In recent years, more and more challenges such as climate change and environmental pollution have faced us, taking a heavy toll on our lives. On top of that, resources are becoming scarce and rare. Novatech has been actively investing in the development of a circular economy through innovative design. By allowing resources to be recycled in the industrial ecosystem and utilized uppermost, we are poised to achieve the goals of zero waste and zero carbon emissions together with our clients. We are constantly investing in the research and development of eco-friendly and sustainable products and services and working with clients to cut down on the Earth's resources used in course of production. We actively engage in every part of the production process, from product design, service process to product recycling. In terms of water shortages, end-of-pipe solutions and energy/resource management, we have developed innovative and eco-friendly construction methods to meet customer needs and mitigate environmental impacts, thus creating the value of sustainability to the Company as a responsible corporate citizen.
Management Approach
| Disclosure | Novatech's Practices |
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| Importance | Get a hold of market trends and customer requirements through R&D and innovation and continue developing safe and quality engineering services to meet customer needs and mitigate environmental impacts |
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| Policies/ commitments | Engineering Management Process and Procedures for Handling Customer Complaints |
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| Responsibility | President |
| Resources | Environmental Protection and Green Energy Group and Project Department |
| Grievance mechanisms | Customer satisfaction surveys and project meetings Company website: |
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| Effectiveness assessment | There were no customer complaints about the newly contracted projects in 2019. |
Eco-Friendly Products/Services
Product/Service Design
- Desalination
- Pure water system design
Manufacturing Process or Service Process
- Wastewater treatment
- Zero wastewater discharge
- Low-temperature sludge drying
- High-efficiency denitrification system
- Electric machinery energy conservation
- Electric machinery energy conservation
Recycling of Products
- Waste chemical recovery & supply system
- Aluminum etching solution recovery
- High-efficiency thin-film oil and gas recovery equipment
- Waste heat recycling
Energy/resource management
Novatech has undertaken water treatment projects for companies in various industries, including wastewater treatment and recycling, sludge drying, etc. Advanced desalination technologies are also introduced overseas to increase usable water resources in Taiwan, creating another growth engine for the Company's long-term viability.
Sewage recycling has been an industry trend in recent years. In Taiwan, the proportion of wet seasons to dry seasons is extreme. During dry seasons, it is often necessary to allocate agricultural and domestic water supply to maintain the stability of industrial and domestic water supply. Under this circumstance, it is increasingly important for industries to increase water supply by themselves. According to the government policy, Novatech has been actively involved in the bids for water works and water treatment systems of public works. For example, we demonstrated the recycling of effluents from several large public wastewater treatment plants using the water recovery and supply system; reclaimed water was supplied to companies in industrial parks as a stable and reliable source of industrial water to mitigate the risk of water shortages. With relevant technologies, water is recovered and supplied to industries to reduce environmental impacts.
Taiwan is surrounded by the sea. Sea water is available for desalination, turning sea water into process water under the circumstance that has the least impact on the environment. Through desalination, we are able to cut down on water supply from rivers, reducing the impacts on irrigation water, domestic water and industrial water. We have been cooperating with internationally-renowned desalination companies to introduce desalination to companies that consume a considerable amount of water such as power plants and large chemical factories. The planning and design of Taiwan's largest desalination plant is currently nearing completion. Used in offshore islands, desalination is also a major focus of our service in Taiwan. Acting as a contributing member of society, the Company will continue investing in the water treatment systems of public works.
The wastewater treatment plant's water recovery and supply system for effluents
Eco-Friendly Construction Methods
Novatech is pondering constantly over a balance between economic growth and environmental protection. Upholding the spirit of continuous research and development and innovation, the Company is constantly increasing energy efficiency to mitigate the environmental impacts of the safest, quality engineering services rendered to our clients. With innovative construction methods and practical experience, we provide energy conservation, waste reduction and other related engineering services for clients in different industries. The technology representative of each engineering category is listed below:
Different from traditional high-temperature and high-pressure sludge drying that consumes more energy, low-temperature sludge drying allows us to treat daily sludge in a short period of time (10~22 hours), with the moisture content of sludge set on demand from 85% to 30%, thus reducing the amount of sludge for outsourced treatment.
Sludge dryer
When oil tankers are loaded with oil at the oil supply center, more than 93% of the oil and gas produced in the process can be recovered after special washing, membrane filtration, and adsorption, significantly reducing pollutant emissions and energy waste.
Thin-film oil and gas recovery equipment:
In recent years, environmental laws and regulations, especially on the reduction of NOx and SOx, have become more and more stringent. We have introduced advanced technologies overseas to increase the removal rate for a large glass manufacturer, and the efficiency is much higher than that we achieve using traditional methods. With our core competencies, expertise, and engineering and construction teams, we reduce NOx and SOx emissions for clients, as well as possible environmental pollution.
Waste chemical recovery
The high-tech industry and the manufacturing industry invest a considerable amount of chemical materials in the production process, leaving a large amount of waste chemicals after production. We have introduced the waste chemical recovery technology and special recovery equipment overseas to recover waste chemicals with high unit prices, turning them into raw materials that can be reused in the original process. This allows us to use resources effectively and avoid waste.
Chemical coagulation is currently the main method for wastewater treatment in the industry. The large amount of sludge produced in the process can cause harm to the environment and also incurs an additional cost of sludge treatment. Novatech has worked with the National Cheng Kung University to develop the aluminum etching solution recovery technology. Through this technology, phosphoric acid in waste chemicals is recovered and reused effectively for the purpose of environmental protection.
Customer Health and Safety
Novatech has been adamant in maintaining customer health and safety. We provide supply systems for the high-tech industry, and the safety of our products directly affects clients' manufacturing process. Therefore, it's incumbent on us to ensure the safe use and operation of our products. Our engineering team is equipped to design products that meet customer needs and comply with international or national safety regulations based on the customized conditions put forward by clients. All of our products have passed the Industrial Technology Research Institute's TS type verification for explosion-protected equipment in accordance with Paragraph 7, Article 12 of the "Enforcement Rules of the Occupational Safety and Health Act" (Paragraph 1, Article 7 of the "Occupational Safety and Health Act"). In 2019, 13 products passed such verification. We also engineer equipment according to the SEMI Standards per clients' request. In 2019, six products were certified by the SEMI. Hazardous goods are engineered and installed in accordance with the "Fire Services Act" - Establishment Standard and Safety Control Regulation for Manufacturing, Storing, Processing Public Hazardous Substances and Flammable Pressurized Gases Places. In addition, we always come up with new ideas of researching and developing patents to advance our technologies for product upgrade, thereby increasing the benefits of the Company and our clients.
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| Tank installations | "Fire Services Act" - Establishment Standard and Safety Control Regulation for Manufacturing, Storing, Processing Public Hazardous Substances and Flammable Pressurized Gases Places |
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| 2017 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | 4 | 13 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6 |
Patents
On the basis of the existing technologies, we continuously improve our technical skills and invest in the development of new products. In response to market demand, we also introduce advanced technologies from top foreign companies, so as to stay ahead in our field of expertise. Our achievements are reflected in the number of patented products we continue to apply for and acquire each year. In 2019, Winmax Technology Corp. and Suzhou Winmax Technology Corporation, our subsidiaries in China, acquired patents on 10 newly developed products, 10 patent licenses and 1 software copyright license. In 2018, Winmax Technology Corp. received the high-tech enterprise certification for its outstanding research and development and manufacturing technology of equipment and was invited to compile the GB50781-2012: Technical Code for Chemical System of Electronic Factory (People's Republic of China); Winmax Technology Corp. is also a system supplier recognized by the IT Electronics Eleventh Design & Research Institute Scientific and Technological Engineering Corporation Limited. Suzhou Winmax Technology Corporation also received the high-tech enterprise certification in 2019. For many years, we have received orders from the high-tech industry in both Taiwan and China. Taking the lead in point of experience and competitiveness, Novatech is able to engineer and manufacture equipment that meets the different needs of our clients with amazing speed.
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| Subsidiary | Number of New Product Applications | Number of Patent Acquisitions | Software Licensing | Trademark Licensing |
| Winmax Technology Corp. | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Suzhou Winmax Technology Corporation | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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| Software | Cooling device for chemical delivery system (China) | |
