Ku, president of Alona, Taiwan's biggest producer of vending machines, which once commissioned the ITRI to undertake joint research and development, points out that if manufacturers just have the ambition and understand how to "dig up treasure," then the institute is in fact a very good place to use.
國內最大的自動販賣機廠商、曾多次委託工研院進行合作開發的金雨企業董事長顧熾松則指出，只要廠商有心、也懂得怎麼去「挖寶」，工研院其實是很「好用」的地方。