Thanks to the rise of autonomous vehicles, many Taiwanese auto parts suppliers have witnessed a flood of contract orders recently. To keep riding the wave and further build up their reputations in the global market, some of them have been expanding their capacity while developing new products to meet customers’ requirements. Among them, Hota Industrial Mfg. Co., Ltd., one of the largest prec...

As diodes are widely applied in automobiles, many Taiwanese suppliers who have zeroed in on the market segment are expected benefit from the trend to witness significant sales growth. In light of comparatively high gross profits of diodes for automotive applications, several manufacturers, including Taiwan Semiconductor (TSC), a Taiwan-based semiconductor supplier; PANJIT International Inc., a...

To help upgrade Taiwan’s traditional manufacturing industries, Metal Industries Research Centre (MIRDC), a Taiwanese government-funded R&D institution, inaugurated Traditional Industry Innovation Center (TIIC), a program initiated by Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), on March 20, 2018. Many officials and celebrities, including Kung Ming-hsin, Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs; Lin Ren-yi,...

Aiming to take the leading place in the global electric vehicle (EV) industry, Volkswagen (VW), an large-sized international automaker headquartered in Germany, has signed a contract with overseas battery suppliers to ramp up its production of EVs and hybrid cars. On March 13, VW made an announcement that by 2025, the firm will set up at least 16 EV manufacturing bases in Europe, China, and t...

In light of stagnant growth of the smartphone market in China, gradual changes in customers buying behaviors and continuous evolution of smartphones, market observers forecasted that in the future, demands for low-to-middle-end models will play as main growth engines for nowadays smartphone manufacturers. Dampened by China’s anemic smartphone market, output of the global smartphone industry i...

The Taiwan-based Valens Co., Ltd. has been dedicated to the development of LED auxiliary driving lights and well recognized by professionals for its well-honed R&D technologies. With high quality and performance, Valens’ products, including truck light, warning light, side light, etc., all have been certified to ECE R65, SAE CLASS 1 and ICAO Type3. Three decades ago, the firm received a big or...

Benefiting from the electric vehicle (EV) trend, Hota Industrial Mfg. Co., Ltd., one of the largest precision auto transmission component makers by size in the global market, has witnessed a flood of contract orders for reduction gearboxes for use in EVs. With the new orders, Hota is very likely to see a rosy future in the coming years. For the first two months of 2018, Hota reported consolida...

The Taiwan-based HPMJ Co., Ltd. is a professional manufacturer of lead-acid battery-based products such as emergency power supplies for vehicles and energy storage battery packs for solar power installation. Dai Jian-lang, owner of HPMJ, said that backed by over 20 years of experience in R&D, the firm has successfully developed reliable lead-acid battery products that can be applied in emergen...

Wenchi & Brothers Co., Ltd., a major auto parts manufacturer in Taiwan, offers a wide range of product lines including center wheel caps, power inverters, battery chargers, car heaters, fog lights, and various exterior decoration products of plastic and metal, etc. Founded in 1986, the company has effectively built a solid reputation in the global market thanks to its satisfying customer servi...

Due to steady global economic growth as well as a comparatively low base last year, Taiwan’s industrial production index and manufacturing industry index both have continued growing over the past months, suggesting that most of domestic industries are likely to finish 2018 with robust performance. Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) reported an industrial production index of 115.98 fo...