By Sandra Chen, Fastener World

The Japan automotive technology show was held at Tokyo Big Sight and brought 1,100 companies from OEMs, Auto parts suppliers and other manufacturers in car related field and there joined around 20 Taiwanese companies. In the Expo the fastener firms accounted for a small proportion, mainly Japanese companies, and overseas ones including 4 Taiwanese, 1 American, 4 Chinese and 1 German companies. AUTOMOTIVE WORLD, held from 17 to 19 January 2018, was a combination of exhibitions & conferences covering important topics in the automotive industry such as automotive electronics, connected car, autonomous driving, EV/HEV/FCV, lightweight and processing technology, etc. Besides, 120 different inspirational speeches of advanced automotive technology were given by industrial experts during the 3 days.