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UN Fuel Tank Manufacture Co. remains resilient in workers. In return, the workers have boosted productivity
spite of the ongoing global economic turbulence caused with high morale.
by the Trump Administration’s devastating reciprocal
tariffs on almost all countries across the world, the UN Fuel Tank is also widely known to own the
geopolitical Russia-Ukraine war, and the material world’s largest number and inventory of molds for fuel
shortages that have impacted logistics and raw material systems. As these molds are often too huge and heavy
prices, according to company general manager, Chan to move around, the company built a facility behind
Yu-Peng. He said the company has resolved most of the new factory to store these molds. All these new
these issues to hone its competitiveness. equipment and facilities help Chan cut down mold
changing time for better production efficiency.
The company has successfully broken into the
market for vintage fuel tanks after over 48 years Labor Shortages Heavy on GM's Mind
of operation in vehicle fuel system manufacturing, Similar to many industrially developed countries
becoming one of the world’s few suppliers of total around the world, Taiwan is on track to experience
solutions to the gas tanks amid rising global demand for labor shortages due to a lack of talent and low
vintage car collection and repairing and maintenance. birth rates. Chan said this is especially true in the
manufacturing industry, and the company has plans
The company produces at least 3,000 product to work closely with academic institutions to cultivate
items using its 2,000-some sets of mold and in-house talents through relevant channels. This will help elevate
facilities encompassing all processes from metal employment rate and unburden the government, as
processing and welding to assembly, to assure that well as offer UN Fuel Tank an opportunity to train
each batch of its products truly reflects the original management brains.
flavor of vintage cars.
The new factory’s upgraded equipment came from
To boost production efficiency and stability for Japan. Through 3D and 2D laser cutting, these new
steady supply of quality vintage fuel systems in the technologies have helped reduce the time to tool molds
global market, the company has phased in robotic and improved capacity to offer low-volume, high-mix
arms to carry out semi-automated production and orders. In addition, the newly assembled robotic arms
plans to transition into full automation. are also now working online, forming a semi-automated
production line at the new factory.
The company has recently opened a new factory,
which sits on 4,000 pings of land at the Xiluo Fu Tian Chan stresses the company has transformed itself
Industry Park in the southern Taiwan county of Yunlin. into a manufacturer of vintage fuel tanks for many
The new factory, which has entered mass production, years based on “craftsmanship spirit” and has held
is equipped with more production capacity to cope
with the ever-changing market and buyer needs. In
particular, the added capacity has resolved a portion
of the company’s highly urgent orders in a timely
manner, not to mention handling regular orders as well,
according to Chan.

Also on the site are several amenities that foster
the trust between labor and management, including
an employee dormitory. Chan says these hospitable
facilities are intended to make his employees feel like
being a family, an idea widely supported among his