Taiwan, Japan to deepen cooperation to help transform Taiwan into smart machinery hub
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/08/29
By: Scott Morgan, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Tsai Ing-wen with smart machine, Aug. 29 2018. (By Central News Agency)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan and Japan will establish a long-term cooperation mechanism to deepen collaboration and exchange in smart machinery, CNA reported on Aug. 29.
Taiwan hopes to draw on the knowledge and experience of Japan in developing and implementing smart machines in the manufacturing process, in a bid to maintain Taiwan’s competitive advantage in manufacturing.
The efforts to foster greater Japan-Taiwan exchange comes as part of Taiwan’s “Smart Machinery Industrial Promotion Program” (智慧機械產業推動方案), which aims to improve Taiwan’s industrial competitive advantage, and to transform Taiwan into a global manufacturing hub for smart machinery.
The announcement came at the sideline of the 2018 Taiwan Automation Intelligence and Robot Show (TAIROS), which runs in Taipei from Aug. 29 to Sept. 1. The trade show invited Japanese researchers and manufacturers to share their experience to accelerate implementation of smart machinery by Taiwanese companies and prompt greater international exchange, according to CNA. [FULL STORY]