"The machine tools industry is very important to a nation's industrial development," says Pan. "Its technologies integrate a variety of fields including IT, optoelectronics, materials, and mechatronics." Pan argues that government policy tends to overlook the field, with the result that machine tools technology cycles into and out of fashion.
「機器工業對國家產業發展相當重要，是集資訊、光電、材料、機械、電子各領域的整合科技，」潘同泰說，有時政策方向可能較不注重這個領域，以致機器科技熱一陣、冷一陣。