Zoeller Taiwan, the Asia design & manufacturing center of the Zoeller Family

  • Zoeller Owned Manufacturing facilities utilizing American built infrastructure.
  • All Asian operations incorporate the Zoeller Quality standard and proven manufacturing practices as Louisville.
  • Every pump is 100% ‘wet tested’ prior to shipping.
  • Well trained Workforces.
  • Dedicated Engineering team to design and support global market.
  • Sourcing team secures Supply Chain quality standards throughout Asia while managing all internal ‘SGS’ inspection activities.
  • Produce 2M pumps in 2020; 1M pumps in 2016.
  • Receive D&B – Small to Medium Elite Business Award

Today ninety-nine percent of material and key components are available within two-hour drive from the Taiwan facility.  The team continued to improve the production efficiency achieving higher throughputs with the goal to double the capacities to 750K units annually from this facility.  The sale revenue per employee has increased from US$ 255K in 2018 to US$ 317K in 2022, 24% growth.  To grow international sale and expand Zoeller’s market share outside of the USA is next milestone for Zoeller Taiwan.

Expand the Asia market share with Zoeller Home Solution Products

The QWIK JON® Ultima since being introduced to China in 2014 continue to be a popular product in Asia.  To further expand the market share, the team started developing products for different applications in the regions including square basin drain pump system, High-Temp drain pump system, Simplex packaged system, side-inlet Qwik Jon and more to come.

QWIK JON® CHOICE, the macerator for residential use was completely developed and build by the Taiwan team in 2021.  One of the challenges was not using screws on the lid still passing IP68 and easy access junction box for maintenance.  Through several brainstorming sessions and some ideas from the corporate team, the team created the out-of-box design and achieved all the requirements featuring separate junction box for quick replacement of circuit board, screwless appearance design, quick repair structure and bayonet connection design for quick assembly and disassembly.

QWIK JON® Premier, the powerful grinder pump system for residential use came out the following year.  These two products enrich the product line offering and expand the home solution market.  Both products received the Golden Torch Award in 2021 and the Golden Peak Award in 2022 for the top 10 Outstanding Products of the year in Taiwan.

Thomas Chiu – born and raised in Taiwan.  My family immigrated to the US in 1977.  I went to high school, college and graduated from California State University, Fullerton.  Then I started exploring opportunities outside of the USA.  My work experiences included 10 years senior managerial position in the automotive industries includes at an assembly plant of the OEM Mercedes Benz assembly plant in Thailand, 8 years of business development in plastic injection in China and USA and over 12 years in general managers position in Taiwan.  In 2017, I made my best decision to join Zoeller as the General Manager Zoeller Taiwan.  I love Zoeller’s values in taking care of employees, respecting the different cultures and striving to help people improve their lives.  This is the foundation we build upon to develop the Zoeller’s team and the Zoeller’s operation in Asia.  Today, we have a dedicated work force that understands the Zoeller’s culture and quality standard, a supply chain within two hours driving distance to support 99% of the material needed and the design team transformed from just modifying an existing product into developing the new product.  The path will continue as we set the next milestone to grow the international business in Asia Pacific.  I am happily married to Juliet for 30 years and a proud son, Steven who graduated in Aeronautic Engineering from University of Washington and still played ice hockey.

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