Aerospace industry show takes off in Taichung City

2016/06/20

The inaugural Aerospace Industry—AIM and Productivity 4.0 Industrial Technology Matching Exhibition opened June 16 in central Taiwan’s Taichung City, highlighting concerted efforts among government, industry and the academia to boost the sector through enhanced coordination and integration of public-private sector resources.

Co-organized by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taichung City Government and Economic Daily News, the five-day exhibition serves as a platform for AIM Alliance firms. Established in December 2015, the alliance comprises the A-team, aerospace companies; I-team, intelligent R&D institutions; and M-team, machinery manufacturers.

“The exhibition is an unprecedented platform for members from the three teams to interact and pursue partnerships,” said TCG Secretary-General Huang Ching-mao. “We believe the sky is the limit when it comes to tapping the potential of Taiwan’s aerospace industry.”

Huang said the AIM Alliance harnesses a unique set of cross-industry synergies. “The I-team is the solution provider, helping its partners in aerospace and machinery manufacturing move to higher levels in efficiency and automation.

“As a result, an upgraded local machinery manufacturing sector will benefit Taiwan’s aerospace parts producers, with a retooled A-team playing a bigger role in the US$5.2 trillion global aerospace market.”

According to TCG, around 200 businesses and industry organizations are taking part in the exhibition. These include state-owned Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. and HIWIN Technologies Corp., both headquartered in Taichung, as well as Hsinchu County-based Industrial Technology Research Institute in northern Taiwan. Major overseas participants include Taiwan aerospace clients Boeing Co. of the U.S. and Safran Group of France.

The exhibition is one of the planks in the President Tsai Ing-wen administration’s policy of promoting the national defense industry, of which the aerospace and machinery manufacturing sectors are an integral part. It also reflects the growing role of Taichung as high-tech manufacturing hub for value-added industries of the 21st century and beyond. The MOEA plans to boost aerospace industry production value from NT$91.4 billion (US$2.85 billion) to NT$200 billion (US$6.25 billion) in four years.

Source: Taiwan Today (http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=245642&ctNode=2194&mp=9)