TIMTOS 2019 fair in Taipei

TAIWAN Business.EU l trade fairs TIMTOS Fair in Taipei from 5th to 10th March 2019 On 5th to 10th March 2019, the Nangang Exhibition Centre, halls 1 and 2, and the Taipei World Trade Centre will host the Taiwan International Machine Show (TIMTOS). The show will cover four exhibition halls with 7,000 stands and the organisers chose "Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing" as the focus of the show, intending to showcase a combination of machine tools, sensors, robots, cloud data analysis, remote monitoring and other complete lines or complete plant solutions – all dedicated to moving Industry 4.0 forward. Smart manufacturing is an important part of Industry 4.0 and artificial intelligence (AI) is at the very core of developing smart manufacturing. The expo will thus also focus heavily on AI: international technological companies and potential new talents from Taiwan will introduce their latest development software, key components, modules and complete machines which aid industry in utilising AI technologies to achieve synergy between man and machine and improve efficiency and flexibility. The number of exhibitors and stands will total 1,200 and 7,000 respectively, a record-breaking number which makes TIMTOS the third largest machine tool expo in the world. The show's internationalisation has also strengthened over time. Foreign exhibitors from Germany, Italy, Switzerland, USA, Denmark and Turkey will have their own national exhibition halls at the expo. TIMTOS 2019 will present the following: Metal cutting machines, metal forming machines, industrial robots, machine tool parts and components, tools and holders, hydraulic parts, pressing devices, devices for punching, shearing and casting of materials, CAD/CAM and software, quality testing tools, automation and control devices, wire processing machines, welding machines, etc. Machine tools are the second largest export sector on Taiwan. In 2017, the country became the fourth largest exporter of global machine tools, their seventh largest producer and ninth largest consumer; machine tool industry is one of the most competitive industrial branches on Taiwan. www.roc-taiwan.org/cz_cs www.taiwanbusiness.eu 13