2024-08-23
The ninth Taiwan-Germany Smart Machinery Forum was staged Aug. 22 in Taipei City, highlighting the commitment on both sides to strengthening cooperation and exchange in advanced smart production, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said.
The MOEA co-hosted the event with the German Trade Office Taipei, in cooperation with the Hsinchu City-based Industrial Technology Research Institute and the Taipei-based Taiwan Automation Intelligence and Robotics Association.
According to the MOEA, discussions at the forum focused on making use of artificial intelligence in applied technologies, carbon reduction techniques, smart robots, and system integration in smart manufacturing. Businesses from the two countries also shared their experiences developing and utilizing digital platforms, the MOEA said.
Director General Yang Chih-ching of MOEA’s Industrial Development Administration spoke online as part of the opening ceremonies, and said that Taiwan has achieved fruitful results in AI-applied manufacturing industries. The country has also facilitated the reduction of industry carbon emissions by 1.55 million tons, and he hoped that Taiwan and Germany’s expanding partnership would create further opportunities for investment.
Bernhard Kluttig, director general for industrial policy at Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action also participated in the opening ceremony online, the MOEA said, adding that a memorandum of understanding on technical cooperation of system integration and market expansion for smart collaborative robots was inked between Taoyuan City-based Techman Robot and Botfellows in the German city of Chemnitz during the conference.
The MOEA said that Taiwan and Germany have a highly complementary trade relationship. In 2023 bilateral total trade volume reached US$22 billion, with Germany being Taiwan’s eighth-largest trade partner, its tenth-largest export market, and its sixth-largest import market, the ministry added.
Source： Ministry of Economic Affairs
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