Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim Visits TECO Production Lines Highlighting Key Technologies, Supply Chain Autonomy, and Global Expansion

Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim visited TECO Electric & Machinery’s Zhongli Factory yesterday (13th) to gain firsthand insight into the company’s domestic R&D and manufacturing capabilities in high-efficiency, energy-saving power solutions, including rare-earth-free high-efficiency motors, drone powertrain systems, and robotic joint modules.

 

TECO Chairman Morris Li stated that in response to the global energy transition and increasing constraints on critical materials, TECO continues to invest in the development of core motor technologies and system integration. “Our goal is not only to enhance efficiency, but also to ensure that critical technologies and manufacturing capabilities remain firmly in our own hands—providing Taiwan’s industries with stable, long-term solutions while helping our customers move toward low-carbon and sustainable development.”

 

Vice President Hsiao toured TECO’s Zhongli production lines accompanied by Chairman Morris Li, Vice Chairperson Wu Su-chiu, and President Kao Fei-yuan, with ITRI Chairman Wu Chung-chung also in attendance. She commended TECO’s investments in automation and R&D, and gained insight into the company’s proprietary rare-earth-free motor technologies and forward-looking strategic deployment in drone technologies, underscoring the importance of strengthening industrial competitiveness amid global supply chain changes. 

 

 

TECO is one of the few companies in Taiwan to have mass-produced synchronous reluctance motors, manufacturing rare-earth-free motors that are completely magnet-free. By overcoming the efficiency limitations of conventional motor designs, TECO demonstrated its strong core capabilities in critical components and key technologies. Designed for general industrial wind and water-driven equipment, TECO’s rare-earth-free motors are applicable across a wide range of industries, including petrochemicals, HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), semiconductor and electronics manufacturing, and mining. The motors have already been deployed in facility water pump systems at electronics manufacturing plants and are being marketed in the United States and Europe.

 

 

To address the stringent requirements for high power density and high efficiency in electric vehicles and high-payload commercial unmanned vehicle power systems, TECO has integrated hairpin winding and oil-cooling technologies into its motor designs, combined with non-restricted light rare-earth magnetic materials to comprehensively enhance performance. TECO noted that motors featuring hairpin windings and oil cooling can achieve up to a 15% weight reduction compared with mainstream market solutions, while improving cooling efficiency by 32% through more uniform heat distribution, resulting in a further 25% increase in overall power density. In addition to successful deployment in electric bus applications, these technologies have been extended to commercial unmanned vehicle power systems, supporting agricultural, logistics, and lifting applications with takeoff weights of up to 150 kg.

 

 

TECO also presented its small-scale unmanned vehicle power systems to Vice President Hsiao. Key product features include lightweight design, excellent acceleration performance, outstanding thermal endurance, and high operational reliability. Leveraging Taiwan’s manufacturing strengths, TECO emphasized its efforts to build a resilient, island-wide supply chain for small drone propulsion systems—such as using electrical steel from China Steel Corporation and precision machining services from suppliers across northern, central, and southern Taiwan—laying a solid foundation for localization.

Another highlight of the visit was TECO’s robotic joint module, recently awarded the Taiwan Excellence Gold Award. Featuring an integrated design that combines the motor, gearbox, and drive technology into a single module, the system delivers stable and highly efficient operation. At the same torque output of 140 Nm, TECO’s joint module offers a longer peak output duration than competing products, enabling smarter robots to operate more stably and efficiently. Applications span industrial inspection, smart logistics, and firefighting and rescue, and are suitable for robot dogs and humanoid robots. TECO is currently collaborating with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) on robot dog development.

 

 

Since Chairman Morris Li assumed leadership, TECO has actively promoted brand revitalization and corporate transformation. In 2025, the company entered the “2025 Best Taiwan Global Brands” for the first time, concretely demonstrating the remarkable results of its transformation and upgrade initiatives. TECO stated that it will continue to position the Zhongli Factory as a key R&D and manufacturing hub for high-efficiency motors and intelligent power systems. The company will further expand its portfolio of rare-earth-free, high-performance, and high power-density products, while continuing to invest in new transformer production lines and drone motor manufacturing lines. By strengthening local manufacturing capabilities for critical power and drive components and working closely with partners across industry, government, academia, and research institutions, TECO aims to inject new momentum and global competitiveness into Taiwan’s energy transition and sustainable development.