Xiamen'S Oldest Taiwanese Shoe Enterprises Fail To Speak Again

After 24 years of persistence and 24 years of development, it finally chose to close the factory and leave its beloved shoemaking industry.

In, the first Taiwanese funded enterprise in Xinglin Taiwan investment area, Xiamen Yi Fang shoe industry, quietly closed down.

Yi Fang

The collapse made many Taiwanese businessmen lament.

What caused it to collapse? What should its employees do and where the plant will go?

Doorman: the factory has been on holiday for 2 months.

Recently, the reporter saw a sad scene after the Yi Fang shoe industry in the Ma Lin Road, Xinglin. The shoe stand at the door of the factory gave people a sense of clearance sale.

Informed sources told reporters that Yi Fang shoe industry went bankrupt.

"Adult shoes 55 yuan a pair, a penny can not be less.

Yi Fang shoe industry has gone bankrupt, this is the shoe that comes out directly from the factory. "

The owner answered the question.

Because the reporter interviewed Yi Fang shoe industry before, know that this factory later production is almost all children's shoes, so this shoe stand shoes are really from the Yi Fang shoes industry. The Yi Fang shoe factory doorman told reporters: "don't listen to them talk nonsense, that shoe is not made by our factory."

In addition to condemning the "shoe sale" of the shoe stall, the doorman did not deny that the Yi Fang shoe industry had gone bankrupt. He told the reporter politely: "the factory has been on holiday for 2 months."

However, the doorman also indicated that they did not know whether they had changed their bosses or that they still paid wages for the Yi Fang footwear industry.

The guard refused to allow reporters to enter the factory, but reporters saw several cars and vans parked in the Yi Fang shoe factory, and the doorman occasionally opened the gate to allow some motorcycles to enter and leave.

Subsequently, the reporter called the Yi Fang shoe switchboard, hoping to interview relevant personnel, but the operator told reporters: "the factory has been on holiday for 2 months, and no one is there!"

Old staff: a peaceful break up with the company.

Yesterday, A Xiu, a veteran employee who worked in the Yi Fang footwear industry for 15 years, told reporters that she was a senior employee of Yifang shoes industry. Now that the factory has gone bankrupt, she is very reluctant to give up.

Ah Xiu said that almost all employees were peacefully separated from the Yi Fang shoe industry.

The factory of Yi Fang shoe industry will be taken over. I heard that the new factory will start after the Spring Festival, but the new factory does not necessarily make shoes again.

She wants to work again when the new factory starts next year.

Another woman who worked in the Yi Fang footwear industry told reporters that she had worked in the Yi Fang shoe industry a few years ago. Since her wages were not too high, she quit her job.

At that time, most of the employees in the company were elderly people, so those employees were very sentimental about the factory.

Unlike some factories when they broke down, when the Yi Fang footwear industry collapsed, both the Internet and the society were "calm and calm". Reporters could hardly find any complaints about the company's employees, nor did anyone find complaints.

Taiwan Investment Zone Management Committee: Yi Fang shoe industry has collapsed.

"The failure of Yi Fang footwear industry is very stable, and there is no vicious incident."

Jimei (Xinglin) Taiwan business investment zone management committee business section related personnel told reporters that the failure of Yi Fang footwear industry is in accordance with the relevant provisions of the labor contract law and employees to terminate the contract, there has been no vicious incidents.

In recent days, reporters have been trying to contact Yi Fang shoe boss Chen Hewei, but the other's cell phone has been shut down.

Other Taiwanese businessmen say he has returned to Taiwan.

The European and American markets are sluggish and the domestic demand market is weak. Many enterprises face challenges of survival.

Taiwan enterprises urgently need to "retreat from the two to three" pformation.

When it comes to the operation of Taiwan enterprises in Xiamen, a Taiwanese businessman mocked himself, "someone is dancing and someone is eating porridge."

It is understood that in the early stage of the establishment of the investment zone for Xinglin and Taiwan businessmen, the enterprises stationed together with Yi Fang shoe industry also include dozens of Taiwanese investment enterprises, such as Zheng Xin tire, Lu Da industry, Guang Mao International, Lai Ming industry, Futai Pacific umbrella and Xin Kai technology.

Today, major enterprises like Zheng Xin tires and Lu Da industries have gradually become leaders in the industry. Of course, some Taiwan companies are slowly fading away from the people's eyes, including a well-known electrical production enterprise and a motorcycle manufacturing enterprise.

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Taiwanese businessmen admits that most Taiwanese businessmen have had a hard time.

"At present, most of them are having a hard time in Xiamen," Huang Ruxu, President of the Xiamen Association of Taiwanese investment enterprises and general manager of Xiamen Chao Liang Industrial Co., Ltd. yesterday analyzed that the pressure on Taiwanese businessmen who only invested part of the third industry will be smaller, and industrial enterprises are facing unprecedented pressure.

Li Shiwei, vice president and Secretary General of Xiamen Taiwanese investment enterprise association and chairman of Tianfu group of Fujian, also admitted that Taiwan funded enterprises are living in a very tough situation in the ha, no matter whether they are domestic or export, the situation is not good.

"When the first batch of Taiwanese businessmen entered Xiamen, labor cost and land cost were lower than Taiwan at that time, but over the past 20 years, the cost of labor and land in mainland China has increased significantly, and Taiwan funded enterprises are facing increasingly heavy cost burden."

According to Li Shiwei analysis, since last year, the European and American markets have been declining, the orders for enterprises in Xiamen and Taiwan have been decreasing, while the domestic demand market is weak. Many export oriented enterprises have increased debt crisis and can only be closed or moved out.

How to deal with it?

How should enterprises cope with all kinds of difficulties?

"We should carry out" downsizing "for enterprises, streamline our organization, and work hard in R & D to develop products with higher added value.

Xu Zhenglang, vice chairman of Xiamen Taiwanese investment enterprise association and chairman of Xiamen Electronics Co., Ltd., believes that Taiwan enterprises should continuously introduce new capital and new technologies to enhance their competitiveness, and at the same time vigorously enhance management level and improve production efficiency, so as to enhance their ability to resist risks.

"As far as I know, at present, Jimei district is vigorously supporting pformation and upgrading of Taiwan funded enterprises, and encourages Taiwan funded enterprises to" retreat from the second industries ", that is, to withdraw from the" third industry ", such as cultural and creative industries.

Xu Zheng Lang said that at present, a new group of Taiwanese businessmen have invested in the third industry after entering Xiamen, which may seize business opportunities.

Li Shiwei also believes that the new group of Taiwanese businessmen entering Xiamen is mainly engaged in high-tech industries and modern service industries, and the pressure will be smaller.

At present, some enterprises have changed from the second industry to the third industry through the pformation from the Xiamen and Taiwan enterprises. There has been a certain turning point in the development of enterprises. "But those are just examples. Not all Taiwan funded enterprises can successfully pfer to the third industry".

How can Xiamen help these old Taiwanese businessmen? Li Shiwei believes that the relevant departments should support Taiwanese businessmen in creating better "soft environment" for them.

"As far as I know, there are more than a dozen Taiwanese funded enterprises in the northern industrial area of Jimei, which are facing difficulties in capital allocation."

Li Shiwei appealed to the relevant departments to stand together with Taiwanese businessmen and jointly cope with the crisis.

Industry analysis of why the Yi Fang shoe industry collapsed

Export orders are not pferred to domestic sales

"Several financial crises have affected many Taiwanese funded enterprises, and Yi Fang shoes industry is one of them."

Xu Zhenglang, vice chairman of Xiamen Taiwanese investment enterprise association and chairman of Xiamen Electronics Co., Ltd.

"Yi Fang shoes industry is the first Taiwanese invested enterprise stationed in Xinglin Taiwan investment area.

The factory of Yi Fang shoes in Xinglin is next to my factory. We are "old neighbors".

When talking about the reasons for the failure of the Yi Fang shoe industry, Xu Zheng Lang analyzed: "this year's overall export situation is grim.

In Europe and the United States, the economy is stagnant, the order is reduced, the financing cost of domestic enterprises is increased, the labor cost of enterprises is increasing, and many pressures are facing. Many export oriented enterprises are faced with the situation of reorganizing or reducing the scale of operation.

Earlier, the business daily reported that Yi Fang footwear industry was the main market for children's shoes in the United States.

Analysts say, like the Yi Fang shoe industry, many enterprises are confronted with the comprehensive factors such as brand promotion in the process of exporting to domestic sales, and ultimately fall on the "journey" of pformation.

After the financial turmoil in 2008, orders from the United States were affected. Yi Fang shoes industry began to actively open up the domestic market, and began to export two lines inside and outside.

But in the end, Yi Fang shoe industry did not finish 2012.