Milestones

Acquired a 16.6% stake in Rakon Limited and cooperated with it across Meet the GPS and high-end TCXO market.

Set up the Suzhou Taiward Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. as a joint venture with Hubei Taijing , greatly expanding production capacity.

Established Tainan factory and started mass production of the synthetic quartz bar.

Passed SGS QC-080000 HSPM certification.
Started mass production of the mini SMD.

Set up the WAFER MEMS CO., LTD. and import MEMS process (semiconductor process).
Passed TS-16949 & OHSAS-18001 certification.

Started mass production of the SMD2.5x2.0 X'TAL & OSC.

Passed SGS QS9000 / ISO9001 certification.

Passed Sony Green Partner certification.

Passed ISO 9001 , ISO-14001 , SONY-SS00259 certification.

Developed SMD 3.2X2.5 X'TAL and moved to new HQ factory.

Developed SMD 5X3.2 VC/TCXO & SMD 4X2.5 X'TAL
Started mass production of the Quartz Z-bars in Wuxi, China

SIWARD CRYSTAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (Taiwan) incorporated with MEIDEN TSUSHIN KOGYO CO., LTD. And established SIWARD CRYSTAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ( Japan)
Set up the Wuxi factory in China.

Started mass production of the SMD VC/TCXO 009 Type
The second factory was established.

Started mass production of the SAW WAFER.
Passed ISO 9002 certification.

Started mass production of the TCXO and super-mini development.
Passed ISO 9001 certification.

Developed SAW FILTER and passed ISO 9002 certification.
Was introduced to the "Saw Devices" market with the support of Taiwan's "Industrial Technology Research Institute".

Commenced mass production of the MCF.

Started mass production of the super-mini crystal and MCF
Developed TCXO

Siward was founded with US$ 0.52 million