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What ‘Taiwan Excellence’ Means For Filipino Consumers

June 5, 2016

Acer, ASUS, MSI, Tatung and KYMCO are familiar brand names that have become an integral part of the Filipino lifestyle. Do you know what else they have in common?

They are Taiwanese brands with the symbol of Taiwan Excellence. All products carrying this symbol have been selected for specific Taiwan Excellence Awards based on their excellence in design, quality, marketing, Taiwanese R&D and manufacturing. This honors Taiwan’s most innovative products that provide tremendous value to users worldwide.

“Actually, Taiwan Excellence products are a part of many people’s lives in Manila: for both work and play,” according to Dr. Gary Song-Huann Lin, Ambassador in the Philippines, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO). “However, a lot of consumers do not know the ICT products they use everyday come mostly from Taiwan. Let me give you some ideas: Taiwanese companies account for 89% of the world’s production of notebooks and three quarters of the world’s desktop PCs. Taiwan also produces a quarter of the world’s semiconductors and a fifth of the world’s smartphones. Taiwan plays an important role in the global ICT supply chain.”

No wonder Taiwan is the 4th top import country ($5.2B imports) and the 9th top export country ($2.2B exports) in the world, according to the 2015 Philippine Statistics Authority data.

With this, the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) of Taiwan government and Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) organized the Taiwan Excellence campaign. This is to further strengthen trading ties with the Philippines by building trust and awareness for Taiwanese products among Filipinos.

Here’s a sneak peak during the kick-off media launch:

TaiwanExcellence2016-ICT-Asus
Asus Zen AiO Pro
TaiwanExcellence2016-Adata
ADATA XPG Z1 Gaming DDR4 memory and XPG SX930 Gaming Solid State Drive
TaiwanExcellence2016-ICT-SiliconPower
SP Mobile C80 64GB Type-C Dual USB drive
TaiwanExcellence2016-ICT-Transcend
Transcend DrivePro 520 Car Video Recorder
TaiwanExcellence2016-MSI
MSI Vortex G65 Gaming PC

On its third year, they are bring 54 brands and more than 100 products to be showcased at Taiwan Excellence Experiencing Zones on the following dates and venues:

  • June 3 – 5: SM Megamall Events Center
  • July 8 – 10: SM Mall of Asia Main Atrium
  • August 19 – 21: Trinoma Activity Center
  • October 21 – 23: Market! Market! Activity Center

Enjoy games, raffle draw, fashion shows and musical performances as well. Visit www.taiwanexcellence.ph for more details. Like Taiwan Excellence on Facebook.