Machine tool show to open as scheduled Staff writer, with CNA The Taipei International Machine Tool Show (TIMTOS) is to open in March as scheduled, even though Taiwan has reported an increase in the number of domestic COVID-19 cases, Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry chairman Alex Ko (柯拔希) said on Wednesday. Speaking at a news conference in Taipei, Ko said that he has faith in Taiwan’s ability to fight the pandemic, despite a spike in locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in an infection cluster at Taoyuan General Hospital. “TIMTOS 2021, which will open as scheduled on March 15 and run through March 20 at Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1 and Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 2, is likely to be the first major trade show in the world,” Ko said.