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LC Fuel Tank has manufactured a wide range of product
molds (Photo courtesy of LC Fuel Tank)

LC Fuel Tank System Enters Classic

Car Market

By Huang Wei-shiou
With quality oil supply system products and and with professional and strict quality control
great after-service, LC Fuel Tank is known for its and specified manufacturing equipment, offering
own brand “LC” worldwide and its products have customers more secure and efficient product
not only gained great popularity among international options. Therefore, the brand LC enjoys a high
aftermarkets, but also have become the fi rst choice degree of popularity in its industry.
for antique cars and modified cars. LC Fuel Tank
has an entire whole manufacturing line, ranging Chan emphasized that the fi rm has strengthened
from the purchase of raw materials, tank molding, overall quality control, as well as established its own
trimming, stamping, spot welding, wheel welding, coating system. Instead of choosing a liquid coating
brazing, airtightness test, and painting. Other harmful to human and the environment, LC adopted
processes that LC offers, for example, include semi- powder coating instead. Powder coating is typically
automatic packaging for warehousing or distribution applied electrostatically to make paints adhere
with consistent production processes, all with the to the surface of the products and then cured at
aim of introducing OEM’s process of manufacturing 220°C. There are several advantages for using
and quality control to deliver the best quality. powder coating. Firstly, the durability and thickness
of the powder coating are three times as much as
General Manager Chan Yu-peng said the firm the liquid coating. Also, it is a more eco-friendly,
is the first oil system supplier entering the global less pollutive alternative, which greatly enhances
market and has developed its finished fuel tanks health protection for the public. Therefore, despite
and mold of fuel tanks in-house. With 95 % of the costly investment from purchasing powder
products exported overseas and offering over 1,500 coating equipment, the manufacturing process is
different product molds, LC Fuel Tank is known as now recognized by many international clients. This
a Tier 1 supplier. Aside from parts for fuel tanks, allows LC to receive more substantial benefi ts while
the fi rm also provides integrated oil supply system implementing corporate social responsibility.
solutions. If assembly plants choose different parts
to assemble the oil supply system, it will often Since LC Fuel Tank has established a stable
cause problems such as high costs for maintenance market internationally with products exporting
or result in failure to clarify warranty responsibilities. mainly to the United States and Europe, the fi rm’s
In order to provide users with more comprehensive production is often in full capacity. In response
solutions, the firm is directly responsible for the to boosting production capacity further, LC Fuel
establishment of the entire fuel supply system, Tank has invested in the construction of a new