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10 minutes and then it would illuminate for 6 hours at
least. This product is absolutely safe without any poison.
Besides, it is washing-endurable. More importantly,
TTRI has simultaneously integrated the manufacturing
technology among the upper, middle and lower
stream and bring it into commercialization, inspection,
verification, marketing and the supply chains all at once.
Then LUMI LONG can really enter the commercial world.
What’s more, Jiu Ling Co., Ltd. developed a new material:
recycle the packaging buffer material called EPP, that is,
expanded polypropylene and through a melting method
and extract PP and remold PP into to other kinds of plastic
utilities. For example, at TaiSPO 2014, Jiu Ling exhibited its
leisure assembled chair which is not only safe, convenient,
water-proof and also very lightweight. Ms. Hung as the
president’s assistant said that its weight is 300 grams
but the dead weight capacity is 200 kilograms. Another
product is a dual-density helmet with two different layers,
two density materials; one is a protective layer against
external crushing force and the cushion layer to absorb
the crushing impacts.
Characteristic B: Lightweight
Developing newmaterial to be lighter and
more user-friendly
Lightweight has been the main stream of current
product development, including bicycles, wheelchair,
notebook, umbrella and shoes, etc. Taking bicycle for
example, GIANT in 1992 succeeded developing an
integral carbon bicycle. It has won widespread applause
and created a new value of bicycle. In addition, there
is another lightweight-oriented company, Kang Yang.
The CEO, Mr. Chen, expressed that from the beginning,
they set lightweight as their target. In order to find a way
to reduce the weight of wheelchairs, they strived for a
new material. In the end, they decided to adopt alloy
structure and replaced the traditional steel pipe structure.
Nevertheless, the strength of Taiwan’s alloy materials
are solid enough and most of them are applied in the
decoration of aluminum doors and windows. It took
them two years to study and look for material suppliers.
Finally they obtained the aerospace-level alloy material in
1990 and succeeding reducing the weight from over 20
kilograms to 10 kilograms. What’s more, their wheelchair
can load over 100 kilograms.
New Bon Int’l Co., Ltd. has produced professional
umbrellas for more than 20 years. It is also another
successful example of lightweight development. Mr.
Wang acts as the general manager of the 2nd generation
at this company. He initiated to renew the outlook and
upgrade the quality and functions. He explains that in the