About Solas®
founded in 1985 by Dr. Solas Y. J. Lin
SOLAS® is one of the most well known and trusted names in outboard and stern drive propellers!
Our success is largely due to superior design and craftsmanship from team SOLAS®.
SOLAS® combines world class reseach and design, highly skilled workers, cost-effective material sourcing, and a technologically advanced manufacturing facility to deliver the highest quality of products to its customers.
SOLAS® is the World-wide Leader
research and development
SOLAS® possesses an outstanding R&D team.
Each member is willing to accept challenges, to break through barriers, and to strive for improvement on existing technologies. Because of our outstanding R&D team, SOLAS® not only stands at the top of the world propeller industry, but also possesses a diverse R&D strategy.
SOLAS® frequently conducts academic and industrial cooperative development projects with leading research institutions and have established a new, comprehensive R&D division for that purpose.
SOLAS®'s R&D teams combine propeller theory, quantitative data analysis, and realistic Field Testing technologies to design world class watercraft propellers. With superior CAD, CAM and CAE capabilities, SOLAS® now can manufacture products that completely satisfy every customer requirement.
These outstanding R&D and production technologies are the basis on which SOLAS® has become the most well known brand in the industry.
CONTROLLING EVERY ASPECT OF QUALITY
SOLAS® aluminum alloy propellers surpass regular stainless steel propellers in terms of thinness, corrosion resistance, and quality.
SOLAS® has become the world's leading brand of stainless steel and aluminum propellers. Numerous tests conducted by major media authorities have proven that SOLAS® propellers stand up to collisions better than the competitors', and that long-term durability studies have shown that SOLAS® propellers' resistance against rust and corrosion outperforms all the others in their class.
We have been always instilling a high level of quality consciousness in all of our employees, and each employee helps ensure the quality of our products. This not only helps reduce personnel costs, but more directly improves progress and reduces inventory space through on-site raw material inspection. Inspections are carried out in the most meticulous manner, from material receiving through processing to finished product shipment. SOLAS® has also installed analysis equipments to assist the inspection and testing process, including composition tester, hardness tester, CMM systems, salt spray testing machine, rubber torque tester, and dynamic balance machine.We combine these standard quality inspection procedures with data analysis to improve product design and production processes, therefore increasing customer satisfaction.
In 1994, SOLAS® was granted ISO-9002 certification from BSI, the UK certification authority. In May of 2003, SOLAS® was awarded ISO-9001 certification (2000AD version). These quality certifications serve as further evidence of our commitment to continuous quality improvements and service.
