TAITRA unveils Taiwan Excellence winners

2015-04-24

The winners of this year’s Taiwan Excellence awards were unveiled April 22 by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), with 28 homegrown brands honored for technological innovation.

“Our competition attracted 1,155 entries from 448 local companies. And of these, 459 products by 215 firms won the right to use the Taiwan Excellence trademark,” TAITRA Chairman Francis Liang said. “We confer this prestigious seal of approval on the strength of five main criteria: design, local manufacturing, marketing, quality and R&D.”

According to Liang, the gold and silver winners are hallmarks of innovative design, uncompromising quality and user experience. “Spanning various products, they offer a snapshot of the diversified industries making up Taiwan’s industrial landscape,” he said.

The 10 gold winners and their submissions are Adata Technology Co. Ltd., DDR4 DRAM module; Advantech Co. Ltd., 7-inch Win 8 Pocket Pad; AsusTek Computer Inc., ROG G20 gaming PC; Hiwin Technologies Corp., robotic gait training system; Horizon Yacht Co. Ltd., 60-foot luxury yacht PC60; HTC Corp., One M8 smartphone; Innolux Corp., high color gamut 4K2K LCD TV module; Johnson Health Tech. Co. Ltd., Matrix treadmill; Merida Industry Co. Ltd., Reacto bikes; and Shieh Yih Machinery Industry Co. Ltd., straight-side eccentric-gear mechanical press.

Equally praiseworthy are the silver winners comprising 18 products by 17 companies. These include Align Corp. Ltd., M480L multicopter super combo; BenQ Corp., portable electrostatic Bluetooth speaker eVolo; and Luxgen Motor Co. Ltd., SUV U6 turbo.

AsusTek and Adata were the best performers at the competition. The former collected the most awards for the 13th consecutive year, while the latter garnered its 50th award to date, according to TAITRA.

Organized by the council and Bureau of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan Excellence awards are conducted annually since 1992 as part of ROC government efforts spotlighting Taiwan-made products, as well as spurring innovation and brand development.

Source: Taiwan Today (http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=229642&CtNode=413)