The three-day event will cover eight showcase categories: tools and accessories, locks and fittings, fasteners and fittings, building supplies, garden and outdoor equipment, automotive supplies and accessories, machines and plant equipment and safety equipment and products. Of these, tool manufacturers constitute the largest exhibitor category.
Officials at Kaigo believe that the THS will be held amidst a confident business landscape when Taiwan's industrial position is at an all-time high. According to statistics from Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs, the country's tool hardware industry reached an export value of NTD 110 bn last year, surpassing market analysts' expectations as it doubled the value earned by the medical supplies and bicycle sectors respectively. The tools hardware export achievement also exceeds the machine tools numbers for the first time since the mid-1980s, when Taiwan began its revolutionary industrial development and new industrial clusters such as Taichung were established.