Milestones
2012
Research in Japan
Our Deputy Chairman, Arthur Ku started a collaboration with scientists from Japan to research more environmental solutions through micro-organism technology.
2013
R&D started in Taiwan
Arthur Ku brought the technology over to Taiwan to further develop it for commercial purposes.
2014
Product launch in Taiwan
Our agriculture product containing micro-organisms was launched in Taiwan.
2015
IE Expo showcase in Shanghai, China
Arthur Ku participated in Shanghai’s IE Expo to showcase our eco-tech solutions.
2015
Project works in China
Field trials started in various parts of China for crops ranging from ginger, Chinese hickory, American ginseng, Chinese ginseng, etc. Improve harvest yields and solve the problem of continuous cropping.
2016
Commercial production continues in China
Commercial production began in Shanghai following countrywide success.
2018
Commercial application in Alishan, Taiwan
Application for tea farms in Alishan, Taiwan yielded success.
2019
First large-scale project in Hailar, Inner Mongolia
We undertook a project in Inner Mongolia where our products were used to rehabilitate a large area of desertified land.
2020
Commercial application to shrimp farms
Our products were used to remove subsoil diseases commonly found in shrimp farms. This project was carried out in Tainan, Taiwan and Guangdong and Hebei, China and resulted in an increase in the shrimps’ survival rate to over 70%.
2022
Oil-polluted land restoration
Our first industrial-scale application was carried out to repair heavy oil-polluted land at Kaoshiong, Taiwan.
2022
Global Growth
Kinross Global was founded in Singapore as a result of a management buyout of Taiwan and China businesses to expand into the global markets of South East Asia, the Middle East and South America.