One day in 1993, Min Shiue was on a routine monthly tour of overseas factories and customers. While visiting with customers he found that orders were booming for DuPont's artificial elastic fabric Lycra, and supply was unable to meet demand. Stretch fabric has broad applications, and with a greater market than wetsuit neoprene, it has greater added value.
1993 年某日，薛敏誠例行每月國外巡廠、拜訪客戶時，發現創造人造彈性纖維品牌──萊卡──的美商杜邦公司接單接到手軟，供不應求，而彈性纖維應用極廣，市場比起潛水衣料來得大，附加價值也更高。