Demonstrating Urban Mining Implementation, 44 Patent & Trademark Barriers, and Green Competitiveness on the Taiwan Innovation Board
Figure 1: Chief Financial Officer Tina Chan of Transcene Corp. (right) attends the joint award ceremony in person and receives the 25th MOEA Startup Enterprise Award trophy from Minister of Economic Affairs Kung Ming-xin (left). |
The award ceremony for the "25th Startup Enterprise Award," organized by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), was grandly held on November 9, 2026. Transcene Corporation, leveraging its irreplaceable key resource recycling technology, mature commercial mass-production scale, and strong capital market performance, officially won the national-level Startup Enterprise Award. Chief Financial Officer Tina Chan attended the ceremony to represent the company in receiving the honor. As the ultimate benchmark for evaluating technical innovation and commercial expansion among domestic enterprises, this year's judging panel unanimously recognized Transcene's solid strength in transforming "industrial waste" into "high-value industrial raw materials." This accomplishment not only solidifies the company's leading position in Taiwan's circular technology sector, but also demonstrates the extraordinary achievements of a startup advancing toward scaled operations and sustainable growth.
Figure 2: Chief Financial Officer Tina Chan (left) and General Manager Dr. Yamin Hsieh (right) pose together in front of the signature wall at the "2026 Joint Award Ceremony," witnessing the glorious moment of Transcene winning both the Startup Enterprise Award and the Women in Entrepreneurship Award. |
The key to Transcene standing out among numerous competing companies lies in building a commercial ecosystem with extremely high technical entry barriers and a complete intellectual property layout. Adhering to the core philosophy that "Waste is a Mine," the company created the unique "Circular Economy 123" strategic path—through precise physical/chemical analysis, Re-design of processing paths, and standardized market sales—successfully converting waste that was originally extremely difficult to treat in the semiconductor and optoelectronics industries into high-value recycled resources. Transcene not only established the world's first specialized processing plant for semiconductor chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) sludge in Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP), producing high-purity recycled crystalline silica powder and recycled spherical silica—achieving both UL 2809 100% Recycled Content validation and ISO 14067 Product Carbon Footprint verification—but also developed high-efficiency physical dismantling technology for waste solar panels with a recovery rate of over 95% in the optoelectronic waste sector. To date, the company has accumulated a portfolio of 44 patents and trademarks and secured a total of NT$77.09 million in government R&D grants, demonstrating an insurmountable technological barrier in the industry.
Beyond technological implementation, Transcene has validated the immense potential of its startup business model through stellar financial performance and capital market accomplishments. The company's actual revenue in 2025 reached NT$360 million, representing a significant year-on-year growth of 80%, with its gross profit margin surging to 29% and losses significantly narrowing toward stable profitability. Furthermore, under sound financial management, Transcene successfully listed on the Taiwan Innovation Board (TIB) of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 6969). Chief Financial Officer Tina Chan representing the company at the ceremony not only highlights the executive team's high professionalism in capital market management, financial control, and long-term strategic planning, but also proves that Transcene possesses both "green sustainability value" and "strong profitability," making the Startup Enterprise Award truly well-deserved.
Figure 3: Award-winning corporate representatives of the 25th MOEA Startup Enterprise Award pose for a group photo with distinguished guests, demonstrating the grand momentum of Taiwan's startups in diverse innovation and sustainable development. (CFO Tina Chan is 4th from the left in the back row.) |
Deepening Circular Innovation to Advance Toward a Sustainable Net-Zero Future
Winning the 25th Startup Enterprise Award represents an important validation and milestone in Transcene's development journey. Moving forward, Transcene will continue to take urban mining as its core development pillar, deepening waste resource recovery, recycled material manufacturing, and high-value application technologies, while actively expanding the applications of circular materials in electronics, industrial, and consumer product sectors. Transcene firmly believes that waste should not be a burden after industrial development, but a key resource for the next stage of industrial innovation. The company will continue to connect the industrial value chain through technological innovation, allowing resource circulation to become the driving force for sustainable industrial development, advancing steadily toward the 2050 Net-Zero Transition and Zero-Waste vision.
Transcene Corporation
"Creating New Value from Resources through Urban Mining, Making Circulation the Power of Sustainability." |
