Underway phase
1989-1995
Development phase
1995-1998
Renovation phase
1998-2002
The second development phase
2002-2004
Mature phase
2004-2007
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1989 |
1989Mr. Hanjohn Ou begins manufacturing baskets and roast racks for microwave ovens built by Glanz & Midea. |
120employee
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800employee
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| 1992 |
Delonghi (Italy) visits HIGOLD and appoints HIGOLD to produce roast racks for its ovens. First products export. |
| 1995 |
The 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. |
| 1998 |
On the retiring of Mr. Hanjohn Ou, Mr.Alwin Ou takes over as head of the whole company after his return from study abroad. |
| 1999 |
HIGOLD successfully passes the Certificate of Quality Management System ISO9001 and rebuilds the enterprise CI system and registers HIGOLD trademark in many countries. |
| 2000 |
HIGOLD completes the hardware product of cupboard function system. Focus on the target of advanced markets, products continuously sell to Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain and many other European countries. |
| 2001 |
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 . |
| 2002 |
HAFEL (Germany) visits HIGOLD and begins transferring its purchase orders of functional drawer basket and other products to HIGOLD; The same year, HIGOLD makes a decision that the functional hardware drawer baskets? are the most important product system to do a further research. |
| 2003 |
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 . |
| 2004 |
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. |
| 2005 |
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. |
| 2006 |
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. HIGOLD makes a decision on expanding China and Hong Kong markets and setting up a sales company in Hong Kong( a subsidiary company in ?Asia-Pacific area),supplying? excellent quality products to Chinese and Hong Kong consumers according to the standard of German market. |
