A Milestone Reached: Taiwan’s Two Leading Machine Tool Shows To Be Held Concurrently

For the first time ever, two major machine tool exhibitions in Taiwan, the Taipei International Machine Tool Show (TIMTOS) and Taiwan International Machine Tool Show (TMTS) will be held at the same time, as TIMTOS x TMTS 2022. The show will be held from February 21 – 26, 2022 in Taipei, creating a “1+1 is greater than 2” synergy for the industry, and most likely boosting the international status of Taiwan’s machine tool industry.

Total exports of Taiwan machine tools from January to August this year reached US $1.755 billion, a phenomenal increase of 22.2% over the same period last year. What’s more, TIMTOS and TMTS, two key exhibitions in Taiwan, have recently reached the consensus that they will work together to host both shows at the same time, in the same venue, with the same goal to help Taiwanese companies explore global markets.

Over the years, the two trade shows have been held separately in Taipei and Taichung and kept growing in scale. However, due to the pandemic and venue issues in Taichung, both TIMTOS 2021 and TMTS 2020 were presented online instead of as physical exhibitions. As the global machine tool industry is recovering from the pandemic and demand is increasing, industry players are eager for physical events. Mr. Jong-chin Shen, Vice Premier of Executive Yuan has thus coordinated the organizers of TIMTOS and TMTS to work together and maximize the trade opportunities for all the exhibitors and visitors. Undoubtedly, the cooperation marks a milestone of unity for Taiwan’s machine tool industry.

Aside from metal cutting machine tools, machining centers and metal forming machine tools, the joint show TIMTOS x TMTS 2022 will also showcase a lineup of smart machines. Smart Machinery is part of the Taiwanese government’s “five plus two” innovative industries plan. The alliance between TIMTOS and TMTS in 2022 will fully represent the development and R&D capacity of Taiwan’s smart machinery industry.

It is expected that TIMTOS x TMTS 2022 will consolidate resources to better serve all attendees. More updates will be coming shortly. Stay tuned on the official website www.timtos-tmts.com.tw.