With consumers in North America and Europe spending increasing amounts of time in their gardens, the outlook for the garden tool and equipment market is bright. The shopping lists of gardeners, as well as for wholesalers and retailers wanting to take advantage of the business opportunities inher

Founded in 2006, Hanaco Group is a world-caliber manufacturer and marketer of furniture, with a production base in China and a branch in Taiwan. Despite its tender age of only eight years, Hanaco claims it is one of the few furniture makers that have integrated production capability, from materi

By QUINCY LIANG The Taipei AMPA, AutoTronics Taipei Innovation Awards is a highlight event during the annual Taipei International Auto Parts & Accessories Show (Taipei AMPA) and Taipei International Automobile Electronics Show (AutoTronics Taipei), a two-in-one show that is one of the world's mo

By KEN LIU A total of 10,097 buyers from 112 countries and regions eagerly shopped for energy-saving lighting products, especially LED lamps, that were displayed by 1,081 exhibitors from 14 countries and regions at the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition) 2014, which was held o

Thanks to recovering demand from China and North America, most Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE)-listed auto-parts suppliers in Taiwan have reported rich results, including record earnings, for 2013. For example, Hota Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a major supplier of transmission systems and gea

Established in 1987 as a mold designer and manufacturer, Taihan Precision Technology Co., Ltd. has always placed top priority on customers and quality. The company’s consistent provision of superb products and services has built it solid reputation among customers in Taiwan and overseas. With qual

Kuo Kau Paper Products Co., Ltd., with expertise and some 40 years of experience in manufacturing playing cards, is a conscientious, dedicated player in the toy, giftware and premium sector. The company’s factory in the Yushih Industrial Park in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, has automated production wi

Established in 1987 as a mold designer and manufacturer, Taihan Precision Technology Co., Ltd. has always placed top priority on customers and quality. The company’s consistent provision of superb products and services has built it solid reputation among customers in Taiwan and overseas. With qu

By STEVE CHUANG Despite a sluggish 2013, most of Taiwanese furniture parts makers have not slackened their efforts to continue developing through improved production capability and better. The three manufacturers described below are noted for their consistent efforts to sharpen their competit

Established in 1985 in central Taiwan’s Taichung City, Kenswell Tube Forming Inc. is a specialized manufacturer of guide wires and wide-range tubing. Committed to functionality and quality, the firm has built solid foothold in the field, backed by 20 dedicated employees and ample experience in R&D.

Since its establishment in 1976, Chang Bing Enterprise Co., Ltd. has worked on home improvement products and builders’ hardware as an ISO9001:2015-certified manufacturer who welcomes OEM orders. Strong manufacturing capability lays the solid foundation on which Chang Bing competes globally. Bac

Growing numbers of companies jump on the eco-bandwagon By KEN LIU Beginning on the first day of this year, all new government construction projects in Taiwan costing less than NT$50 million (US$1.6 million at US$1:NT$30) are required to meet the Ministry of the Interior’s (MOI’s) Green Bu

Founded in 1982, Yi Chang Sheng Machinery Co., Ltd. supplies clothes-hanger making machines and turnkey equipment, as a globally competitive supplier from New Taipei City, northern Taiwan. Drawing on decades-long expertise, Yi Chang Sheng supplies a full line of clothes- hanger making equipment

To help advertisers who are manufacturers, exporters and traders to find potential business opportunities globally, CENS attended 11 overseas trade shows in November, including Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX), SEMA Show, InterLight Moscow, Moscow International Tool Expo (MITEX), METALE

While the global economic climate has improved a bit in 2013, China’s growth has remained sluggish. This weakness, coupled with the short-term impact of the government’s revision of regulations to cool off the overheated real estate market, has confronted China’s furniture manufacturers with declin

Safe Air Co., Ltd., founded in 1989, is a Taiwan-based, globally prestigious maker of personal protection equipment (PPE). The company’s product category comprises active carbon masks, non-weaving masks, and face visors, goggles, respirators, power masks, etc., all of which have been well recei

The 10-year investment project to be completed by end of 2013 To further consolidate its foothold in the international automotive body parts market, Taiwan-based Tong Yang Industrial Co., Ltd. recently announced that it will complete a 10-year, NT$20 billion (US$666.7 million) investment project

Wen Yang Enterprise Co., established in 1990 in central Taiwan’s Miaoli County, has accumulated an abundance of experience in manufacturing spot-welded products. Backed by a spot-welding plant that also handles powder coating, electroplating, and plastic lamination, the firm capably fills custom or

If Crispin Wu is right, original equipment (OE) and aftermarket (AM) parts makers in Taiwan can expect growing demand from China, particularly as Japanese car brands expand their share of the huge market. President of Tong Yang Industrial Co., Ltd., a leading OE and AM auto-parts manufacturing

Founded in 1984, Unitycoon Co., Ltd. is one of the most veteran developer, innovator, and manufacturers of a wide range of auto accessories in Taiwan. The ISO 9002-certified maker globally markets its quality products under its reputed “UNCLE” own-brand, and also provides items on the OEM/ODM basis

Safe Air Co., Ltd., founded in 1989, is a Taiwan-based, globally prestigious maker of personal protection equipment (PPE). The company’s product category comprises active carbon masks, non-weaving masks, and face visors, goggles, respirators, power masks, etc., all of which have been well recei

Taiwan’s manufacturers are now turning out a more diversified range of green building materials, thanks partly to new regulations that raise the ratio of eco materials for new buildings on the island from 30% to 45% for indoor materials and from zero to10% for outdoor materials, effective in 2012.

Established in 1990, GW Precision Metalwerks Inc. is a Taiwanese company that provides professional buyers from throughout the world with efficient sourcing services for a variety of hardware products made in Asia. Over the years the company has forged close relationships with original equipment

Jiiun Yiih Workshop Co. has specialized in making bearings and metal parts for use in construction and industrial production ever since its founding in 1989. Jiiun Yiih is noted for its commitment to quality, and for years has worked constantly to upgrade its production capability with the aim o

Taiwan’s surface finishing industry recorded an output value of NT$35 billion in the fourth quarter of last year, down 11% from a year earlier, according the latest report by the Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC), a local industrial research body. The report shows that the i

Realizing that long-term success rests with exceeding built-to-order manufacturing, Wise Center Industrial Group Inc., seasoned maker of garden tools, has been working earnestly on competiveness optimization to build a global-caliber brand for more sustainable development. Since its inceptio

Increasing competition from underselling rivals, along with market fluctuations, has prompted Taiwanese manufacturers of traditional metal products to look for ways to boost the added value of their production as much as possible. A report authored by Arthur Hsu, a senior industrial analyst at the

Taiwan’s Indoor Air Quality Act took effect in November 2012, bringing more stringent rules for indoor air quality and giving a boost to the island’s green building materials industry. The new law imposes strict requirements for air quality inside houses to keep residents from inhaling hazardou

Woven bag circular loom manufacturing is an important part of Taiwan’s globally competitive machinery industry, but in recent years operators in the line have been disturbed by underselling rivals in emerging countries. Woven bag circular loom production on the island has contracted as a result, an

Taiwan is one of the world’s largest suppliers of paper-making and converting machines. Manufacturers in the line offer a comprehensive range of models, and some have transformed themselves into turnkey solution providers to keep ahead of the competition. With demand booming in emerging markets