Taiwan's plastic and rubber machinery industry is mostly made up of small and medium sized businesses with limited scope, so they rely on upstream, midstream, and downstream cooperation to remain competitive with manufacturing in other countries. Unique to Taiwan's plastic and rubber machinery industry is its complete supply chain, with close coordination between main and satellite manufacturing sites. This allows the industry to produce machinery that is highly competitive both in terms of pricing and technology. These characteristics have made the small island of Taiwan the world's 5th largest manufacturer of plastic and rubber machinery.

The fiercely competitive global market has compelled Taiwan's suppliers to act quickly to differentiate their products’ value. Their response has been to gradually move toward offering total solution to customers, and they have made significant progress.