The Southern Taiwan Science Park (南部科學園區) reported double-digit sales growth in March and April compared with the first two months of this year thanks to higher demand for flat panels and precision machinery, the park’s administrator said yesterday.
Companies in the park had combined sales in March and April of NT$101.8 billion (US$3.52 billion), up 20.36 percent from the January to February figure, the Southern Taiwan Science Park -Administration said in a statement.
The new figures brought total sales for the science park’s companies to NT$186.3 billion for the first four months of this year.
The Southern Taiwan Science Park comprises 110 companies based at Tainan Science Park and another 64 companies based at Kaohsiung Science Park.
Optoelectronics companies generated sales of NT$54.6 billion in the March to April period, 13.01 percent higher than the previous two-month period and the highest sales of the park’s six major industries.
The semiconductor industry posted the second-highest sales figure, NT$38.7 billion, up 25.67 percent from the previous period, followed by the precision machinery industry, which saw sales rise 62.9 percent from January and February to NT$6.3 billion.
Biotechnology sector sales rose 54.7 percent to NT$919 million, communication industry sales were up 33.54 percent to NT$557 million and computer industry sales rose 31.33 percent to NT$312 million.
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