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               LC Fuel Tank's new factory ushers in a new eraC Fuel Tank's new factory ushers in a new era
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              By Stephanie Chao

                 LC Fuel Tank is a reputable fuel system maker,   meet market changes and buyer needs, passed
              providing over 1,500 molding(s), fuel tanks, fuel fi ller   certification tests, and entered mass production
              pipes, gas tank straps, fuel sending units, and oil pans   stages. The new production line has resolved a portion
              for the engine system. The company has acquired   of the company’s more urgent orders, Chan says,
              the strictest quality certifi cations for OEM automotive   citing improved capacity and efficiency and better
              manufacturing and has become one of the world’s   ability to handle regular clients’ orders as well in a
              most competitive fuel tank makers.                timely manner.


                 As the global pandemic has impacted logistics     The new factory has improved production and is
              and raw material prices, General Manager Chan Yu-  also equipped with amenities for employees, such
              Peng said LC Fuel Tank had used this opportunity to   as an employee dormitory, to foster better employee
              increase its competitiveness. For instance, the new   and management trust. Chan says the aim is to treat
              factory that they had been planning and constructing   his employees as if they were his own family, which
              for several years is now open for operations, which   was widely supported among his workers. In turn,
              sits on a 4,000-ping piece of land in the Xiluo Fu Tian   employee morale and productivity have both improved.
              Industry Park in Yunlin County.
                                                                   LC Fuel Tank is also widely known to have the
                 Chan led the entire process of setting up the new   world’s biggest collection and inventory of molds
              factory, from the planning in the beginning stages   for fuel systems, approximately over 1,500 sets.
              and ensuring the construction was completed in a   As these molds are often huge and heavy to move
              timely manner. Chan designed new production line   around, Chan says they needed a bigger space to
              equipment into the factory operations capacity to   accommodate their sizable collection and eventually
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