But to save transport and communications costs, modern industries are tending more and more to "flock together," becoming concentrated in "celebrity" areas such as the Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park, the Tainan Science-Based Industrial Park and the industrial zone around Formosa Plastics '6th Naphtha Cracker at Mailiao.
然而，為了節省運輸及資訊傳遞等成本，現代化產業越來越有「叢聚」的集中化特性，像是匯集了全國焦點的新竹科學園區、台南科學園區、台塑麥寮六輕廠區等。