World's most suitable road reflecting marker
2008/11/21
Relational Information
SIGLITE 360 degree Tempered Glass Road Stud 19mm
Solar Siglite Tempered Glass Road Stud
All Direction Glass Kerb Stud
World's most suitable road reflecting marker for lane marking of freeway
World's most durable road reflecting marker(Glass Road Studs)
It has been 5 years since the installation of “360° tempered glass reflecting markers” made by Seih-Ying on the section of Zhongshan Highway from Hsinchu Industrial Area to Hsinchu System Interchange. All products installed are still under well condition (overall damage rate under 4%)and due to the lubrication on glass surface in rainy nights, the reflecting markers impose dazzling effect as brand new products. Comparatively, the plastic reflecting markers on adjacent roads have been replaced for more than 20 times! This is a clear evidence that products from Seih-Ying are the “World’s most durable road reflecting markers” that live up to the name!
The most durable glass road studs in the world
Seih-Ying Co., Ltd.
Letter from the owners and the general manager of Seih-Ying adressed to the management of companies working in the same trade:
‧History and actual situation
Seih-Ying Co., Ltd. was established in 1990 and focused on research and production of optical and special glasses in early days. After 16 years development, tests, improvements and installations, our “360°temperred glass road marking reflector – SIGLITE (also called Tiger Eye)” - has become the most durable road marking reflector with best quality. Under longterm-use on Taiwanese highways, lifetime of SIGLITE has proved to be more than 20 times greater than the life time of plastic markers and more than 30 times greater considering social costs (accidents, traffic jams).Seih–Ying’s SIGLITE has obtained patents from China, USA, Japan, Korea and EU (European Union); and passes various stringent inspections such as ISO9001, EN 1463-1 of EU, EN 1463-2 (R1, S1) of EU, JT/T390-1999 of China and CNS13762 of Taiwan. In Taiwan, our product has more than 85% of market share and we actively develop the foreign markets. Customers in various foreign countries already recognised the excellent reputations of SIGLITE.
‧Competitors from China
Seih-Ying as a leading manufacturer of 360°temperred glass road marking reflector faces competition pressure from China, Chinese companies imitate our glass marking reflectors SIGLITE. They also claim to have an excellent quality and refer to international standards and certificates as well as to semi-tempered or rather non-tempered glass. Facts are:
-Reflecto Ltd. in UK installed 30,000 imitated glass marking reflector from China in Ireland and were confronted by more than 80% broken reflectors in three months! Reflecto did not only face the problems in reputation and compensation but also the bankruptcy.
- The Oslo Government in Norway installed 45,000 imitated glass marking reflectors from China and experienced problems of severely damaged reflectors. That’s why the Oslo Government announced the ban towards import and use of glass marking reflectors from China.
- Furthermore, a Shanghai trading company in China makes false statements saying that it is the inventor of the glass marking reflector and has set the standards of marking reflectors world-wide. The company even ridiculously claims it has occupied more than 80% of market share in Taiwan, which is a hilarious amusement to any company that knows Seih-Ying well. After investigations it was found that the company is only a small trader with empty shell which has once sold hair wax and frozen mushroom via internet. After purchasing the non-tempered glass marking reflectors from the Sandong glass factory in China, the company falsely claimed such products as tempered glass, which caused severe losses to many companies working in the same industry and in the public.The company has once used the technical regulation for flat glass to state that “glass with uneven thickness cannot be tempered” on the web site, which self-exposed that the fact its glass marking reflector has never been tempered at all.
In dealing with such imitators please pay attention to the following subjects:
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How to distinguish between good and bad 360°temperred glass road marking reflector?
Please consider the table below:
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Recent mailings from China
In the past month companies working in the same field received several mails with false and malicious statements and contents. The intension of these mails was to destroy the good reputation and image that Seih-Ying accumulates for long time. Seih-Ying condemns such act of inferiority and would like to offer few evidences for you: 1. All mails came from a free account of “Yahoo! China” instead of Belgium or Africa that are claimed in the content of each mail. Furthermore, the name of mail account is not in any form similar to general company (e.g.: haliluya, hellokitty123456, traffic1234 etc.). 2. The result of our search shows that host servers for the sender are all located in Beijing, China. Please refer to the attached file. 3. Certain English used in the mails are not used in English-speaking countries and they are actually slang used in China (e.g. “eat human meat without spitting bones”). 4. The mails of calumniation appeared on the Internet in massive amount within short time and this was not rational. 5. The content in the mails stated that delivery from Seih-Ying is “promised” to reach “Belgium, Africa etc.” within 2 weeks, which is impossible (the ship from Taiwan takes 1 month to reach Belgium and 1.5 months to reach Africa). The obvious defects shown above can be easily spotted by you with extra caution.
Conclusion and outlook
Seih-Ying has always contributed its efforts in the industry with principles of “Human life requires utmost care” and “Life is priceless” because the industry of transportation safety relates to personal safety of all road users. One slight negligence or omission often causes unrecoverable regret. Due to the superior performance and quality of SIGLITE (Tiger eye), Seih-Ying has become the target for certain imitators. We are convinced that customers will recognize such lies. We will continue to produce the best glass marker of the world to provide driving safety for all drivers around the world.
An Open Letter as Response to XW-Shanghai (XW Asia Limited)
1. Regarding relevant patent of 360°glass road marker, Seih-Ying has obtained such patents from many countries as early as in 1993, yet XW claims itself as the owner for designing patents (alleged that application made in 2004), which is clearly an imitation to our patent and under cancellation by Chinese Law. The fact is undebatable.
2. Regarding the so-called “Stainless steel glass road stud” recently published by XW, it also claims that the patent is under application. However, Seih-Ying has obtained the patent for such product from many countries long ago, which includes China:
USA patent: 5365372 (1994.11.15)
UK patent: 9317255.9 (1994.9.28)
Japanese patent: Shi-Kai-Ping 6-85413 (1994.12.6)
Therefore, the new product from XW at the end is another imitation to old product from Seih-Ying. Moreover, the imitation was made poorly; since the product contains solid structure, we have treated the product with tampering, where its strength can reach more than 95 tons. XW on the other hand claims that their product can reach strength more than 20 tons, thus there is great difference in the technical standard.
3. XW claims that “Tempering is simply a lie…, even students of primary school in China know that…” If this is so, after compressing Seih-Ying’s glass marker to 50 tons and cracks, why does it show particle finer than flat glass with horizontal tempering treatment? After compressing XW’s product to 4 tons and cracks, why does it show large pieces of glass trunks? Judging from the difference, XW simply makes false statement and intends to confuse the solid fact with it. The literacy of such false statement may reach well standard, yet the technical standard of products from XW might be far less than the standard of “students of primary school in China” claimed by itself.
4. XW also announced words such as “only vacuum coating with spray painting outside accounts product of true durability” and considered Seih-Ying’s products “to be dipped in hydrochloric acid…" which induces choking effects.
Regarding the sprayed protective layer that XW is so proud of, it is once again another imitation to Seih-Ying’s patent:
Chinese patent no. ZL93.2.07894.× - Corrosion-resistant road marker (1993.4.2)
To comment on words from XW, which road in the whole world is immersed in hydrochloric acid? If the whole road in front of XW contains hydrochloric acid, simply apply the corrosion-resistant protective layer according to Seih-Ying’s patent. Nevertheless, the current thickness of reflective coating from Seih-Ying is 50~100 times of the vacuum coating, which is already capable for more than 15 years of utilization on normal roads and requires no protective layer of spray painting.
A French company called “HOLOPHANE” copied Seih-Ying’s patent and added protective paint outside the vacuum plating (but the standard of imitation was poor). Since colored glass was used for the marker, the color faded after half a year! Such technology has been obsolete and the French company has stopped its production in Europe.
XW has once adopted pictures and information from HOLOPHANE, we are not certain if it has embezzled other pictures illegally or imitated immature products of HOLOPHANE.
5. On the web site of “Tai-an English mark signpost manufactory of Sandong”, Mr. Chen, the responsible person for XW Asia Limited, has left messages as a distributor; therefore, it is an undebatable fact that XW Asia Limited is merely a trading company. Since relevant Leader in Shanghai has visited the office of XW Asia Limited (which occupies area of approximately 50 square meters with only one staff), we like to point out that it’s already a shame to treat on foreigners, how can XW also treats on its own people in China?
6. Recently, there is a Chinese company announcing to the public that it has passed certification of ISO, CE and EN1463; however, such company only carries out trading activity and has no factory of its own at all. Possible method adopted might be taking a Taiwanese product under such company to obtain certification, and then pack products of inferior quality upon final delivery, so that clients can be deceived.
7. The Seih-Ying factory located in Hsinchu, Taiwan has been personally visited by many leaders of transportation industry worldwide and received well credits. As for a trading company in China, which markets with deception and gain higher popularity by attacking others with dishonesty, sympathy to such company is not worthy. As the leading company of 360°tempered glass road marker worldwide, Seih-Ying would like to make few suggestions:
(1) Do confirm the sample and quality before purchasing such product (self-test); see if the compressive strength reaches 40 tons, no problem shows under impact (1 kg steel ball dropping from height of 1.5 m), and there is sufficient thickness of metal reflection layer at bottom.
(2) Request certificate from the supplier together with patent that guarantees no imitation from others.
(3) Prior to delivery, it is preferable to execute personal inspection on products at the factory. Execute tests according to abovementioned qualities and note if the samples and products delivered are of the same brand and quality.
8. News update: The Taiwan Highway Administration has carried out official evaluation on Seih-Ying’s 360° glass road markers (SIGLITE) over highways in Taiwan:
- The average rate of breakage over 4 years (48 months) after installation by Northern District Project Office (NDPO) (Northern Taiwan) is only 1.5﹪
- The average rate of breakage over 4 years (48 months) after installation by Central District Project Office (CDPO) (Central Taiwan) is only 1.0﹪
From the above records, it can be seen that quality of SIGLITE has matched the name of “Most durable road reflective marker worldwide”. (Comparison for reference: On the same road section, all plastic square markers have to be replaced once every three months!)
Yours Sincerely,
Seih-Ying Co., Ltd.
An open letter to leaders of transportation safety equipment industries in China
Since the establishment at Taiwan in year 1990, we have been working with research and production of optical and special glasses. The 360°tempered glass road reflector is one of our products and due to its excellent quality, it is highly praised worldwide.
In 1993, such reflector obtained the new patent for practical products (Name of product: Corrosion resistant road reflector) by the Chinese Patent Office (currently renamed as “State Intellectual Property Office of P.R. China”) with Patent no.: ZL93207894X and the applicant, Ju-Mei Chen is the shareholder for Seih-Ying co., Ltd.
The same case has also received the USA patent under the patent no.: 5397617 with date of application: 1993.5.21 and date of patent: 1995.5.14.
The same case has also received the Japanese patent under the patent no.: 2555905 with date of application: 1993.5.21 and date of announcement: 1994.12.6.
In addition to its excellent quality over the years, the product has received the ISO9001 certification, as well as the EN1463-1 and EN1463-2 by EU that values people’s life and properties the most. In China, the product has passed various tests of JT/T 390-1999 under Ministry of Communications; the current records in tests of steel ball impact (no damage under impact from 1 kg of steel ball dropping from height of 1.5 m), compressive strength (40 tons) and durability have not been broken worldwide. According to official survey in 2007, the average rate of breakage from 4 years of application on Zhongshan Highway in Taiwan only incurred to 1.5%.
Recently, a company named “3W Asia Limited” in Shanghai has used “3W” as its brand and openly alleged on its web site that: “…created first glass road reflector in the world….and occupied 85% of market share in Taiwan…”. Moreover, it also indicates that “…certain small company from Taiwan has forged 3W patent under the name of capital company in Shenzhen…. its product only reach 1/8 of reflection under state standard…compressive strength is only 4 tons, which generates enormous hazards to passing vehicles.”
We at Seih-Ying consider that such open description of 3W on its web site has involved with forgery and since its patent has copied from our product, it has no legal effect whatsoever.
In view of this, Seih-Ying hereby makes the following open statement:
1. The patent applied by “3W Traffic Facility Limited (Shanghai)” (same as “3W Asia Limited”) for glass road reflector is the lowest level of patent for new models (only registered and not physically assessed) and the date of application is 15th June 2004. According to design drawing for their application, their product is a true imitation to patent for new models with higher level and applied under the name of Ju-Mei Chen in Seih-Ying Co., Ltd. Moreover, such product has been set with standard of CNS13762 at Taiwan in 1996, hence it no longer provides the condition of patent for new models.
In accordance with regulation under State Intellectual Property Office of P.R. China, we have prepared to cancel the patent that suffers improper imitation by “3W Traffic Facility Limited (Shanghai)”, so it will be exempted from being used as tool to attack other companies.
2. We did not impose any investment in Shenzhen; therefore, it is possible that 3W refers to another glass company and we have no comment on quality of that specific company. However, there is mistake in the statement of “…product only reach 1/8 of reflection under state standard” since the state standard has not yet been set in China at present and JT/T1999 is the occupation standard. There are words of exaggeration from 3W for claiming that it has set up the unified standard internationally.
3. In Taiwan, this product has be set with strict standard of CNS13762 as early as 1996; all glass road reflectors installed on highways and important roads must be tested on site via random sampling, where disqualified products would be removed immediately. According to actual test carried out by ARTC in Taiwan, product from 3W could not pass the test of CNS13762 and the strength was far less than our product, thus it could not be used on Taiwanese roads at all. Moreover, our product has been used at large quantities in Taiwan for the last decade with the trademark of “Lightening”; if 3W cannot display any proof document of custom to show its export to Taiwan, its statement of “…occupied 85% of market share in Taiwan” is involved with forgery.
4. The installation of this product relates to safety of people’s lives and properties significantly and since the patent for new model applied by Seih-Ying more than a decade ago has expired, we welcome all companies in the same industry to compete with us in terms of quality, cost, fairness and openness, so safety to road users worldwide can be protected.
Yours Sincerely,
Seih-Ying Co., Ltd.
Response for XW-Shanghai questioning Seih-Ying's tempered glass road marking reflector with “Specification of flat glass tempering technology”
As the leading manufacturer of 360°temperred glass road marking reflector, Seih-Ying is obliged to direct bias trading companies into correct track, which can prevent trading of inferior products that causes damage to consumers and such companies themselves. In view of this, Seih-Ying hereby solemnly addresses the following statements:
1. China has imported the technology of float glass manufacturing and flat glass tempering from European countries and US for decades, thus they are very common techniques nowadays.
2. Due to structural difference, glass with irregular thickness cannot reach tempering state with the abovementioned technology of flat glass tempering and it is very easy to break during process. However, the technical team of Seih-Ying in 1990 already used special equipments and technology beyond tradition to solve the tempering problem for glass with irregular thickness, which leads to successful development of 360°temperred glass road marking reflector with highest strength (compression and impact) in the world. Up till 2007, the quality is still far ahead of followers and imitators. Furthermore, relevant patent for this series of product is still copied by HOLOPHANE in France and manufacturers in China; but they only obtained superficial knowledge.
3. If the tempering level of flat glass and particle size of shattered glass are to be checked, the most frequent method of quality control used is to impact the glass center with 1 kg steel ball (hardening process on surface) falling freely from height of 1.5m. Among all similar products in the world at present, only Seih-Ying’s SIGLITE 360°temperred glass road marking reflector can pass this impact test without a scratch. Comparatively, the product from Yingbiao company in Sandong (XW-Shanghai is the distributor) shatters into several large chunk of glass pieces (i.e. the product is only common glass without tempering process). Under the compression test, Seih-Ying’s product breaks into small particles after 40 tons (which is finer than tempered flat glass and certain part even shows amazing effect of powdery form); the product from Yingbiao company in Sandong on the other hand breaks under mere load of 3 tons!
4. The fact proves that the glass reflector made by Yingbiao company in Sandong has not received tempering process and thus not suitable for application as material of road marking reflector, so public hazard can be prevented. If XW-Shanghai is interested, it is welcomed to join as our distributor, so sustainable operation can be possible in this industry.
Conclusion: The 360°temperred glass road marking reflector made by Seih-Ying has passed stringent inspections by many national level of laboratories worldwide. Such product has been sold for 16 years worldwide with accumulation of extensive credibility and reputation, thus it is not to be fluctuated by single trading company. In order to stop the meaningless argument, however, Seih-Ying is going to raise litigation appeal in Chinese court, where our product, imitated product and products of certain followers will receive open test of steel ball impact to compare quality of all products. We would also like to invite responsible person of XW-Shanghai to appear in court and testify whether Seih-Ying’s product reaches tempered standard or not. In addition, investigation will also be made to specify identity of true manufacturer and mere trading company, as well as the party that deceives consumers and will be legally liable for libel. By then, the whole world shall witness the truth with thorough understanding