Top 2000 Survey

Taiwan’s Top 50 Performers: IC Design Leads the Pack Thanks to China’s 5G Potential

The most eye-catching category in this year’s Top 50 Performers survey is none other than “IC Design”. Beset on both sides by the trade war and the COVID-19 pandemic, how was this bunch of IC Design companies able to beat the odds and continue to shine throughout the year?

Taiwan Top 2000

Taiwan Top 50 Business Groups: 20 Years Later, Who’s In and Who’s Out?

CommonWealth Magazine has released its first survey of Taiwan’s biggest business groups since 2000. The changing face of the Top 50 rankings over the past two decades mirrors Taiwan’s rapidly evolving economic landscape, with some man-made disasters thrown in.

TSMC Fab in US Part of Second Wave of the Trade War: Industry Insiders

In a stunning departure from its customary cautious approach, Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) hurriedly issued an announcement confirming its intention to establish a wafer manufacturing facility in the United States. The U.S. Commerce Department quickly followed the announcement with a new rule aimed at hurting Huawei. Does this series of moves herald a coming second wave in the U.S.-China trade war?

The Head of Taiwan’s Most Diversified Conglomerate

How Douglas Hsu Commands 10 Business Divisions and 200 Companies

The Far Eastern Group is Taiwan’s most diversified conglomerate, with 10 major business divisions and over 200 companies all under the direction of Chairman Douglas Hsu. While the last 20 years has seen many others rise and fall, Far Eastern has continued to grow, guided by CEO Hsu’s management approach of “stability.”

How a Flour Mill from Tainan Became the World's 12th Largest Food Conglomerate

Within half a century, Uni-President Enterprises Corporation, which started out as a humble flour factory in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan, grew into the world’s 12th largest food conglomerate. Many of its subsidiaries are the largest companies in their respective sectors in Taiwan, if not in Asia. The conglomerate’s business covers entire supply chains in a wide range of industries. How did Uni-President brands come to dominate the lives of Taiwanese consumers, beating transnational food giants such as the U.S.-based Kellogg Co. and Japan’s Meiji Holdings Co. Ltd.?