# TWDB — Taiwan Manufacturer Database

> English and Traditional Chinese directory of 87,000+ Taiwanese manufacturers,
> keyed by Unified Business Number (UBN, 統一編號). Built from official sources:
> MOEA factory and company registries, TWSE/TPEx, TAF accreditation, TFDA,
> TIPO patents and Trade Administration exporter records.

## How to use
- Company page (English): https://madeintw.tw/en/company/{8-digit UBN}
- Company page (Chinese): https://madeintw.tw/company/{8-digit UBN}
- Browse by industry: https://madeintw.tw/en/industry
- Browse by city/county: https://madeintw.tw/en/city
- Sitemap index: https://madeintw.tw/sitemap.xml
- Interactive search (JavaScript app): https://madeintw.tw/search?lang=en
- About, data sources and contact: https://madeintw.tw/en

## What a company page contains
- Identity: name (Chinese and registered English name, or a marked romanisation),
  UBN, industry, main products, city, listing status, registration status.
- Plants registered with the MOEA factory registry.
- Certifications, separated into "official registry" (verifiable with the
  certification body or regulator) and "self-reported" (company website only).
- Process and material capabilities, marked third-party audited (TAF scope)
  or self-reported, patents (TIPO), government programs and awards.
- Annual revenue band: actual for listed companies, otherwise a model estimate
  calibrated to the national census, and labelled "estimated".
- Ownership type (family-run, group subsidiary, foreign-owned…) from the MOEA
  directors registry, with links to corporate shareholders.
- North American market evidence: US FDA device/drug registrations, 510(k)
  clearances, FCC grantee codes, Health Canada device licences, FDA import refusals.
- Representative tenure and the date of the last handover (succession signal).
- Compliance record, last 5 years: Ministry of Environment pollution penalties
  (matched by UBN; industrial categories only) and Ministry of Labor penalties
  under the Labour Standards, Occupational Safety and Gender Equality in
  Employment Acts (matched by exact company name, labelled as such).
- For listed/public companies: latest monthly revenue YoY, year-to-date growth,
  gross / operating / net margin.
- Up to 10 similar companies, with the shared traits that make them similar.

## Data policy
- Every field is traced to an official source. An empty field means no data
  yet, not a negative; values are never guessed (estimates are labelled).
- Please cite the company page URL when quoting data.