Text/Chen Renyi
The global economy is now under the influence of unfavorable factors such as tariffs, wars, and exchange rates. Among them, the sharp rise of the Taiwan dollar is like building a high wall of trade barriers for Taiwan's exports. Xiao Wenlong, executive director of the Taiwan Machinery Association and president of Forwell Group, said that the recent strong appreciation of the Taiwan dollar, compared with the sharp depreciation of the Japanese yen and the Korean won and the low tariffs on exports to the United States, has caused domestic exports to encounter many difficulties and gradually lose market competitiveness, especially affecting the machinery industry such as machine tools, which has shown a sharp decline. In addition, the domestic economy is still unclear this year, and investment willingness is sluggish and wait-and-see. For machinery manufacturers, it can be said that there are internal and external troubles, the market is severe, and the future prospects are difficult to predict.
Xiao Wenlong also pointed out that the current inflation problem has not been effectively solved, and there has been no definite progress in the US reciprocal tariff negotiations. If the precarious India-Pakistan relationship ignites a war again, the economic boom will inevitably decline again, and the consequences facing the industry will be unimaginable. However, he believes that if it is unavoidable, the only solution is to face it bravely and prepare in advance. Only by following the world trend and actively improving innovation can enterprises bring about turnarounds and create business opportunities, inject endless operating momentum into future enterprise development, and regain their market advantage.
He said that the scale of benefits that AI intelligence can create in the future is unimaginable, but AI intelligence is not something that can be achieved overnight. On the contrary, there is a high entry threshold. It is not easy for traditional industries to overtake on the curve. Not only is it difficult, but it is also difficult to improve significantly. It must be gradually upgraded and strengthened, especially to carefully seek the correct model and evaluate the most suitable turning point for introduction. Only then can the benefits of AI artificial intelligence really work as expected.
He further stated that in order to introduce AI intelligence, enterprises can cooperate with academic institutions to conduct education and training for future development, so as to meet the needs and goals of comprehensive upgrading of employees, and seek government research institutions to assist industry upgrades, and strive to achieve national industrial level goals, including innovative upgrades in materials, tools, operation processes, design, etc. Mechanical equipment must be upgraded in advance for materials and structural design, and software can be upgraded and developed using AI.
In response to the development trend of the future automotive industry and in line with the production model of small-volume and diversified customized mass production of automotive parts, Forwell is now gradually increasing the production of customized equipment that caters to international trends such as smart manufacturing, AI intelligence and ESG environmental sustainability goals to meet market changes and needs. At the same time, in order to meet the production trend of efficient customized processes, it will help companies integrate production line processes to re-plan and build a "one-stop production line process" to achieve the goal of integrated intelligent production.
Xiao Wenlong also emphasized that mainland China has always been one of the important export markets for Taiwan's machinery industry. Its information technology, space technology, military technology and many other professional fields have not only made great progress, but have even surpassed most countries. Taiwanese companies should actively continue to move forward, innovate and upgrade, so that they can maintain a place in the international market in the future.
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