CSRC was established on June 15, 1973 by eighteen individuals including Mr. Lin Bo-Shou and Mr. Koo Chen-Fu and signed a "Patent and Technology Use Right Contract" with Continental Carbon Company of the US to prepare for construction of carbon black production facilities. It was listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange on July 15, 1986. The headquarters of CSRC are located at 8F, No. 113, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd., Taipei City. There are two major businesses. Carbon black business is a global industry leader with the brand name of "Continental Carbon." It is the only carbon black manufacturer in Taiwan and the sixth largest in the world. It has four operation centers, four R&D technology centers, and eight production facilities, as well as one technology licensing production facility globally to serve international customers up close. The biological technology business continues to invest in professional pharmaceutical research and development and provide diversified products and cross-industry services with joint efforts to promote the improvement of quality for human civilization. CSRC constantly invests in technology research and development. Through technical excellence, we have joined our customers to demonstrate an outstanding performance internationally. We are actively deploying to better serve our global customers and with an awareness of our role as an important partner in the industry value chain, thereby becoming a world-class manufacturer and leader in integrated services.

CSRC’s Carbon Black Business Unit takes "globalization" as its operating strategy. It continuously improves production technology through various forms of resource integration, ensuring that output scale and product quality are at a leading level globally. Furthermore, a focus on the needs of "customers" and "users” serves as its driving force for continuous quality breakthroughs and product innovation. In addition to carbon black's most widely used tire and rubber applications, our diversified product series encompasses special applications such as plastics, chemical fiber products, conductive materials, and so on. This scope of use covers all aspects of food, clothing, and transportation in our daily lives. Among these applications, material for rubber products is more special and not easily replaced; and in recent years, the demand for electric vehicle tires has gradually increased. This in turn has boosted demand for new types of carbon black for tires and rubber products, thus maintaining stable development in this category. Faced with the development of international trends, CSRC is also committed to developing diversified product lines and professional customization capabilities, continually striving to improve human civilization.

CSRC actively participates in public association conferences and abides by conference norms in the hope to contribute its own strengths to jointly address social responsibilities alongside its

Note	The Chairman serves as a director of the Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce, Taiwan