Nankang Rubber Tire Corp., an established, sizable tire manufacturer headquartered in Taiwan, recently reported having completed the development of a full-range of motorcycle tires available in 16 specifications. The Taiwanese tire maker is scheduled to launch the full-range of motorcycle tires in both the domestic and global markets soon, including run-flat and asymmetric slick tires targetin...

Lin Sheng-chang, president of Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd. (CPT), a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel manufacturer based in Taiwan and focusing mainly on developing and manufacturing small- and medium-sized panels, recently reported to be relatively cautious towards CPT's third-quarter operations, but will try to lead the company to maintain revenue on par to that of the...

After several years of research and development, Yu Siang Shun Co., Ltd., a firefighting equipment developer and manufacturer in Taiwan, recently said that it has successfully developed two new, innovative firefighting products, including the SEMAT firefighting motorcycle and SEMAT DC firefighting system. The former is a specially-developed scooter designed to carry the SEMAT DC firefighting syst...

Impacted by steadily shrinking exports and local economy battered by a slowing Chinese economy, recent upheavals in the Chinese stock market, dropping oil and commodity prices, Taiwan’s industrial production index (IPI) continuously dropped by 1.35 percent year-on-year (YoY) to 106.42 in June, albeit having inched up only 0.02 percent over May, according to the latest report issued by the Ministr...

After suffering a revenue drop in 2014, Cheng Hsin Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd., Taiwan-based tire maker of the Maxxis brand, is expected to stage a strong rebound this year. The firm’s latest financial report shows revenue for December 2014 of NT$9.792 billion (US$308.89 million), down 9.78% year-on-year (YoY), but adding to its full-year revenue of NT$129 billion (US$4.07 billion), 3.22% less than ...

Due to steadily rising eco-awareness, austerity and mere demand for convenient urban commute globally, Taiwan’s top three bicycle makers by size, Giant Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Merida Industry Co., Ltd. and Ideal Bike Corp., all scored encouraging revenues in November, which also benefited domestic parts suppliers. A globally known branded vendor of mid-to-high-end bicycles with operations wo...

By QUINCY LIANG As in many other sectors, Taiwan was once a world-class supply base of auto tuning parts and accessories, offering quality, reasonably-priced products under OEM/ODM basis to international brands, but in recent years, the global auto-accessory market has been overwhelmed by underselling Chinese suppliers. Such cut-throat rivalry has forced Taiwanese makers to move upmarket, d...

By MICHELLE HSU Despite consumers’ concern over high cost, technological bottlenecks, inconvenience of recharging, among other problems of new energy cars, new energy vehicles have found a promising market in China where, according to official statistics, production and sales of new energy cars surged 2.3 and 2.2 times, respectively, during the first half (H1) of 2014 from a year earlier. ...

By JENNY WU Sensors are playing an ever-more-important role in automotive technology along with the rapid advancement of auto electronics systems. Signals emitted by various types of sensors, such as temperature, pressure, location, speed, and vibration, enable vehicle computers to precisely control different functions. An ordinary passenger car today is equipped with about 100 sensors; for lu...

By JENNY WU The rapidly developing automobile market in China is boosting the demand for automotive fuel pumps, a key part in the engine fuel-supply system. The auto fuel-pump industry started later in China than in the industrially advanced nations, however, and it still lacks some core technologies needed for making the most advanced pumps used in high-end cars. Like many other Chinese en...