Taiflex was co-founded by professionals from the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and the electronic materials field in Taiwan. With industry-leading technology, we are the largest FPC material supplier in the Greater China Region. Taiflex not only invests enormous resources in in-house R&D but also works closely with upstream international material manufacturers and equipment design companies with advance technology. Also, we carry out R&D projects on the transfer of coating technology and formula analysis through collaboration with ITRI and National Sun Yat-sen University. By combining R&D resources through industry-government-academiainstitute collaborations, we work with end customers in developing the next-generation products, committing to the provision of advanced FPC materials and integration of innovative applications.
In addition to our long-term involvement with FPC materials, we have expanded our business to include advanced packaging materials for semiconductors and display as well as high-precision coating manufacturing services by leveraging our three core technologies of formula development, precision coating, and testing methods accumulated over the years. We established the 100%-owned subsidiary, Taichem Materials Co., Ltd., through spinoff in September 2020 to provide customers with more diversified and customized solutions.
The rising proportion of 5G communication over the years along with the demand for high data transmission and robust developments in the new energy vehicle segment drive major material companies and brands to shift towards high bandwidth and low latency applications. Since highspeed signal transmission suffers greater insertion loss, applications mostly opt for materials with low Dk/Df. Besides LCP and MPI which are common in the market, our R&D Center is aggressively developing fluoro-based materials with lower Dk and Df values.
Nevertheless, the focus shall not be placed merely on understanding the material but also its subsequent processability and economic value in the market during product development. Fluorobased materials have high electronegativity, and thus external polarization has minimal influence on molecules. It is therefore an excellent material for high-frequency applications. However, the material itself is difficult to process in the subsequent stages.
Taiflex excels in materials and coating technology. Combine these with our top-notch laminating technologies; testing equipment with the most rigorous and highest specifications and control standards for product appearance and FCCL properties; and extensive research resources, equipment and human capital in FCCL, we provide the new information generation with the best high-frequency materials.
As electronic products continue to develop in the direction of being thin, light, multi-functional and high-performance, the demand for FPC rises and creates abundant business opportunities. Taiflex will continue to focus on technology and invest more than 3% of our annual sales in R&D. Through continuous research and innovation, we aim to provide the market with superior and more diverse choices of materials and a wide range of applications. We expect our new products to enjoy significant growth in automotive, meta-universe and wearable segments in the future.
Taiflex places utmost importance on R&D innovations and recognizes IP as one of the core assets of the organization. During technology development, the Legal and Intellectual Property Center would assist the R&D Center in patent search and literature analysis to stay current on existing patents, thereby avoiding infringement of others’ rights and securing our freedom to operate. Once the development stage is over, R&D results shall be properly maintained and managed to avoid data breach, or protected via patent applications to create a competitive niche for our operation.
Also, the Legal and Intellectual Property Center regularly maintains and evaluates our patents and R&D results under protection, analyzes IP value based on the intelligence collected, and commercializes our IPs through patent licensing or technology transfer to increase the economic benefits and lower the operating costs of IP.
