The recent 2005 Taipei Int'l Auto/Motorcycle Parts & Accessories Show (Taipei AMPA '05) proved once again why this is the biggest and best event of its kind in Asia, serving up cutting-edge products and giving visitors a good picture of where the industry is heading. The show also underscored Ta

Taipei, Oct. 12, 2005 (CENS)--Cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL) and light emitting diode (LED) lamps have become two major moneymaking products at China Electrical Mfg. Corp. (CEMC), Taiwan's No. 1 lamp manufacturer, according to the company's president, Tsai Eel-peeng. The company has chang

Like most of their peers in the other sectors of the domestic lighting market, Taiwan's spotlight manufacturers have expanded or moved their production lines across the Taiwan Strait in recent times, leaving their home operations to focus on handling financial affairs and filling smaller orders.

The recent 2005 Taipei Int'l Auto/Motorcycle Parts & Accessories Show (Taipei AMPA '05) proved once again why this is the biggest and best event of its kind in Asia, serving up cutting-edge products and giving visitors a good picture of where the industry is heading. The show also underscored T

Lamps, like the sun, function as lighting sources allowing people to see. The light thrown off has had a deep impact on human culture, which would of course be fundamentally different today without its benefits. The discovery of electricity that led to the invention of electric lamps has lit up

For international tuning-parts makers and exporters' 2004 would likely have been a cold year if they had depended heavily on the U.S. market' where many big importers and chainstores have gone bust. Many leading companies in the line in Taiwan expect the picture in the U.S.' the largest buyer o

Established in 1994, Fortuna Auto Industry Inc. claims that it is currently Taiwan's largest exporter of racing side-mirrors. It supplies about 20 mirror models, which can be installed on the company's globally patented mirror base to fit over 150 popular car, light-truck, and minivan models. Most

Lighting manufacturers in Taiwan are able to offer ever more complicated light-emitting diode (LED) products, reflecting the impressive technological progress they have made over the years. When the suppliers began introducing their products 10-odd years ago, they focused mainly on low-end appli

Change is a vital requirement for products that hope to maintain market share, and in the ever-changing world of today products strive to catch the eyes of consumers with novelty, freshness, and distinctiveness. Manufacturers, of course, do everything they can to equip their products with these fea

Over the past two decades, most of Taiwan's lighting-fixture makers have shifted their production to mainland China in search of lower costs, but most of these firms have discovered that the move across the strait is not necessary to the maintenance of global competitiveness. The answer, instead

[right_20041001605.jpg}Winlites Ind. Co., Ltd., founded in 1976, is one of Taiwan's leading manufacturers of lamps for commercial use. In recent years the company has applied LEDs (light emitting diodes) to its product lines in response to customer demand from the U.S. and Europe, with great succes

In today's ever more rapidly changing world, the ability to constantly develop new products is a key to manufacturers' survival, not least of all in the lighting business. Like their counterparts in many other traditional industries, lighting makers in Taiwan are increasingly applying high-tech fea

Taiwan's manufacturers of household and decorative products have cultivated a strong ability to develop and produce a wide array of items with the help of highly flexible operations and a solid network of supportive industries, from sheet-metal makers to hardware-parts suppliers. This flexibilit

The rapid expansion of the global automobile industry of late has given rise to a host of parts and accessories made with new techniques and materials to improve performance. One of the most promising of these materials is Kevlar fiber' which is finding its way into an increasing number of auto

In home decoration, lighting is today attracting more attention as a way to create the right ambiance in a room by complementing the other design elements. Consumers are choosing table lamps not only for their illumination functions, but increasingly for their design and look as well. The evolvi

With the U.S. economic recovery still uncertain, car enthusiasts in the world's largest market for auto performance-tuning parts and accessories have been shying away from expensive top-end products. Buyers in Europe and Japan, on the contrary, have been much more willing to shell out the cash need

Decorative-light supplier Bueno Corp. is gearing up for a bumper year in 2004 after a hefty 40% increase last year and projected growth of 30% this year. The company plans to roll out several new products to drive up sales in the coming year. Christmas lights, party lights, Thanksgiving lights,

Jack Liu, managing director of Euphoria Industrial Ltd., has an unconventional design and marketing idea for his company's newest product, a light-emitting diode (LED) solar garden lamp, which hit the market early this year. While most solar garden lamps consist of a solar panel shade over a bu

Lighterking Enterprise Co. recently introduced an innovative "optoelectronic" auto cigarette lighter that serves as a lighter and a decorative item at the same time. The company's president, Light Shen, claims that his new patented "illumination lighter" is the first such product to be developed in

With over 40 years of experience, Jinn Yah Metals Co., Ltd. Is an professional designer and manufacturer of plastic and metal parts and accessories for buses and coaches. With unmatched product comprehensiveness, Jinn Yah is provides one-stop-shopping services that meet the varied requirements of c

With more than 90% of Taiwan's lighting makers moving their production lines to mainland China, those that stay in Taiwan have to either diversify their operations or rack their brains to develop high-end products to survive. Outdoor lamp manufacturers seem to be facing the greatest challenges, as

Over the last three decades Taiwan has developed a name for supplying high-quality innovative materials and parts for metal-furniture producers around the world. In their rise to the forefront of the global industry, local producers have benefited from a well-established support network that underl

Wall lamps have traditionally been treated as the supporting actors in an industry dominated by other more lucrative lighting products. Yet despite their limited market share--about 10% to 20% of the total lighting market--they play an irreplaceable role as auxiliary and decorative lighting. Conseq

Over the past year or two floor-lamp manufacturers in Taiwan have been rushing to develop matching series of floor, desk and wall lamps, demand for which they say is increasing in major markets around the world. Creating matching sets of lamps is made easier by the extensive product-development

Over the past year or two floor-lamp manufacturers in Taiwan have been rushing to develop matching series of floor, desk and wall lamps, demand for which they say is increasing in major markets around the world. Creating matching sets of lamps is made easier by the extensive product-development

Wall lamps have traditionally been treated as the supporting actors in an industry dominated by other more lucrative lighting products. Yet despite their limited market share--about 10% to 20% of the total lighting market--they play an irreplaceable role as auxiliary and decorative lighting. Conseq

After a decade of turning to mainland China as a low-cost production site, Taiwan lighting-fixture makers increasingly see their local start-ups in their neighbor to the west as a significant threat in low-margin markets, forcing them to exploit new niche markets higher up the industry's food chain

Household lamps made at both the local and overseas plants of Taiwanese manufacturers are in greater demand among international buyers thanks to the wave of innovative new products available. The trend owes much to the industry's success in cultivating talented designers who know how to add value a

With their traditional markets under attack by low-cost rivals, manufacturers of work lights and industrial lamps in Taiwan are fighting back with the rollout of high-quality, feature-rich products dreamed up by inventive designers in cooperation with local research and development institutes. A

The days when cars were simple transportation tools are long gone, and the modern trend toward fashion and entertainment in driving is boosting the market for high-end interior- and exterior-use products. This trend is opening up new opportunities for the suppliers of such items, especially those d