Technika a trh: Editorial of Taiwan Business 2018

TAIWAN Business.EU l editorial Dear readers, Taiwan is one of the main consumer markets in the machine tool industry. Taichung, the central region of Taiwan, holds more than 1,600 companies producing machine tools. Approximately 90 % of Taiwanese manufacturers of machine tools are based in Taichung or its surroundings. That makes the city a hub of the machine tool and forming machine industry. Taiwan, nicknamed the "other China" is currently the fastest growing economy in the world. Aside from an expanding industry, it can be characterised by a number of other superlatives: it holds the second tallest building in the world today - skyscraper Taipei 101; it produces the most modern machinery and technologies, boasts vast spans of tropical wilderness, deep gorges, beautiful mountains, crystalline lakes, thermal springs, coastline with wild surfs, picturesque beaches and still active Buddhist temples, monasteries and shrines. The locals will astonish by their kind-heartedness and hospitality. They work diligently and hard. Thanks to the dynamism of the Taiwanese, the local economy is one of the most progressive in the world. Dan Koneval T+T Technika a trh / Taiwan Business.EU www.taiwanbusiness.eu 1