Promote Technological Upgrading and Expand Industrial Clusters

1. Precision Health Industrial Cluster Promotion Project in Southern Taiwan

There are currently around 80 manufacturers stationed in the Precision health industry in STSP, which is one of the domestic Precision health industries for key development. During the past decade of development, the biomedical manufacturers at STSP have been successively assisted to pass the verification of Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) and Medical Device Quality Management System (QMS), and also obtained the Association of Southeast Asian license, the FDA and CE certification. In order to support manufacturers to continue to take root locally and grow steadily, and to lead the Precision health industry to step toward the international stage, it is imperative to assist manufacturers to break through the marketing difficulties.

The Precision Health Industry Cluster creates more than NT$10 billion in the output value every year, and the turnover in 2023 was NT$ 12.061 billion. To promote the cluster development, STSP Bureau continues to promote guidance through the Precision Health Industrial Cluster Promotion Service Platform in Southern Taiwan for six park manufacturers to obtain 7 regulatory certifications, including Swiss pharmaceutical certificate, Malaysian (MDA) marketing authorization, ISO 13485 certification, TFDA inspection registration, medical device manufacturer quality management system (QMS), etc., assisting park manufacturers to accelerate product launches. In 2023, the manufacturers we provided guidance to included Genovior Biotech Corporation, MED Dental, ARIX CNC MACHINES CO., LTD., TAICEND Technology Co., LTD., Quen Lin Instruments Co., Ltd., and Viarich Biotechnology, Co., Ltd.

STSP Bureau continues to promote domestic medical materials and cooperated with Tungs' Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital in the establishment of the Digital Dental Demonstration Clinic, introducing 10 dental products from 6 park manufacturers, increasing clinical use opportunities, and strengthening doctors' trust in domestic products. Moreover, we even assisted park manufacturers in linking up with international distributors to sign three letters of intent for agency cooperation in 2023.

(1) Assisted Huang Liang Precision Enterprise Co., LTD. to expand into the Southeast Asian market.

(2) Facilitated Biomdcare to introduce AI-assisted screening software for osteoporosis, cervical cancer and bladder cancer in local hospitals in Vietnam.

(3) Facilitated ACRO Biomedical Co., Ltd. to conduct human trials and obtain certification of corneal transplantation in Vietnam.

In addition, STSP Bureau also actively assisted park manufacturers to participate in domestic and international exhibitions and organized product marketing and promotional activities, and received orders of approximately US$ 1.124 million.

2. Science Park Emerging Technology Application Project

To implement the main axis of the high economic efficiency and industrial innovation policy to encourage scientific businesses to form alliances with different industries or the academic circles to jointly engage in the R&D of emerging technologies, STSP Bureau started the promotion of Science Park Emerging Technology Application Project in 2021 to introduce the energy from academic and research institutes while forming industry alliances based on industrial needs to facilitate the joint engagement in the development of industrial integration and key technologies. The aim is to promote talent cultivation for innovative technology, solve market problems, nurture start-ups and create talent value to achieve the win-win situation for innovative transformation of industries and the synergy of derivative industries.

The final decision was made to approve subsidies to the 2023 R&D projects of 7 manufacturers in biotechnology and precision machinery, with a total subsidy amount of NTD 34.85 million.

Interdisciplinary Technology Forum

STSP Bureau and the STSP Park Office of the Allied Association for Science Park Industries co-organized the Interdisciplinary Technology Forum at STSP, focusing on topics of AIoT x XR and net-zero emissions. The director of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology and chairman of Jorjin Technologies, Inc. shared the development trends and practical case studies of digital transformation of AIoT combined with XR, and the division director of ITRI and the project manager of Molicel shared the relevant net-zero emission policies and market layout. President of the Asia-Pacific ESG Action Alliance and representatives from other units were gathered in this event, looking forward to promoting new cross-domain opportunities in the science park.