Abstract
Development of steel industry highly depends on industries which use steel as their input. In Japan and Korea, their automobile industries, which consume large amount of high value-added steel, have made considerable contributions to the growth and grade-up of the steel industries. However Taiwan has been lacking in a competitive auto industry. How can Taiwan's steel industry sustain to develop? My research discovered China Steel Corporation (CSC), the sole integrated steel maker in Taiwan, is expecting some sub-sectors in fabricated metal product and machinery industries such as bolt and nut, hand tools and auto parts for aftermarket to substitute the automobile industry. More important finding of my research is that CSC realized that it needed to change the relationship with its customers in order for them to use higher value-added steel. CSC now support its users' R&D by organizing alliance and sharing knowledge with them.
