Tainan won over large LCD panel manufacturers Chi Mei and Hanstar early on, thereby establishing its core industry. Upper and lower stream manufacturers congregated in the park on their coattails. Kaohsiung, however, couldn't seem to bring any leaders of industry into the fold.
南科早早就吸引了奇美光電和瀚宇彩晶等液晶面板大廠進駐，確立了核心產業，順利發展上下游廠商的群聚，高雄園區卻一直沒有地位可相抗衡的龍頭產業。