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Flender/Flender Gear Units/Bevel-helical speed reducers B3

producers. About 4 of these firms produce gears exclusively, and account for 7 percent of Taiwan' total gear production? The largest gear manufacturers in Taiwan have 3 to 4 employees and are no bigger than small .. producers. The one exception is Formosa Plastics, multi- product firm that produces gears and gearing. This firm, medium-sized by .. standards, is the largest producer in Taiwan. About half of Taiwan' gear firms are located in north- ern Taiwan, with the remainder scattered through the central and southern part of the country. The leading gear producers in Taiwan are listed in table -1. Taiwan' gear producers have concentrated production in worm gear speed reducers, gear speed reducers, and gears used in machine tools and motorcycles. Production of gears for the automotive industry is minimal and is supplied, for the most part, through imports. The independent producers concentrate mainly on gears for industrial applica- tions. During 1-8, the domestic market for gears in Taiwan was strong. Demand was great for gears used in downstream products due, in part, to the rise in machine tool exports from Taiwan to the United States. Also stimulating demand has been the increas- ing number of Japanese automobile and machine tool makers entering the market in Taiwan. In 1, Hamada Koki Company, Japanese firm, took advantage of this grow- ing demand by beginning local production of gears and parts for automobiles and machine USITC staff interviews with .. gear industry officials, September 1. 2 American Institute in Taiwan Airgram, December 1, Taipei, Message Reference No. 0. Table -1 Leading Taiwan gear producers, by sector, 1 Industrial gearing Non-worm Worm Firm gearing gearing China Fel Machinery Works Co Ching Nen Gear Machinery Co Formosa Plastics Corp Jen Wu Machinery Co., Ltd Jou Da Gear Industry Co., Ltd Jury Gear Industrial Co. , Ltd LI Hui Electric Factory Co. Ltd Shin Herng Gear Manufacturing Co