The medical equipment industry is not subject to dramatic ups and downs. Product cycles are long, and there are niches where goods of all levels can survive. As the information industry goes into deep freeze and the myth of the new economy disintegrates, medical equipment may offer a new direction toward which Taiwan enterprises can turn.
醫工產業不會大紅大紫、暴起暴跌，尤其產品週期長，高低階產品都有存活空間，在網路資訊產業景氣急凍、「新經濟」神話破滅之際，屬於精密儀器的醫工產業，為台灣企業提供了很好的轉型方向。