Showcases Innovation at Automechanika

Videoscope Specialist
M.I.T Corp. (Mitcorp) is the most specialized maker of videoscopes in Taiwan. At this year’s show, the firm won intensive attention from global visitors for its highly innovative products.

Certified by the major international automobile brands such as Audi, Skoda, Volvo and Volkswagen, Mitcorp’s videoscopes embody a new approach to non-destructive inspection. The firm’s general manger Snow Zhan believes that videoscopes should be more widely accessible, challenging the view that reliable and accurate inspection products are the domain of companies with deep pockets. “We believe that the best technology should be available to our customers for practical, everyday business needs,” Zhan stresses. Since its establishment in 2003, Mitcorp has been driven by a passion for innovation. The company has accumulated over 170 patents since it was spun off from the Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST) under Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense. It also maintains a strong R&D team recruited from the institute. With a strong focus on end users, a highly agile approach to business, and a reputation for the very highest levels of quality and dependability amongst its key distributors, Mitcorp is poised to become a leading name in next-generation non-destructive inspection solutions. “Under the slogan ‘Inspection Redefined,’ our company is pioneering new ground in the videoscope industry,” Zhan says. “We are the most innovative company in this field worldwide. We also have had 170 global patents, trailing only Olympus of Japan among counterparts in Asia.” In addition to the global auto market, Mitcorp has been making headway in selling its high-end but affordable videoscopes to airline companies in Taiwan and Japan for fleet inspection. Mitcorp’s videoscope products have many advantages unmatched by its counterparts, even at the priciest levels, Zhan says. These include super-clear image quality, such as the company’s super-mini 3.9mm-diameter probe with miniature camera; a 4.9mm probe with two cameras (front and side); and a probe with size-measurement functions. “The core value of Mitcorp is to find customers’ problems and needs and solve them, rather than follow the established ways of existing big brands,” Zhan claims. Currently, Mitcorp employs about 60-70 people at its headquarters in Guishan, northern Taiwan. Over half of its staff are engaged in R&D staff, helping Mitcorp pump out seven to 10 new products per year. One of the latest R&D coups made by the company is the patented “hyperion” technology. This technology enables probes to capture super-clear images in totally dark environments. That, according to Tsai, is only one of a big group of Mitcorp’s strong abilities in hardware/software integration. Thanks to their high stability and durability, Mitcorp’s quality videoscopes are widely adopted by professional users for demanding industrial, construction, rescue, and national defense applications. The company sells its products worldwide, about 60% on an ODM basis and 40% on an OBM basis.