「中華軌道車輛工業發展協會」成立於1997年,目前已擁有90個會員;包括車輛、供電、號誌、通訊、軌道等各專業廠商。過去多年來,在協會廠商的共同努力及政府的鼎力支持下,國內軌道產品產製能力逐年提升,產品市場亦逐年擴展。
放眼將來,協會除繼續協助本會成員與政府主管機構、軌道系統營運者等之協商,以爭取產業製造商機外,有關軌道工業先進技術之引進、軌道產品驗證及電聯車製造國產化之建立以及推動國際交流等,都是本協會將持續推動之重要工作。
目前我國軌道運輸系統之興建仍蓬勃發展中,傳統鐵路的行車設備持續汰換增購,高速鐵路已於2007年完工通車,台北與高雄捷運之延伸線依計畫將陸續動工與完工。預估在未來十年間,軌道運輸產業的商機仍將有高幅度的增長。過去藉由政府及公營事業有關軌道車輛及相關設備之重要採購案,執行工業合作互惠協定,已獲得良好成果,持續結合本地產業長處,協助國內軌道產業創新及技術研發,並與國際軌道車輛大廠接軌,繼以全面提升軌道產業相關技術,將是確保我國軌道產業持續發展與永續經營的關鍵,亦是本協會與會員廠商共同努力的目標。
Chung-Hwa Railway Industry Development Association (CRIDA) established in 1997, it consists of some 90 member companies, including rolling-stock, power supply, signaling, track work and other railway industry related companies in Taiwan. With the full support of government through project base financing as well as policy wised encouragement, CRIDA has been actively assisting government in the promotion of major railway construction programs and to assist local industries in the advancement of railway technologies, which has contributed tremendously to the development of local railway industry and the increasing share of the local production.
The railway industry in Taiwan is still flourishing, the conventional rail replacement is going on, the Taiwan high speed rail is scheduled to operated in 2007 while the mass rapid transit systems in both Taipei and Kaohsiung are being extended, furthermore. It is envisage that the domestic railway market shall grow in a faster pace in the next ten years. The challenge ahead, still, is to elevate the overall railway technology locally in order to ensure the long lasting development of the Taiwan railway industry, which, a goal for CRIDA and its member companies.