Industry-academia Cooperation

Talent cultivation is not just a concept of sustainable development, but the long term future of the enterprise. We hope that long-term corporate internships can help students apply their learning, develop professional skill sets, and excel in both theory and application. Since 2011, HIWIN has participated in an industry academia cooperation project promoted by the government. In 2021, the number of employees from the project working in HIWIN factories accounted for about 16.2% of our Taiwanese employees.

Train Future Talents with Care

From senior supervisors to grass-root employees, the whole company has been involved in cultivating students who join the industry-academia cooperation project, so as to help students connect with the intelligent machinery field.

Our employees are our greatest assets and our students are the future of the labor market. As such, HIWIN attaches considerable importance to training, providing interns and new employees the support and care they need during preinternship sessions, on boarding training, and other training. Throughout the course of internships, we also show our interns that we care, hosting discussions as well as sessions at the end of internships. With all HIWIN employees invested in supporting our future generations, we've been able to create a virtuous cycle.

HIWIN's students have always been happy to share and grateful for the opportunities as they pass down their experiences to younger students.

▶ Invested 10 years in cultivating 1,555 students.

▶ Continued to cultivate students hired from industry-academia cooperation programs; as of 2021, 9 students have been promoted to managerial positions.

Chairman Eddie W.H. Chuo listening to results presentations from students

Share industry information on campuses

Dedicate ourselves to striving to enhance the competitiveness of Taiwan's intelligent machinery industry in the world!

HIWIN cares about knowledge sharing and capitalizing on opportunities to engage students at campus job fairs to introduce key components and product applications, giving students better insight into the intelligent mechanical industry. In addition, HIWIN has also designed different programs for different schools, inviting engineers/R&D supervisors to serve as lecturers to share industry trends and application fields, so as to enrich students' mechanical knowledge. We hope these arrangements can help students apply their learnings in their internships. Through exchanges, answering doubts in the students' minds, and sharing practical experiences, more students can explore potential career paths in advance and find their own directions.

▶ A total of 934 students took part in 23 courses taught by industry employees and leaders.

▶ Between 2015 and 2021, HIWIN has dispatched 405 employees as lecturers to provide 1,286 teaching hours.

Product line supervisor introduces students to the application of key components

Interacting with students at the internship expo held at Hsiuping University of Science and Technology

Expand your horizons with HIWIN

Visit HIWIN to see Taiwan's intelligent machinery industry on the world stage!

At HIWIN's global HQ, you will find national flags representing HIWIN's global presence and a world map engraved on the floor of the product displaying hall. Since its establishment, HIWIN has marketed the world under its own brand. Each year, students/industry groups who enter HIWIN factories not only learn about products and application fields through tours and activities but also overcome stereotypes of the mechanical engineering industry. By interacting with engineers, students/ industry groups can better understand the global development trend of the industry.

▶ 8,974 visits were made between 2015 and 2021.

▶ 393 visitors in 2021.

Visiting Event-HIWIN Robotic Arms Teaching Experience

Joint R&D Center

We established our first large-scale joint R&D center in Taiwan with National Tsing Hua University as a novel model of industry-academia cooperation. Since 2014, HIWIN has been dedicating an annual R&D budget of NT$20 million to the center and plans to invest at least NT$200 million over the course of ten years to the mid to long-term research and development of forward-looking technology.

Joint R&D Center Results Presentation

The HIWIN-CMU Joint R&D Center was founded to research and develop medical technologies, healthcare technologies, forward-looking technologies, and interdisciplinary application research as well as cultivate advanced R&D talents in medical engineering. Since 2015, HIWIN has invested NT$10 million annually into the HIWIN-CMU Joint R&D Center. The goal is to properly leverage the complementary expertise and strengths of the industry and university to bring the biomedical engineering sector and rehabilitation technology in Taiwan toward a new milestone. In the tenth year of the Joint R&D Center's operation, the HIWIN Robotic Gait Training System is now in the phase of product feasibility and usability verification prior to the market launch of the second generation.

Precision Medical Care for All

HIWIN's product development adheres to the basic belief of building on existing core technologies. Our critical technologies and components lay the foundation for our long-term competitiveness. By extending the application of transmission system components to industrial and medical robots, we have developed rehabilitation robots for lower and upper extremities, robotic endoscope holders, and more. We also collaborate with medical facilities, including Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, China Medical University Hospital, and Chung Shan Medical University Hospital.

In December 2021, HIWIN collaborated with Chung Shan Medical University Hospital to launch the first "Seminar on the Application of Assistive Robotic Arms for Digestive System, Obstetrics and Gynecology 2021" in Taiwan. Seven top surgeons were invited to introduce the novel experience of using HIWIN robotic arms in minimally invasive surgeries. The seminar demonstrated the use of robotics arms in the routines of minimally invasive surgeries currently in practice. Robotic arms can be of tremendous help in the practice of challenging new surgical technologies by providing a clear vision and manpower optimization in the operating room and creating higher values for patients as well. Building on years of dedication, HIWIN will continue to develop surgical robots, aspiring to benefit more people under the business mentality of "being a player in improving the quality of life for mankind".

Group photo of HIWIN and Chung Shan Medical University Hospital members

Inspiring Support for the Taiwan Robotics Industry- Academia Alliance

To facilitate development in Taiwan's robotics industry, HIWIN took the lead in August 2020 to support the Taiwan Robotics Industry-Academia Alliance founded by the Taiwan Automation Intelligence and Robotics Association (TAIROA). As of 2021, we have sponsored 62 robotic arms valued at a total of NT$30 million in market value.

The alliance currently has 90 members. The seven certified venues for certification tests and training are Lunghwa University of Science and Technology, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, National Formosa University, Kun Shan University, Cheng Shiu University, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, and Songshan High School of Agriculture and Industry. Among all, Kun Shan University, with eight high schools and vocational high schools, formed the "Southern Taiwan Intelligent Manufacturing Teaching & Learning Alliance" on December 8, 2020. On April 14, 2021, six high schools and vocational high schools, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, HIWIN, and TAIROA jointly launched the "Taipei City Industrial Robotics Technology Teaching Center" at Songshan High School of Agriculture. On the day, Solomon also joined the effort in donating equipment to the school by gifting the alliance 20 sets of 3D vision systems worth NT$20 million in market value, further contributing to the alliance's growing impact.

Robotic arms can be widely adopted in automation applications in various industries and fields. Future demands for robots are on the rise with lower fertility rates and aging populations. Taiwan is in urgent need of intelligent automation professionals. Therefore, HIWIN is taking on a leading role to help TAIROA activate the plan, hoping that members in the alliance will follow suit in providing more resources to schools.

Taipei City Industrial Robotics Technology Teaching Center Opening and MOU Signing Ceremony