Taipei International Machine Tool Show (TIMTOS), launched a series of pre-event online activities. The Pre-TIMTOS Online Initiatives, influenced by the current pandemic scenario, highlights both TIMTOS Salon and TIMTOS Glimpse from the end of August to next March.

The TIMTOS Salon has invited Machine Tool Association representatives from the United States, Turkey, Russia, India, and Thailand, to share respective first-hand information and forecast future trends. It premiered on August 27, with Steve Kline, Chief Data Officer, Global Machine Tools, Gardner Business Media, to discuss the topic of Global Machine Tool Supply Chain Restructuring and Future Watch. He further analyzed the shift in demand for global machine tools, with focus on the status of the US and forecast of major application areas in the machine tool industry in the future.

The second episode of TIMTOS Salon will air on August 31, with Fatih VARLIK, Chairman, TiAD (Machine Tools Industrialists & Business Association). This session will reflect the current situation in Turkey. He will share his views on increased import tariffs on Taiwanese machine tools by Turkey.

TIMTOS Glimpse, facilitated the exhibitors showcase their new product videos, with an interview video of Hiwin Technologies Corp., a world-renowned ball screw maker. The TIMTOS Salon and TIMTOS Glimpse will subsequently release a total of three episodes per month from September to November, airing every 2nd, 3rd and 4th Thursdays at 3 pm Taiwan time.

TIMTOS 2021 will take place on March 15-20 at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 1, Hall 2, and World Trade Center Hall 1. The show is slated to house about 7,000 physical display booths, making it the world's first large-scale machine tool show ever since the coronavirus outbreak. In addition, the organizer Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) will pursue market trends in organizing online versions to help exhibitors break social distance constraints and engage with global buyers. TIMTOS 2021's online and offline exhibitions are expected to be a forum for industry players to display their revolutionary innovations and achievements in transformation in the post-COVID era.

For more information: www.timtos.com.tw