Research & Reports
A directory of research themes organized by the four alliances and by pre-investment checks. Each report will carry its version, date and sources when published.
Scope of reports
Themes fall into two groups. One follows the supply-chain tiers and strategies of the four alliances. The other follows four basic pre-investment checks: industry clusters and suppliers, talent and organization, regulation and administrative process, and infrastructure and risk.
Briefings on the four alliances (Semiconductor, Automotive Components, Digital Industries, and Health & Wellness) are published. The four pre-investment checks are still in preparation; for now the directory states the question each will answer.
Report directory
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Semiconductor localization: supply-chain tiers
Upstream IC design and IP, midstream fabrication and equipment, downstream packaging and testing, plus the focus on patents and advanced packaging.
Automotive Components: qualification and division of labor
How larger firms bring in smaller suppliers, how automotive qualification is strengthened, and what it takes to reach global automakers.
Digital Industries: from products to system solutions
How five sub-alliances in manufacturing, cities, retail, cybersecurity and sustainability integrate products and deliver with overseas partners.
Health & Wellness: from R&D to clinical use
The CDMO model, links to clinical settings and distribution, across medtech, smart care, biopharma and healthy living.
Industry clusters and suppliers
Whether key materials, processes, equipment and services can be sourced in reasonable time.
Talent and organization
Recruiting, training and retaining technical, management and international business talent.
Regulation and administrative process
Company setup, land, permits, tax and the procedures for cross-border operations.
Infrastructure and risk
An overall view of energy, telecommunications, logistics, cybersecurity and business continuity.
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What the directory covers
The directory has two groups. The first is the set of supply-chain briefings organised by alliance. Four are published: semiconductors, automotive components, digital industries and Health & Wellness. The second group follows four basic pre-investment checks: industry clusters and suppliers, talent and organisation, regulation and administrative process, and infrastructure and risk. These are still in preparation and will be listed here once published.
The readers are overseas investors, buyers and researchers. A briefing is not a market analysis. It carries no forecasts and no ratings. Its job is to show, before you approach any company, how an alliance’s supply chain is structured, what representative companies make, and which questions to ask before formal review.
Scope of the four briefings
The semiconductor briefing covers 27 companies: 19 in the midstream tier and 8 downstream. No company is listed in the upstream tier of IC design and intellectual property. The automotive components briefing covers 65 companies: 12 in automotive electronics, 26 in machining and materials, 24 in parts and assemblies and 3 in distribution channels.
The digital industries briefing covers 36 companies across five sub-sectors: smart manufacturing (11), smart cities (7), smart retail (11), cybersecurity (4) and sustainability (3). The Health & Wellness briefing covers 17 companies: medical technology (6), smart care (1), biotech and pharma (3) and healthy living (7). One company’s production site is not yet placed in any tier, and one company sits in two tiers.
For the semiconductor upstream tier, where no company is listed, a reader who needs information can say so in the enquiry form. Staff will ask the alliance whether any member has yet to be listed. Until an answer comes, the briefing does not guess at members and does not substitute companies from other tiers.
How the counts are made
Every count is calculated from the TINAI company directory as of 4 November 2026. The source website was captured on 25 September 2026. The directory lists 159 companies, of which 141 state an alliance. The 4 companies that belong to two alliances are counted in each briefing, so the four briefings add up to 145.
Stock codes are copied as the source gives them. 53 companies show a code: 20 in semiconductors, 10 in automotive components, 11 in digital industries and 12 in Health & Wellness. Tiers follow the alliance page. Any product grouping that a briefing adds is marked as editorial. Unlabelled results figures on alliance pages, and sections that show no data, are never cited.
How to read a briefing
The four briefings share a structure. A summary states the readers, scope and data date. A section on the alliance’s direction sets out its published strategy. Representative companies and products follow, tier by tier. The briefing closes with questions to ask before formal review, and with limits. In the semiconductor briefing the questions are framed separately for financial investors and strategic investors.
Read the tiers first, find where the companies of interest sit, then read the products, and only then turn to review. A description of the alliance as a whole should not be taken as the capability of any one company. Briefings state plainly where public data has gaps. The Health & Wellness alliance refers to a CDMO model, for instance, but no company description in the directory mentions that service.
Each briefing also has its own points to watch. In the automotive briefing, the first tier is named automotive electronics (chips), yet the products listed there are mainly wiring harnesses, electronic modules, displays and wireless communication equipment. No listed company has chip design as its main business. In the Health & Wellness briefing, the smart care tier holds one hospital, and the directory has no company matching the wearable devices and remote care platforms that the alliance page describes.
The four pre-investment checks
Each check answers one question. Industry clusters and suppliers: can key materials, processes, equipment and services be obtained in reasonable time? Talent and organisation: can technical, management and international business staff be recruited, trained and retained?
Regulation and administrative process: what procedures govern company set-up, land, permits, tax and cross-border operations? Infrastructure and risk: what is the overall position on energy, telecommunications, logistics, cybersecurity and business continuity? All four are in preparation. For official rules, rely on government sources. Until the reports appear, the corresponding material under Why Taiwan is a useful guide, with the same caution about dates and sources.
Versions, citation and further information
Each report will be published with a version, a date and a statement of sources. It will set out four responsibilities: the source and date of each claim; the evidence level and the rights to publish; what the study does not cover and which conclusions cannot be extended; and who is responsible, with the way reviews, corrections or withdrawals are handled.
When citing, give the report title, TINAI (Taiwan Industrial Network of Alliances for Investment) and the data date. For example: TINAI, “Automotive Components Alliance: supply-chain tier briefing”, data as of 4 November 2026. If you need information on a particular industry or pre-investment check, state your need and purpose in the information request form.
Frequently asked questions
Have the companies in the briefings been verified?
No. A listing means the source names the company and TINAI has described its products and processes. Neither the alliance nor TINAI has verified capability; confirm it with the company or the authority.
Why do the four briefings add up to more than 141?
Four companies belong to two alliances and are counted in each briefing, which gives 145. Counted once there are 141, and 18 more companies have no alliance stated in the source.
When will the pre-investment reports be published?
All four are in preparation and no date is set. They will be listed on this page with a version, a date and a statement of sources.
How should I cite a briefing?
Give the report title, TINAI and the data date, and keep the original meaning. Quotation for personal reference or non-profit purposes is allowed; other uses need written consent first.
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Reports and requests
Reports on each theme are still being prepared; once published they will be listed here with version, date and sources. If you need information on a particular industry or pre-investment check, describe what you need and why through the request form.