Established in 1966 as a manufacturer of power wires and cables at inception, Walsin Lihwa became listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1972 and is now a leading company of power wires and cables in the Greater China region, a global stainless steel industry leader, and an international consortium by successful expansion into the commerce and real estate, resources, renewable energy, and hi-tech industries.
Walsin Lihwa core businesses include power wires and cables, stainless steel, resources, as well as commerce and real estate. Since the 1980s, Walsin Lihwa commenced investment in semiconductors, electronics components and parts, printed circuit boards, optoelectronics, and finance by stablishing Winbond Electronics, Passive System Alliance, HannStar Board, and HannStar Display.
For expansion into the market of high-end applications of stainless steel as well as the green energy sector, Walsin Lihwa's Italian subsidiary Cogne Acciai Speciali completed its acquisition of Special Melted Products and two steelrolling mills from Outokumpu in 2023 in Europe. Walsin Energy Cable System Co., Ltd. was also established together with Denmark's NKT HV Cables in 2023 to set up a submarine cable plant in the Port of Kaohsiung. Construction of the plant is expected to be completed to commence production in 2027. The plant will help enhance Taiwan's strategic position in the international wind power and submarine cable industries.
華新麗華股份有限公司創立於 1966 年,從生產電線電纜起步,1972 年於臺灣證券交易所掛牌上市,目前已是大中華區電線電纜及全球不銹鋼產業領導廠商,並成功跨足商貿地產、資源事業、再生能源與科技產業投資的國際化企業。
華新旗下核心事業,包括電線電纜、不銹鋼、資源事業及商貿地產事業。華新自 1980 年開始轉投資半導體、電子零組件、印刷電路板、光電與金融投資等產業,成立包括華邦電子、華新科技、瀚宇博德、瀚宇彩晶等公司。2023 年為跨入不銹鋼高端應用市場及為綠能產業帶來貢獻,華新義大利子公司 CAS 完成收購歐洲 Special
Melted Products及 Outokumpu 旗下軋鋼廠,進軍高端應用市場;與丹麥 NKT 集團合作成立華新能源電纜
系統股份有限公司,在高雄港興建海底電纜廠,預計 2027 年完工營運,提升臺灣在國際風電及海纜產業的戰略地位。