came back and gave ...
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Migrant Laborers Move out to Their Native Places for a Month Long Vacation
Dec 19, 2012The mass exodus of migrant workers during the festival season in textile industry may create labor shortage in Surat's textile industry. Since the migrant laborers move out to their native places for a month long vacation during the ...
Tags: textile industry, labor shortage, festival season, FOSTTA
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The New York Metropolitan Area Has The Highest Demand for H-1B Workers in The US
Dec 18, 2012The New York metropolitan area has the highest demand for H-1B workers in the United States, according to a new study that examines regional use of the work visa. That's followed by Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and Washington ...
Tags: New York, metropolitan area, H-1B workers
