SL Towel president Lin Kuo-lung notes that there were over 200 towel factories in Taiwan's towel capital Huwei back then, with fully equipped production lines engaging in all manufacturing processes from warp knitting to embroidery, with a total annual output exceeding NT $ 2.5 billion.
興隆毛巾總經理林國隆指出，當時台灣毛巾重鎮雲林虎尾地區有兩百多家毛巾廠，好幾家是從經紗到刺繡、各種製程生產線都齊備的大廠，全台灣年產值超過 25 億元台幣。