However, until the 1990s, they always stayed "in the paint." The mid-1990s saw a crisis in the local paint industry as production costs increased in Taiwan. Most traditional paint factories closed or moved overseas, while those that remained were forced to make layoffs or cut back salaries.
然而，從民國八十年代中期開始，隨著台灣生產成本的高漲，傳統塗料廠關的關，走的走，還留在台灣的，也普遍難逃裁員減薪的厄運。