Koso, a synonym for quality and performance. With more than 35 years of experience designing and manufacturing high quality products, Koso has become well known across the powersports and OEM industries for its good reputation for reliability, innovation and capability. Whether we are manufacturing a product under private label, OEM or aftermarket products quality always remains our top priority. Innovation and creating new technologies are the keys to Koso’s philosophy and drives us to continue pushing the limit further.
For several years now, Koso has had the opportunity to work with and outstanding team of engineers. Along with our state of the art testing equipment and production facilities, Koso has remained a leader in analog and digital technology. Koso produces a wide range of quality gauges/meters, heated equipment, LED indicators taillights and headlights as well as mirrors and engine parts. Koso is proud to offer a complete line of quality products for serious riders.
The reason KOSO came to the world was that an independent brand for research and development was deemed essential for marketing in the future, so Company registered KOSO as Company trademark in 1989. KOSO comes from two Japanese words -“idea” and “high speed”; “idea” here means creativity, and “high speed” means high performance - combining these two words means that Company hope company can use creativity to create high-performance products! KOSO wishes to establish quality, techniques, and service on the basis of integrity and trust – these represent the spirit of KOSO. Company persist in keeping this attitude of not only producing high- quality products, but also pursuing the innovation of products and improvement of quality.
KOSO look forward to bringing outstanding products to everyone. To pursue perfect design and quality in Company products is Company goal, so KOSO continually enhances Company technology to spur ourselves forward because Company strongly believe that brand image and product quality are equal to each other. Therefore, Company company requires a very strict development and production process, and quality control of products. When Company step onto the world stage, Company expect to reach the target of high quality at the same time.
KOSO will continue to develop more humane and innovative products in the future, and Company promise to become the next number one in the world from Taiwan, another glory of Taiwan, and the pride of the Taiwanese.
1981
In 1981, hyper-fast economic growth in Taiwan had just begun, and the motorcycle market in Taiwan was expanding with the growth of the economy. KOSO was established on March 1st, 1981, and company raised funds of NT$2 million dollars as “Zhen Ya Co.” to engage in the wholesale trading of motorcycle parts and the selling of motorcycle handle switches. KOSO did marketing in every city and town in Taiwan to open up the domestic market, which created a good foundation for future development. After three years of very hard work the motorcycle market began to grow and so did competition, which became very intense. Price competition became the only way to get business, but the resulting decreasing prices created a no-profit situation. In addition, three major domestic car manufacturers set up their own motorcycle parts repair chain, and the result was that too many similar kinds of products, and the price was also affected.
In order to avoid the vicious market competition that would cause company product prices to decline and end any hope of reasonable profit, general manager “Wu Shih Hsiung” thought very hard on how to escape this unhealthy situation. He came up with an idea, which was to develop products through innovation; this could eliminate the price competition and open up the market. “As long as the product is the only unique one on the market, company can retain competitive advantage and maintain a reasonable profit.
1989
Company name changed to Tong Yah Electronic Technology Started to build meters and use of electronic production line.
2000
ISO 9002 quality system certified.
2005
Creation of Koso North America branch office.
2006
TS-16949 quality system certified
2008
Creation of Koso Europe branch office
2014
Registered D&B D-U-N-S
2017
Separation of electronic factory and Mechanical factory
2018
Upgrade TS 16949 certification to IATF 16949 certification