1989 Mr. Hanjohn Ou begins manufacturing baskets and roast racks for microwave ovens built by Glanz & Midea. 1992 Delonghi (Italy) visits HIGOLD and appoints HIGOLD to produce roast racks for its ovens. First products export. 120employee 1995 first new building (3500m2) completes. The product categories expand to storage drawer baskets and other hardware fittings. 1996 Expansion of the plant building area to 8000 m2 Product extension to the display and trolley systems. 1997 On the retiring of Mr. Hanjohn Ou, Mr.Alwin Ou takes over as head of the whole company after his return from study abroad. 250employee 1998 HIGOLD successfully passes the Certificate of Quality Management System ISO9001. 1999 Energizer, the biggest battery manufacturer in the world, visits HIGOLD and confirms it as appointed display manufacturer in China; Filinox, the biggest stainless steel kitchen drawer basket company in Spain, visits HIGOLD and successively transfers product manufacturing to HIGOLD . 350employee 2000 HAFEL (Germany) visits HIGOLD and begins transferring its purchase orders of functional drawer basket and other products to HIGOLD. 2001 FGV (Italy),Argos (Britain) and TCM( Germany) have a visit to HIGOLD and require HIGOLD as their OEM factory; the same year, HIGOLD decides to prepare building a new factory (50000 m2) in order to adapt to the strong growth in purchase order . 2002 Mr. Alwin attends the Kilon Fair in Germany, and comes into Kessebohmer GmbH to visit and study. The same year, the famous kitchen furniture and cupboard companies, Lacor (Span) , Franke (Switzerland), Aranworld ( Italy)and the biggest cupboard system company in Japan, HOME CENTER, visit HIGOLD, and a new cooperation climax begins. 400employee 2003 For the completion of the new factory( 50000 m2 ),the product ability increases by several times, and begins to build its own surface treatment workshop . A showroom (2000m m2 ) has been finished. 2004 IKEA (Sweden),Hettich(Germany), OBI (Germany)and Kingfisher ( Britain) visit HIGOLD and begin transferring their first orders to HIGOLD. 2007 Direct or indirect sales in more 20 European countries. 800employee |
