Sunlit Enterprise was founded in January 1972, initially focusing on the distribution of imported chemical materials.

Between 1972 and early 1973, the booming economy around the world led to the short supply of chemical materials. Yet, Sunlit adhered to the business strategy of prudent pragmatism and thus laid down a solid foundation for future development, which helped the company survive the ensuing oil crisis.

From the 1970s to the early 1990s, Sunlit Enterprise focused on the four major products: fluorine compounds, resins, lithium compounds and desiccants for petrochemicals.

In 1983, a 4,000-square-meter storage center was established in Linkou Gongsan Industrial Park.

During this period, Sunlit Enterprise as a distributor of chemical materials grabbed the opportunity of Taiwan’s booming economy which increasingly raised the demands for chemical materials, to maintain a steady growth year after year and lay down the foundation for the future development.

Observing the market potential of fluoride products, and to effectively solve the shortage of imported chemical materials, Sunlit invested 100 million NT dollars to establish Sunlit Fluo & Chemical in 1991 with a 10,000-square-meter plant in the Zhongli Industrial Park for Fluoride production and hydrofluoric acid dilution.

Initially, the plant produced 55% and 70% industrial-grade hydrofluoric acid (5000 tons/year), as well as fluoroboric acid, tin fluoroborate and lead fluoroborate (2500 tons/year), for the steel industry, copper foil substrates, and other high-tech industrial applications.

In June 1996, the plant began to produce industrial-grade sodium fluoride, acid sodium fluoride, and pharmaceutical-grade sodium fluoride.

Among the products, the pharmaceutical-grade sodium fluoride has been certified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for export to the U.S. markets, supplying major companies including P&G, Colgate, and GSK as toothpaste additives, with an annual production capacity of 1,500 MT (metric tons), accounting for 80% of the world’s market share.

In response to the modern management, Sunlit Fluo & Chemical introduced the ISO 9002 quality management system (revised to ISO 9001 in 2003) in August 1998, which greatly improved the monitoring and quality control of the production process.

Extending business to Mainland China has become a trend of Taiwan’s traditional manufacturing industries.

In 1999, Sunlit Fluo & Chemical invested NT$100 million to establish Zhejiang Sunlit Chemical in Yongkang City, Zhejiang Province. Producing 98% anhydrous ammonium difluoride, it is the only dry ammonium bifluoride manufacturer in Asia, with a 5,000-ton production capacity annually.

In addition to the Mainland China market, the product is also exported to South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Europe, and America, mainly for electroplating and optoelectronic industries.

With the establishment of Zhejiang Sunlit, valuable experience has been accumulated for future investment in the Mainland China and global markets.

After 30 years of development, Sunlit Fluo & Chemical has accumulated rich experience in the production and marketing of specialty chemicals.

The advent of increasingly competitive business environment in the 21st century as well as rapid growth of the application market for specialty chemicals.

In the face of this trend, Sunlit has set out three business orientations: management system optimization, continuous marketing expansion, and partnership building, for constant self-improvement and implementation of business sustainability.