on 1 october 2013, a water incident occurred at the ase k7 facility. in february 2014, officials from the kaohsiung city government and the kaohsiung environmental protection bureau (epb) visited the k7 factory to evaluate the resumption of operations at the facility. in december 2014, after checking the company's improvement on wastewater treatment, the epb officials agreed to allow the k7 facility to resume operations.