With the LED industrial chain in Taiwan having developed to considerable scale and sophistication, and the government working on a plan to replace traditional lamps with LED ones in four years islandwide, the time has come for Taiwan to set up quality inspection standards for LED lighting products.

LED lighting fixtures have accounted for fully half of all Underwriters Laboratories (UL) approvals in Taiwan, reports the Taiwan branch of the safety certification organization. Worldwide, the ratio averages 30%. Taiwan's UL branch recently worked with the government-supported Industrial Techno

The 4th Taipei International Automobile Electronics Show (AutoTronics Taipei 2009), held simultaneously with the 2009 Taipei Int'l Auto Parts & Accessories Show (Taipei AMPA 2009) April 14-17 at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) Nankang Exhibition Hall, achieved success on two fronts. Despi

At this year's (fourth) Taipei International Automobile Electronics Show (AutoTronics Taipei 2009), the largest and most professional automotive electronics show in Asia as well as one of the most specialized auto-electronics sourcing platforms in the world, you can see new and innovative products

Pierangelo Andreani, an internationally known Italian who has been designing transportation equipment for over 40 years, generously shared his views on trends in powered two-wheeler (PTW) design, especially in the European market, during a recent visit to Taiwan. Andreani works with cars, motorc

With China's car sales volume having exceeded that in the U.S. earlier this year, and Toyota having taken over GM as the largest carmaker worldwide recently, and TATA Motors of India about to launch the Nano, the cheapest runabout in the modern era, nothing can be taken for granted in the global au

The auto market has been among the worst hit by the global recession, and the pain has been spreading out to OEM auto parts makers in Taiwan. Many in the industry say things have never been worse. But some are looking through of the gloom in search of a "Blue Ocean" strategy to help them weather th

Sunkiss Development Co., Ltd. has been dedicated to developing innovative products for the automotive market. The firm recently launched a very innovative LED reverse mirror model (mounted on the rear top of a vehicle) for sport utility vehicles (SUVs), minivans, vans, and larger-size vehicles. The

Around 500 exhibitors from Taiwan displayed their latest and most innovative, and competitive products with 4,200 exhibitors from 76 other countries at Automechanika 2008. While Taiwanese producers lack the cost advantage and domestic market scale enjoyed by counterparts in mainland China and o

Taiwan's automotive-electronics industry took another step forward recently with the signing of an agreement between the Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC) and four private companies to set up a strategic alliance for the development of advanced parking guidance systems (APGS). The al

The global auto industry seems to be running out of gas as the flagging economy keeps buyers off the dealer lots. The woes of the Big Three have been grabbing most of the headlines in recent months, but Japan's leaner automakers, and legions of parts suppliers, are also feeling the pain this time a

Founded in 2002 to specifically make transformers for personal computers and ballasts, Better Magnetics Corp. has recently branched out into LED lighting segment and presented several smart products. Its first LED product, which came on line in 2006, is a two-in-one controller for LED lighting

Taipei, March 31, 2009 (CENS)--DisplaySearch, a global-leading flat panel display (FPD) market-research firm recently pointed out two critical changes in the thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) material and component market in 2009: declining revenues and drastic structural change

With many export-reliant suppliers worldwide struggling to stay afloat during the global recession and, especially relevant, considering that the Big Three American automakers are floundering, auto parts exporters in China have been showing resilience: auto parts shipped abroad grew 31.3% to US$11.

Pierangelo Andreani, an internationally known Italian who has been designing transportation equipment for over 40 years, generously shared his views on trends in powered two-wheeler (PTW) design, especially in the European market, during a recent visit to Taiwan. Andreani works with cars, motorc

Around 500 exhibitors from Taiwan displayed their latest and most innovative, and competitive products with 4,200 exhibitors from 76 other countries at Automechanika 2008. While Taiwanese producers lack the cost advantage and domestic market scale enjoyed by counterparts in mainland China and o

Although most people, struggling with more mundane issues as job security, falling interest rates and inflation, do not give a second thought about the most promising business amid the global financial fallout, the Taiwan-based market researcher Topology Research Institute (TRI) has a definite noti

Taiwan's automotive-electronics industry took another step forward recently with the signing of an agreement between the Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC) and four private companies to set up a strategic alliance for the development of advanced parking guidance systems (APGS). The alli

Taipei, Oct. 28, 2008 (CENS)--AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), the largest thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel manufacturer in Taiwan, will showcase its latest innovations of "green panels" at FPD International 2008 held from Oct. 29 through 31 in Yokohama, Japan. The main them

Clearly focused on expansion, LED-lighting maker ColorStar Group, headquartered in Bay City, Michigan, will launch initial public offering (IPO) this year in the U.S. "With infusion of more capital, which is critical to any serious development program, we would be poised to acquire more necessary f

Brilliance Technologies Co., Ltd., established in 2002 in Shenzhen in China's southern province of Guangdong, has been dedicated to production of high-power LEDs (light emitting diodes) and LED lights. With years of devotion to development of high-power LEDs, Brilliance has successfully deve

Since its inception in 1998 in Taiwan's northern county of Taipei, K-Source Technology Ltd. has been dedicated to production and development of LED (light emitting diode) lighting fixtures and related components on both the OEM (original equipment manufacturing) and ODM (original design manufacturi

Premier Liu Chao-hsuan announced in late July that the government will put in place a four-year program to realize four energy-conservation goals, helping slash Taiwan's greenhouse-gas emissions to turn the island into a role model in an era of global warming. The program consists of adopting pr

Taipei, Oct. 7, 2008 (CENS)--Taiwan's government-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has teamed up with scores of LED (light-emitting diode) makers to form an R&D alliance, in a bid to integrate industry resources to develop applications for AC LED technology, according to indus

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

High-intensity discharge (HID) and light-emitting diode (LED) lamps have become hot sectors in China's automotive industry, and their future appears bright. HID headlamps were first introduced on the new E-class Mercedes-Benz sedan in 1995 and have gained popularity ever since. Today, they are f

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, Aug. 20, 2008 (CENS)--Delta Electronics Inc., the world's No.1 power-supply maker, had after-tax net income of 5.4 billion (US$175 million at US$1:NT$31), or NT$2.48 per share, throughout the first half this year, with its net income for last quarter reaching NT$2.8 billion (US$91 million a

Taipei, August 6, 2008 (CENS)--With increasing sales of its LED (light emitting diode) applications for notebook PCs, Harvatek Inc., a Taiwanese supplier of SMT (surface mount technology) chip LEDs, scored net profits of NT$0.9 per share for the first half of this year to be the No.2 supplier of th

Taipei, July 30, 2008 (CENS)--Premier Liu Chao-hsuan recently announced the government would promote an energy policy to reduce consumption of fossil fuels, cut carbon-dioxide emission and develop energy technologies. Liu said over the next four years the government would encourage the 100,000