Lin Jen-lien, program director of the Specialty Chemicals Research Program at the ITRI, points out that industry in Taiwan is extremely broad-based, with production at leading global standards achieved even by mid- and upstream materials manufacturers, such as manufacturers of additives, paints and coatings, as well as makers of composites such as plastics, elastomers and metals.
目前正協助業界進行多項奈米級塗料研發的工研院化工所「精密與機能性化學技術」總計畫主持人林正良指出，國內產業業種齊全，連帶中上游材料產業也相當完整，像是塗料、添加劑、各種複合材料如塑膠、橡膠，以及金屬材料等，都在世界上佔有一席之地。