Tatung Company () (Tatung; ) is a

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established in 1918 and headquartered in

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Description

Established in 1918 and headquartered in Taipei, Tatung Company holds 3 business groups, which includes 8 business units: Industrial Appliance BU, Motor BU, Wire & Cable BU, Solar BU, Smart Meter BU, System Integration BU, Appliance BU, and Advanced Electronics BU. As a conglomerate, Tatung's investees involve in some major industries such as optoelectronics, energy, system integration, industrial system, branding retail channel, and asset development.

History

Xie Zhi Business Enterprise, the forerunner of Tatung Company, was established in 1918 by Shang-Zhi Lin. It was involved in high-profile construction projects, including the

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embankment project and the

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building. In 1939, Tatung Iron Works was established as the company ventured into iron and steel manufacturing. Following the arrival of the ROC administration in 1945, Tatung Iron Works was renamed to Tatung Steel and Machinery Manufacturing Company. The company began mass production of electrical motors and appliances 10 years later in 1949. In 1962 the company became publicly listed on the

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, and was renamed to Tatung Company in 1968. A year later, Tatung began production of

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s, and adopted the "Tatung Boy" mascot, which became a Taiwanese cultural symbol.

Timeline

1970 Revenues exceeded NT$2.2 billion, making Tatung Taiwan's foremost private company. 1972 W. S. Lin, the grandson of Shang-Zhi Lin, was appointed as president of Tatung. Shortly thereafter he was implicated in a case of embezzlement at Tatung which would take more than ten years to litigate. 1977 Participated in the

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with the construction of a slag treatment facility for

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and provision for

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's power control station 2000 Chunghwa Picture Tubes was listed on the OTC market 2001 Global Management Division set up at the company's headquarters Chunghwa Picture Tubes was listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange 2003 Mass production of LCD and PDP TVs Lin Cheng-yuan resigns as head of Chunghwa Picture Tubes. 2004 Set up a new subsidiary Toes Opto-Mechatronics Company Established SeQual Technologies Co. to produce the oxygen generator for clinical therapy and home health care uses Established Tatung Compressors (Zhongshan) Co. in China 2005 Consolidated Tatung's Desktop PC Business Unit with Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), making Tatung the largest shareholder of ECS Established Tatung Wire & Cable Technology (Wujiang) Co. in China Death of T.S. Lin 2006 Mr. W. S. Lin was elected as chairman and president of Tatung Green Energy Technology started trading on the emerging stock market 2007 Forward Electronics invested in Apollo Solar Energy Co. to expand its scope into the market of solar cell module 2008 Green Energy Technology was listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange as 25 January Established Tatung Electric Technology (Vietnam) Co. for the manufacturing and sales of wires and cables 2009 Tatung University launched WiMAX network, the first wireless broadband network ever built in campus alike To help the victims of

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, Tatung initiated a Special Service Project in which 1,000 technicians and 70 service trucks were mobilized in and around the affected areas to help handle damaged home appliance items. The employees of Tatung Group together with the staff of

Tatung University Tatung University (TTU/) is a private university in Zhongshan, Taipei, Taiwan. It was first founded in 1956 as Tatung Institute of Technology but renamed in 1999 as Tatung University. Currently, Tatung University has four colleges: College ...

and Tatung High School also donated their one-day earnings totaling to NT$10 million to those in need. 2010 New Energy Business Unit set up a crystal growth center to manufacture multicrystalline silicon bricks, a milestone for HQ's involvement in the crystal-related business Luxury condominium, "Tatung Noble Residences (Phase II of Tatung Tomorrow World)", the 2nd project in Nangang by Shan Chih Asset Development, was under construction 2011 Mrs. W.Y. Lin was appointed President of Tatung 2012 Lithium iron phosphate cathode material by Tatung Fine Chemicals successfully entered into Japanese market of energy storage 2015 Lin Cheng-yuan, indicted in the US on charges of price fixing. 2020 Lin family loses control of the Tatung board of directors. Lin Wen-yuan (no relation) appointed as chairman of the new board. 2021 Lu Ming-kuang, Lin Wen-yuan's successor as chairman, resigns the position.

Affiliations

* Tatung F.C. ''(until 2022)'' *

Tatung Institute of Commerce and Technology Tatung Institute of Technology (TTC; ) is an educational institution based in East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. It has five new departments: Finance, Food and Beverage Management, Early Childhood Care and Education, Multimedia Design, and ...

* Tatung High School

Sponsorship

Tatung sponsored Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, an

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side, from 1982 to 1985.

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