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.