Global economy, surviving from the impact of the previous financial crisis, is now presenting a slow-to-moderate growth rate in 2013. Taiwan is now facing the pressure from regional economy expansion, new threats from Asia’s newly developing countries and competition from Japan/Korea with their strong industrial vertically integrated power. Moreover, there is a trend for those major western multinational companies to move their overseas manufacturing and technical services back to their mother lands, creating a new face of the global supply chain. More severe industrial competition is being expected. As such, Taiwan needs to aggressively proceed with its own industry structural transformation concentrating on the industries, investment, human resources and industrial efficiency. One of the government efforts could be made to continue building the industrial intelligent information service system through the mechanism of its strategic policy, which can facilitate the process of transformation and upgrading to create a more competitive advantage position for Taiwanese industry.
Department of Industrial Technology (DOIT) under Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has been using its sponsored Industry & Technology Intelligence Services (ITIS) Program to integrate the island’s research resources from the most major non-profit professional institutes of “think-tanks” to conduct a series of industrial research focusing on the technology & market studies, new business opportunity explorations and governmental policy. Facing the rising emerging markets, the research directions of ITIS Program should not only cover the needs of Taiwanese industries, but also enhance the research on the emerging regions such as China and India, even extended to the countries of South East Asia. Applying the intelligent service function through the diversified media channels such as internet, publications and conferences can quickly share the knowledge and provide the industries with the needed information. Only helping the industries to stay in the right track of the industrial trends can make Taiwan’s competitive position ready for the next wave of economic cycle.
To the year of 2013, ITIS Program is publishing “2013 Taiwan Industrial Outlook”. This publication does not only cover the industrial data/major events of year 2012 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 in which each chapter has its own targeted industry addressing its current status, the industrial technology/market outlook, and major events. On the top of 17 basic industries, the special observatory research reports on the six emerging industries, namely LED Lighting, Photovoltaic, Wind Power, Electric Vehicle, Green Building and Cloud Computing, are also added. This book is very helpful to learn Taiwan’s current industrial development and its international competitiveness as well as Taiwan’s global market position.

Contents
Macroeconomic Overview
Chapter 1 Outlook of Global Economies
Chapter 2 Outlook of Taiwan’s Economy
Chapter 3 Major Developmental Issues of Taiwan’s Manufacturing Sector
Industry Insights
Chapter 1 IC Industry
Chapter 2 Electronic Components Industry
Chapter 3 Flat Panel Display Industry
Chapter 4 Electronic Materials Industry
Chapter 5 Telecommunications Industry
Chapter 6 IT Industry
Chapter 7 Machinery Industry
Chapter 8 Automotive Industry
Chapter 9 Steel Industry
Chapter 10 Non-Ferrous Metals Industry
Chapter 11 Petrochemical Industry
Chapter 12 Specialty Chemicals Industry
Chapter 13 Textile Industry
Chapter 14 Biotechnology Industry
Chapter 15 Pharmaceutical Industry
Chapter 16 Medical Device Industry
Chapter 17 Food Industry
Emerging Industry Insights
Chapter 1 LED Lighting Industry
Chapter 2 Photovoltaic Industry
Chapter 3 Wind Power Industry
Chapter 4 Electric Vehicle Industry
Chapter 5 Green Building Industry
Chapter 6 Cloud Computing Industry
Index of Tables
Index of Figures
ITIS Program Outline
The Organization of IT IS

Index of Tables
Table 1-1-1 Global growth rates in the volume of trade
Table 1-1-2 Growth forecasts for the global economy
Table 1-1-3 Global trade growth, 2008~2013
Table 1-2-1 National income statistics and forecasts for Taiwan compiled byDGBAS
Table 1-2-2 Leading forecasting bodies’ projections for Taiwan’s economic growth in 2012 and 2013
Table 1-2-2 Leading forecasting bodies’ projections for Taiwan’s economic growth in 2012 and 2013 (continued)
Table 1-2-3 Taiwan’s manufacturing sector PMI for December 2012
Table 1-3-1 Taiwan’s top 10 import and export goods in 2011
Table 1-3-1 Taiwan’s top 10 import and export goods in 2011 (continued)
Table 1-3-2 Distribution and concentration ratio of Taiwan’s export market,2005~2011
Table 1-3-3 Concentration ratio of Taiwan’s export goods, 2005~2011
Table 2-1-1 Output value of Taiwan’s IC industry
Table 2-1-2 Overview of Taiwan’s IC design industry
Table 2-1-3 Overview of Taiwan’s IC manufacturing industry
Table 2-1-4 Overview of Taiwan’s IC packaging and testing industry
Table 2-2-1 Output value, added value and value-added rate of electronic
components in Taiwan, 2008~2013
Table 2-2-1 Output value, added value and value-added rate of electronic
components in Taiwan, 2008~2013 (continued)
Table 2-2-2 Employment of Taiwan’s electronic components industry, 2008~2013
Table 2-2-3 Development trend of Taiwan passive component product technology
Table 2-2-4 Technology development trend of Taiwan LED products
Table 2-2-5 Global LED technology development trend
Table 2-2-6 Taiwan connector technology development trend
Table 2-2-7 Taiwan lithium battery technology development trend
Table 2-2-8 Global PCB product technology trend
Table 2-2-9 Product technology trends of leading connector manufacturers
Table 2-2-9 Product technology trends of leading connector manufacturers
(continued)
Table 2-2-10 Global lithium battery technology development road map
Table 2-3-1 Scope of flat panel display industry (by technology type)
Table 2-3-2 Global trends of industrial output of FPD panels, 2008~2013
Table 2-3-3 Global trends of industrial output of FPD key components, 2008~2013
Table 2-3-4 Trends of industrial output of FPD panels in Taiwan, 2008~2013
Table 2-3-5 Industrial output trends of the production of FPD key components in Taiwan, 2008~2013
Table 2-3-6 Changes in employment in the FPD industry in Taiwan, 2008~2013
Table 2-3-7 Performance of large size TFT LCD industry in Taiwan
Table 2-3-8 Global touch panel supplier revenue ranking, 2011
Table 2-4-1 Global electronic materials industry market overview, 2008~2013
Table 2-4-2 Taiwan electronic materials output value, 2008~2013
Table 2-5-1 Changes in the added value of Taiwan’s telecommunications
equipment industry, 2008~2013
Table 2-5-2 Changes in the number of workers employed by Taiwan’s
telecommunications equipment industry, 2008~2013
Table 2-6-1 Analysis of Taiwan’s key IT hardware producers
Table 2-6-2 Changes in the total workforce of the Taiwan IT, communications and
broadcasting industry
Table 2-6-3 Sales of Taiwan’s key IT hardware products. 2012
Table 2-6-4 Shipment forecast of Taiwan’s key IT hardware products, 2013
Table 2-6-5 Sub-industries of the information service industry
Table 2-6-6 Output of the Taiwan information software industry, 2008~2014
Table 2-6-6 Output of the Taiwan information software industry, 2008~2014(continued)
Table 2-6-7 The Taiwan information software industry workforce, 2009~2014
Table 2-7-1 Added value of the Taiwan machinery industry, 2007~2012
Table 2-7-2 Value-added ratios of machinery industry segments in Taiwan,
2007~2012
Table 2-8-1 Taiwan’s automotive industry output, 2007~2013
Table 2-8-2 Production forecast and sales results of Taiwan motorcycles,
2008~2013
Table 2-8-3 Value-added ratios of Taiwan’s auto industry, 2007~2012
Table 2-8-4 Changes in employment in the automobile, motorcycle and parts manufacturing industries
Table 2-9-1 Statistics and predictions of global steel apparent consumption,2011~2013
Table 2-9-2 Crude steel capacity in Taiwan, 2012
Table 2-9-3 Rolling capacity of various steel products in Taiwan, 2012
Table 2-9-3 Rolling capacity of various steel products in Taiwan, 2012
(continued)
Table 2-9-4 Output, import value, export value and added value of Taiwan’s steel industry, 2007~2013
Table 2-10-1 Changes in Taiwan’s non-ferrous metal output value
Table 2-10-2 Taiwan’s cathode copper industry profile
Table 2-10-3 Taiwan’s magnesium industry output value, import value and export value, 2008~2013
Table 2-10-4 Output value and added value of Taiwan’s titanium industry,
2008~2011
Table 2-11-1 The global competitiveness of Taiwan’s petrochemical industry
Table 2-11-2 Value added by Taiwanese petrochemical industry, 2008~2012
Table 2-11-3 Total number of Taiwan’s petrochemical workers
Table 2-12-1 Categories of chemicals and their characteristics
Table 2-12-2 Summary & scope of products in the specialty chemicals industry
Table 2-12-3 Analysis of added value of the specialty chemicals industry
in Taiwan
Table 2-12-4 Number of employees and research & development personnel in the specialty chemicals industry in Taiwan, 2008~2012
Table 2-13-1 The output and value-added ratio of the Taiwan textile industry,2008~2013
Table 2-13-2 Foreign exchange earned by the Taiwan textile industry and by all industries, 2006~2011 383
Table 2-13-3 Import/export data for the Taiwan textile industry in the first eleven months of 2012
Table 2-13-4 The number of operational textile factories in Taiwan and the number of workers employed
Table 2-14-1 Taiwan’s biotech sub-industries and products/services
Table 2-14-1 Taiwan’s biotech sub-industries and products/services (continued)
Table 2-15-1 Main categories of pharmaceutical products in Taiwan
Table 2-15-2 Outputs and added values of Taiwan’s drug industry, 2008~2013
Table 2-16-1 Analysis of the revenue of medical devices and the supply and demand of the market in Taiwan, 2008~2013
Table 2-16-2 Top 10 export medical device products of Taiwan in Q1~Q3 of 2012
Table 2-17-1 Taiwan food industry production output, 2008~2013(f)
Table 2-17-1 Taiwan food industry production output, 2008~2013(f) (continued)
Table 3-1-1 Main application realms of LED lighting
Table 3-1-1 Main application realms of LED lighting (continued)
Table 3-2-1 Changes in output value of the Taiwan PV industry
Table 3-2-2 Market share of the sectors of the PV industry in selected countries,2011 (output value based)
Table 3-2-3 Changing value-added ratio of the PV industry in Taiwan
Table 3-2-4 An overview of subsidy policies adopted by European countries
Table 3-2-5 History and current status of Key CIGS firms
Table 3-2-5 History and current status of Key CIGS firms(continued)
Table 3-3-1 Taiwan wind power industrial output, employment, and R&D
personnel, 2008~2013
Table 3-3-2 Small wind turbine models invested in by Taiwanese companies
Table 3-4-1 Electric vehicles produced by major car makers, 2010~2012
Table 3-4-2 Prediction of Taiwan’s electric vehicle market, 2011~2015
Table 3-4-3 DC charging interface in various countries
Table 3-5-1 Main application realms of green buildings
Table 3-6-1 Output of the Taiwan cloud computing industry, 2009~2014

Index of Figures
Figure 1-1-1 Quarterly global economic growth trends, 2011~2014
Figure 1-3-1 Taiwan’s GDP growth makeup, 2002~2012 Q3
Figure 1-3-2 Trends in value-added ratios for the manufacturing industry in Taiwan in relation to those of major countries
Figure 1-3-3 Orders, exports, and overseas production ratios, 1999~2012
Figure 2-1-1 IC product categories
Figure 2-1-2 Structure of Taiwan’s IC industry and numbers of firms
Figure 2-2-1 Electronic component industry categories
Figure 2-2-2 Taiwan PCB technology trend
Figure 2-2-3 Passive component technology development road map
Figure 2-2-4 Global LED technology development road map
Figure 2-3-1 Structure of the TFT LCD industry in Taiwan
Figure 2-3-2 Status of competitive nations in the various display panel industries,2011~2012
Figure 2-4-1 Scope of the electronic materials industry
Figure 2-4-2 Chinese TFT-LCD industry structure
Figure 2-4-3 MGI’s development cores and application goals
Figure 2-5-1 Taiwan telecommunications industry
Figure 2-5-2 Telecommunications services revenue in Taiwan
Figure 2-5-3 Telecommunications equipment industry production value in Taiwan
Figure 2-6-1 Relationship chart for the Taiwan IT hardware industry
Figure 2-6-2 Output of the Taiwan IT hardware industry, 2005~2013
Figure 2-6-3 Structure of the Taiwanese information software industry
Figure 2-7-1 Structure of the Taiwan machinery industry
Figure 2-7-2 Production value and growth of the Taiwan machinery industry,2001~2013
Figure 2-7-3 Export value of the Taiwan machinery industry, 2007~2013
Figure 2-7-4 No. of employees in the Taiwan machinery industry, 2006~2012
Figure 2-8-1 Taiwan automobile supply chain
Figure 2-8-2 Taiwan auto parts supply chain
Figure 2-8-3 Taiwan motorcycle supply chain
Figure 2-8-4 Status of Taiwan’s automobile industry clusters
(including auto parts)
Figure 2-8-5 Projected annual sales results of Taiwan-made automobiles,
2010~2014
Figure 2-8-6 Production forecast and sales results of Taiwan motorcycles,2010~2014
Figure 2-9-1 Scope of the steel industry
Figure 2-9-2 Taiwan’s crude steel production and apparent consumption,
1979~2013
Figure 2-10-1 Scope of the copper industry in Taiwan
Figure 2-10-2 Taiwan’s semi-finished copper production output, output value and cathode copper apparent consumption, 2008~2013
Figure 2-10-3 Scope of the magnesium industry in Taiwan
Figure 2-10-4 Scope of the titanium industry
Figure 2-11-1 Cyclic prosperity of the petrochemical industry
Figure 2-11-2 Structure of the petrochemical industry
Figure 2-11-3 Total output of the Taiwan petrochemical industry, 2008~2013
Figure 2-11-4 Supply and demand of Taiwanese ethylene, 2010~2014
Figure 2-11-5 Supply and demand of Taiwanese propylene, 2010~2014
Figure 2-11-6 Supply and demand of Taiwanese butadiene, 2010~2014
Figure 2-11-7 Supply and demand of Taiwanese benzene, 2010~2014
Figure 2-11-8 Supply and demand of Taiwanese toluene, 2010~2014
Figure 2-11-9 Supply and demand of Taiwanese dimethylbenzene, 2010~2014
Figure 2-11-10 The chemical system of syngas
Figure 2-11-11 The outlook for Taiwan’s petrochemical industry in 2013
Figure 2-11-12 Factors that may affect the outlook of Taiwan’s petrochemical industry in 2013
Figure 2-12-1 The scope of the specialty chemicals industry
Figure 2-12-2 Trend of the production value of the specialty chemicals industry in Taiwan, 2009~2013
Figure 2-13-1 The structure and scope of the textile industry
Figure 2-14-1 Estimates of Taiwan’s biotech industry output value, 2008~2013
Figure 2-14-2 Distribution of Taiwan’s biotech industry output values
Figure 2-15-1 Structure of Taiwan’s pharmaceutical industry
Figure 2-16-1 The structure of the medical device industry
Figure 2-16-2 The categories of the Taiwan medical device industry
Figure 2-16-3 The change of the main countries and areas of the global medical device market
Figure 2-17-1 Taiwan food industry structure
Figure 3-1-1 Global LED lighting industrial chain
Figure 3-1-2 Global LED lighting market analysis, 2008~2013
Figure 3-1-3 Global LED lighting market analysis – by region
Figure 3-1-4 Analysis of LED lighting industrial chain in Taiwan
Figure 3-1-5 Gross industrial output of LED lighting industry in Taiwan
Figure 3-1-6 Population employed in the LED lighting industry in Taiwan
Figure 3-1-7 Cree’s operating revenue and profit margin
Figure 3-2-1 Scope of the PV industry
Figure 3-2-2 Output value of the global PV industry, 2009~2013
Figure 3-2-3 Global market share of different PV cell types, 1999~2011
Figure 3-2-4 Market share of key players in the global polysilicon market, 2012
Figure 3-2-5 Market share of key wafer suppliers, 2012
Figure 3-2-6 Market share of key PV cell suppliers, 2012
Figure 3-2-7 Market share of key silicon PV module suppliers, 2012
Figure 3-2-8 Market share of key thin film PV module suppliers, 2012
Figure 3-2-9 Frequent trade disputes led the global industry environment into a vicious circle
Figure 3-2-10 More flexible strategies are required by domestic suppliers to counter potential trade wars
Figure 3-2-11 Latest competition status of global CIGS suppliers
Figure 3-2-12 Distribution of PV demands, 2008~2016
Figure 3-2-13 Roles played by countries in trade wars
Figure 3-3-1 Taiwan wind power generation newly installed capacity by year
Figure 3-3-2 Taiwan wind power industrial supply chain
Figure 3-3-3 Global wind power generation and distribution by regional market,2012~2013
Figure 3-4-1 Classification of electric vehicles
Figure 3-4-2 Key components of an electric vehicle system
Figure 3-4-3 Percentage of various powered vehicles in the global car market
Figure 3-4-4 Electric vehicle industrial chain and major domestic suppliers
Figure 3-4-5 Paris electric vehicle rental program: Bluecar
Figure 3-4-6 Battery capacity of major electric vehicles-categorized by brand
Figure 3-4-7 Roadmap of electric vehicle development (in the aspect of
technology and energy efficiency
Figure 3-4-8 Evaluation of various power mode electric vehicles
Figure 3-5-1 Scope of the green building industry
Figure 3-5-2 Global overview of green building certification development
Figure 3-5-3 Global market value of green buildings, 2008~2013
Figure 3-5-4 Green building certification, 2000~Nov. 2012
Figure 3-5-5 Floor area granted green building certification annually,
2000~Nov. 2012
Figure 3-5-6 Green building candidate certificates issued, 2000~Nov. 2012
Figure 3-5-7 Floor area in green building candidate certificate applications,2000~Nov. 2012
Figure 3-5-8 Relevant operators in the Taiwan green building industry
Figure 3-5-9 Taiwan’s green building output value, 2008~2013
Figure 3-6-1 Relationship chart for the Taiwan cloud industry