Tire repair products comprise only a very small segment of the tire market, with worldwide production value amounting also only to a fraction of the total output of road tires in a year. The different packaging of the item is designed purposely to supply the demand of each region based on its local road condition. For instance, some designated packaging may be distributed to Africa, Middle East, and South America wherein the road and bridge pavements are poorly constructed and managed. Moreover, some packaging of large quantity is considerably fit to some markets of Asian continents. In advanced nations, such as Europe, North America, and Japan, where the demand is mostly focused on tire repair kits for the DIY market.
One of the leading suppliers to the world market is Ying Paio Enterprise Co., Ltd. of Taiwan, which is behind such well-known brands as Thumbs Up, Diamond, and Number One. Its range of products includes cold patch repair kits, rubber solution and cement, bicycle tire repair kits, glueless patch, tire tubeless repair kits, tire seal strips, tire and tube repair tools, tire valves, valve tubing, tire gauges, and hot patches. All products turned out in its Taiwan factory are exported to nearly every market across the globe.
Thumbs Up brand had been dominating the sector for over 30 years, with 90% of the company's products sold under this name. Despite the fact that the market is now filled with the counterfeit THUMBS UP brands, and the price is much cheaper than the original brand, YING PAIO ENTERPRISE firmly believes that once the consumers (customers) tried the copied brands, they would never fall again for those imitative items which guarantee nothing but low quality only.
In May of 2002, the company had introduced its products in a new packaging designed under a new brand name ''YP YING PAIO'', which receives positive responses from the market. It also intends to strengthen its relationships with European and North American overseas contacts to expand its OEM and ODM business. Currently, a number of leading hypermarkets, convenience stores, auto supply shops, and bicycle stores place their orders with the company on an ODM basis.
To offer more competitively priced products with the same old high product quality, it has established a bigger manufacturing facility in mainland China. Its presence across the Taiwan Strait actually serves another purpose, and that is to grab a slice of the huge market sprawling with bicycles, cars, and trucks. The company firmly believes that by leveling the playing field its finer finish cold patches and more reliable tire repair kits can outshine all other existing products not only there but everywhere.
