The 4-day Taiwan International Lighting Show and LED Taiwan 2016 held at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center formally started today (April 13). The Bureau of Foreign Trade, Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), and Taiwan Lighting Fixture Export Association jointly organized the Taiwan International Lighting Show (TILS). Meanwhile, TAITRA and SEMI Taiwan also joined forces for the third time to host LED Taiwan. These exhibits attracted a total of 238 exhibitors and companies from 9 countries and provided a total of 748 stalls, making it the largest and most professional exhibit in Taiwan for professional illumination technologies and applications. It is expected to attract 16,000 visitors, professionals, and potential buyers.

This would be the 7th time that TILS was held. Vice President Wu Den-yih once again attended the event in person to provide his address for the opening ceremony. Vice President Wu highlighted the government’s high expectations for the LED lighting industry. He has initiated the Mercury Road Lighting Replacement Project since 2014 with the aim of completely replacing all mercury road lighting with LEDs by the end of 2016. Last year (2015), the government also formulated the Consultation Project for Industrial Transformation and Innovative Platforms theme-based R&D projects, offering support for various applications to promote the LED smart artificial lighting industry. The goal was to leverage Taiwan’s advantages in the optoelectronics, electronics, information, communication, and green industries to develop new LED smart artificial lighting services and systems, encourage industrial transformation and upgrades, create new employment opportunities, and improve the national competitiveness of the relevant industries.

Director Jen-Ni Yang of Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs, mentioned that the government is promoting "Green Trade Action Plan" this year to integrate green market research, green expertise, as well as foreign resources, build up Taiwan's overall green image, enhance the proportion of exports of related products and services, and promote Taiwan into East Asia green trading platform. LED lighting is one of the key plans. TAITRA President & CEO Peter WJ Huang pointed out that the 2 exhibits of TILS and LED Taiwan provide prospective local and overseas customers with a one-stop purchasing and exchange platform. The exhibits are expected to attract 1,000 potential foreign buyers as well as 15,000 business owners and representatives from Taiwan. SEMI Taiwan CEO Terry Cao expressed that LED Taiwan and TILS both provide comprehensive showcases demonstrating the ecology of the LED industry that range from the production phase to the final product. Mr. Cao hoped that professional exhibits like these could act as a focal point of industrial and academic resources, create potential opportunities for LED-based products, and demonstrate Taiwan’s first-rate R&D capabilities.

Nan Ya Photonics Inc., Epistar Corporation, Forest Lighting, China Electric MFG. Corporation, Taiwan Tang Hua Co., Ltd., National Chung-Shan Institute of Science And Technology Chemical Systems Research Division, Industrial Technology Research Institute, and other leading companies and agencies are key exhibitors partaking in the celebrated TILS. LED Taiwan exhibitors include Aurora Sapphire, Cree, EPILEDS, GlobalWafers, Han’s Laser, Lextar, MIRDC Sapphire Machining Alliance, Rapitech, Rubicon, and WEI MIN. These exhibits include special areas and theme-based halls and scheduled conferences where experts and researchers of the industry were invited to share the latest updates and news regarding the technology, business, and future trends for developing a people-oriented smart artificial lighting industry.

[Innovative Product Awards - Emergence of More System Spanning Solutions and Integrated Applications]
A total of 11 products were selected as contenders for the prestigious Innovative Product Awards that were divided into the categories of outdoors and building lighting, indoor fixtures and lighting, and illumination components. Awards shall be presented to the 5 winning products listed in the following during the opening ceremony:
● NEXTECH Lighting International Co., Ltd. - LED Motion Sensor Security Lighting with Wi-Fi Camera
● InteLink Technology Co., Ltd. - LED Smart lighting solution
● Nan Ya Photonics, Inc. - 80W Smart Ceiling Light
● EPOCH Chemtronics Corp. - LED Square Downlight - epoXcube
● Mean Well Enterprises Co., Ltd. - Intelligent Dimmable Waterproof LED Power Supply

Products nominated as contenders for the Innovative Product Award will also be exhibited in the Innovative Product Hall that is combined with the main exhibit stage, allowing exhibit visitors to experience how these products may become an integral part of our lifestyles. In addition, companies from Taiwan and other countries will also be presenting new technologies and products in the New Product Launch of TILS and TechSTAGE Innovative Technology Presentation Conference of LED Taiwan.

[6 Theme Halls for TILS and 5 Special Zones for LED Taiwan - Smart Integration of Technology and Applications]
Smart Lighting is the latest trend of lighting technologies. Integration with advancements in other industries as well as improvements of OLED technology will potentially fuel rapid growth for the Smart Lighting industry. Smart Lighting for Health and OLED Lighting are part of the 6 theme-based halls of TILS. These themes were jointly established by the exhibit organizers as well as ITRI and will be showcasing the latest outcomes in the research of healthy light sources, control technologies, and other specialized applications. In response to market requirements, LED Taiwan also provided other theme-based areas such as High Illumination LED, Sapphire, Power Component Production, LED Component, and Smart Lighting Technology that demonstrate the latest developments and trends of LED production solutions.

[Potential foreign buyers invited to the fairs - Hosting of 1-on-1 purchasing negotiations]
Overseas offices of TAITRA actively invited foreign buyers to the TILS as well as LED Taiwan to increase the chance of successful purchases as well as improve the benefits achieved by these fairs. TAITRA expressed that over 60 foreign buyers have pre-registered for the exhibits, with most coming from the 6 countries of Mainland China, Japan, the US, India, Malaysia, and the UK. These buyers include major companies in the US, Germany, China, Romania, and Algeria with annual revenue exceeding US$ 10 million who will also be attending purchasing negotiation conferences during the fairs, which are expected to create business opportunities worth over US$ 10 million.

The 2016 TILS and LED Taiwan shall freely admit Taiwanese and overseas business representatives with a relevant business card (exchanged for a visitor’s pass) as well as college or university students or graduate researchers from relevant majors with a student pass (also exchanged for a visitor’s pass) from April 13 to 15. Public visitors will be able to attend the fairs free on April 16.