During the current global economical and industrial recovery after the financial turmoil, Taiwan is facing the pressure not to be marginalized in the emerging regional economy, which has a huge impact not only on the global business structural change but also on Taiwan’s industrial development. Promoting the free trade between Taiwan and China through ECFA (Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement) is one way to be more competitive in the global economy by accelerating the industrial upgrading and transformation. Taiwanese government is currently helping the industries to build the competitive advantages by implementing a number of short-term and long-term industrial policies. One important policy is developing the industrial intelligent information service system to provide the industries with the most dynamic industrial and market information in conjunction with the recommended business strategies and action plans, so that Taiwan’s industries could continue to be competitive in the global business.

Department of Industrial Technology (DOIT) under Taiwan’s Ministry of Economics Affair has been using its sponsored Industrial & Technology Information Services (ITIS) Program to integrate the research resources from the island’s most major non-profit professional institutes of “think-tanks”, which are contracted by DOIT to conduct a series of industrial research focusing on the technology & market studies, new business opportunity explorations and governmental policy. With the platform of ITIS Program and the efficient Information Technology e-service system provided, the output of these studies can be quickly used by the industries to prepare their global business development or transformation and the allocation of their global resources needed for the next wave of economic cycles.

To the year of 2010, ITIS Program is publishing “The Current Status & Future Trends for Taiwanese Manufacturing Sector – 2009 Review & 2010 Outlook”. This report does not only cover the industrial data/ major events of year 2009 and the analysis on the future trends/ business strategies, but also include the special overall discussion analyzing the domestic/ global economics and major industrial issues. The book has 17 chapters focusing on the industries in which each chapter has its own targeted manufacturing sector addressing its current status, the industrial technology /market outlook, and major events. A new chapter about emerging industries has been added, including the three special observatory research reports of LED, Solar Energy and Wind Power. This book is very helpful to understand Taiwan’s industrial development and its international competitiveness, which can be a plus to be used to identify a better marketing position worldwide.

Contents
Preface

Macroeconomic Overview
Chapter 1　 Outlook of the Global Economy 1
Chapter 2　 Outlook of Taiwan ’s Economy 14
Chapter 3　 Major Developmental Issues of Taiwan ’s Manufacturing Sector

Industry Insights 26
Industry
Chapter 1　 IC Industry 35
Chapter 2　 Electronic Components Industry 49
Chapter 3　 Flat Panel Display Industry 65
Chapter 4　 Electronic Materials Industry 77
Chapter 5　 Communications Industry 89
Chapter 6　 IT Industry 101
Chapter 7　 Machinery Industry 117
Chapter 8　 Automotive Industry 133
Chapter 9 Steel Industry 149
Chapter 10　Fabricated Metal Products Industry 163
Chapter 11　Petrochemical Industry 181
Chapter 12　Polymer Industry 197
Chapter 13　Textile Industry 213
Chapter 14　Biotechnology Industry 227
Chapter 15　Pharmaceutical Industry 241
Chapter 16　Medical Device Industry 255
Chapter 17　Food Industry 267

Emerging Industry Insights
Chapter 1 LED Lighting Industry 279
Chapter 2 Photovoltaic Industry 291
Chapter 3 Wind Power Industry 305

Index of Tables 315
Index of Figures 319
ITIS Program Outline 323
The Organization of ITIS 325