An introduction on TEEMA’s Automobile Electronics Consortium

Today I want to introduce Automobile Electronics Consortium. When I worked in TEEMA (Taiwan Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers’ Association), one of my major job is to set up and operate this consortium. So the consortium has special meanings for me.

An introduction on TEEMA’s Automobile Electronics Consortium

Automobile Electronics is currently one of the most promising hi-tech industries in Taiwan. It has become the 4C industry in Taiwan and is considered to be the next star industry that would most likely generate big value. Besides, Taiwan has powerfully equipped electronics sector which is supported with comprehensive supply chain, and the automobile electronics is an emerging industry with favorable profitability and steady growth. If Taiwan electronic industry involves in automobile electronic industry would create another phenomenon in the Taiwan electronics industry.

In order to assist the upgrading of the aforesaid industry, TEEMA has set up the Automobile Electronics Consortium on January 4, 2006. Members of the consortium come from various sectors that include IT, Telecom, Automobile Electronics, Auto Parts and Semi-conductor industries. Government organizations, academics, R&D and Testing organizations are also invited to join it. When vertical and horizontal industries would be consolidated and shared critical technological progress would be promoted. The resources from various sectors could be converged to establish industrial discipline and to reinforce international venture capitals and marketing. On the other hand, the consortium can offer practical recommend for the numbers and government organizations.

The Consortium is honored to invite Dr. Ivan T.C. Wu, Vice President and General Director of Mechanical and Systems Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to chair the alliance. Two Special Interest Groups (SIG) - Key Components and Innovation Service Providers are also established. Mr. Chun-Chong Lee, General Manager of the Sin Etke Technology, is the convener of the Innovation Service Provider SIG and General Manager Mr. Joe Lung-Chou Huang is the corporate convener of the Automobile Research and Testing Center. Mr. C.Y. Wei, President of Universal Scientific Industrial Co. Ltd. is the industrial convener of the Key Components SIG. Mr. James Wang, Section Chief of Mechanical and Systems Research Laboratories, ITRI, is the corporate convener.

The objective in setting up the alliance is to create an industrial dialogue platform and to integrate the value chains of the automobile and electronic industries. It is anticipated that the upper, mid and down stream supply chains would be built up by merging all resources from the industry, the government, the academics and the R&D. So that Taiwan automobile electronics industry could generate its value in the international market.