"2016 Taichung Automation Industry Exhibition" Taichung City Builds a Capital of Smart Machinery

The "2016 Taichung Automation Industry Exhibition" opened on the 2nd at the Greater Taichung International Expo Center, gathering 350 quality manufacturers from the machinery manufacturing industry in the central region, divided into 7 major zones, with 810 booths filling the venue, showcasing Taichung's strong industrial development strength and potential business opportunities. Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung stated that the city government has drafted four major strategies to build Taichung into a capital of smart machinery, including establishing a national-level legal entity for industrial R&D and innovation, formulating a national-level plan to help businesses obtain funding and land, building dual convention centers to strengthen production capacity, and cultivating talent through industry-academia cooperation. He hopes the central government will support this, develop Taichung's Industry 4.0, and revive Taiwan's economy.

The "2016 Taichung Automation Industry Exhibition" runs from the 2nd to the 6th. Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung pointed out that Taichung's precision machinery and aerospace industries have limitless development potential, and President Tsai Ing-wen has proposed the concept of building Taichung into a capital of smart machinery. In response, the city government has drafted four major strategic directions and hopes the central government will fully support them.

General Manager Chou of the Economic Daily News stated that the Taichung Automation Industry Exhibition has now entered its 35th year, attracting countless manufacturers to exhibit every year. This year again attracted more than 350 quality manufacturers, with 810 booths filling the venue, proving that Wuri in Taichung is not only the core area for developing the precision machinery industry, but the yolk of the core. He hopes that after the city government's future dual convention centers are completed, they will bring even greater business opportunities and industrial economic capacity to Taiwan.

Wu Ming-chi, Director-General of the Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, pointed out that the 5 major innovation and research plans proposed by President Tsai are all closely related to Taichung, and precision machinery is the most important among them. In the future, the central government will fully cooperate with the Taichung City Government, using Taichung's industrial development as a blueprint, while introducing Internet of Things (IOT) and big data technologies to develop the Productivity 4.0 plan, so as to comprehensively enhance Taiwan's industrial competitiveness.