News | February 21, 2022

TIMTOS x TMTS 2022 Grandly Launched The World's First Machine Tool Exhibition To Create A New Miracle In Taiwan

Today (21st) Japan, the two major machine tool exhibitions in Japan have joined hands for the first time in the "TIMTOS x TMTS 2022" machine tool joint exhibition at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Hall 1 and 2. A total of 950 exhibitors used 5,100 booths and took Real and virtual go hand in hand with Hybrid mode, a 6-day physical exhibition is matched with a one-month online exhibition. As the global machine tool exhibition is affected by the epidemic, the organizers of TIMTOS x TMTS 2022, the Foreign Trade Association, the Taiwan Machinery Industry Association, and the Taiwan Machine Tool and Components Industry Association are organized with innovative digital thinking, and exhibitors are fully supportive and hard work. Spiritual participation and enthusiastic participation of foreign visitors across borders and restrictions have jointly achieved another "Taiwan Miracle" in which Taiwan can hold large-scale exhibitions because of the epidemic prevention in the global epidemic.

President Tsai Ing-wen, President Su Zhenchang of the Executive Yuan, Minister Wang Meihua of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Director Sun Xiaoya of the American Institute in Taiwan and other distinguished guests attended the opening ceremony together with the organizer, Chairman Huang Zhifang of the Foreign Trade Association, Chairman Wei Canwen of the Machinery Association, and Chairman Xu Wenxian of the Machine Tool Association , to witness together that TIMTOS x TMTS 2022 will lead the global machine tool industry to embrace the new generation of business opportunities after the epidemic.

Chairman Huang Zhifang of the Foreign Trade Association said that the launch of TIMTOS x TMTS 2022 is of great significance, and thanks to the concerted efforts of many parties to achieve the largest international exhibition in Taiwan after the epidemic, it is also the world's first machine tool exhibition in early 2022. Chairman Huang also pointed out that the machinery industry is facing challenges such as border control in various countries, structural changes in the global supply chain and global warming. Orbital satellite, aerospace and other industries; and more and more corporate business concepts are integrated into the application of ESG in commodity manufacturing, which also accelerates the realization of the goal of a sustainable environment.

Chairman Wei Canwen of the Machinery Association pointed out that the TIMTOS x TMTS 2022 exhibition is like sounding the drum of the long-term performance in 2022, and it is a beautiful victory, especially in 2021, Taiwan's machine tools will continue to be ranked third in the world's export, and the export will increase by 29.1% compared with the same period last year. It can be seen that Taiwan's machine tool industry has shown resilience under the epidemic. Chairman Xu Wenxian of the Machine Tool Association emphasized that this time, in order to break through the border control, the real and the virtual go hand in hand, and foreign buyers can also see the innovative R&D strength of the machine tool industry in smart manufacturing online. Taiwan's machine tool industry is transforming towards intelligence and digital upgrading. In the future, it is necessary to earn stable intellectual wealth and sell know-how.

TIMTOS x TMTS 2022 combines the energy of the two exhibitions, providing an important international platform for the global machine tool industry to display the latest models and smart manufacturing solutions. Manufacturers from 16 countries/regions at home and abroad gathered together, and the world's major machine tool producers include Switzerland and Germany. , the United States also organized a national pavilion to participate in the grand event, leading brands in various fields gathered such as Youjia, Intime, Yinglin, Shanghai Yin, Xinwu, Gao Feng, Qinghong, Hehe, MAZAK, Dongtai , Youji, Takizawa, Yongjin, TRUMPF, Taichung Seiki, Delta Electronics, etc. In addition, the controllers in the key components of machine tools are FANUC, Taiwan's Mitsubishi (MITSUBISHI), and Hyde Han (HEIDENHAIN) and Siemens (SIEMENS) also attended the exhibition. The exhibition focuses on the two themes of "smart manufacturing" and "smart key components", and the exhibits include Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing solutions and the complete industrial supply chain of machine tools.

Although international buyers cannot enter the country at this stage, TAITRA is also planning a variety of online activities to conduct exhibition and negotiation through online guides or video chat. A total of more than 1,500 international buyers from 64 countries have registered online. The negotiation and media tours have been arranged for more than 700 times.

Source: TIMTOS x TMTS