With an eye on the vast international aerospace market, Taiwan for the first time opened an exhibition pavilion this year at the Internationale Luftfahrt-Ausstellung (ILA) air show in Berlin.
The Taiwan pavilion is hosted by the Gloria Material Technology Corp (GMTC, 榮剛材料科技), a fabricator of special alloy materials and Carbon-based Technology Inc (CBT, 碳基科技), which designs and produces unmanned aerial systems.
The ILA, held every two years, has been an important event in the European aerospace industry since it first began in 1909.
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About 1,150 exhibitors from 47 countries are attending the exhibition, giving it the largest-ever participation rate. The show, which opened on Tuesday, ends tomorrow.
Hsieh Mei-hua (謝美華), an executive of GMTC’s planning and control center, said the company hoped to use the show to gain a foothold in the global supply chain for the manufacture of Airbus aircraft.
“GMTC will have a bigger chance to become a parts and components supplier to the international aerospace sector by exposing itself in Europe more often and making more contacts with other businesses,” she said.
The company, founded in southern Taiwan in 1988, is the country’s first specialty steel fabricator to engage in the manufacture of special alloy materials. In recent years, it has gained certification from many international aerospace manufacturers and energy producers, including Boeing, Siemens and GE, Hsieh said.
Meanwhile, Taichung City-based CBT’s unmanned aerial system is attracting a lot of attention at the show. CBT chairman Chung Wen-lung (鍾文隆) said he is confident of securing government deals at the show with the system, which includes a 3.45kg electric-powered vehicle with a 90-minute cruising time.
The craft is designed for disaster rescue and military monitoring missions and has the ability to transmit images directly to a ground control center, Chung said.
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