In May 2021, domestic spread of COVID-19 in Taiwan prompted the government to impose Level 3 restrictions that temporarily closed many offices on the island. Thus, companies needed to find ways to support employee health under a work-from-home regime during a time when vaccination rates were still low. Caring for thousands of employees, Google Taiwan’s…
Nuts and bolts might be the smallest components of an airplane engine, but they are what keep it together – and the required quantity is enormous. Before the COVID-19 pandemic diminished air traffic, the National Aerospace Fasteners Corporation (NAFCO) Taiwan produced over two million fasteners annually to keep commercial airplanes in the air. Although a…
YOKE’s mission is simple: to protect human lives. As a globally leading safety hoisting company, YOKE provides safety hooks to 90% of the world’s top-500 manufacturers. And each of YOKE’s annually produced 40 million hooks comes with an immense sense of duty, notes Steven Hong, owner and chairman of YOKE. “We take our responsibility to protect…
In recent years Taiwan has been growing increasingly aware of what countries that preceded it on the economic development continuum have long known – that the pressures of life in modern society inevitably take a serious psychological toll on some members of the population. Compounding the problem, it can be difficult to assist those with…
Within the healthcare industry, innovation and scientific discovery involve years-long, multi-billion-dollar initiatives that span markets across the globe. These are not singular efforts, as innumerable inputs and contributors are required to make the kinds of breakthroughs in research and development that lead to groundbreaking healthcare products. Understanding that no one company can lead the way…
For TechOrange, a subsidiary of Fusionmedium, the COVID-19 pandemic opened up a new avenue of opportunities within digital audiovisual content – but this was not a skill the company accidentally picked up. TechOrange’s home is the internet. The platform has an extensive, adaptable library of digital content, including text, podcasts, audiovisual content, and webinar platforms,…
Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in materials science. For over 170 years, Corning has combined its unparalleled expertise in glass science, ceramics science, and optical physics with deep manufacturing and engineering capabilities to develop life-changing innovations and products. With a long-standing track record of innovation, transformation has always been at the heart…
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in critical care has potentially lifesaving outcomes for long-term disease prevention and critical decisions during surgery. AI technologies can help medical professionals find biomarkers of disease, identify target molecules, discover drug candidates, speed up clinical trials, and even monitor and predict epidemic outbreaks. There is also a distinct…
“The confluence of biology, chemistry, and data sciences provides the opportunity to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. But this opportunity only exists for companies and scientists who dare to ask, ‘what if.’” Those were the words of Werner Baumann, chairman of the Board of Management of Bayer AG, when he opened the company’s…
In an era of unprecedented global trade and technological disruption, supply chain logistics has become ever more important to the functioning of the world economy. Yet few often stop to think about the complexity and scale of the industry that supports the storage and movement of goods from factory floor to consumer hands. In Taiwan,…
