Founder Aluminum was originally IKEA's supplier of aluminum home furnishings. No longer content to pick up the meager profits of manufacturing for others 'labels, Founder came back to Taiwan from Shanghai in 2004 hoping to build on the power of Jackson Lin's group to transform itself. It has been nurturing designers and working with TTG members to improve production processes in order to win ODM orders.
2004 年響應林肇睢號召，從上海回彰濱工業區擴大投資的芳德，原本即是 IKEA 的鋁製家具供應商，厭倦了賺代工血汗錢，回台後希望藉群聚力量轉型升級，於是致力於培養設計師，並且和 TTG 成員合作改進製程，以爭取 ODM 訂單。