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UN Fuel Tank Maintains Resiliency Amid Disrupted ank Maintains Resiliency Amid Disrupted
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Global Supply Chaiy Chai
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UN Fuel Tank Manufacture Co. is a reputable fuel world's biggest collection and inventory of molds for
system maker, providing over 1,500 molding(s), fuel fuel systems, approximately over 1,500 sets. As these
tanks, fuel filler pipes, gas tank straps, fuel-sending molds are often huge and heavy to move around, Chan
units, and oil pans for the engine system. The company says they needed a bigger space to accommodate
has acquired the strictest quality certifications for OEM their sizable collection and eventually decided to
automotive manufacturing and has become one of the purchase a plot of land behind the new factory to set
world's most competitive fuel tank makers. up a storage facility for the molds. With new equipment
and facilities, Chan hopes to improve mold exchange
As the global pandemic, Ukrainian-Russian war, times for better production efficiency.
and material shortages have impacted logistics and
raw material prices, General Manager Chan Yu- Labor Shortages Heavy on GM's Mind
Peng said UN Fuel Tank had used this opportunity to
increase its competitiveness. For instance, the new
factory that they had been planning and constructing Similar to many developed countries around the
for several years has been in operation, which sits on world, Taiwan is on track to experience labor shortages
a 4,000-ping piece of land in the Xiluo Fu Tian Industry due to a lack of talent and low birth rates. Chan said
Park in Yunlin County. this is especially so in the manufacturing industry, and
the company has plans to work closely with academic
institutions to cultivate talents through relevant
Chan led the entire process of setting up the new
factory, from the planning in the beginning stages channels. This will help elevate unemployment rates
to ensuring the construction was completed in a and unburden the government, as well as offer an
timely manner. Chan designed new production line opportunity for UN Fuel Tank to train management
equipment into the factory operations capacity to meet trainees.
market changes and buyer needs, passed certification
tests, and entered mass production stages. The new The new factory's upgraded equipment is imported
production line has resolved a portion of the company's from Japan. Through 3D and 2D laser cutting, these
more urgent orders, Chan says, citing improved new technologies have helped reduce the time to
capacity and efficiency and a better ability to handle develop molds and improved their capacity to offer
regular clients' orders as well in a timely manner.

The new factory has improved production and is
also equipped with amenities for employees, such as
an employee dormitory, to foster better employee and
management trust. Chan says the aim is to treat his
employees as if they were his own family, which was
widely supported among his workers. In turn, employee
morale and productivity have both improved.

UN Fuel Tank is also widely known to have the