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MASTER ENTREPRENEUR CATEGORY

YAO-HSING HUANG
CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT


Taiwan Fertilizer Co., Ltd.
www.taifer.com.tw


Information about the Entrepreneur
Yao-Hsing Huang is the current Chairman and President of Taiwan Fertilizer Co., Ltd. (TFC). He has served the company for 20 years in various positions including the Director of Corporate Affairs, Director of Hsinchu and Miaoli factories, Director of Sales, Assistant Deputy General Manager, Deputy General Manager, and Director of the Taichung factory, etc. His commitment to Taiwan’s fertilizer chemical industry earned him his Chairman title in 2020.

Other Interesting Facts about Entrepreneur
Born in Chiayi, Taiwan in 1963, Yao-Hsing Huang moved to Kaohsiung with his father when he was four years old. His passion for chemical engineering began during his internship in a plastic injection molding factory. He graduated with a Master of Chemical Engineering from the National Tsing Hua University and a Doctorate of Materials from the National Sun Yat-Sen University.

Under Yao-Hsing Huang’s leadership, TFC continued to make steady profits despite facing various challenges as a result of the pandemic in 2021. In 2021, the company’s core business of fertilizer chemicals not only bore the rising costs of fertilizer raw materials but also cooperated with the government’s policy of fertilizer price stability. However, the company continued to earn steady profits. In terms of TFC’s real estate business, the activation of its assets continued, laying the foundation for sustainable income. These achievements demonstrated that TFC was capable of making continuous profits and embracing a fruitful year even amidst the pandemic.

Currently, TFC continues to actively develop niche electronic grade chemicals, improve product quality and increase sales. Meanwhile, in response to the government’s promotion of a circular economy, a green circular economy park will plan to be established in TFC’s Miaoli Factory, aiming at the recycling and reuse of agricultural biotechnology products and e-grade chemicals to fulfill the company’s mission of implementing resource sustainability as a corporate citizen. It is also hoped that industrial transformation can be further promoted for an innovative profit model.
Moreover, TFC provides various value-added services. The company directly supplied fertilizers to the farmer associations in towns and districts in May 2020 and simplified the fertilizer purchase process with the establishment of the “TFC Fertilizer Ordering Platform” to shorten the distribution process and improve supply efficiency. In addition, to meet the needs of farmers and cooperate with the policy, TFC continues the fertilizer storage operations and integrates its own warehouses while setting up fertilizer supply centers so that fertilizer supply has become smoother and more convenient than before. TFC also provides farmers with more options for fertilizer purchase and provides domestic farmers with smaller fertilizer packaging and bore the increased costs of packaging to take care of elderly farmers.

With Yao-Hsing Huang’s guidance, TFC actively implements the revitalization of land assets to lay the foundation of sustainable income with the occupancy rate of the commercial office building in Hsinchu almost reaching 100%. TFC also won the 2020 Excellent Intelligent Building. Additionally, projects of overall land planning of Hsinchu Plant, Nangang C2 Hotel development project, and C4 commercial office development project are all being actively promoted. In addition to the increase in stable rents, regional development can be boosted and the asset value can be increased through development projects.

Yao-Hsing Huang has also led TFC to integrate four production plants into the Taichung main factory to incorporate and promote production capacity, reduce energy consumption, and integrate a product cost-saving strategy to improve company efficiency and competitiveness. Moreover, the company establishes and implemented a product export policy to Southeast Asia including Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, China, and Japan. Since 2016, export sales have been increasing and benefiting to adjust and level the domestic seasonality demand. Furthermore, TFC has developed a controlled-release compound fertilize to reduce labor requirements, carbon emission, and rationalization fertilization.

Vision, Mission, & Future Plans
Yao-Hsing Huang’s vision for TFC includes creating sustainable agriculture and a circular economy, providing high-quality and stable fertilizer products, and becoming a trusted partner for farmers. He also aims to lead the company to delve into the fields of energy conservation and environmental protection.

MASTER ENTREPRENEUR CATEGORY

YAO-HSING HUANG
CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT

Information about the Entrepreneur
Yao-Hsing Huang is the current Chairman and President of Taiwan Fertilizer Co., Ltd. (TFC). He has served the company for 20 years in various positions including the Director of Corporate Affairs, Director of Hsinchu and Miaoli factories, Director of Sales, Assistant Deputy General Manager, Deputy General Manager, and Director of the Taichung factory, etc. His commitment to Taiwan’s fertilizer chemical industry earned him his Chairman title in 2020.

Other Interesting Facts about Entrepreneur
Born in Chiayi, Taiwan in 1963, Yao-Hsing Huang moved to Kaohsiung with his father when he was four years old. His passion for chemical engineering began during his internship in a plastic injection molding factory. He graduated with a Master of Chemical Engineering from the National Tsing Hua University and a Doctorate of Materials from the National Sun Yat-Sen University.

Under Yao-Hsing Huang’s leadership, TFC continued to make steady profits despite facing various challenges as a result of the pandemic in 2021. In 2021, the company’s core business of fertilizer chemicals not only bore the rising costs of fertilizer raw materials but also cooperated with the government’s policy of fertilizer price stability. However, the company continued to earn steady profits. In terms of TFC’s real estate business, the activation of its assets continued, laying the foundation for sustainable income. These achievements demonstrated that TFC was capable of making continuous profits and embracing a fruitful year even amidst the pandemic.

Currently, TFC continues to actively develop niche electronic grade chemicals, improve product quality and increase sales. Meanwhile, in response to the government’s promotion of a circular economy, a green circular economy park will plan to be established in TFC’s Miaoli Factory, aiming at the recycling and reuse of agricultural biotechnology products and e-grade chemicals to fulfill the company’s mission of implementing resource sustainability as a corporate citizen. It is also hoped that industrial transformation can be further promoted for an innovative profit model.

Taiwan Fertilizer Co., Ltd.
www.taifer.com.tw


Moreover, TFC provides various value-added services. The company directly supplied fertilizers to the farmer associations in towns and districts in May 2020 and simplified the fertilizer purchase process with the establishment of the “TFC Fertilizer Ordering Platform” to shorten the distribution process and improve supply efficiency. In addition, to meet the needs of farmers and cooperate with the policy, TFC continues the fertilizer storage operations and integrates its own warehouses while setting up fertilizer supply centers so that fertilizer supply has become smoother and more convenient than before. TFC also provides farmers with more options for fertilizer purchase and provides domestic farmers with smaller fertilizer packaging and bore the increased costs of packaging to take care of elderly farmers.

With Yao-Hsing Huang’s guidance, TFC actively implements the revitalization of land assets to lay the foundation of sustainable income with the occupancy rate of the commercial office building in Hsinchu almost reaching 100%. TFC also won the 2020 Excellent Intelligent Building. Additionally, projects of overall land planning of Hsinchu Plant, Nangang C2 Hotel development project, and C4 commercial office development project are all being actively promoted. In addition to the increase in stable rents, regional development can be boosted and the asset value can be increased through development projects.

Yao-Hsing Huang has also led TFC to integrate four production plants into the Taichung main factory to incorporate and promote production capacity, reduce energy consumption, and integrate a product cost-saving strategy to improve company efficiency and competitiveness. Moreover, the company establishes and implemented a product export policy to Southeast Asia including Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, China, and Japan. Since 2016, export sales have been increasing and benefiting to adjust and level the domestic seasonality demand. Furthermore, TFC has developed a controlled-release compound fertilize to reduce labor requirements, carbon emission, and rationalization fertilization.

Vision, Mission, & Future Plans
Yao-Hsing Huang’s vision for TFC includes creating sustainable agriculture and a circular economy, providing high-quality and stable fertilizer products, and becoming a trusted partner for farmers. He also aims to lead the company to delve into the fields of energy conservation and environmental protection.