about TPCA Show


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>>TPCA Show began at 2000 of fluctuating economic, approaching towards competition and cooperation of PCB Industry of Taiwan in the future
	Starting from 2000, TPCA has been playing the important role of assisting the PCB industry of Taiwan for its promotion. The economic prosperity of global PCB industry has turned from hot to cold since 2000 and then from recession to what is considered to be of constant level for the moment, many peers of PCB manufacturers have, in face of economic recession as well as the impact of relocation of global market to China, gradually move their manufacturing hubs to mainland China. With intense demand for electronic products worldwide, manufacturing plants of PC have worked very hard to improve themselves both in terms of “quantity” and “quality.” Along with industrial relocation and ever increasing competition, PCB manufacturers have gradually resorted to the production mode of vertical integration, and attempted to achieve optimal productivity through cooperation and strategic alliance. In view of changes of investment environment around the world and in mainland China, only through mutual cooperation and alliance before the industry can become a reasonable market for competition, while TPCA Show is of the best platform for industrial exchange of PCB industry of Taiwan.
	>>Integration of PCB and Electronic Assembly Industry and Green Tech
	TPCA Show offers buyers the best exhibition effect. With the full support of TPCA members and industry, there is annual increase in terms of booth size employed, number of buyers, and number of booth of TPCA show. The size has increased from 11,2000 square feet of 2000 to 31,500 square feet of 2007, and it is expected that by 2008 the size should reach 34,500 square feet. TPCA Show 2008 will be relocated to the exhibition hall of Nangang, which is found in Nangang economic and trade park. The exhibition hall is of an upper and lower-tiered exhibition hall, and it will be a large-scale professional exhibition hall 2,465 standard booths to be planned. Besides, its exhibition size will only be twice as large as that of Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC), but should also become another international exhibition venue in Taiwan after TWTC. Aside from the manners of vertical cooperation or horizontal integration for industrial alliance so as to turn one to be more powerful, TPCA Show has, in 2003, began to integrate PCB industry in the most directly-related industry as “electronic assembly industry,” and with the help and participation of Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) it has gradually integrated two critical products of electronic industry with PCB and electronic assembly industry, and demonstrated to all of the international buyers with the best platform and exhibition service quality. With massive supports from the numerous participating manufacturers and buyers, TPCA Show has already become the “must” event of purchase for the buying institutes of PCB and electronic assembly every year. TPCA Show 2008 is based on the products of “PCB” and “electronic assembly,” and is making use of “Green Tech” as its theme. Thus, aside from exhibition of PCB and electronic assembly products it will also put on display of environmental protection technology, and green technology. It is hoped that environment improvement or the enhancement of use efficiency on the manufacturing process of PCB and electronic assembly industry enhancement can be carried out as it works with the supply chain of each environmental protection equipment and materials as well as every resource recycled and retrieved as related to the manufacturing process of green industry. The sponsoring authorities have not only encouraged participating manufacturers to demonstrate their green products and technology related to the manufacturing process of PCB and electronic assembly, but also sponsored Green Mark event during the period of exhibition, The event mark will be awarded to manufacturers that put on display of relevant green product, technology, and booth design and environmental friendly decoration so as to echo with the government policy of environment protection and green product.


	>>Major plants of the world dispatch personnel to visit TPCA show Recorded high crowds of visitation
	Aside from the expansion and growth of exhibition scale, other compatible events have also been most abundant. For instances, in the area of international forum there have been more than 60 papers from Japan, Taiwan, Europe, US, Israel, Korea, Italy, and the UK and other countries to take part, which should focus on PCB and various technologies of assembly to present their papers. As for new product presentation, at least 20 occasions have been sponsored, and during which participating manufacturers will be invited to release the latest product and technology for the reference of the industry. The most particular of the sponsoring authorities will be that they have designed many several theme-halls, and there is the “technology theme hall” that cover technology and market, for instances, there are themes as the industrial evolution of PCB, IC package, mechanical processing, and SMT. Aside from these theme halls to provide professional technological trend and product development, we can also resort to themes of life to elaborate on the close connection of people today with PCB, which is considered to be the demonstration between professionalism and life. Besides, there are as many as nearly 5,000 overseas buyers coming to Taiwan for visit, and we should, surely, not easily let go of such rare opportunity to promote the beauty of Taiwan. Therefore, another hall of them displaying “Beauty of Taiwan” will be planned as we turn to the rather gentle appeal, for instances, the beauty of Taiwan’s mountains, the beauty of Taiwan’s aborigine, the beauty of Taiwan’s railway, and the beauty of Taiwan’s light-tower and outlaying islands, and all of them will be demonstrated in this TPCA Show, learning exactly what kind of beautiful island Taiwan is. Since 2006, the sponsoring authorities have especially worked with the organization of the visually impaired and offer massage service at the venue. It is the preliminary contribution of SMTA to put efforts into charity activities.