Mr. Charles Hsieh

Charlie Hsieh, president of J&K International Co., Ltd. has recently been elected new chairman of the Taiwan Hand Tools Manufacturers Association to succeed Kissinger Lin, chairman of Cendai Industrial Co., Ltd.

J&K International is a professional and veteran manufacturer and exporter of hand power puller, ratchet die down, trailer winch, water sports equipment and auto accessories.Not long ago, it has moved into a new factory building in Tali, Taichung county, central Taiwan, home of Taiwan's hand tool manufacturing industry.The factory expansion is to meet growing need in the global market.

Charlie Hsieh, who has been in the hand tool industry for more than three decades, founded J&K International about 18 years ago, after serving at the Taiwan Metal Industry Research Center for more than a decade.

The membership of the Taiwan Hand Tools Manufacturers Association stands at more than 400 companies.During his tenure, the new chairman said, he would work to increase the membership of the association.It was reported that there are between 2,000 and 3,000 hand tool manufacturers and related companies throughout Taiwan."In order to grow our association, we will do some things that are beneficial to them," stressed Charlie Hsieh.

During his tenure of office, the new chairman has a plan to form a business alliance with its members as its backbone.Government and industrial leaders and academics and researchers will be invited to establish the alliance to work out marketing and purchasing strategies for the benefit of its members.

Hsieh said the association will organize and lead its members to go overseas for the participation in international trade shows, especially in emerging markets."By encouraging our members to participate in global trade fairs, we aim at helping them to acquire more orders from foreign buyers," said the new chairman.

Charlie Hsieh said he is looking forward to upgrading the level of the hand tool industry by organizing a series of technical seminars for its members to attend through which they would acquire new industry knowledge and sharpen technical skills.

According to Mr. Charlie Hsieh, the Chairman of the Taiwan Hand Tool Manufacturers¡¦ Association, the hardware industry of Taiwan is an export-oriented industry, with about 95% of its products shipped to overseas markets.

Mr. Charlie Hsieh, the Chairman of Taiwan Hand Tool Manufacturers¡¦ Association, addressed at the THDIY reception that Taiwan hardware industry is an export-oriented industry, about 95% of products to the overseas market.

Charles Hsieh, chairman of the Taiwan Hand Tool Manufacturers` Association, said that Taiwan`s digital tools proved to be star products at a hardware trade show held in Cologne last March.

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Charles Hsieh, chairman of the Taiwan Hand Tool Manufacturers' Association, pointed out that advanced material and electroplating technologies were now the two crucial factors that could help Taiwanese suppliers beat mainland Chinese rivals, since there is now no difference in the manufacturing equipment used by the industry on the two sides of the Taiwan Straits.

Chairman Charles Hsieh of the Taiwan Hand Tool Manufacturers` Association, which co-organizes the show with Kaigo, pointed out that the 2006 event would underscore "quality, innovation and competitiveness" slogan to differentiate Taiwan`s hand-tool and hardware industry from mainland China`s. The mainland has unseated Taiwan as the world`s No.1 exporter of hand tools since 2003.

According to Hsieh, Taiwan`s 5,000 manufacturers exported US$2.4 billion worth of various tools last year, representing over 90% of total output of the island`s hand-tool industry.

Chairman Charles Hsieh of J&K pointed out that the co-establishment of the corporation represents a collective strength for tapping the world market is forming among Taiwanese tool suppliers.

Hsieh, who is concurrently chairman of the Taiwan Hand Tool Manufacturers` Association, noted that Taiwanese suppliers are unmatchable with mainland Chinese rivals in cost competition, but they are far ahead of the mainland rivals in quality and technology competitions. Although German, American and Japanese suppliers, he added, are superior to Taiwanese suppliers in technology, they are inferior in costs.

Taiwan Hand Tool Manufacturers` Association Chairman Charles Hsieh pointed out that Taiwan` s digital tools were darling products at a hardware trade show held in March in Cologne.