Demand for A-Belt-Lin Seat Belts Continues Growing Despite Recession

Since its establishment in 1992, the A-Belt-Lin Industrial Co. has developed into one of the largest and most experienced safety-belt manufacturers in Taiwan. Its high-quality, durable, and reliable products are marketed under the brand-name "Abelt," which has become well known in the global safety-belt market, and are also sold under other prominent international brand names on an original equipment design/manufacturing (OEM/ODM) basis.

The company currently supplies seat belts (including racing belts) to automotive seat makers and performance parts distributors, especially in Europe and the United States (which together account for 70% of the firm's revenues). It also supplies tow ropes, clinical-use belts, tie-downs, lifting slings, and other products to customers in a variety of industries. Most of its webbing products are made of high-end polyester and nylon yarns.

A-Belt-Lin says that it produces all key parts and components in-house, using web-weaving, web-dyeing, molding, plastic injection, and metal stamping machines, so that it can assure the highest standards of quality and safety.

The company also supplies high-quality safety-belt accessories and metal hardware to meet customers' requirements, and helps them with tooling projects as well. To meet buyers' needs, the hardware product line has been expanded into buckles and tongues as well as automotive seat rails.

To guarantee the highest quality, A-Belt-Lin's safety belts have passed the most stringent quality and safety certifications, including FMVSS 209/302 and SFI of the U.S., CE, FIA, and E-Mark of Europe, and CNS of Taiwan.

The company has set up a well-structured division-of-labor manufacturing scheme between Taiwan and China, with a Taiwan facility housing a 20-person R&D division and the production of high-end items, and a 100-worker factory in Guangdong Province, China, that turns out big-volume, popularly priced products.

Many of the designs and functions of the company's products are protected by patents.

To meet a global demand that is growing despite the global financial turmoil, A-Belt-Lin has decided to build a new factory in Taiwan. When it is completed next year, the new facility will boost the firm's production capacity on Taiwan by 30% to 50%.

With its outstanding design, development, and integrated manufacturing capabilities, as well as its cross-straits division-of-labor production system, A-Belt-Lin is confident that it will be able to continue helping customers procure the products they need at the highest quality and best price.