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2015 International Bridge Conference was successfully completed.
The 32nd International Bridge Conference (IBC) was held on 7-11 June is the pre-eminent arena for the bridge industry in North America, Europe and Asia. Presented by the Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania, the IBC annually attracts over 1,500 bridge owners and engineers, senior policy makers, government officials, bridge designers, construction executives, and suppliers from throughout the United States and abroad.
Seih-Ying attended this conference and exhibited the most durable 360 Degree Tempered Glass Road Stud in the world successfully.
9 motorcyclists slipped successively because of wet and slippery road marking lines in the heavy raining day.
Road stud (360 degree tempered glass road stud) is a savior, not a killer.
Taiwanese mountainous terrain makes the road construction in mountain area more important. Because of the rugged, foggy and rainy nature condition, 10 years ago, several important itineraries, such as Provincial Highway No. 8 (Central Cross-lsland Highway), Provincial Highway No. 9 (Taipei-ilan Highway), Provincial Highway No. 18 (Alishan National Scenic Area), Provincial Highway 2A (Yangmingshan National Park) became dangerous and caused lots of traffic accident at rainy night. Especially in Provincial Highway No. 9, people used to sprinkle some joss paper on the road in order to pray safety.
There are some factors why those highways be called dangerous highway:
1. The mountain area is rugged, steep and easy to landslide and falling rocks. The width of road is limited.
2. They are connected highways (for trucks) or itinerary (for bus) with huge car flow.
3. The foggy and rainy weather condition makes the vision of car drivers blurred. (The reflective glass beads in thermoplastic road marking are covered by rain water and lose the reflective ability.)
4. The traffic safety equipments and devices are not complete.
Since Directorate General of Highways has installed 360 degree tempered glass road stud on the above road sections, the readability at rainy night is increased and the accident rate is decreased dramatically. Then most of mountain areas changed to install the 360 degree tempered glass road stud which is more durable, higher economic benefits with 6-7 years of lifespan instead of traditional plastic road studs. That saves and reduces the social cost for replacing the traditional plastic road studs.
I did some interview with track and bus drivers; they all give a highly evaluation to the glass road stud. And they all agree the importance of glass road stud when drive at rainy night. Some of them had experiences that they avoided traffic accidents because they dozed off and ridded the glass road stud. The appreciation from those track and bus drivers gives and fills us fulfillment and energy.
In recent years, ridding a large heavy- duty motorcycle became a popular and fashion activity. Some people do not abide by the laws and regulations, they like drag racing and knee down in the mountain area. When they slipped by the wet thermoplastic road marking, they blamed on glass road stud instead. Part of media made news and blamed on glass road stud when they don’t understand the actual situation well. (See the details of the news report from TVBS on 27th-28th November 2014 ”Don’t cornering too fast！The motorcyclist slips and falls over easily when run over the catseye”). They made a bad image for glass road stud and ignore the achievement of glass road stud. All the traffic company, local residents and law-abiding road user are chilled by this behavior.
If the installed quantity of glass road stud is decreased because of the news from TVBS, I’m afraid the situation will go back to 40 years ago: The road is a killer, and people have to sprinkle the joss paper along the road at raining night.
Of course, the glass road stud, which the lifespan can be 6-7years, and it had set up and passed a national standard, can be replaced by other traffic products in high price. But I’m afraid it will cause some problems:
1. Do those products pass the national standard CNS? Is there any standard or specification in the traffic department? It’s not only a social tragedy but also a problem that the traffic department who is in charge of the case should face the State Compensation Law.
2. How’s the durable and reflective ability? How long can the manufacturer guarantee? (According to the standard of MOTC, all of the glass road studs should provide a two-year guarantee. And it needs to be replaced if the breakage rate over the agreed ratio.) If the road stud loses the function within 6 months or a year, should the department make a budget for replacing or maintain? Or, that’s the problem of the State Compensation Law again.
3. There is a room for the new product to do a public and un-public work. However, our products had been marketing and installing more than 60 countries in the world. And we have never seen a product which can instead of Taiwanese glass road stud.
4. Here, we would like to appeal for your support, please make a professional report and morality assessment when you are doing the similar news and promotion. It is possible that your family and friend will meet the same situation.
The false news report from TVBS-NEWS
”Don’t cornering too fast！The motorcyclist slips and falls over easily when run over the catseye”
Regarding the news report of TVBS on Nov. 27th and 28th, 2014 ”Don’t cornering too fast！ The motorcyclist slips and falls over easily when run over the catseye”, there are lots of false and absurd contents. Seih-Ying responded publicly as below:
Improper video quote:
The contents of the video was edited carefully via the camera angles of special arrangement, however, four examples of the videos showing the motorcyclists fall over actually were not related to the catseye. All of them are irrational videos that show a mainland tourist riding a large heavy-duty motorcycle run over catseye result in falling and even dying.
The wrong contents of news coverage:
1. The news contents said that the height of 3cm of catseye caused the vehicles running over the line while overtaking, and slipping while raining. In accordance with “Traffic Signs, Marking and Lights Installation Rules” the protruding part of road studs (catseyes) on the general roadway pavement shall not exceed the height of 2.5cm, and on the freeway or expressways shall not exceed the height of 1.9cm. The reporter misleads the people without confirmation and identification of the car accidents to use the provocative words ” a deadly stone with the height of 3cm”.
2. It’s not that catseye caused the vehicles running over the line while overtaking, and slipping while raining, but that the vehicles are illegal and overrun the line. The purpose of setting up the double yellow road marking lines and installing catseye is to prevent the car driver stride across. The motorcyclist break the rules first, on the contrary, the catseye has to take the responsibility. Is it right?
3. The videos of the news report put the camera on the ground repeatedly, and arrange a shot that the large heavy-duty motorcyclist had a violation to across over the double yellow lines, which has installed catseye. It causes the motorcyclist takes it for granted that “running over the lines is a natural and right behavior”. However, the news report didn’t mention any words regarding violation that is wrongfully.
4. The news report claimed, “China only installs the catseye on the side lines of the Freeway” and stressed deliberately that the China tourist had not seen the catseye before, and died in Taiwan because running over the catseye. We don’t know who provides this argument. Is it possible to mislead the police handling the case? Or to mislead deliberately the public and government institutions that the catseye can only be installed on the side lines of the freeway? According to Seih-Ying’s project pictures in Shanghai, the cateyes’ installation position in China is same as in Taiwan, which is installed on both the traffic land lines and side lines. In Taiwan, not only the catseye is installed on the general highway, but also traffic land lines and side lines on the Freeway which has an excellent performance.
The origin of motorcycles slip is mostly caused by thermoplastic road marking lines:
In Taiwan, many cases of motorcycles slip are mostly caused by “thermoplastic road marking lines” after identified the accident authentication. The width of road marking lines is 10cm(In highway and Freeway, it’s 15 cm). In accordance with the traffic regulation, it should mix and sprinkle 30% of small glass beads on the surface of road marking lines, and the standard value should be 45 BPN. There is a big difference compare the asphalt pavement with 90-100 BPN, that’s a possibility of motorcycles slip when the rolling wheels run over the road marking lines. Within a certain range of spraying glass beads, it is just like a big piece of glass was ran over by the rolling wheels. That’s really dangerous. Therefore, the motorcycles slip and fall over are mostly caused by crossing over the double yellow lines and crosswalk after the accident authentication.
In general highway, the protruding part of the catseye on the road surface is 2.5cm, and the volume is a hemisphere with a diameter of 6.5cm. The wheels run over the catseye with the actual contact area is only a circle with the diameter of 1cm. Actually, the contact area is small, so the possibility of motorcycles slip is very low when the rolling wheels run over the catseye. The ARTC (Automative Research & Testing Center) has tried to do the BPN test for catseye, but the contact area is too small, so that it cannot be measured. It shows that the origin of motorcycles slip is caused by thermoplastic road marking lines, but not catseye.
The responsible authority has surveyed and identified that there is no improper facility:
After Seih-Ying’s petition, the New Taipei City Police Department has invited the relevant units for First Maintenance Office Directorate General of Highway Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the New Taipei City Government of Oversight Committee on Traffic Safety, the Transportation Department of New Taipei City Government, and Pinglin District Office to handle a survey of “To study the traffic improvement of fatality at 51.6km of Taipei-ilan Highway of Pinglin District, New Taipei City on 21st November 2013”. After viewing the surrounding road conditions, the related facilities of traffic engineering can be identified by drivers. After discussing, the resolution is to maintain the current situation. It’s clearly the set-up of traffic safety facility is proper.
Seih-Ying has a formal complaint to NCC:
Seih-Ying Co., Ltd. was established in 1990 and engaged in the research and production of 360 degree tempered glass road stud in Taiwan. The market share in Taiwan reaches to 80-90%, and the products are exported to more than 60 countries. The current compression strength, impact resistance, and durability are World No. 1.
Refer to the catseye, all of the engineering industry and the public government know our products well. The name of the products has almost become a pronoun to Seih-Ying. The news report of TVBS cited the four videos, which were not related to the catseye, with asides that the China tourist may die due to catseye. After Seih-Ying’s sales representative protested the videos in the next morning, the TVBS removed the first paragraph of the videos. However, the second paragraph of the videos was still reported continuously with the argument of “The police suspect that the accident may be caused by catseye”
Seih-Ying has been written a complaint formally to NCC asking for justice. Hope other units or individuals do not spread or quote any unreal news videos in order to avoid any troubles of litigation.
Supplement：
Why we need to install 360 degree tempered glass reflective road studs (catseye)?
1. To remedy the fatal defect of road marking paint that is covered by rainwater, and the reflective signal is completely lost. (The traffic lanes are not easy to be differentiated at raining night.)
2. Catseye has 360 degree reflectivity, and it has the National Standard CNS13762. It complies with the requirements of Article 26 of Government’s Purchase Law in Taiwan as a legal traffic safety product.
Why 80-90% glass reflective road studs on Taiwan Highway Network are Seih-Ying’s products under Flash Brand?
1. World’s the highest quality: the highest compressive strength, the highest impact resistance, the best durability. Professional manufacturing for more than 24 years of experience.
2. The only manufacturer in the world who has passed the related certifications in one time for CNS13762, ISO 9001, CE certificate in EU, the series of tests of EN1463 (the highest grade: R1, S1) in EU.
3 Seih-Ying has the biggest capacity of supply volume. The price is reasonable (The quality of world-class boutique, the price of supermarket). Export to more than 60 countries.
Seih-Ying’s managing concept：
“Priceless life” and “Reducing tragedies for 2 families by reducing 1 traffic accident”
Seih-Ying hopes to provide the products with the highest quality and the lowest price to reduce any unnecessary accidents.
Newest Compressive Resistance Tester
To provide a highest compressive strength and quality product, we purchased a new compressive resistance tester with the max compressive load 200tons.
Participate in Gulf Traffic 2014
We are of great pleasure to invite you to attend the Gulf Traffic 2014 in Dubai with us.
The details of the Gulf Traffic 2014 is shown as below:
Date: 8 - 10 December 2014
Opening hours: Mon.-Tue. from 10 am - 6 pm, Wed. from 10 am – 5 pm
Place: Dubai World Trade CentreEntrance: FREE of charge (pre register) Visitor Registration Form
Website: www.gulftraffic.com
You will find us at Booth No. G49 according the following floor plan.
We look forward to seeing you in the exhibition.
The world only road stud which passed Million-Times – over running test
In order to prove the durability of SIGLITE 360° Tempered Glass Road Stud, we commissioned a test laboratory to carry out a comparative over running test of :
1) Our SIGLITE product
2) A plastic pavement marker (complying with ASTM D4280)
3) Reflective pavement tape (USA famous brand)
All the above products were all subjected to the same test criteria using a wheel loading of 500 kgs at a speed of 70 km/hr.
The test results are as follow:
- SIGLITE: NO DAMAGE after 1 MILLION times over running passes.
- Plastic pavement marker: broken and came off after 56413 passes.
- Reflective pavement tape: Deformed after 10000 passes, totally broken after 30000 passes.
The conclusion of the test results, proves that “SIGLITE 360° Tempered Glass Road Stud” offers significant durability advantages ( and therefore cost benefits ) over both plastic road studs and high quality pavement tape.
Test video:
(Please turn on your speaker to FEEL the test!)
360 degree tempered glass road studs V.S. delineators
The 360 degree tempered glass road studs and delineators are installed on the traffic island to help the road user to diffierenciate the position and provide the guide function.
Since the delineators are made of plastic, and the base is easy to break under the sunlight for a long time.
The 360 degree tempered glass road studs are made of tempered glass. It keeps an excellent reflection ability and provide a great guide.
Intertraffic Amsterdam 2014
Best choice--SIGLITE 360 Degree Tempered Glass Road Stud
- The top quality in the world.
- The largest production capacity in the world.
- The pioneer of manufacturing 360 degree tempered glass road stud in white color and yellow color for 24 years.(Since 1990)
2014.4.9 Statement
The prescription of our tempered glass road stud in yellow color has been corrected and gotten the patent from Taiwan and other countries. In recent 1-2 years we find that somebody may copy our patent for the yellow color. Our company had sent a warning letter to the company who copied our patent. Please respect intellectual property rights and rectify.
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How to purchase a good quality of 360 degree glass road stud?
(1) The compressive strength should be 60 tons above.(Comply with ASTM D4280)
(2) Using a 1.04 kilogram steel ball to fell-in-down the center of road stud, it should not have any crack after the test.
(3) The glass road studs should be fully-tempered.
(4) The glass road studs should be self-colored. The color paint cannot be scraped off easily by a knife.
(5) The glass road studs should comply with CNS13762.
(6)A good product should pass the CE and ISO 9001 certificate.
(7) A good product should provide a five-years guarantee in highway, and two-years in roadway
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Participate in Intertraffic 2014 in Amsterdam
We as Seih-Ying Co., Ltd in Taiwan concentrate on the manufacturing of 360 Degree Tempered Glass Road Studs in top quality since 23 years. The company fulfils ISO 9001 and our road studs are EN certified(CE).
Our road markers has been installed on any kind of roads in over 60 countries.
Intertraffic Amsterdam 2014 will take place from 25-28 March 2014 in Amsterdam RAI (see also www.intertraffic.com/intertraffic-amsterdam)This exhibition is the world leading fair for traffic safety. We are pleased to invite you to visit our stand 05.329.We look forward to seeing you at the Intertraffic.
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2014.1.13 The video of Siglite project in Wugu-Yangmei elevated expressway in rainy night
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Happy New year 2014
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2013.6.5 The video of Siglite project in Wugu-Yangmei elevated expressway
2013.5.15 Project pictures of Wugu-Yangmei elevated expressway in the night
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2013.4.25 Wugu-Yangmei elevated expressway
Wugu-Yangmei elevated expressway, an elevated section with 40km in length along the National Expressway No. 1 in northern Taiwan, and has been opened on April 20th 2013. The total budget of the project was approx. 2.94 billion US dollars. Over the years, the elevated expressway developed to the most important transportation infrastructure in Taiwan. After opening to motorists, the expressway much improved the current operation of Taoyuan Interchange of National Freeway No.1 to alleviate the traffic congestion.
Seih-Ying’s Siglite 360 degree tempered glass road marking reflector (with over 60 tons of compressive load), has been installed on the north section (between Wugu toLinkuo) and on the central section (between Linkuo to Zhongli) of the expressway. And Seih-Ying provides 5 years quality guarantee. Siglite complies with the Chinese National Standard CNS13762, and has also passed the CE certificate valid in EU. The use with big trucks is forbidden on this expressway. As a result of this restriction we expect the service life will be over 10 years.
The highlighted advantages of Siglite 360 degree tempered glass road marking reflectors used on Wugu-Yangmei elevated expressway are the following:
1. Safety:
- Provides a GOOD DELINEATION to the car driver resulting in a MUCH SAFER DRIVING ENVIRONMENT. (There is no streetlamp in part section of Wugu-Yangmei elevated expressway)
-The deficiency of thermoplastic road marking lines PROVIDING no reflection during rainy nights is remedied.
- Avoids accidents risks while replacing the traditional raised pavement markers which are peeled off from the road surface. (The consequences are unimaginable if a car accident would occurr and tumble over to the main lane of National Freeway No.1)
2. Economy:
- Long service life and significantly reduced cost AVOIDING the replacing of large numbers of traditional raised pavement markers.
- Dust doesn’t accumulate on the product surface and as a result no cleaning maintenance is required.
3. Conserving Energy:
- The extreme low repair frequency of Siglite reduces the social cost of traffic jams (i.e. time & petrol consumption and CO2 emission) caused by waiting time during marker replacements.
4. Environment protection: The main ingredient of Siglite is SiO2, which is a natural substance causing no environment pollution.
5. High-technology: DESPITE NOT REQUIRING POWER AND ENERGY TO PROVIDE A GOOD NIGHTTIME SIGNAL, Siglite PROVIDES safety and comfortable road guidance AT VERY REASONABLE COST
2012.7.20
Recently, we discovered that there are companies infringe upon the petents of our related traffic safety products. We have been entrusted our internal and overseas law experts to deal with this issue.
For a long time, our company has obtained the authorization of mutual patents for the related traffic safety products from other companies or individuals. And it forms a patent protective network in order to prevent the patents from being imitated by malicious companies.
If there is any company that is interested in our products, we can authorize the patents according to different country and area.
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2012.4.6 The application of Glass Road Studs
Siglite glass road studs are installed at the parking lot of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol for the purpose of city landscaping.
Participate in Intertraffic Amsterdam 2012
Seih-Ying Co., Ltd. is going to participate in the Intertraffic Amsterdam 2012.
We are providing the most durable glass road studs and solar road studs in the world. We hereby invite you to visit our stand 04.407 that will take place from 27th - 30th March in the Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre, the Netherlands.The detailed information about the exhibition can be found on www.intertraffic.com
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2011.12.29
Recently, we discovered that there are many trading companies which from Taiwan, China, and oversea, embezzle our project and application photos using in their catalogues or website without our permission. This action not only infringes our copyright, but also affects our goodwill. Especially, this is a cheated behavior for the consumers. We hereby claim that all the trading companies remove all the pictures actively to avoid unnecessary legal proceedings.
Stronger Compressive Resistance for Glass Road Stud: over 60 tons!! Class AA Offering in Taiwan.
We have produced the highest compressive resistance of tempered glass road studs ( formerly called: cat eyes) that over 40 tons in past 20 years and far ahead with other competitors. Our Siglite products have been proved as the most durable glass road studs installed on the road and longest life span, which is over 10 years(*1). From 2011, we start to comprehensively offer a higher compressive resistance glass road studs which the compressive resistance is over 60tons(AA Class) in Taiwan totally. (CNS 13762 standard for compressive resistance only need 25tons) to consolidate the roads safety and durable road reflectors.
*1 : Installed area: In a expressway located in Taipei City.
2011 New products Wireless Controlled Solar Signs
Breakthrough the technical bound for the solar products, combine the wireless transmission withe the micro processor to deliver regular or synchronous dynamic visual effects.
The flashing patterns, brightness level and ON/OFF conditions can be adjusted via programming based on the different environment needs
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Surrounding road of 2010 Taipei International Flora Exposition and Smooth Road Project installed Siglite TigerEye 360° Tempered Glass Road Studs(formel name:360° cat eye) extensively
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Seih YingSiglite 360°Tempered Glass Road Markers(formel name:360° cat eye) installed for 7 years in Taiwan Freeway
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Relationship between Liechtenstein and Siglite Road Markers
Liechtenstein is a small landlocked country in central Europe with 160 squere kilometer located close to Switzerland. The country is known worldwide for its banking commerce and postage stamps.
The name “Liechtenstein” consists of two words: light and stone. No wonder there are a lot of light stones called Siglite lighting the way. Roundabouts, traffic islands and protection of bus stops, almost everywhere are installed with Siglite - lighting like diamonds in Liechtenstein.
Liechtenstein is one of the highest industrialised countries with a national gross income (GNI) of 50’000 USD per capita. With the high living standard and environmental awareness of the government, attention for road safety is paramount. Recent traffic safety measures have resulted in the installation of thousands of 360 degree Siglite reflectors designed for the improvement of driving conditions at night. Temperatures up to +40 in summer falling to - 15 Centigrade in winter, as well as plenty of rain do not affect the reflective performance of these Siglite road studs. After 5 years in service, the fully tempered glass from which the Siglite is made, ensures the high reflectivity continues to “light the way ahead “ working every night without maintenance.
Siglite Road markers has a high appreciation and acceptance in the country “light stone”.
Solar road stud
The video of Solar Siglite A68、A666 warning light application
Why we need 360 degree reflective road stud?
There is an attractive photo published by 「Shandong Highway Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd.」in the China Expressway magazine 2010.07 as follow:
In this photo, we had to marvel and admire the engineering difficulties of this tollway, but as we devoted to manufacture high quality road stud, we are concerned about the drivers safety of this section of road in fact. Although we do not know whether the tollway opened to traffic yet, we find that the traffic safety reflective facilities are insufficient and with no installed road studs on the pavement; it may cause vehicles emergency break or rollover when cars approach to this section of road with continuous curves in high speed.However, if we would install road studs on the pavement,the road studs could reflect the headlight from long distance to see the curves in advance. It would give the drivers more time to react at blind curves and decrease the possibility of emergency driving reactions.However, do the installed road studs work so perfectly? Let's make a comparison between 「360 Degree Tempered Glass Road Stud」(formel name:360° cat eye) and 「the traditional square reflective road stud」 as follow: The reflector’s geometry of the 360 degree tempered glass road stud is a convex lens which reflects the light from any direction.The traditional squere reflector on the other hand reflect the light by a flat reflective screen.Is the entrance angle of the light greater than +/- 20 degree there will be no reflection at all.。
The photo below taken by a Seih-Ying's foreign customer is a clear comparative example. The traditional squre reflective road stud can't reflect the light coming with a larger entrance angle, but at the same position, Siglite reflects the light very well.
In the following two photos taken in the mountain area of Hsin Chu Taiwan, we can see that the 360 degree tempered glass road studs reflect the lights from any direction helping the drivers to see the curves in advance in order to prepare a direction change. Although the section of this mountain road is very rugged.
Conclusion:
Since the feature of a different design and working principle, the「360 Degree Tempered Glass Road Stud」 has the benefit of 360 degree reflection. That maximises drivers effectiveness of guiding and warning and allows to achieve good results.
Remarks:
1. Most of glass road studs on the market can reflect the light from any direction as well, butglass road studs installed on roads must be TEMPERED. Most of the glass road studs on the market are non-tempered or only semi-tempered. Non-tempered and semi-tempered road studs have also the feature reflecting the light from any direction. But non-tempered and semi-tempered glass road studs will easily break under working conditions and will break into sharp, larger glass particles which will cause damages of vehicles' tires and are therefore very dangerous.
2. The copyright of photo 1 belongs to 「Shandong Highway Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd.」. The copyright of other photos or drawings belongs to 「Seih-Ying Co., Ltd.」: Please do not infringe the copyrights. Thank you for your understanding.
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The application video of Siglite tempered glass road stud installed in the surrounding roads of Expo 2010 Shanghai China & photos of Shanghai Expo
The application photos of Siglite tempered glass road stud installed in the surrounding roads of Expo 2010 Shanghai China
The wall renovation project was completed successful.
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Seih-Ying Co., Ltd. - Intertraffic China 2010 Beijing Exhibition was completed !!
This year (2010), held in Beijing Exhibition Center, the Intertraffic China 2010 (China International Exhiition on Transport Technology & Equipment)has been successfully completed. Seih-Ying's main products on demonstrate – Siglite 360 Degree Tempered Glass Road Stud (tempered glass reflective road marker) and Solar Siglite Tempered Glass Road Stud (tempered glass solar warning light)also enthusiastic acclaimed by all parties, we would like to appreciate the friends and visitors who help us. Although the show has ended, we will still uphold sincere, professional, dedicated as principle to provide the best service to all clients. We sincerely expect to meet you again next time!
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2010.05.08
SIGLITE- Application Vedio SIGLITE installed on expy no.88 Kaoshuing, Taiwan.
Total amount is 20,000 pieces in this project.
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2009.10.8
360 degree tempered glass road stud
SIGLITE 360° tempered glass road stud(formerl name:360° cat eye)
2009.10.1
On September 2009, Seih-Ying Co., Ltd makes a test of compression resistance on SIGLITE at SGS Taiwan Ltd (Material & Engineering Laboratory). The test method comply with ASTM D4280 (On top of the marker place a 9.5mm thick elastomeric pad. The test method of ASTM D4280 is almost same as JT/T390-1999)
SGS is built in 1878 Switzerland and establish a branch office in 1952 Taiwan.
Their service includes: Inspection, Certification and Testing, etc. The business lines have Agriculture, consumer Testing, Environment, Industrial, Mining Industry, Oil, Gas and Chemicals, and System & Services Certification, etc. It has become one of the most scaled and reliable test group in Taiwan.
The test results as below:
SIG-19 slip-proof: compression resistance is 68340kgf (68.34 tons)
SIG-25: compression resistance is 89100kgf (89.1 tons) -The most highest compressive resistance in the world!!
SGS
Click here to find the report.
SGS
Click here to find the report.
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2009.9.15 The Glass Road Studs Suppliers
Who accused the tempered glass road studs made by Seih-Ying Co., Ltd. in Taiwan with false content?
In August 2009, the click rate to website of Seih-Ying Co., Ltd. (www.siglite.com.tw) increased dramatically. Except for our buyers from worldwide, the identities and intentions of other visitors were unclear. After notification from net friends about unknown person posting articles to accuse our tempered glass road marking reflectors, we reviewed the content of accusation and found it filled with cheap and false text.
Content of 3W’s (the former 3W Asia Limited and Shanghai Soda Traffic Facility Co., Ltd.) web site with accusation towards the Seih-Ying Co., Ltd. in Taiwan
The content of articles circulating on internet and the content posted on 3W’s web site that abused and accused Seih-Ying Co., Ltd. in Taiwan were quite similar after comparison. When busy blaming the others, 3W seemed to forget that they have more fingers pointing towards themselves.
How did Seih-Ying Co., Ltd. in Taiwan offend 3W?
1. Seih-Ying verified that the compressive strength of 3W's glass road studs could only achieve 3.5 tons:
The oversea client of Seih-Ying imported a batch of sphere glass road studs from Shanghai a while ago and most of the products were broken several months after the installation. In addition to monetary compensation, our client was even prosecuted by the local government with the charge of offenses against public safety. However, the exporter in Shanghai refused to come forward and not even answering the telephone calls. Subsequently, our client sent few glass road studs with the “3W” brand at bottom to us and our laboratory verified that the compressive strength of these road studs only achieved strength of 3.5 tons. The client considered to be fooled by the trading company in Shanghai and is now coordinating with the client’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for preparation of law suit. Since then, 3W started to post articles on their web site to abuse Seih-Ying with unspeakable language of filth.
2. Seih-Ying revoked the patent for Shanghai Soda:
Qie-Yi Chen, the responsible person of Shanghai Soda Traffic Facility Co., Ltd. used the tempered glass road studs produced by Seih-Ying in large bulk since 1991 for applying the Chinese Patent in 2004 and received approval. After that, certain individuals used such patent for reporting to many authorities and threatened to lay charge against Seih-Ying. We were forced to use the Chinese Patent acquired in 1992 (higher patent level) to revoke the new patent applied by Shanghai Soda in 2004 (lower patent level) with record of public announcement. Nonetheless, 3W still refused to admit the patent revocation and lied under public eyes on their web site by claiming “the patent revocation was not true”, where they started the never-ending promotion with low-class text.
3. Certain individual used the name of Seih-Ying Co., Ltd. in Taiwan and submitted the glass road studs of inferior quality to the Inspection Center of Transportation Work under Department of Transportation for testing the compressive strength. The false report was soon published by 3W on their web site:
In China, Seih-Ying only makes submission to the Traffic Engineering Supervision & Testing Center under Ministry of Traffic Transportation. The false report suddenly appeared on 3W’s web site and aimed to attach Seih-Ying (Taiwan). In the concentrated anonymous attacks in August, relevant content was also mentioned. The slandering from 3W has violated the law in China apparently.
4. Unbelievable work of 3W’s false accusation provided by net friends:
If offended, shouldn’t Mr. Qie-Yi Chen from 3W and Ms. Yu-Mei Qiang from Shanghai Soda stand and defend for the reputation of their companies? The furious accusation that intends to divert the focus only reveals their low standard and truth of the matter.
The Seih-Ying Co., Ltd. in Taiwan produces tempered glass road studs of highest compressive strength (60 tons) around the world and provides 5-year guarantee on highways over the world. These commitments are derived under the pressure from followers and imitators worldwide:
It has been 2 decades for Seih-Ying (Taiwan) to produce the tempered glass road studs and as the leading manufacturer in the industry worldwide, it is necessary to tolerate irrational behaviors from followers and imitators. As long as such behaviors do not cross the line, Seih-Ying always keeps one eye closed. Having said the above, the Ton... Glass Technology Co., Ltd. (東X仕玻璃科技) in Shenzhen and 3W in Shanghai are way over the line with their behaviors. Should the mutual certification be approved between China and Taiwan, Seih-Ying will adopt adequate legal action surely.
Seih-Ying Co., Ltd.
www.siglite.com.tw
seih.ying@msa.hinet.net
TEL：+886-3-5984567
Address：No. 68, Kuang Fu N. Rd., Hsin Chu Industrial Park Hsin Chu, 303 Taiwan
Statement
2009.5.6
Concerning a France company that declares Seih-Ying has stopped producing Siglite tempered glass road reflector. Seih-Ying makes a statement as follows:
1. The France company declares publicly that Seih-Ying has out of production, and all the products don’t apply to the standards of EU. However, all of the above doesn’t agree with the real situation.
2. The colored products of the France company were processed by spraying paints on the bottom. For the coloring technology, in fact, was copied from the outdated patent of Seih-Ying. Nevertheless, the bottom of color starts fading away after installing on the road for 6 months.
3. At present, the France company had moved their production line of glass road markers to China but they still declared that their products were made in France. Their relative certificates of CE and EN are applied for their France production line and ought to invalid since the movement.
4. Presently, Seih-Ying is developing the overseas market actively, in addition, the relative certificates and reports of CE and ISO were provided by the famous international certification groups. For this reason, Seih-Ying is still the leading company of glass road markers.
road reflecting marker
World's most suitable road reflecting marker for lane marking of freeway
2008.11.21
Seih-Ying Co., Ltd
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World's most durable road reflecting marker(Glass Road Studs)
2008.8.14
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!
glass road marker
2008.6.11
In connection with the 2nd generation of glass bulged road markers represented by 3W Asia Ltd. (Shanghai), which are declared by the company as its invention with patent under application, the product is actually a plagiarization of Seih-Ying’s old patents with relevant no. shown below:
USA patent no. 5365372 (1994.11.15)
British patent no. 9317255.9 (1994.9.28)
Japanese patent no. Shi-kai-ping 6-85413 (1994.12.6)
The 2nd generation of glass bulged road markers (stainless body) produced by 3W has a bulge height of 30 mm above ground surface and this does not comply with regulation of Section 5.1 “Requirements on dimensions” under JT/T390-1999 (“The height of bulge road marker shall be less than 25 mm” and “The height of general road marker under international code shall be less than 19 mm on highways and 25 mm on normal roads”). The relevant requirements of JT/T390-1999 are quoted as follows:
5.1 Requirements on dimensions
5.1.1 The bulged road markers are normally provided in rectangular, circular or elliptic shapes. All corners of the base that might experience vehicle running shall be round and the height of edge shall be less than 4mm.
5.1.2 For bulged road markers used for lane separators, the length (diameter) l1 of the side facing travelling direction shall be greater than 1mm, less than 150mm and the width of lane separator; the length (diameter) l2 of the side parallel with travelling direction shall be less than 150mm and l1. The height of bulged road markers shall be less than 25mm.
5.1.3 For bulged road markers used for lane edges, the length (diameter) l1 of the side facing travelling direction shall be greater than 100mm, less than 200mm and the width of lane edge; the length (diameter) l2 of the side parallel with travelling direction shall be less than 200mm and l1. The height of bulged road markers shall be less than 25mm.
5.1.4 For bulged road markers used for other marking lines, the width (diameter) shall be less than the width of marking line; the length (diameter) shall be less than the width and the height of bulged road markers shall be less than 25mm.
It is recommend to modify the height to be less than 25 mm, so the product can be used on highways.
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2008.6.11
In connection with patents related to tempered glass road marking reflectors and solar tempered glass road marking reflectors, the Seih-Ying Co., Ltd. from Taiwan has obtained several patents from many countries (including China). The colored glass road marking reflectors and dual-color glass road marking reflectors provided by Holophane from France are produced by painting the bottom of clear glasses, which early patents obtained by Seih-Ying (Chinese patent no. ZL93207894X, USA patent no. 5397617 and Japanese patent no. 2555905). Holophane did not make any product when Seih-Ying obtained above patents. Therefore, it is obvious that Holophane plagiarized Seih-Ying’s products and interference from irrelevant parties is not required. Seih-Ying will start to assign attorneys for thorough investigation on list of companies that plagiarize Seih-Ying’s various patents.
All patent rights under 3W Asia Ltd. (Shanghai) are invalid
We have received the “Decision for application of declaring Patent no. 11150 invalid” (issued on 2008.03.18) by the Patent Re-examination Board of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of the P.R. China. In connection with the patent (no. 200430024651.1) of appearance design applied by 3W Asia Ltd. (Shanghai) under the name of “Glass road marking reflector” in 2004, since it is obviously a plagiary of our new patent, the announcement of “all patent rights under 3W Asia Ltd. (Shanghai) are invalid” was drawn. All our relevant tempered glass road marking reflectors and solar tempered glass road marking reflectors are applied with patents in China and other countries. Please respect the intellectual property right to avoid unnecessary legal violation of infringement.
2008.5.5
The information of test report issued by Inspection Center of Transportation Work under Department of Transportation in Beijing
2008.4.30
Seih-Ying Co., Ltd.
In connection with the test report coded "Jiao-Jian-Jian-Zi (W) [2007] no. 023", which is issued by Inspection Center of Transportation Work under Department of Transportation in Beijing on 18th December 2007, Seih-Ying neither submitted any document, nor authorized any company or person to submit such document. After investigation, it was discovered that certain party made the submission in our name with non-tempered false samples and this had constituted the offense of forgery under Criminal Law. Mr. Chen, the owner of 3W Asia Ltd. in Shanghai obtained this illegal test report immediately and published on the web site for actions of attack and calumniation. In addition to involvement of such calumniation, the part of forgery will be judged by the People’s Court. The Inspection Center of Transportation Work in Beijing has now reserved every evidence for testimony in Court.
solar road stud
The new project of Seih-Ying’s Tempered Glass Solar Siglite A-68 at Taiwan CKS airport
2008.3.19
Recently, the surrounding road of terminal one & two at Taiwan CKS airport had been installed Seih-Ying’s Tempered Glass Solar Siglite A-68 (color white, continuously LED). Because of the good lighting effectiveness and beautiful night vision, all the travelers praise profusely to the great result and photo the project as a souvenir alongside the road.
The newest compression resistance test report of SIGLITE - CTU (58.4T), SGS (57.2T)
2007.12.17
Seih-Ying Co., Ltd.
The newest compression resistance test report of SIGLITE
CTU
Click here to find the report.
SGS
Click here to find the report.
Thank to the Abuse and False Accusation from 3W Asia Limited in Shanghai (China)
2007.11.28
Seih-Ying Co., Ltd.
1. Over recent period, a company called “3W Asia Limited” has continuously abused and vilified Seih-Ying’s product on its website. We at Seih-Ying are surprised about existence of such company in China that has five thousand years of culture; however, the content in such website is not even worth a laugh. Out of our expectation though, some customers that never dealt with us actually linked to our website out of curiosity, after receiving the abusive information from this trading company (i.e. 3W Asia Limited) in Shanghai. After understanding the facts and further testing on our sample of “360°temperred glass road marking reflector”, these customers are convinced that quality of Seih-Ying’s products is far better than the imitation from China. They have started mass purchased after minor installation and test, and they are very satisfied with out products. To address these massive purchase orders that increased suddenly, we had to produce round the clock for fulfilling needs from these new customers. Therefore, we still need to thank the abuse and “advertisement” from 3W Asia Limited in Shanghai. Nevertheless, the old customers that have traded with us for many years do not pay attention to these abuses at all, but they only understand the true value of this company from Shanghai.
2. Mr. Chen, the owner of Seih-Ying is now the director of China Road Federation (CRF). Since the CRF has been established for 42 years, it is an important window of cross-strait contact for relevant unit of road and transportation. Mr. Chen has entertained many high-level leaders that are still in position for official and industrial fields in Chinese transportation. They have inspected Seih-Ying’s product – “360°temperred glass road marking reflector (glass road stud)” on highways and important public roads in Taiwan, and such marking reflectors with 5-10 years of lifetime massively used in Taiwan have given them strong and deep impression. In addition to raise a lawsuit to the Court in China for abuse from this trading company (i.e. 3W Asia Limited), Seih-Ying would also like to ask relevant official leaders in China to understand and keep a eye on the truth and this company.
3. We have received reply from relevant unit of certification in EU, which points out that VOV Certification Company in UK is not an unit approved by EU. Therefore, the CE, EN1463-1 and EN1463-2 that approved this trading company in Shanghai provide no public credit at all. If the customers use these illegal products and they cause problems, these customers will have to bear the legal and compensational liabilities in European countries at their own cost.
4. Once again, we would like to invite 3W Asia Limited to be our agent, because the glass road studs produced by Tai-An-Ying X Company under your agency are all common glasses and not tempered. If these products are used on public roads, there will be problem of legal charge for causing public hazard. For an enterprise to make monetary profit, such enterprise shall carry the social obligation on its shoulders at the same time.
2007.11.28
Congratulations to Mr. Chen, Seih-Ying’s owner is re-elected as the 22nd Director for China Road Federation. In the next two year, he will continue to contribute his strength to relevant units in Taiwan and overseas.
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The most durable glass road studs in the world
2007.11.26
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:
| Subject | Description / Problem | Counter measure |
| Quantity | Minimum order quantity e.g. 5000 pcs | For first contact, ask for few samples from the company and execute trial installation. |
| Sampling | Not available | Request for provision of samples and execute quality test according to the method we provided (please visit our web site for details). |
| Price | Super low price | The super low price is set because its products are not tempered; hence the cost is very low. |
| Test report | Test report is provided | One must check accuracy of the report. At present, we have found the test reports under CE and EN 1463 for one Shanghai company are provided by laboratory that is not approved by EU (i.e. The VOV certification & testing laboratory limited in UK), which do not impose any credibility in all EU countries. When problems occur to these products, it will cause public hazard and vast compensation. |
| Payment | Payment before delivery | You can request for a international inspection company (e.g. SGS) to get samples and execute the quality test (SGS can provide compressive test and impact test). If the inspection result fails, the delivery can be refused. |
How to distinguish between good and bad 360°temperred glass road marking reflector?
Please consider the table below:
| Subject | Test method | SIGLITE (Tiger eye) | Glass marking reflector of other brand |
| Compression test | The force shall exceed 30 tons (according to test method of CNS13762) | Over 35 tons in average | The glass marking reflector from China breaks at approximately 3 tons |
| Impact test with steel ball | When dropping steel ball of 1.04kg from height of 1.5 m to impact the center of marking reflector, there must be zero damage on the surface. | There is zero damage on the surface. | The product breaks into several glass blocks with sharp angles, which may penetrate tire easily and cause driving hazards. |
| Temperature test | When placing the marking reflector into electric furnace of 500℃ and leave it there for 3 minutes, there must not be any burning or change of color on the reflection film or protection layer at bottom. | The SIGLITE (Tiger eye) has its own body original color and the thickness of reflection layer is 50-100 times of vacuum film, which does not show any error after heating. | Pigment is plated onto the bottom by means of baking coat, thus the durability is low, which normally losses the reflection on road surface after + 6 months. The reflection layer is an vacuum plating that is very thin, which can be scratched off easily with a tool of greater hardness. |
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.
Response for XW-Shanghai questioning Seih-Ying's tempered glass road marking reflector with “Specification of flat glass tempering technology”
2007.11.1
Seih-Ying Co., Ltd.
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.
2007.8.7 The Comparison of Glass Road Stud
| Seih-Ying Co.,Ltd | XW Asia Limited | |
| Company type | Professional glass manufacturer | Trading company (miscellaneous traffic equipments) |
| Factory | Located at No. No. 68, Kuang Fu N. Rd., Hsin Chu Industrial Park, Hsin Chu, 303 Taiwan, R.O.C. | Source of supply for glass road markers comes from Yingbiao (英鏢) Company in Sandong and factory photo shown on its web site is integrated from computer graphics, which is why XW dares not to publish the address of its glass factory. On the web site of Yingbiao (英鏢) Company in Sandong, Mr. Chen, the responsible person for 3W Asia Limited, has left messages as a distributor; therefore, it is an undebatable fact that XW Asia Limited is merely a trading company. |
| Time of establishment | 1990 till now(TAIWAN) | 1997 –XW Shanghai Transportation Equipment Limited 2006 – Converted to “XW Asia Limited” (registered in Hong Kong?) |
| Relevant patent for glass road markers | Acquisition of patents for invention, new style and new models of various glass road markers and solar glass road markers from USA, UK, Germany, Japan, China and South Korea since 1993.The patents for invention of latest tempered glass road markers are under successive publications. | The patent for new model of glass markers in China and published in June 2004 is an imitation to Seih-Ying’s 1993 patent for new models. The patent is under cancellation (please wait patiently). |
| Compressive strength of glass road markers | Fully tempered glass (automatic production) with compressive strength of approximately 40 tons, which is 95 tons for stainless steel tempered glass road markers (the abovementioned products fall under Seihying’s patents, as long as XW publishes its case no., Seihying will raise the patent cancellation at any time) | Non-tempered glass (manual) with compressive strength within 4 tons (which is only 1/10 strength of Seihying’s product and hence induces the greatest difference between Seihying and XW). For stainless steel tempered glass road markers, XW claims to reach 20 tons. |
| Impact strength of glass road marker (free fall of 1 kg steel ball from height of 1.5 m impacting center of road marker) | No crack on the surface. (If the glass is cracked under compression of 50 tons, 1~3mm of small glass particles will form. The particles are smaller than the broken particles of tempered flat glass, which is Seihying’s exclusive technology worldwide.) |
The glass road marker cracks into broken glasses of size 4~5 cm approximately. The large chunks of glass prove the XW’s glass road markers are made of normal glass and receive no tempering treatment. This makes its products inadequate for application on roads, otherwise, there will be criminal liability of causing public hazard. (After breakage, truly tempered glass forms 3~5 mm of small particles). In fact, XW has cheated on the use of material and purchases non-tempered glasses from others, thus its cost is low. |
| Durability | The thickness of metal reflection coating is 50~100 times greater than vacuum coating and has achieved many engineering records with 15 years of durability. | The cost of traditional vacuum coating is low but it has been proved in Europe that color of such product starts to fade after half a year(products that only last half a year can only cheat people once even if they are very cheap). |
| Market share in Taiwan | Greater than 80% | Claimed by XW itself as 85% (According to investigation, the XW products cannot even pass strict standards in Taiwan and the application of such product has never been seen on Taiwanese roads. The record is obviously false). |
The simple comparisons shown above are provided for convenience of all companies in the same trade to verify and test. We would also like to ask responsible person or technical personnel of Yingbiao (英鏢) Company in Sandong to come forward and clarify accordingly. If careless statements from a trading company with only few personnel keep publishing, 3W will only leads itself to worse position.
An Open Letter as Response to XW-Shanghai (XW Asia Limited)
2007.8.2
Seih-Ying Co., Ltd.
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.
2007.8.1
An open letter to leaders of transportation safety equipment industries in China
2007.6.12
Seih-Ying Co., Ltd.
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.