Johannesburg, March 15 (CNA)
Taiwanese businesses took part in Propak Africa 2013, the world's
largest packaging, food processing and plastics exhibition on the
continent, which concluded Friday in Johannesburg, South Africa and
attracted more than 600 companies from around the world.
Led by the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI) and Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), 24 Taiwanese firms made their presence in the largest ever trade fair in its history. Taiwanese businesses displayed a vast array of machines for packaging, food processing, printing and labelling at the exhibition.
A Taiwanese businessman Dai Hung-chun told CNA that South Africa's infrastructure is well-constructed, local people's living standards are high and the market there has enormous potential, making it a country worthy of development and investment.
He suggested that Taiwanese businesses set up plants for production of machine tools by collaborating with local traders of such products.
Yen Li-ting, a senior project manager at TAITRA, said that given the fact that many markets around the world are saturated, South Africa provides ample room for Taiwanese businesses to develop, particularly in the area of its less-developed light machine tools.
Another Taiwanese businessman Huang Min-ren said that as South Africa is in its economic take-off period, the government is making great efforts in fostering the country's economic growth and stimulating demand in the market.
Under such circumstances, Taiwanese businesses could take the opportunity to tap the market.
A TAMI specialist Lai Wei-luan said that although the prices of Taiwan's machine tools and light industry machinery products are relatively high, their good quality, long years of durability and good after-sales services have made them the third- and fourth best sellers.
But it is expected to take time to gradually expand sales of Taiwan's large machine tools in South Africa and then central and western Africa because they are not consumer products.
(By Hsu Mei-yu and Y.L. Kao)
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Led by the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI) and Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), 24 Taiwanese firms made their presence in the largest ever trade fair in its history. Taiwanese businesses displayed a vast array of machines for packaging, food processing, printing and labelling at the exhibition.
A Taiwanese businessman Dai Hung-chun told CNA that South Africa's infrastructure is well-constructed, local people's living standards are high and the market there has enormous potential, making it a country worthy of development and investment.
He suggested that Taiwanese businesses set up plants for production of machine tools by collaborating with local traders of such products.
Yen Li-ting, a senior project manager at TAITRA, said that given the fact that many markets around the world are saturated, South Africa provides ample room for Taiwanese businesses to develop, particularly in the area of its less-developed light machine tools.
Another Taiwanese businessman Huang Min-ren said that as South Africa is in its economic take-off period, the government is making great efforts in fostering the country's economic growth and stimulating demand in the market.
Under such circumstances, Taiwanese businesses could take the opportunity to tap the market.
A TAMI specialist Lai Wei-luan said that although the prices of Taiwan's machine tools and light industry machinery products are relatively high, their good quality, long years of durability and good after-sales services have made them the third- and fourth best sellers.
But it is expected to take time to gradually expand sales of Taiwan's large machine tools in South Africa and then central and western Africa because they are not consumer products.
(By Hsu Mei-yu and Y.L. Kao)
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http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aALL&ID=201303150042
