"The electric scooter is in fact an electronic product, and Taiwan is the world's most competitive producer of electronic products." This observation comes from Hawke Tien, deputy general manager of the EVT Technology Co., Taiwan's biggest maker of electric scooters. EVT is a member of the loca

Established in 1987, Hong Ya Hardware Ind. Co., Ltd. has been specialized in developing and manufacturing high-level casters for medical equipment, machinery, furniture and other special purposes. The company supplies a wide range of caster products, including special casters, classic casters, a

Jan.-Feb. 2008 The auto industry in China shipped 1.523 million vehicles in the first two months of 2008, including domestic sales and export, growing 19.3% year-on-year, compared with 22% growth for the entire 2007, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). The number

With Alcoa Wheel having invented the forged aluminum wheel in 1948 and operations worldwide, the mag wheel or aluminum car wheel sector in China is undoubtedly a relative latecomer but has been rolling along rapidly in recent years. Over the past 19 years since the inauguration of the production li

Headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China, the ISO 9001-certified DaCheng Auto Parts Co, Ltd. is specialized in developing and manufacturing high-quality performance-tuning aluminum wheel rims for all major car brands including Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Volkswagen, Porsche, Mercedes-Ben

Founded in 1996, Guangzhou Zhaohui Car Accessories Co., Ltd. is an ISO 9001: 2000-approved company specialized in developing and manufacturing auto accessories, including mainly three-dimension (3D) dashboard trim kits, rear spoilers in ABS resin, steering wheels, seat covers, and others. After

Established in 1992, the ISO 9001- and CNAB040-Q-approved Hua Dian Cross Country Automobile Co., Ltd. is a versatile developer and manufacturer of parts and accessories for cross-country vehicles, four-wheel drive (4WD) vehicles, and sport utility vehicles (SUVs). Thanks to its strong in-house d

Headquartered in Shanghai, the Universal Luxury Collections Group (ULK) is a large-scale cross-nation enterprise integrating research and development, manufacturing, and marketing of automotive wheel-rim and tire products. Currently, ULK posts total asset of over three billion renminbi (RMB, or

Yuhuan Changhao Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. is an ISO ISO 9001:2000-approved and TS 16949-pending company specialized in making automotive wheel hubs, hub assemblies, and rear-axle brachyaxes. Currently, Changhao operates two modern and integrated plants in Yuhuan and Huzhou of Zhejiang Province,

With over a decade of manufacturing experience, Sincere Metal Ent. Co., Ltd. is one of Taiwan's most dedicated manufacturers of industrial parts, especially in the locking system. At present, the company's major product lines include metal-forming parts, motorcycle parts, motorcycle accessories,

Motorcycle makers in Taiwan have been forced to brainstorm, besides relying on filling OEM orders in rosier times, to come up with creative ways to effectively compete in the increasingly harsh global arena, especially with players in emerging economies ready to reduce costs and margins to paper-th

Dear Buyers of Auto Parts & Services, The Circulation Department at CENS, a leading provider of print, event and online media promoting Taiwan-based suppliers of automotive, motorcycle, and other industrial products, consists of resourceful professionals whose goal is to efficiently run a busin

Equally significant as seeing CENS' September issue of Taiwan Transportation Equipment Guide (TTG), the largest, longest-running and most influential trade magazine focused on automotive products and services trades in Greater China, at key auto-parts shows worldwide in the fourth quarter is that C

Taiwan's mature auto parts industry has gradually made itself felt in the global market. One manifestation of this growing reach is the decision by ArvinMeritor Inc., one of the world's top 100 suppliers of auto and heavy-duty-vehicle parts on an OEM (original equipment manufacturing) basis, to see

More and more carmakers stamp their trademarks in external body-parts, once for advertising but especially to keep at bay competition from replacement parts makers. To delve into such issue, CENS interviewed Mr. Klaus Jungmann, managing director of the German spare-parts distributor, Cosmos Au

The Taipei Auto Parts & Accessories Show (Taipei AMPA) owes its repeated success to the virtually proven R&D capability, innovation, and flexible production willingness of Taiwan-based suppliers, as well as to the seasoned expertise of TAITRA (Taiwan External Trade Development Council), the semi-st

Taipei, July 30, 2008 (CENS)--As high oil prices impact sales of machine tools worldwide, leading domestic manufacturers, including Chin Fong Machine Industrial Co. and Far East Machinery Co., aim to find the silver lining in the gloomy climate by focusing on developing green products featuring ene

Taipei, July 22, 2008 (CENS)--Taiwan-based automaker China Motor Corp. (CMC) recently won a NT$125 million (US$4.1 million at US$1: NT$30.5) government contract to supply 250 four-wheel-drive (4WD) military jeeps. CMC won such government procurement contract with its latest locally-assembled Out

On May 20 the Sweden-based SKF Group, a world-caliber manufacturer of bearings and related technologies, launched a technical press day in Tokyo, Japan aimed at further building its profile worldwide, and helping customers better access state-of-the-art technologies it has developed in recent years

Hydroforming, a cost-effective way of shaping malleable metals such as aluminum into lightweight, structurally stiff and strong pieces, is often used in top-end shaping of automotive body and chassis parts. Noteworthy is that hydroforming is able to form complex shapes with concavities, difficult o

The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), the semi-state-run trade promotion body, announced on May 23rd at a gala ceremony in Taipei the winners' list of Taiwan Excellence, consisting of the eight gold and 21 silver medal winners. Every year since 1993, Taiwan Excellence honors t

Taipei, July 1, 2008 (CENS)--Declining ATV (all terrain vehicle (ATV) sales stateside due to highflying fuel prices and impact from the sub-prime mortgage crisis are forcing some ATV makers in Taiwan to differentiate products for better survival. Her Chee Industrial Co., Ltd., for example, has

Leonardo Caputo, executive vice president of Piaggio Group, the largest powered two-wheeler (PTW) conglomerate in Europe, spoke in detail on the topic "Piaggio Group, the Asian Challenge" during the 3rd Taiwan International Motorcycle Industry Show (Motorcycle Taiwan 2008) show held early April thi

Some 20 years ago, Nova Design Co., Ltd., spun off from the local Sanyang Industry Co., Ltd. (maker of SYM branded PTWs in Taiwan) had begun trying to wean itself from the technical dominance wielded by its Japanese partner-aiming to set up its own brand. Nova has since been the major vehicle-styli

The 3rd Taiwan International Motorcycle Industry Show (Motorcycle Taiwan 2008), held April 9-12 in Taipei, undoubtedly left visitors with one major impression-that all terrain vehicles (ATV) made or developed in Taiwan are equal in quality to those made by leading global brands. In short, Taiwan A

Setting up a hurdle as a way to bring together the best in the industry to vie for one of the newest honors in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector is the COMPUTEX TAIPEI Design & Innovation Award 2008, the latest addition to the 28th Taipei International Information Technolo

Consistently reported in the media and perceived as a local automotive brand committed long-term to developing homegrown cars, the Yulon Group, whose birth was likely spawned by the Japanese Datsun label in the 1960s, tried and failed some 20 years ago, is now fully ready to take on such a monument

To cope with the increased global demand for all sorts of gadgets that enhance the convenience of daily life, Ferro-Carbon Enterprise Co., Taiwan's leading manufacturer of industrial tiling tools, has been striving to diversify into other sectors by tapping its abundant pool of manufacturing exper

Taiwan has built up an impressive reputation for delivering high-quality parts to some of the world's top brands of powered two-wheelers (PTWs). They are also providing a solid foundation for Taiwan's push into the global assembled PTW market, a push that was widely apparent at the 3rd Taiwan Inter

Klaus Jungmann, managing director of Cosmos Autoteile, travels a long way from his native Germany to Taiwan to show auto parts suppliers on the island how they can succeed in the European market. As part of his gospel, Jungmann says that spare parts suppliers can sell parts with emblems in Europe,