San Fu Chemical Co., Ltd.
was founded in 1952 as a food processing plant. In 1987
San Fu and Air Products & Chemicals Inc. of USA became
a joint venture, which coincided with the dawning of the
Electronics Age for Taiwanese industries. Its revenues
shot up multifold, going from NT$ 700 to 800 million per
annum before the 1990s to some NT$10 billion per annum
in the 1990's. But as such, San Fu's original food processing
business became somewhat neglected. In 2003, the management
staff at San Fu decided to place renewed emphasis on food
processing again, and thus spun off its gas business which
became San Fu Gas Company Ltd. This allows San Fu Chemical
to focus on food processing as its primary business, with
renewed emphasis on developing related technologies.
With a background in chemistry and chemical
industrial applications, Dr. C. H. Chang came upon the
opportunity to serve as the Special Adviser to the Chairman
of San Fu. Dr. Chang went to the US for advanced studies
in 1963, and had lived there for over 40 years. The professional
papers published by Dr. Chang number in the 60's. He has
also received 38 patent awards. Though retired, he is
in every sense an accomplished technological talent. Since
he obtained US citizenship status, initially he had no
plan to return to Taiwan. But when the senior management
staff at San Fu discovered Dr. Chang's accomplishments
during the planning phase for the company's patent acquisition
roadmap, the management staff at San Fu just had to have
Dr. Chang onboard. After repeated invitations from San
Fu, and in light of the fact that San Fu is located in
his hometown (Shanhua Township, Tainan County), Dr. Chang
finally gave in and made the journey back to Taiwan to
once again apply the wealth of his experiences and knowledge
in his area of specialty. ....

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