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25, Oct, 2008
[Taipei Press] The 1st “Home & Lifestyle Fair” (HLS) organized by Kaigo Co., Ltd. consummately wrapped up on October 25 at Taipei World Trade Center. Co-held with the 9th “Taiwan Hardware Show”(THS), the show attracted some 246 exhibitors with a total of approximately 420 booths at the three-day show, representing a significant growth of 35% compared with last years’ 182 exhibitors. At the same time, the show also drew 13,778 buyers from 50 countries. Mr. Gerd Keim, the president of Kaigo Co., Ltd. expresses that, Taiwan’s outstanding manufacturers presented their premium products and showed their strong competitiveness in R&D and made MIT (made in Taiwan) products stand out among their worldwide competitors.
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At the opening ceremony, Mr. Chih-Peng Huang, the director of Bureau of Foreign Trade, MOEA, praised the achievement made by Taiwan’s suppliers. He indicated that “Taiwan has earned a reputation for stringent reliability, flexibility, quality, availability, and efficiency in the global market. Even though the world is facing a sudden collapse in the economy situation, Taiwan manufactures are still trying hard to maintain
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the strength of human resources and R&D competence. In order to assist the financial crisis, the Bureau of Foreign Trade has put forth NT$2 billion for local manufacturers to use in export or import financing. The eligible manufacturers will make good use of this money and continually offer outstanding products to the word”
Two shows under one roof, the THS and HLS covers a wide range of products in order to provide convenience for the buyers with a “one-stop-shopping” experience. At the HLS, the exhibits including home life ornaments, bathroom accessories, kitchenware, outdoor and leisure supplies, household appliances, self-assembly furniture and DIY profiles and fittings and many others. At the same time, Taiwan Hardware Show (THS) exhibited many categories covering hand tools, power tools, pneumatic tools, machinery tools, auto repair tools, garden tools, safety accessories, tool combinations, carts & ladders, building materials, interior decoration materials, fasteners and fittings and more.
For the 1st time, the “Mechanical and Systems Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute” and “Chang Hua WATER WARE Association” worked hand in hand to build an exclusive “Water ware Pavilion”. This pavilion was designed to exhibit new innovative products, such as self-cleaning and hydraulic induction faucets, recycling of waste water, and further promote the concept of water and electricity efficiency and environmental protection. Furthermore, with optimism about the outlook of the international gardening market, a dedicated “Garden Pavilion” was also designed in the exhibition, in hopes of meeting international buyers’ demands for diversified purchases.
During the show, numerous workshops and industrial conferences were held concurrently. Given the fact that DIY has grown in popularity in our country, the organizer especially invited Mr. Chi-Jung Chou of MAKITA (Taiwan) Ltd. to teach visitors the “basic concept of using power tools” so using power tools to do DIY will no longer be difficult. In addition, Mr. Fang-Zhi Yeh of US Workshop also gave seminars on how to weld with aluminum steel. Many visitors used DIY skills and their originality to turn the aluminum steel into different shapes, such as cute cat and dog shapes. The visitors were very proud of the works they created as a result of attending the workshops.
In order to enhance the depth and practicability of the exhibition, the organizer also planned a number of elaborate seminars and invited Mr. Shun-Hong Chen and Mr. Chi-Yuan Yao of Electronics Testing Center, Taiwan to give a lecture about the “Safety and Testing Methods for Power Tools”, so that people could become aware of the information relating to power tool safety testing and EMC electromagnetic compatibility accreditation. Mr. Chin-Chuan Huang, the deputy director of the Metal Process R&D Department of Metal Industries Research & Development Center, was also invited to elaborate with his presentation “An overview and development of high value-added metal products”, so the industry could re-create its development niche.
Due to environmental protection, the suppliers from casting and surface treatment industry have suffered from the problems of manpower and costs, which has seriously effected local production. Thus, the organizer especially invited Dr. Wei-Long Chen and Dr. Ju-Liang Ho from the Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan, ROC to give lectures on “Using CAE to design bath product” and “PVD technology for bathroom equipment and hardware”. It is hoped that the lectures will help those suppliers learn about related technology in order to settle their problems, facilitate overall development of the water ware industry, and expand the market.
With 30 years experience on exhibition & convention, KAIGO, the organizer of HLS + HLS has established a brilliant reputation on providing a definitive platform for both exhibitors and buyers. The next HLS+THS scheduled from October 22 to 25, 2009 (Thursday-Sunday) for four days and on a much larger scale. If you are interested in promoting local and foreign markets, please contact Kaigo Co., Ltd. at +886 2 2595-4212 ext. 728, Ms. Zoe Chan, or visit www.homelifestyle.com.tw or www.hardwareshow.com.tw for more details. |
