Taïwan Hardware Show
and International
Metal Technology
Hopes and questions
For more than two years, the most successful show in the field of tools, DIY and its derivatives, which was held in Taiwan in October, has suffered from the relentless lockdown of its border due to the Covid which continues to rage, even if daily cases appear to be easing. What will it be in October? Very clever who can predict what the situation will be. The virus therefore remains the essential question mark for a booming show which has not been able to welcome any visitors for almost three years.
For Taiwan Hardware Show and International Metal Technology, Is the situation tenable? Hard to say. The appointment will take place this year, of course, but how? Will it be reserved only for local exhibitors and visitors? To date, everything suggests that international visitors will not be allowed to re-enter the territory, unless they pass under the caudine forks of quarantine and the ensuing surveillance, which makes a trip already very remote. geographically, totally impossible for Western buyers whose agenda is very full. On the other hand, and to a lesser extent, what about the military situation? We must not forget that Taiwan is making headlines today because of the threat of a military invasion from its big brother, China, which continues to increase its pressure on the territory by sending in particular almost every night fighter bombers fly over its airspace. Finally, icing on the cake, the Americans are getting involved by multiplying diplomatic gestures against Beijing and incidentally some ships in the sector.
Two big bends
It is however in this highly explosive atmosphere and under the threat of a virus which plays the extensions that the 2022 edition of the Taiwan Hardware Show has become the benchmark meeting place for the the tools in the Asia Pacific region. It will take place with a new partner named International Metal Technology, specialised in metal technologies. So that's the first piece of news that should not affect the course of the show, quite the contrary, even bringing a plus in the offer where the complementarity is obvious. So here is a marriage of convenience that gives consistency to the living room.
The other big shift is at the geographical level. The place of exhibitions changes city, which is not a common affair. Thus and until 2019, this one took place in the city of Taichung some fifty minutes by fast train from the capital, with it must be said a real success that propelled him to the top of his sector of activity. Only, and in our opinion, the site assembled via temporary arrangements seemed a bit made up of odds and ends, which did not fail to surprise us. The team of Trade Shows Online, accustomed to another environment.
Taiwan Hardware Show and International Metal Technology head south
It is therefore in the city of Kaoshiung, barely further, but due south, will the 2023 edition of the Taïwan Hardware Show and International Metal Technology. Admittedly, this name is hardly familiar to us, but it should be known that this city located in the south of the country is the third city of the country. It is therefore not just anywhere that the organizers of Kaigo in the hands of the event have chosen to settle. It should be noted in particular that this city is home to the largest industrial port in the country, thus housing more than 7,708 production units, 81,166 companies and 124,000 business centers. These figures demonstrate the strategic importance of Kaoshiung which makes it the third city in the country for some behind Taichung, and the second for others. No matter the classification They are neither more nor less than the economic lungs of Taïwan.
So this is where this year will settle the trade fair THS (Taïwan hardware Show) & IMT (International Metal Technologies) Visitors will discover the novelties and innovations of manufacturers and industrialists in the sector, which will number around 300 on an area of 9,000 m2. Certainly it is not the universal exhibition, but each company is strategic in its trade. Tools will be presented there of course, but also gardening and its derivatives, screws and bolts, locksmithing, but also a part dedicated to bathroom equipment. In short, a very classic offer, renowned and recognized throughout the world for its quality, which makes Taïwan a great supplier in products OEM or ODM. But the territory is also a paradise for high technologies and in particular the world leader in chips, the strategic importance of which is measured all over the world and its problems caused when they run out. As the THS is never late for a metro, visitors will be able to experience the famous Metavers which is said to revolutionize the commerce of tomorrow. This orientation towards subcontracting and no name, is above all the consequence of a policy mainly focused on exports and it is precisely there that the shoe pinches.
What about international buyers?
As we have already stated above, Trade Shows Onine cannot conceal his fears. Faced with an offer of such global quality, which we know is essentially export-oriented, what will the show be like if from October 19 to 21, the date of its holding, if the borders remain closed due to the Covid? This is the problem that the organizers will have to face and over which they have no control.
THS & IMT 2022 October 19/21 Kaoshiung (Taiwan)