Oct 6 2008
It's TAITRONICS time! That's right the days when every hotel room is booked out, and parking space is taken. This event, its 34th cycle, unfolds at the brand new TWTC NANGANG Exhibition Hall from October 7 to 11.
Asia's largest electronics sourcing show is sponsored by TAITRA and the Taiwan Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers' Association (TEEMA) and features nearly a thousand exhibitors who are using 2,000 booths spread over 12 distinct theme zones. Major electronic companies include such all-stars as Teco, MediaTek, Macronix, Winband and Shilin Electric who will display their latest electronic parts, meters and instruments, heavy machinery and industrial equipment, wires and cables, testing products, consumer electronics, safety supervision materials, IC design, LED and lighting fixtures, computer and information products, peripherals and automobile electronics.
Special theme zones on future industry trends highlight this year's venue with pavilions such as The LED Special Zone that spotlights energy-saving LED related products. It's here were major brand exhibitors are located such as EVERLIGHT, the world's seventh largest LED maker, and Taiwan Oasis along with well-known producers like SMD LED. There are also LED displays and LED-related parts from such key makers as Lenoo, Oracle, Powertronics, Tary, and Ten.
This exhibition fields Asia's largest collection of LED-related products under one roof. Foreigners are strongly attracted to the Security Monitor Zone that features such famous names in the industry as Hunt, Soyal, Everspring, GKB, and GW Instek with their newly developed closed circuit monitor systems, digital cameras, image transmission equipments, lenses, protective guards and many more new products.
Other theme zones of note are the iF Award-winning Products Zone, Taiwan Excellent Products Zone, Green Electronics Zone which all provide buyers and producers from both home and abroad with convenient prospect-packed platforms of exchange and opportunity. The organizers have mapped a China Zone where some 90 Chinese companies are using 100 booths to bridge the Strait with the best in Chinese business opportunities.
TAITRONICS has consistently striven to consolidate its lead as a major international show and has seamlessly plugged in its 48 branches around the world to create one of the most sophisticated marketing and promotional channels that attract huge numbers of foreign exhibitors. Among the international heavyweights are AT&T Lab, Newegg, Germany's Vodafone, Espera-Werke GmbH, Spain's Rexel and Hagemeyer, Korea's Changsung, UK's Entanet International and Aria Technology, Romania's Proton Technologies SRL, China's Electrolux SEA Pte, Lenovomobile, Paraguay's NGO SAECA, Ukraine's VD Mais, Algeria's Supelectrotech Eurl, and United Arab Emirates' Al Masa IT Distribution FZCo. In all there will be more than 50 companies, with a combined purchase potential of US$50 million, searching the show for the latest in electronics.
During the show TAITRA has arranged for some 1,500 one-on-one business procurement meetings. In addition, the organizers have scheduled several seminars. Among the topics are IECG systems, energy-saver designs, medical electronics, wireless modules, electronic passive components and more. These seminars reflect Taiwan's strength in electronics to enhance even greater international cooperation in the future.
With the goal of improving international awareness and influence of Taiwan's electronics-related products, TAITRA has also planned to simultaneously hold the Taiwan International RFID Application Exhibition and the first-ever Broadband Taiwan Show at the NANGANG Exhibition Hall. The RFIDS Show features RFIS parts, software for business information and product delivery, printing equipment, system integration, sensors, modules and RFID peripheral equipments. The Broadband Show, opens a highly professional telecommunications exhibition that showcases the latest telecommunication equipment, parts, application software, service operations and testing certification, and covers the vast and varied sectors that link up through Taiwan's telecom industry. A special pavilion will feature the extremely popular WiMax, fiber optics and other newly developed telecom products.
With TAITRONICS comes the Taiwan International Solar Photoelectric Forum and Exhibition that unfolds from October 7 to 8 at the Taipei International Convention Center and the Taipei World Trade Center. This exhibition showcases materials, power cells, models, system designs and power transfer systems, terminal products application, process equipments and more. This year, TAITRA has invited experts representing the leading photoelectric brands from Spain, Japan, Norway, and China. A Solar Power Forum, on October 7, explores such topics as the current status and trends in the global solar power photo-electronics industry, solar cells, thin-membrane solar cells, and solar photo-electronic silicon materials.
Unparalleled selection is offered at this year's show that bundles together four key information industry and telecommunications shows. In all, there will be 1,200 companies using 2.600 booths who will interact with more than 70,000 local and foreign visitors to progress Taiwan's dynamic electronics industry.