Followed by a successful run of Taiwan RFID 2007 event, TAITRA launched the Taiwan RFID 2008 event again from October 7 to 11, 2008. The show is also called 2nd Taiwan International RFID Applications Show and is one of the largest RFID show in the fall of 2008 in Asia.
This event is also co-located with TAITRA's flagship show, TAITRONICS. The TAITRONICS event is the largest in industry in Taiwan with exhibitors selling everything about electronics. Last year's event attracted over 25,000 attendees all over the world.
Both TAIWAN RFID 2008 and TAITRONICS 2008 are co-developed and organized by TAITRA (Taiwan External Trade Development Council) and TEEMA (Taiwan Electrical and Electronics Manufacturing Association). Founded in 1970 to help promote foreign trade, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) is the foremost non-profit trade promotion organization in Taiwan. Jointly sponsored by the government, industry associations, and several commercial organizations, TAITRA assists Taiwan businesses and manufacturers with reinforcing their international competitiveness and in coping with the challenges they face in foreign markets.
RFID is an important technology that will strongly influence global industrial development. It is listed as one of the Top 10 crucial technologies of the century. According to forecasts by Allied Business Intelligence, the authoritative U.S. market survey company, the market value of RFID for 2008 is US$3.843 billion and its average annual growth rate is 22%. By 2012, when product application and market acceptability have matured, there will be an annual growth rate of around 21% and the global production value for the market will reach US$8.4 billion. It offers infinite possibilities in such future applications as logistics, safety, medicine, agriculture, finance, and transportation.
As many leading electronic manufacturers and companies are located in Taiwan, last year's Taiwan RFID show and TAITRONICS attracted more than 25,000 attendees and buyers around the world. Visitors from US, Japan, Singapore and Australia are ranked as top five by countries. Many RFID hardware components, such as RFID passive/active tags, handheld/fixed readers, antennas, and chip components, are developed by Taiwanese manufacturers for their own product brands or OEM products.
last year's RFID Taiwan 2007 event attracted 2,000+ attendees With ordered signed over millions of dollar and the show is by far one of the largest RFID show in Asia region.
This year's Taiwan RFID show is positioned to be larger than last year's, covering everything related to RFID, RFID Components, RFID hardware and software for many areas, such as asset/people tracking, merchandise logistics, printing machines, system solutions, sensors, modules, and many other RFID Products. As Taiwan is world famous in electronic hardware, this year's show has an area dedicated to RFID equipment and peripheral products to allow visitors to compare similar products within the same location.
In addition to the quality hardware products, more and more Taiwanese manufacturers step into system integration area.
TAITRA has especially invited Ms. Zhang Qi, Chairperson of the China RFID Alliance and other China-based RFID heavyweights to discuss prospects for the RFID market in the PRC and the latest RFID technology trends across Asia.
Since the show opened for registration this year, 90% of exhibiting manufacturers from last year have signed up - just one factor that underscores the deep confidence of industry members in this event. These include such leading firms as Microelectronics Technology, Chunghwa Telecom, Enrich Field Bio-Tech, J-Link Technology, Ming-Tai Screen Printing Machine and Supplies, Champtek, Watron Technology, the Identification and Security Technology Center of the Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan, and the Article Numbering Association of R.O.C.
Last year TAITRA successfully invited important buyers, such as Sybase from Germany, Hitachi and Siemens from Japan, and Shinsegae Department Store from Korea to fly in for the show. And this year even more buyers are coming as TAITRA plugs in its global network to select the best RFID buyers from around the world. This is Taiwan's best event on RFID, the venue you cannot afford to miss.
In summary, why attend this Taiwan RFID event:
With many OEM electronic products manufactured in Taiwan, companies looking for cutting manufacturing costs will find good match here.
The top five visitor groups are from US, Japan, Singapore and Australia, it is truly a global RFID event in Asia.
With over 2,000+ attendees, you will be able to meet other RFID professionals and know new vendors in Asia.
Feel the pulse of the industry and check out latest trends in RFID.
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