Founded in 1999, Ying Han Industrial Co., Ltd. specializes in developing and manufacturing high-quality, stylish and innovative automotive mirror covers with light-emitting diode (LED) indicators and accessories, as well as LED bumper lights, aerodynamic body kits etc., for major Japanese and Korean passenger-car models. The company claims to have been strengthening R&D to develop trend-settin...

Yuan Rong Auto Parts Co., Ltd. is a young and dynamic company dedicated to designing, developing, and manufacturing high-end automotive performance-tuning parts and accessories. The company was set up in 2005 and manufactures a variety of LED mirror covers, car mirrors, BMW grilles, BMW body molding, roof spoilers, trunk spoilers, trunk lid molding, fog lamps, head lamps, and LED side markers....

Established in 1988, Yungli Traffic Equipment Co. , Ltd. is a veteran developer and manufacturer of wide-ranging auto lamps including head lamps, auxiliary lamps (spot, driving, and off-road driving lights) for both the aftermarket (AM) and original equipment (OE) market. The ISO 9001:2000-approved company also offers lamps for other vehicles and industrial equipment such as motorcycles, scoot...

By CARMEN LO The ignition system is one of the key components in a gas-powered engine. It also sets the bar for the overall powertrain performance, especially in terms of horsepower, fuel efficiency and emissions. Developing reliable and high-performance ignition systems is consequently a perennial goal of global automakers. Foremost in this trend is the emergence of advanced computer-controlled...

By JENNY WU Bearings are among the most common and most important of all automobile components, serving vital functions in transmissions, engines, drive-shafts, and other systems and parts. Though individual bearings are relatively small in size, they have a huge relationship to vehicle reliability, safety, and comfort. Bearing manufacturing is one of the industries that have been pinpointe...

By JENNY WU Statistics compiled by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) show that in 2013, automobile production and sales in China were 22.12 million and 21.98 million units, respectively, up 10.2% and 9.6% from the previous year. China's annual new-car sales, CAAM forecasts, are expected to increase another 8% to 10% to about 24 million units in 2014, to make the natio...

Local manufacturers keep years ahead of the pack through innovation Automotive electronics are playing a vital role in the move toward safer, higher-performance, cleaner, smarter, more energy-saving, and connected vehicles. And Taiwan is playing a vital role in the supply of such products. Backed by Taiwan’s world-class electronics and ICT (information and communications technology) industr...

By JENNY WU Along with the rapid advancement of new technologies, automotive electronics--vital to upgrading the powertrain performance, safety, and comfort of modern vehicles--have been drawing intense attention in recent year through the constant development of newer and better products and applications. The automotive-electronics market in China has been enjoying robust growth, reaching ...

By MICHELLE HSU In the burgeoning Chinese auto market, safety has joined worsening air pollution as a focus of major concern. With more and more new cars on the road and more and more novice drivers behind the wheel, traffic accidents are soaring and casualty figures skyrocketing. “How can we bring down the incidence of traffic accidents on our danger-ridden roads?” was the focus of discuss...

Impacted by uncertain economic prospects, sales of new cars in Taiwan dropped 1.9% year-on-year (YoY) in the first half of 2013, with about 182,000 units sold, lower than original expectations by local auto dealers early this year, according to domestic Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC). The top-five auto brands on the island in the first half remained unchanged, including in sequen...