Virus Outbreak: Glass manufacturer touts its nonreliance on ChinaBy Liu Hsiao-hsin, Chen Kuan-pei and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writerA manufacturer of glass products on Saturday said that its nonreliance on Chinese operations has led to a 40 percent increase in orders for this quarter compared with last year. Changhua-based Taiwan Mirror Glass Enterprise Co said it has always believed in the importance of keeping its operations in Taiwan, which has allowed it to avoid disruptions on production in China caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. Taiwan Mirror Glass chief executive officer Jackson Lin poses for a photograph alongside company products in Changhua County in an undated photograph. “In the past, it focused on competitive pricing, but Taiwanese businesses do not undercut competitors and steal orders,” Lin said. Manufacturers and suppliers at all levels in the nation’s glass products industry are working together to keep manufacturing in Taiwan, Lin said.

Source: Taipei Times March 09, 2020 15:56 UTC