1980 |
Hershey Valve Co. Ltd. was found in Chingshui, Taichung, Taiwan. |
1982 |
Moved to Kwanlien industrial District, Wuchi, Taichung, Taiwan. |
1982 |
Overseas marketing department was set up to promote export business. |
1984 |
Export business expanded to the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe and other advanced countries. |
1988 |
USA and Canada became the major export markets. |
1990 |
Japan became the most important export country in Asia. |
1993 |
Korean market was developed. |
1995 |
Responding to the market demands, Taiwan domestic sales department was set up to develop Taiwanese markets. |
1996 |
Taiwan factory was awarded SGS® ISO 9002 certification. |
1996 |
Valve products were approved by NSF® International. |
1997 |
Shanghai factory was awarded SGS® ISO 9002 certification. |
1997 |
Began manufacturing SCH40/80 UPVC, SCH40/80 Corzan® CPVC and SDR 13.5 BlazeMaster® CPVC piping systems in Taiwan Wuchi No. 2 factory. |
1998 |
USA Lubrizol (BF Goodrich) authorized Hershey Valves as the exclusive licensee of FlowGuard® CPVC piping system. |
1998 |
SCH40 FlowGuard® CPVC hot water distribution system and SCH40 clear PVC piping system came on line. |
1999 |
BlazeMaster® CPVC fire sprinkler system was certificated by LPCB ®(UK). |
1999 |
Hershey Valve Taiwan was awarded LPCB® ISO 9002. |
1999 |
BlazeMaster® CPVC fire sprinkler system was approved by National Fire Administration Ministry of Interior in Taiwan. |
2001 |
Hershey Taichang factory was established in China. |
2003 |
BlazeMaster® CPVC material obtained WRAS approval. |
2004 |
CORZAN® 4910 CPVC sheet obtained FM approval. |
2005 |
Hershey BlazeMaster® fire sprinkler fittings were listed by UL® (Underwriters Laboratories Inc.). |
2006 |
Hershey Taiwan factories were consolidated and moved to Taichung Chungkang Export Processing Zone and it serves as Hershey Group Global Headquarters. |
2011 |
Hershey discontiunes to have FM 4910 Certification effective from January 1st of 2011. |