ABOUT FEMCO

About FEMCO

Founded in Chiayi in 1949 with a yo-yo, FEMCO has grown over seven decades from bicycle rims into pipes and tubes, engineering, machine tools and golf shafts, serving customers worldwide.

It Started with a Yo-yo History
1949Founded in Chiayi, Taiwan
1963Renamed Far East Machinery
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70+Years of history

OUR STORY

It Started with a Yo-yo

Founded in Chiayi, Taiwan in 1949 as the Far East Rim Works, FEMCO began when founder Mr. C. M. Chuang started the business with a yo-yo. The company came through Taiwan’s most severe hyperinflation and witnessed the island’s industrial transformation.

In 1963 a machinery plant was added and the company was renamed Far East Machinery Co., Ltd. For more than 70 years it has served customers around the world across pipes and tubes, engineering and construction, machine tools and golf shafts.

From award-winning machine tools to championship golf shafts, we have stayed committed to pioneering products and services, and our dedication to innovation keeps bringing customers quality and value.

Guided by the founder’s spirit, FEMCO will keep advancing industrial innovation, rooted in Taiwan and reaching global markets.

FEMCO headquarters and plant in Chiayi, Taiwan
1949Chiayi, Taiwan

BRAND COMMITMENT

Brand Commitment

01

Innovative value, sustainable operation

From the Far East Rim Works to Far East Machinery Co., Ltd., we carry on the founder’s spirit and keep renewing our energy.

02

Quality first, service above all

FEMCO is dedicated to quality and creativity, delivering excellent products and service that build our customers’ competitiveness.

03

Work with your head up, happiness first

Since our founding we have put employee well-being first, choosing to work cheerfully rather than grimly, and we aim to be a benchmark for happy workplaces.

QUALITY POLICY

Quality Policy

  1. Customer Satisfaction客戶滿意
  2. Continuous Quality Improvement持續品質改善
  3. Compliance with laws, regulations and customer requirements符合法令、規範、顧客的要求

STRATEGY

Strategy

Toward a high-value enterprise and green energy industries

Through continually improving production capability, efficient management, flexible marketing, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, we deliver high-value steel products that satisfy customers, for sustainable growth and excellent performance.

Mr. C. M. Chuang

FOUNDER

Founder of FEMCO

Mr. C. M. Chuang

An artist with a genius for industrial design

Mr. C. M. Chuang is remembered as “an artist with a genius for industrial design”. His school years in Chiayi and Tainan nurtured his talent for mechanical design and laid a solid foundation for the business he would build.

In 1949 he founded the Far East Rim Works, buying discarded oil drums to design, make and sell bicycle rims. Their outstanding strength quickly won the market’s trust.

He then set up a machinery plant, developed his own high-frequency resistance-welded pipe technology and expanded into complete plants for large-diameter and spiral pipe. His pursuit of better machinery earned wide recognition, and the API-standard oil-industry pipe he developed made FEMCO the first certified company in Taiwan.

In 1970 he built a horizontal boring mill to JIS precision standards, becoming the pioneer of boring machine development in Taiwan.

Committed to corporate social responsibility, Mr. Chuang took part in many civic causes, serving as Chairman of the Chiayi Bo’ai Home for the elderly, with the Volunteer Police and as an advisor to the Chiayi County and City Industrial Associations.

Community service & honors

  1. 1957

    Donated NT$50,000 to build new classrooms at Chung-Wen Elementary School (since rebuilt)

  2. 1962

    Commended by the government as a model family

  3. 1963

    Named an Honorary Manager by the China Productivity and Trade Center

  4. 1964

    Served as the 10th President of the Rotary Club of Chiayi

  5. 1973

    Received the Ten Outstanding Entrepreneurs Golden Award

  6. 1974

    Pioneered an employee retirement plan

  7. 1975

    Donated the clock tower landmark at the Chiayi Fountain

  8. 1986

    Served as the 2nd President of the Chiayi Senior High School Alumni Association

Through his actions Mr. Chuang showed deep care for society and made an outstanding contribution to its progress, setting FEMCO on its path to excellence and international recognition.

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