Of the 90 countries that made deals at this year’s Taipei International Machine Tool Show held last week at the Nangang Exhibition Center in Taipei, India was the biggest buyer, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) said on Saturday.
The council, which co-organized the six-day event with the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry, said that the event drew more than 4,160 buyers from 90 countries who succesfully made deals with more than 1,000 exhibitors.
Attendance rose by 5.1 percent compared with the previous edition of the biennial event in 2023, TAITRA said.
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The top five countries with the most deals at the trade show, in descending order, were India, Japan, China, South Korea and Malaysia, it added.
TAITRA attributed the increase in international buyers to the growing demand for smart technology manufacturing and increased demand for artificial intelligence (AI).
This year’s machine tool exhibition, themed “AI and Robotics,” focused on six emerging trends in the machinery industry, TAITRA said.
They are precision machine tools, key components, full-scale automation and smart manufacturing, digital twin-driven integration, additive manufacturing, and expanded cross-industry applications, it said.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs’ Intellectual Property Office established a Taiwan Patent Go Pavilion at the show to assist local suppliers gain the attention of prospective international partners, it added.
International buyers visited 6,100 booths at the trade show to test Taiwan’s machinery innovations in fields such as aerospace, semiconductors, electric vehicles, healthcare and green energy, it said.
The next edition of the Taipei International Machine Tool Show is to be held in March 2027, it added.
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