The 60-kilometer plateau under the Dadu Mountain in central Taiwan forms a rare precision machinery industry cluster in the world, creating an output value of nearly NT$1 trillion for Taiwan every year. The formation of this golden vertical valley in Taiwan's precision industry is actually the result of the joint efforts of many precision machinery companies that embrace ideals and are committed to pursuing the world's number one position. Among many outstanding precision machinery companies, CHMER's achievements are quite talked about.

Wang Wuxiong, chairman of CHMER, known as the "godfather of Taiwan's electrical discharge machine industry", pointed out that CHMER was founded in 1975 and has continuously pursued product, technology, process, marketing and organizational innovation for 40 years, making CHMER a two-person company from the time of its establishment to It has grown and grown to become the largest integrated solution provider for electrical discharge machining machines in China, the second largest in mainland China, and the fifth largest in the world. It has promoted its CHMER brand products to more than 55 countries around the world, and has sold tens of thousands of products to date. machine.

"I remember that when I was young, I made all the toys myself, from bamboo dragonflies, bamboo arrows to sailing boats. The more difficult the structure, the more challenging it was for me." When talking about the development of CHMER, Wang Wuxiong, who is over 70 years old, has no problem. He started talking about the company's products or operating strategies, but instead he looked like a child and said in a tone that was still eager to explore the world, "I have a personality that has loved creating new things since I was a child. This has allowed CHMER to use innovative technology since its inception. Taking new products as our mission has successfully created CHMER today.”

Never give up, technology continues to lead

Wang Wuxiong recalled that ten years before starting his business, the main products were traditional electric discharge machines. At that time, CHMER successively launched the most forward-looking products on the market, such as Taiwan's first domestically produced "all-electrical crystal type" electric discharge machine. The first "P. W. M. DC servo motor drive" new electric discharge processing machine, etc. 11 years after its establishment, CHMER's innovations have become even more powerful. For example, in 1985, it developed Taiwan's first CNC electric discharge machine with "shaking and expanding functions"; in 1991, it cooperated with the Machinery Research Institute of the Industrial Technology Research Institute to develop a domestic PCBased CNC controller. , and launched the first domestic electric discharge machine using a linear motor in 2003, becoming the first manufacturer in Taiwan and the second in the world to apply linear motors to electric discharge machines, establishing CHMER's position in the domestic market.

"Then CHMER took high precision, high efficiency, greenness and differentiation as the main axis and innovated the world's first linear motor-driven wire cutting machine with a gantry mobile structure." Wang Wuxiong emphasized that the wire cutting machine is the equipment needed to manufacture precision molds. For example, the current frame required for large-size LCD TVs is automatically cut with the help of wire cutting machines. Generally, it is not easy for wire cutting machines to achieve high precision. A Japanese company uses gantry fixed and table moving to achieve high precision. For precision, CHMER has innovatively developed a high CV value gantry moving linear motor to drive the wire cutting machine, so that the wire cutting machine can achieve extremely high precision.

Wang Wuxiong further pointed out that CHMER's gantry mobile structure linear motor-driven wire cutting machine can not only achieve the same precision as the Japanese wire cutting manufacturers, but the thrust of the self-made linear motor is even 40% higher than that of Japanese products, and there is almost no Signs of rising temperatures, achieving goal of surpassing Japan. After that, CHMER innovated and developed fully automatic threading design technology, which not only reduced the number of parts by 1/3 to 1/2 compared with those designed by Swiss and Japanese manufacturers, but also surpassed Swiss and Japanese famous brands in threading speed.

"When others give up, CHMER will never give up. If Japan and Switzerland can do it, CHMER can do it too." Wang Wuxiong said resolutely, "If the technical field that CHMER decides to invest in is not done and it is done better than others, I will do it." It will make you feel uncomfortable all over." Therefore, the linear motor development project implemented in cooperation with the Industrial Research Institute was completed; after the CHMER technology was transferred to the patent, it took 2 years of research and development improvements to achieve the final results. This shows that Wang Wuxiong is very committed to technology. Persistence in innovation.

Su Xingchuan, leader of the Machinery Research Institute of ITRI, who has collaborated with Wang Wuxiong for many years on technological innovation, pointed out, “The key to CHMER’s continuous growth and success is that Chairman Wang Wuxiong is extremely obsessed with technology and is willing to invest in the development of key components. Technology." Take the wire cutting machine innovatively developed by CHMER and ITRI as an example. Before cooperating with ITRI, CHMER had already invested a lot of resources in research and development, and then spent several years with ITRI for about 10 years. It took time to successfully develop the product. "It can be seen that CHMER has been sharpening the sword for more than 10 years in order to achieve technological independence of key components."

Introduce profit sharing and encourage internal entrepreneurship

CHMER continues to stand on the stage of global high-end electric discharge machining machines through technological innovation. In the process, it actually faces many bottlenecks. What makes Wang Wuxiong deeply frustrated is that talents leave to start their own businesses and then become CHMER's competitors, resulting in the domestic market It has become a red ocean of vicious price competition. Su Xingchuan said, "Looking at the current electrical discharge processing machine industry in Taiwan, nearly half have worked for CHMER. And the wire cutting machine industry is 100% started by former employees of CHMER."

Wang Wuxiong admitted that he was very worried about employees leaving to start their own businesses, but in the end he followed the philosophy of the Japanese business god "Kazuo Inamori" and established a healthy competitive relationship with his peers, and regarded the existence of peers as an inspiration to CHMER to keep moving forward. The motivation for breakthroughs has determined CHMER to be more active in innovation, and has also allowed CHMER to become a leader in the forefront of the market and develop new blue oceans.

At the same time, Wang Wuxiong also studied the business model of another Japanese business god, "Matsushita Konosuke", actively reformed the organization, cultivated more talents and retained important talents. Wang Wuxiong recalled that when CHMER was experiencing talent exodus more than 20 years ago, it took the lead in introducing a profit center profit sharing system in the machine tool industry, allocating 20% ​​of the company's after-tax revenue as year-end bonuses, and allocating 7% of pre-tax profits in one quarter. ~ 7.5% is used as a bonus so that employees can share the business results and retain talents.

"Profit sharing is not enough. Innovative talents also need a working environment where their talents can be fully utilized." Wang Wuxiong said that in order to establish a growth-oriented working environment, CHMER targeted senior colleagues who wanted to start a business about 20 years ago. Or cadres with higher professional abilities are encouraged to engage in internal entrepreneurship in the form of joint ventures and become affiliated enterprises of CHMER. For example, "Shunpeng Technology", which is quite competitive in high-end controllers, is a successful example of CHMER's internal entrepreneurship.

Chen Dongliang, deputy general manager of Shunpeng Technology, pointed out, "In the past 20 years of Shunpeng Technology, because of the support of Chairman Wang Wuxiong, I have always been able to have a lot of room for technological innovation, which satisfies the sense of accomplishment as a technical person. , has also created the success of Shunpeng Technology, such as continuous technological breakthroughs and innovations in controller software and hardware. In the future, we hope to form a stronger R&D team and innovate in the field of more advanced robotic arms, creating a better future for ourselves and CHMER. Create a more different future.”

Don’t be afraid of fighting and be prepared to face the future

Through strategies such as technological innovation, profit sharing and internal entrepreneurship, CHMER has not only become a key player in the global electric discharge machine industry. The company's innovative products and outstanding operating performance that have never suffered a loss in 40 years have enabled CHMER to continue to win domestic awards. A total of 29 CHMER products have won awards, including the National Rock Award, Little Giant Award, Small and Medium Enterprise Innovation Award, Industrial Elite Award and Golden Pin Design Award. , Outstanding Backbone Enterprise Award, etc., are also represented by CHMER, which shows CHMER’s innovation and operational strength.

Although it has received recognition from all aspects, CHMER is not complacent. Wang Wuxiong said that although CHMER's product technology has lagged behind Swiss and Japanese manufacturers for several years in the early years, and today some technologies are obviously better than Swiss and Japanese manufacturers, but in the face of There are many challenges in the general environment such as the sharp depreciation of the yen and the euro, Korean factories accelerating the signing of FTAs ​​with countries around the world, etc. Wang Wuxiong hopes that the government will pay more attention to export manufacturers in monetary and economic liberalization policies. CHMER itself will also continue to develop technology Only by making greater efforts in , product and brand innovation can we maintain CHMER's competitive strength and even make greater breakthroughs going forward.

The No. 1 brand of precision machinery, the dream is not far away

Adhering to the vision of becoming the world's No. 1 brand of precision machinery, CHMER is still focused on technological innovation and brand innovation. In terms of technological innovation, Wang Wuxiong said that CHMER has started to invest in high-efficiency semiconductor fiber lasers in the second quarter of 2015. The research and development of processing machines is expected to be applied to thin plate cutting and five-axis laser texturing for molds, moving towards higher-level technical fields.

In terms of brand marketing innovation, CHMER is also committed to promoting the servitization strategy of the manufacturing industry. Wang Chenhong, general manager of CHMER who is currently responsible for brand marketing, pointed out that in addition to the traditional marketing method of participating in more than 40 international exhibitions every year, CHMER is currently further focusing on the two main axes of brand value-added and innovative marketing to enhance CHMER's presence in the global market. Brand image, and actively invest resources in application processing centers to interact more closely with customers, so as to grasp the new processing needs of the market and create service-oriented manufacturing development from pre-sales, sales to after-sales.

Looking forward to the future, Wang Wuxiong said, "I have been competitive since I was a child. I believe that others can do it, and as long as I put my mind to it, I can do it." With this idea in mind, CHMER will face more severe challenges in the market in the future and will continue to build on the achievements accumulated in the past. Achievements, continuous adjustments to the organization and driving innovation allow CHMER to continue to break through, catch up with Switzerland, build itself into the world's top precision machinery factory, establish stronger competitiveness for Taiwan's precision machinery industry, and create more amazing output value .

Remarks＞Wang Wuxiong Chairman

Thank you to the Ministry of Economic Affairs for handling the selection of the "National Industrial Innovation Award" and encouraging enterprises to innovate in all aspects and upgrade their industries. CHMER has examined its own competitiveness and actively improved its diversified and integrated innovation capabilities through the competition process. It is an honor to receive the "Excellent Innovation Enterprise Award" this time. This honor not only affirms CHMER's long-term persistence in innovation and efforts in stable operations, but also The best encouragement to the CHMER team on the occasion of the company's 40th anniversary.

Looking back on the development history, CHMER has always adhered to the business philosophy of "integrity foundation, excellent goals, customer satisfaction, and employee protection". With the joint efforts of all employees and third parties, it has not only successfully established the excellent brand image of "CHMER", but also promoted domestic electric discharge machining The overall technical level of the machine has allowed Taiwan, Japan, and Swiss products to form a global tripartite situation.

Winning the award is the beginning of responsibility. CHMER will continue to work hard, continue to pursue innovation and sustainable management, and work together with Taiwan's electrical discharge processing machine industry to make Taiwan the country with the largest output value of mold manufacturing equipment.