International IC-Taiwan and SEMICON Taiwan to be Co-Located in 2008
HONG KONG, Nov. 20 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Sources
(Nasdaq: GSOL) and SEMI Taiwan, Asia’s two leading technical event organizers, plan to co-locate their Taiwan-based electronics industry shows in 2008, in order to offer their customers, electronics engineers and vendors, a new specialized platform covering the entire electronics development spectrum.
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The two shows, International IC-Taiwan Conference & Exhibition (IIC-Taiwan) ( http://www.taiwan.iicexpo.com ) and SEMICON Taiwan ( http://www.semicontaiwan.org ) are scheduled to run from Sept. 9-11, 2008 at the Taipei World Trade Center.
"The co-located shows are expected to enable design engineers to see and learn about all products and technologies covering electronics development -- from design to manufacturing," said Mark A. Saunderson, President of Global Sources’ Electronics Business Unit. "The new format is designed to give vendors a stronger platform to engage current and prospective customers."
Now in its 13th year, SEMICON Taiwan is the region’s largest event showcasing semiconductor production and processing technologies. IIC-Taiwan has a 15-year track record and is the largest trade show for electronic design automation and embedded solutions.
President of SEMI Southeast Asia, Terry Tsao, said: "This is an exciting milestone for both our organizations and for Taiwan’s electronics industry. This new co-located event is expected to be bigger and better with conference programs that engage some of the foremost thought leaders in the semiconductor manufacturing and electronics design industries."
Global Sources Design-to-Export Solution for Greater China’s Electronics Industry
IIC-Taiwan is an important part of Global Sources’ portfolio of electronics industry media and trade shows. Combined with 16 different media, five shows which run ten times across five cities and an extensive online offering, Global Sources provides Greater China’s electronics industry with end-to-end support -- from product conceptualization through to export of finished products.
Global Sources also sponsors Greater China’s key electronics industry events, which include International IC-China Conference & Exhibition ( http://www.english.china.iicexpo.com ) and the China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components ( http://www.chinasourcingfair.com ).
For more information about IIC-Taiwan, visit http://www.taiwan.iicexpo.com , and for SEMICON Taiwan, see http://www.semicontaiwan.org .
About Global Sources
Global Sources is a leading business-to-business (B2B) media company and a primary facilitator of two-way trade with Greater China. The core business is facilitating trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide range of English-language media. The other key business segment facilitates trade from the world to Greater China using Chinese-language media.
The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 647,000 active buyers source more profitably from complex overseas supply markets. With the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in over 230 countries.
The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 2 million products and more than 160,000 suppliers annually through 14 online marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and nine specialized trade shows which run 22 times a year across seven cities.
Suppliers receive more than 23 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com ) alone.
Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 36 years. In mainland China it has over 2,000 team members in 44 locations, and a community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for
Chinese-language media.
About SEMI
SEMI is the global industry association serving the manufacturing supply chains for the microelectronic, display and photovoltaic industries. SEMI member companies are the engine of the future, enabling smarter, faster and more economical products that improve our lives. Since 1971, SEMI has been committed to helping members grow more profitably, create new markets and meet common industry challenges. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing, Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.semi.org .
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