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Cooperation agreement between Exatel SA and Chunghwa Telecom Company, Polish-Taiwanese business meetings, investment and technological cooperation, e.g. in the field of microelectronics - these are just some of the topics of meetings of Deputy Minister of Development and Technology Grzegorz Piechowiak with a delegation of Taiwanese business and administration.
Business needs visionaries who are the first to take up challenges by setting an example for others. Today's agreement is not only a business success of the two companies, but will also be a model and encouragement for other Polish-Taiwanese undertakings. This economic cooperation can bring many benefits to both sides
- emphasized Deputy Minister Grzegorz Piechowiak during the ceremony of signing a memorandum of understanding between Exatel SA, a state-owned company (managing a fiber-optic data transmission network with a length of approx. 20,000 km) and the Taiwanese telecommunications company Chunghwa Telecom Company.
The companies intend to implement joint projects in the field of e.g. cybersecurity and research and development (R&D) and development of SDN (Software-Defined Network) technology. The agreement will allow the Polish telecommunications operator to enter the Asian market and further international expansion. Chunghwa Telecom Company is Taiwan's largest telecommunications company and a leader in 5G technology. This is the first agreement of this type between technology companies from Poland and Taiwan.
Polish-Taiwanese business meetings
Deputy Minister Grzegorz Piechowiak also took part in the Polish-Taiwanese business round table organized by the Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) and Taiwania Capital. These organizations are looking for cooperation opportunities between Polish and Taiwanese companies. The meeting focused on the telecommunications industry, 5G technology and semiconductors. It was attended by representatives of large Taiwanese companies such as Compal Electronics, Pegatron, Wistron NewWeb, Quanta Cloud Technology, Airoha Technology, Taiwan Optical Platform. The industry partner of the meetings of telecommunications companies was the SINOTAIC cluster, while the potential for cooperation in the semiconductor sector was presented by the Microelectronics, Electronics and Photonics Cluster with the participation of leading technology companies from Poland.
In recent years, companies with Taiwanese capital have created over 3,000 jobs in Poland. However, this does not exhaust our ambitions. We want to attract, in particular, technologically advanced Taiwanese investments, e.g. from the semiconductor and electromobility sector
- said the government plenipotentiary for foreign investments Grzegorz Piechowiak during the Polish-Taiwanese business round table.
The deputy minister also met with Ming-Hsin Kung, head of Taiwan's National Development Council. The talks focused on bilateral cooperation in the field of investments and high technologies, e.g. semiconductors and building new supply chains.
Poland is interested in cooperation with Taiwan in the production of devices based on GaN technology, i.e. a new semiconductor material that can be an alternative to traditional silicon. This technology will allow, among others, to create smaller and more efficient chargers.
We count on the support of the Taiwanese administration to establish cooperation between the ?ukasiewicz Network - IMiF (Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics) and Taiwanese producers. We are also interested in cooperation in the field of education and staff training for the semiconductor sector
– said Deputy Minister Piechowiak.
Polish-Taiwanese economic cooperation
Taiwan is Poland's 7th economic partner in East Asia. In 2022, bilateral trade turnover amounted to over USD 3.1 billion, which means a year-on-year increase of 31%. Polish exports to Taiwan increased by almost 43% in this period.
Since September 2022, a Polish-Taiwanese working group on semiconductors has been operating, whose task is to support bilateral cooperation in the field of microelectronics.
Companies such as Iron Force, which has a production plant for passive safety systems for cars in Zabrze (including airbag inflators and seat belt components) and Tex Year Europe, which produces adhesives in Gniezno, have already invested in Poland. Poland is also an attractive location for distribution and service centers of Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturers, such as Acer and ASUS.
