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2 Industrial Clusters

Taiwan's machinery industry mainly consists of SMEs. According to
statistics of the Statistics Department, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA),
Taiwan currently has approx. 18,000 machinery companies with over 300,000
employees. Industrial clusters have formed in northern, central, and southern
Taiwan, which led to the establishment of many important companies.

1. Northern Taiwan

The northern Taiwan industrial cluster formed in New Taipei City,
Taoyuan, and Hsinchu, consists of precision sensing equipment, electronics
and semiconductor production equipment, automated components and system
integration, industrial computers, and controllers. For instance, the "Fair Friend
Group" (FFG), headquartered in Taipei, has three business groups – machine
tools, industrial equipment, and green energy. The company has 37 brands and
50 production bases in total and has become a global leader in the machine
tool industry. "Delta Electronics (DELTA)" has the capacity for the production,
research, and development of smart machinery applications, including inverters,
servo drive systems, power management, sensors, logic and motion control,
industrial robots, SCADA software, and industrial information management
systems. "Advantech" is a leader in comprehensive system integration and
design services in Taiwan. It offers products and solutions such as remote I/O
modules, industrial communication equipment, automation controllers and I/O,
embedded automated industrial computers, industrial tablet PC, smart factory
cloud integration, and smart equipment automation. "Marketech International
Corp." is a major manufacturer of electronics and semiconductor production
equipment. It produces system modules for major international semiconductor
equipment manufacturers. In addition to IC plant engineering purchase orders, it
recently developed the "Prognostic and Health Management" (PHM) system that
uses AI technologies to analyze past failure records of machinery and equipment,
predict the timing for repairs of equipment in advance, and reduce the risks and
costs of sudden failure of machinery. "BizLink", a machinery connection solution
provider located in New Taipei City, provides products and services including
key components, cable harnesses, and cables, which can be used in consumer
electronics, automobiles, electrical appliances, medical applications, industrial

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