Nan Hoang Leads Taiwan in Supplying Top-notch Friction Products

Nan Hoang Traffic Instrument Co., Ltd., the largest supplier of friction-material products in Taiwan, became ISO9002, QS9000, and ISO14001 certified in 1996, as well as ISO/TS 16949 approved in 2003.

Aiming to upgrade its operations overall, the company began in 2003 to adopt the most advanced friction-material development, management, manufacturing, and testing/inspection techniques from Europe, the United States and Japan.

In addition, the ambitious firm also set up a cutting-edge friction-material R&D center in Taiwan in 2005, which has successfully developed over 50 kinds of non-asbestos materials for making friction parts for various vehicular applications.

Among its technically advanced products, Nan Hoang claims that its ceramic-fiber and full-metal high-performance materials can withstand very high working temperatures: up to 600 degrees Celsius. In addition, both the company's ceramic-fiber and titanate- reinforced brake pads feature unmatched advantages in stable friction index, extended durability, low noise, decay-resistance, rapid recovering, low pollution, low wear against brake disc, better steering, etc., characteristics of which are all-round desirable for many applications, including passenger cars, sport cars, special-purpose vehicles, racing cars, etc.

Meeting global, stringent standards, all of Nan Hoang's products conform to quality certification standards such as ECE R90, TUV as well as test standards including SAE, JASO, DIN, CNS, etc., making such friction products especially sought-after in high-performance markets.

Established in 1961, Nan Hoang has developed about 6,000 various kinds of products that are very popular with global auto/motorcycle makers, first-tier parts brands, and aftermarket (AM) parts customers.

With the comprehensive implementation of the ISO/TS 16949 standard in every aspect of its operations, Nan Hoang claims that it strictly controls and inspects all the production processes-from material inventory, material formulating, manufacturing, quality control, and packaging to shipment. Backed by top-end test and inspection equipment approved and required by complete-vehicle makers, coupled with the company's most-stringent on-site quality controls, Nan Honag boasts that it is the most reliable supplier of friction-material products for high-performance applications, featuring high quality and stability characteristics.

To better meet customers' expectation for high quality and on-time delivery, Nan Hoang launched a brand-new production facility in southern Taiwan's Tainan Technology Industry Park in 2007, a modern, integrated facility that the company welcomes customers to visit.

Products: brake shoes, disc brake pads, automatic transmission friction clutch plates, steel plates, transmission friction clutch plates, CVT clutch weights, gear tooth brake linings, etc.

Materials: non-asbestos (non-asbestos organic, or NAO; low metallic, or LM; semi-metallic, or SM); full-metallic (carbon, sintered bronze, sintered metal); ceramic, titanate reinforced fiber, cork, paper, graphite, hard/flexible, etc.

Applications: automobile (passenger car, sport car, racing car etc.), motorcycle, ATV, forklifts, snowmobiles, bicycle, train, truck, crane, trailer, agricultural machinery, sport instruments, construction machinery, military industry, golf cart, saws, lawn mower, etc.

Nan Hoang Traffic Instrument Co., Ltd.

Taiwan First Brakes Technology Co., Ltd.

No. 60, Keji 3rd Road, Tainan Technology Ind. Park, Tainan 70955

Tel: (886-6) 3841608

Fax: (886-6) 3841606

Website: www.nhc-brakes.com

E-mail: webmaster@nhc-brakes.com