Taipei, 4th March: The long awaited Hall 2 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center opened on 4th March. The new addition raises the capacity of Nangang from about 45,000 m2 to almost 80,000 m2. The venue now has capacity for 5,000 booths. Hall 2 will also be known as TaiNEX2. According to TAITRA, 38 meeting rooms at the TaiNEX2 are still under construction. Those facilities are expected to be completed in October 2019.

The first international show held in the new hall was the 27th Taipei International Machine Tool Trade Show (TIMIOS) running from 4th to 9th March. The next event will be the Taipei International Cycle Show which will take place from 27th to 30th March 2019.