Founded in 1993, Approach Technology (APPROACH) is renowned for its professional product development, design, and innovation capabilities, establishing itself as one of the major suppliers of automatic power cut-off switches. The company's products are widely applicable in electronic products such as starter motors, power supplies, transformers, instrumentation equipment, sockets, extension cords (surge protectors), and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. Essentially, they are suitable for all electronic products requiring automatic power cut-off protection functions. The company has earned high recognition and reputation in business marketing and customer service.
The SS-001 two-in-one automatic power-off switch is an innovative and revolutionary product that integrates the functions of a traditional switch and an automatic power cut-off device into one unit. This product holds patents in the United States, Taiwan, Mainland China, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Germany, and the United Kingdom, and complies with multiple safety standards including UL/TUV/VDE/CNS/CSA/NSF/RoHS. Due to its competitive pricing and rapid delivery, the SS-001 is our company's best-selling product globally, consistently achieving outstanding sales figures.
To enhance international competitiveness and provide customers with faster delivery services, APPROACH has established production facilities in the Shenzhen Industrial Park, Guangdong Province, China. These include an export-oriented factory, Zhongpo Electric (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., and a domestic sales factory, Shenzhen Yamate Industrial Co., Ltd. The factories employ approximately 600 well-trained staff and occupy a floor area exceeding 20,000 square meters. They primarily manufacture circuit breakers, two-in-one automatic power-off switches, sliding switches, and push-button switches. The industrial park also houses self-funded plastic injection molding and mold factories, offering customers a variety of options for different colors and styles of switch bodies, switch covers, and connection terminals. To ensure product quality, the mainland factories strictly adhere to the ISO-9001 quality management standards. Through years of collective efforts by all employees, the company's products have successfully obtained multiple international patents and product safety certifications, and have also passed the SGS ISO-9001 quality certification. Additionally, the R&D department at the Taipei headquarters boasts a team of professional engineers and equipment that complies with UL20/UL1077 standards, enabling rapid sample production based on customer requirements and providing comprehensive solutions for customers' OEM/ODM projects.
Over the years, APPROACH has been committed to the research and innovation of shape memory alloy sheets for switches, continuously investing resources in the development and design of new products as well as the improvement of production technologies, with the aim of providing safer, smarter, high-quality, and low-cost two-in-one switches, enabling customers to achieve optimal profits and competitiveness in the market.
In 2023, it was wholly acquired by Dongguan Lituo Electronics Co., Ltd. and relocated to Shijie Town, Dongguan, including personnel, technology, and equipment. It will continue to leverage technological synergies in the field of electrical safety and strengthen its capabilities in research, development, and manufacturing of overload protection switches. It will focus on the niche market of overload protection switches, increase R&D investment and technological innovation, respond to the new national standard's requirement for mandatory installation of overload protection devices in sockets with four or more holes, and enhance product safety performance and market competitiveness.