About TAAT
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Association History
Founded on January 12, 1976, the Association involved 18 participating companies from the industry. Bin-Yan Yang took on the duty as the first Chairman of Directors. For many years, the Association prospers and starts to function gradually under the collaborative management of past Directors and members’ cooperation. In 2010, the number of members reached 37 companies. In addition to that, there are over 25 small scale factory equipped with gluing machines that hadn’t joined the Association. The Association is proactively reaching out to these companies, inviting them to join membership, and expanding the scale of the Association. Although the factories of the member companies are in various sizes, all of them have been operating steadily and maintaining good growth every year. In the past, most business growth in the tape industry went smoothly, with an average annual growth rate of 30% before the first oil crisis, about 20% between the first and second oil crisis. The growth rate hardly remains in the double digits in the following years. However, in the three years starting from 1987, due to the unprecedented economic transformation in Taiwan, the industry experienced shocks as listed below.
- After Taiwan’s accession to the WTO, the customs import tariffs dropped drastically. Adding to that, successive openings to finished tape products were granted. The large number of imported finished tape products lead to more and more aggressive competitions in the domestic market as time passed.
- The rising cost of land and environmental protection has made it difficult for domestic investment and has led to overseas investment, which has indirectly affected the growth of the domestic market.
- With the economic downturn, the domestic industry has moved out of Taiwan and the proportion of tape exported has exceeded 80%, causing the domestic demand of the tape market to shrink significantly.
- The mainland market rises and rules the adhesive market with mass production and low prices, impacting the industry’s ability to compete profitably.
- Countries gradually adopt overall planning, making the price and quantity competition tough for small-scale enterprises.
- Issues such as global warming, energy depletion, environmental protection become more and more urgent day by day. The demand in eco-friendly and energy efficient materials increased. At the same time, the regulations regarding pollution prevention and control are becoming more stringent.
The tape production capacity in Taiwan is still dominated by OPP and SPVC. In 2015, the total product of OPP was about 2.2 billion square meters and the total product of SPVC was about 330 million square meters, both of which have a high reputation globally. Tapes for the electronics industry, label paper, double-sided tapes have also developed rapidly in recent years, and the export sales is increasing at full tilt.
Future Outlook
Taiwan lacks resources, some companies might not be able to form partnerships with suppliers for reasonable customs import tariffs of raw materials. It is not easy to import raw materials, process, and then export. The top exports of the adhesive market are the OPP and SPVC tapes. Sales growth is achieved because of the reasonable support from the suppliers upstream. But in long terms, the destructive competition jeopardizes companies’ profit. With the additional competition from the mainland market over the last few years, market operation has become more and more severe.
Although special tape products have considerably great potential, the domestic market is small and difficult to understand. Most companies that have developed products in the special tape category still fail to reach a profitable scale. In particular, they are confronted with the 6 economic shocks mentioned earlier.
In recent years, there is an increase in environmental protection awareness. Green technology, carbon offset, and energy conservation deep-rooted into various industries including the electronics, automotive, construction, daily necessities industries, etc. Almost all identifiable industries are involved. Local governments and some non-local organizations have also set international environmental standards (including WEEE / RoHS / REACH regulations in the EU and the US, EuP / EPEAT / EU Flower and other environmental performance certification, etc.). Therefore, manufacturers in the supply chain of industrial products must also comply with the corresponding regulations.
The directions for tape industry development in the future should be:
- Internationalization, proximity to the market.
- Improve market-driven research and development.
- Automation and cost reduction.
- Focus on market information and management to achieve greater sales.
- Technology differentiation in the industry.
- Emphasize on research and development to improve the added value of products. By increasing the product value, shift the focus from production capacity to the value of the product.
History
| 2022 |
| Present |
| 2022 |
| The Association promoted the establishment of a foreign language version of the “Product-Category Rules for Environmental Product Declaration for carbon footprint of Adhesive Tapes” |
| “Global Tape Forum” and “Global Test Methods Committee Meeting” took place in Asia for the first time, the Association was entrusted to host the meeting |
| 2011 |
| In response to the trend of environmental protection, the Association promoted the formulation of a domestic version of the “Product-Category Rules for carbon footprint of Adhesive Tapes” |
| 2008 |
| Under Chairman Zeng’s planning and preparation, the Association held the first course on “Fundamentals of Adhesive Tapes” for talent training |
| 2004 |
| Taiwan Hopax Chemicals, Koan Hao Technology got listed on the Emerging Stock Board successively |
| 2003 |
| Mr. Yu-Ji Zeng was elected as the 10th Chairman of the Directors |
| 2002 |
| With the subsidies from the Bureau of Foreign Trade, the Association jointly participated in the “Singapore CMM Exposition” and “China International Packaging Products & Materials Exposition” with member companies to promote adhesive tape brands and expand into the international trade market. |
| 2001 |
| The Association teamed up a delegation and visited the 6th CMM Exposition in Japan and visited Sekisui Chemical Company in Japan for a study tour |
| Chairman Chao was invited to attend the 40th anniversary of Japan Adhesive Tap Manufacturers Association and delivered a speech under the topic of adhesive tapes |
| With assistance from the Material and Chemical Research Laboratories, we set up a specialized website for the TAAT |
| YC Group got listed on the General Stock Board as a type 2 company. |
| 1999 |
| Under the guidance of the Industrial Development Bureau, the Association joined hands with 10 member factories to develop high quality foam tapes in order to improve and enhance the competitiveness of the tape industry. |
| 1998 |
| Through great efforts of the Association, the tape industry was transferred from the Fourth Division of Industrial Development Bureau, which is mainly in charge of daily necessities, to the Third Division, which is mainly in charge of the chemical industry. The tape industry is now rightfully part of the chemical industry. |
| Technology transfer of the project was completed, member factories started mass producing high quality PE protective tapes that are internationally competitive |
| 1997 |
| Asia Inc. extended their SPVC tape production capacity and becomes the largest SPVC tapes manufacturer in Taiwan. |
| Under guidance of the Industrial Development Bureau, the Association worked together with its member factories and planned to improve the technology of PE protective tapes and enhance the international competitiveness of our tape industry within one year. |
| 1996 |
| The 20th anniversary of the Association is celebrated, a good number of events were held |
| The Association teamed up a delegation, travelled to Venice, and participated in the international conference. Chairman Gao was invited to deliver a speech on the topic. |
| Visited several advanced factories in Europe after the conference |
| 1995 |
| The Association invited “Kan. Tenero Paper” to hold a seminar on the topic of “Development and trend of special white clay coated silicone base paper” |
| Seminar on “Latest Coating Technology” was held with National Tsing Hua University |
| 1994 |
| Mr. Cheng-Kang Kao took office the 7th Chairman, Taiwan Nitto Corporation passed the I.S.O.9002 certification |
| Industrial Development Bureau officially published the first volume of survey research report on this specific industry. The content was informative and well-received. |
| The Association teamed up a delegation and visited the 4th CMM Exposition in Japan and visited the well-known Japanese factory, Hirano Factory |
| 1993 |
| KK Enterprise, Achem Technology Corporation, Four Pillars Enterprise received I.S.O.9002 international certificates for their factories in Singapore successively |
| Promoted the establishment of an Computer Information Action Plan (CIA) with the guidance from the Industrial Development Bureau |
| 1992 |
| The Association joined hands with 6 companies from the industry and exhibited in the 3rd CMM Exposition in Japan |
| 72 people from the industry visited and studied the Nitto Denko Toyohashi Office in Japan, making the first move in the information exchange between industries of the two countries |
| Promoted the Five-year Technology Upgrade Plan with guidance from the Industrial Development Bureau |
| 1991 |
| The companies in the industry teamed up a delegation and visited Vietnam |
| 1990 |
| The Association teamed up a delegation and visited the 2rd CMM Exposition in Japan for the first time |
| 1989 |
| The Association sent out text messages to members and internal persons every other month, with technical information attached to the message |
| Four Pillars Enterprise received the JIS Mark certification |
| 1988 |
| The Association published its first brochure (1988), which has been revised every three years ever since |
| Mr. Ji-Rong Zhao was elected as the 5th Chairman of the Board of Directors, and has provided outstanding leadership and achievements during his two terms of service. |
| 1987 |
| The Association began hosting large scale annual technical seminars |
| 1986 |
| Following Chairman Shi-Yan Wang’s plan, the Association relocated to Taipei World Trade Center and set up a product showroom |
| 1984 |
| Four Pillars Enterprise opened the factory gates of their Hsinchu factory and allowed companies from the industry to visit and study their production facilities |
| 1983 |
| Four Pillars Enterprise manufactured tapes for electronics industrial use, such as polyester film tapes, protective tapes, etc. |
| 1976 |
| As a result of Mr. De-Cheng Xu’s work on planning and organizing, it took half a year to establish the Association of Adhesive Tape Manufacturers, coordinating companies in the industry, and entrusting Mr. Bin-Yan Yang as the first Chairman. |
| 1973 |
| 高冠企業成立，設廠生產商標類膠帶 |
| 1972 |
| 四維企業之 PVC 膠帶獲美國 UL 標誌 |
| 1971 |
| 地球綜合工業申請 SPVC 免刀膠帶專利，引起一連串官司糾紛 |
| 1970 |
| 亞洲化學之 PVC 或 C.S.A 加拿大國家標準 |
| 日本日東電工投資設廠，生產 PVC 膠帶 |
| 1969 |
| 3M 成立子公司，銷售各類膠帶 |
| 1968 |
| 日本菊水膠帶投資設廠製造牛皮紙、和紙膠帶 |
| 四維企業開始生產商標紙 |
| 1964 |
| 富大理化工業股份有限公司創立，生產合板膠帶 |
| 1963 |
| 台豐工業股份有限公司創立，生產牛皮紙膠帶 |
| 1962 |
| 亞洲化學開始生產 PVC 膠帶 |
| 中一綜合膠帶股份有限公司創立，生產合板膠帶 |
| 1954 |
| 偉美化工開始生產玻璃紙膠帶 |
．Internationalization, approaching the market.
．Boosting research and development, market-oriented.
．Automation, cost reduction.
．Focusing on market information and management to create better sales performance.
．Technology segmentation in the same industry.
．Valuing research and development, increasing the added value of the products, and
changing from a capacity-oriented to a value-oriented mindset through value enhancement.
