Since entering the industry in 1998, Chi Mei Optoelectronics has placed an emphasis on vertical integration. Then-chairman Hsu Wen-lung personally negotiated with Japanese vendors such as Nitto that controlled key components for flat panels, convincing them to set up shop in the STSP, while also helping bring glass substrate, driver IC, and polarizer film companies there.
98 年進入這個產業以來，奇美光電即著重於垂直整合，在當時董事長許文龍的親自洽談下，掌握面板上游關鍵技術的日本廠商，如日東電工等紛紛進駐南科，也讓玻璃基板、驅動 IC、偏光膜等產業落腳此地。