Taiwan’s annual 4-in-1 mega automotive and motorcycle show in Taipei, held April 19-23, broke records in both attendance of visitors and exhibitors.
The capital city hosted a total of 3,772 booths for all four shows with 45,260 visitors attending the combined AMPA/ AutoTronics Taipei/Motorcycle Taiwan/EV Taiwan shows, show organizers say. The shows were held at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center and the Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1. The top three countries with the highest number of foreign visitors were: Japan – 1,657; Mainland China – 1,018 and the United States – 541.
This year, the focus was on telematics. The island has long been a huge exporter of auto parts to other countries and while it intends to maintain that status, it has a new focus on telematics components, aiming to serve human and machine-driven vehicles.
Paul Chou, secretary general of the Taiwan Telematics Industry Association, sat down with journalists from around the world at the show to explain the island’s focus on telematics. He likened Taiwan’s approach to telematics much in the way that the PC industry emerged in the 1980s and 90s. The island eventually became the key supplier of quality components for most of the computers made today and has repeated those successes with the smartphone market, he said.
“Taiwan won’t be absent from the coming autonomous driving market,” he told reporters.
A number of awards were given to companies for product innovation, as happens each year.
The 2017 Innovation Award Winners are:
Accessories
SILVER
Shu-Hou Special Printing Corp.
Irregularities Wood Grain Printing
Agemate Industrial Co. Ltd.
Dry Carbon Driveshaft
Nikes Vehicle Lighting Co.
NK0507 High-Efficiency Auxiliary Driving Lamp
Feng Yao Co. Ltd.
Magic Charger
Max’s Industrial Co.
Hybrid Suspension System
BRONZE
Yeow Hwa Co. Ltd.
G-Mars plant oil anti-wear additive
Zhong Zhi Green Energy Technology Co. Ltd.
Brilliant Cloth
All First Group Corp.
Twin-cylinder, Twin-motor Tire Inflator
Sky Mirrors Co. Ltd.
Sky Mirror
Create Forever Industrial Co. Ltd.
Auto-Airchuck
Pro-Iroda Industries Inc.
HG-350 Butane-powered hot air gun
Why Wait Machinery Co. Ltd.
Slidable-High volume & Spray Air Blow Gun
Parts
GOLD
Honley Auto Parts Co. Ltd.
Hot Stamping Patchwork B Pillar with Extra- High Strength and Anti – High Temperature Oxidation Coating Film
SILVER
Chang Hao Industrial Technology Co. Ltd.
Intelligent self leveling Headlamp
Everlight Electronics Co. Ltd.
Matrix Driving Beam Technology
BRONZE
EMU Co. Ltd.
Seamless Transfer Clutch
Electronic End Products
GOLD
E-Lead Electronic Co. Ltd.
Windshield Type Heads-up Display
SILVER
ATBS Technology Co. Ltd.
Multifunction Internet of Vehicle System
Trans Electric Co. Ltd.
Dual Dash Cam
BRONZE
Good Will Instrument Co. Ltd.
Mixed-Signal Oscilloscope MSO-2000 Series
Itech Electronic Co. Ltd.
Energy recovery Programmable electronic load
Tesor Plus Corp.
Smartphone Fingerprint Wireless Relay Immobilizer
Han-Win Technology Co. Ltd.
Lithium Battery Pack with “INNO-SAFETY” BMS Technology
