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Southern Taiwan Science Park Best Practice of Science / Technology Parks WTR 2014;3:55-61 OPEN ACCESS Southern Taiwan Science Park Shiann-Far Kung,*Ottavia, and Yi-Chuan Lin National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan 1. INTRODUCTION country which consists of two sites: Tainan Science Park and Kaohsiung Science Park. The geographic location of Tainan The Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) is established Science Park (TSP) is between Sinshih, Shanhua, and Anding by the government of Taiwan in the southern part of the districts of Tainan City with a total area of 1043 ha (2,578 ac), Industrial Cluster of Hsinchu Science Park (1980) Industrial Cluster of Central Taiwan Science Park (2003) Industrial Cluster of Southern Taiwan Science Park 1996; approximately 1,613 hectares Fig. 1. STSP and science park sites in Taiwan while Kaohsiung Science Park (KSP) is located between Luzhu, Gangshan, and Yong-an districts of Kaohsiung city in *Correspondence to : Prof. Shiann-Far Kung Department of Urban Planning, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan the area of 570 ha (1,409 ac). National Science Council estab- E-mail : [email protected]@yahoo.com lished a management body – Southern Taiwan Science Park World Technopolis Review Copyright©World Technopolis Association Administration (STSPA), located in TSP to serve the tenant This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons firms in both sites. <Fig. 1> shows the location of STSP and Attribution Non-Commercial License(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which its two park sites, <Table 1> shows some basic develop- permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, pro- vided the original work is properly cited ment information. 2014 Copyright©World Technopolis Association 55 Best Practice of Science / Technology Parks WTR 2014;3:55-61 http://dx.doi.org/10.7165/wtr2014.3.1.55 STSP is established in 1998, it has embraced very fast However, STSPA did not satisfied with the economic-only increase of investment in terms of tenant companies, as development model along with the fast industrial growth, shown in <Fig. 2>, and it is generally seen as a successful and it has been trying to give additional meanings to the sci- high tech industrial development project, because the pri- ence parks it operates, Kung (2014) recently reviewed the mary goal for the development of science parks in Taiwan is development processes of STSP and the evolution of its to enhance the growth of high technology industries. “green development strategies”. Indeed, STSP has devoted to this strand of thoughts and practice further, and the new Table 1. Current Statistics of Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) slogan “Cultivating Southern Taiwan, Positioning Globally” in 2012 envision STSP aspiration to become a high-tech indus- trial and talent center in Asia, and at the same time, develop 1613 ha/3,987 ac Total area Tainan (1043 ha/2,578 ac) businesses and create job opportunities in Southern Taiwan. Kaohsiung (570 ha/1,409 ac) STSPA also put forward the importance of creating a better environment by promoting environmental protection, green Number of firms 333 companies (June 2013) technology, culture and art “green production, comfortable life, and diversified ecology.” This article will briefly review Annual turnover USD20.7 billion (2012) and update the ongoing development practice. 64,876 (May 2013) Total number of 2. MAJOR INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS employees Tainan Science Park (59,230) Kaohsiung Science Park (5,646) According to the high technology industry sector used by Source: Southern Taiwan Science Park, www.stsipa.gov.tw the science park official statistics in Taiwan, major contribu- 350 333 328 308 300 284 259 241 250 221 200 200 180 159 150 129 100 94 66 47 50 20 29 0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013/06 Fig. 2. Number of Tenant Firms in Southern Taiwan Science Park 1998-2013/06 Source: Southern Taiwan Science Park, www.stsipa.gov.tw 56 2014 Copyright©World Technopolis Association Shiann-Far Kung, and Yi-Chuan LIN, WTR3(1):55 tions of the STSP’s revenues come from the optoelectronics Optoelectronics The optoelectronics cluster has reached industry (47 companies), followed by Integrated Circuit (11 47 establishments as per 2012. The sector generated USD companies), and precision machinery (44 companies). Other 312.8 billion in 2012, 50.03% of STSP’s total revenue. The industries such as biotechnology (48 companies), telecom- leading company of the cluster - Chi Mei Group has estab- munications (11 companies), computer and peripheral (2 lished 7 fabs and OLED R&D center in STSP. companies), and other industries (5 companies) contribute smaller portion of STSP’s revenue, as shown in <Table 2>. Integrated Circuits/IC As per 2012, there are 11 IC man- STSPA considers there are four major high-tech industry ufacturers in STSP, with the revenue of USD 267.34 billion, clusters formed in STSP: comprising 42.98 % of STSP’s total revenue. TSMC, UMC, Table 2. STSP’s Revenue by Its Industry Sector (2012) Industry revenue Industry sector Number of companies USD billion % Optoelectronics 47 312.86 50.30 Integrated circuits 11 267.34 42.98 Precision machinery 44 26.96 4.33 Biotechnology 48 6.47 1.04 Telecommunications 11 3.61 0.58 Computer & peripherals 2 1.75 0.28 Other technology industry 4 2.56 0.41 Other services in STSP 1 0.4 0.06 Total 168 621.96 100.00 Source: Southern Taiwan Science Park, www.stsipa.gov.tw Table 3. Examples of Companies in STSP High-Tech Industry Cluster High-tech industry cluster Examples of companies Integrated Circuits/IC Hitachi, TSMC, UMC, Duratek, Tosoh Quartz Taiwan Optoelectronics 3M, Nissan Chemical Taiwan, Chi-Mei EL, INNOLUX, Daifuku,ChipMOS,NITTO OPTICAL MOTECH, Gigastorage (solar cells); GIGA Ziolar (solar system components); Epilux, Green Energy and Energy Saving Genesis (LED); E-One, Foresight (Lithium cells), K-Star, Tangeng Advanced Vehicle (electric vehicle) G&E Herbal Biotanico (medicine); GenMont (bio-medicine); Collamatrix (regenerativemedi- Biotechnology cine); Synbio, ProMD (food biotech); MEM Dentala, ALLIANCE GLOBAL (medical devices) Source: Southern Taiwan Science Park, www.stsipa.gov.tw 2014 Copyright©World Technopolis Association 57 Best Practice of Science / Technology Parks WTR 2014;3:55-61 http://dx.doi.org/10.7165/wtr2014.3.1.55 Hitachi are among the few companies which operate in Green Energy and green spatial development STSP. UMC has set up its R&D Center in STSP. (Sustainability): The development plan is to encourage firms in STSP to collaborate with industry, academia, and Green Energy and Energy Saving This includes those research in the field of green technology, to finally reach the companies specializing in solar energy, LED, lithium batter- goal of STSP as a green energy cluster. This development ies for electric hybrid cars. Some of the companies became plan is based on the research of “National Energy major world’s supplier, for example, E-One Moli Energy Technology Plan” and “Green Energy Industry Improvement Corp which is now one of the top five largest manufacturers Plan” which provide the research fund to STSP for develop- of lithium batteries of hybrid electric cars. ing green technology andapply it to practical products. The Biotechnology Biothechonology industry is one of the government allocates NTD35 million (USD1.17 million) from core industries which contributes to the revenue of STSP. August 2013 – August 2014 for firms in STSP to collaborate in There are 48 companies as per 2012, contributed USD 6.47 R&D with 1 academia or research institution. <Fig. 3-6>. billion, 1.04 % of STSP’s total revenue. Innovation and start-up platform (increase new Major tenants in each of these clusters are listed in <Table 3>. innovative firms): The objective of this development plan STSP invites more companies to fulfill the supply chain of each is to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in STSP. The sector to attract more companies to join the science park. execution is in a form of national competition for start-up teams in the field of science-technology, mentored in sci- ence park incubation center. In the first competition, 243 3. DEVELOPMENT DIRECTION teams registered, shortlisted into 36 teams in the final, including 9 teams from STSP. At the moment, the applica- While the business investment and market force have tion is open for the second competition, with the aim to shaped the current industrial composition in the park, the select 30-40 new teams. <Fig. 7>. STSPA has been looking into the possibility of establishing some additional contributions to the society in general and Integration of cultural and creative industries in persistently finding tactics to realize these thoughts – indus- STSP (culture and creativity): As part of STSPA’s vision to tries and spatial planning that can contribute to the sustain- create better and healthy environment, STSP is integrating ability of the earth, a better environment for innovation, and culture and creativity in its environment. STSP hosts the integration of culture and technology. extension branch of the National Museum of Prehistory and Fig. 3. STSPA Fig. 4. Retention Pond 58 2014 Copyright©World Technopolis Association Shiann-Far Kung, and Yi-Chuan LIN, WTR3(1):55 also provides the land for public arts and cultural artifacts to of various scales in accordance to the development direction create fun and surprises in the technology parks. STSP also described in the previous section. A brief review of the chroni- hosts activities in the park to promote arts and culture, such cles in the STSPA official website indicates that out of the total as Spring Culture and Art Festival, Experience Taiwan Hakka 76 milestone activities recorded in year 2012, more than one Culture, STSP Arts Festival, and STSP Creative Design third (27) of the items can be regarded as events related to the Exhibition.
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