Jan 05, 2010
Taiwan's plastic extrusion machinery industry can be traced back some four decades, making most of the manufacturers seasoned experts with decades of development and manufacturing experience. The past several years have seen many larger makers in Taiwan hone their capability to develop, produce various items with higher added-value that meet special requirements of global customers.
The local makers in this sector especially deserve credit for successfully raising the operating and production efficiencies of the machines, achievements of which have helped them to penetrate markets in industrialized nations, expanding from the usual export markets in Southeast Asia.
The government-backed Plastics Industry Development Center (PIDC) says the number of makers in Taiwan who turn out plastic and rubber processing machinery has reached over 250, three-quarters of whom produce plastic injection-molding machinery, and a quarter making extrusion machines.
Exported Virtually Worldwide
The Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI) says that such Taiwan-made machines are mainly exported to mainland China and Hong Kong, the USA, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, Germany, South Korea, and Canada.
C.C. Wang, president of TAMI, says exports of Taiwan-made plastic and rubber processing machines slowed modestly last year due to surging material prices and the appreciation of the New Taiwan dollar against the greenback, though exports have rebounded into positive territory since the beginning of this year.
Source: TWTC News