To encourage overseas Taiwanese entrepreneurs to develop their own brands, the OCAC held the Taiwan Prime Awards for the first time in 2021 with the aim of driving the development of overseas Taiwanese entrepreneur brands and marketing Taiwan. After two stages of judging, the OCAC Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan External Trade Development Council, representatives of overseas chambers of commerce and scholars and experts selected 13 winners of the Gold Award and Silver Award. The ENiCARE Face Mask with Shield of Emerald Nonwovens International Co., Ltd. in Thailand won the Silver Award.
Emerald's General Manager Sophia Yang is an OCAC Adviser as well as the vice president of the Thai-Taiwan Business Association, deputy chairperson of the Taiwan Association of Thailand, and vice president of the Global Federation of Chinese Business Women-Thailand Chapter, as well as holding other positions in chambers of commerce. Her father and brothers went to Thailand in 1991 to set up a business. In 2001, by chance, she left the Taiwan medical product company where she had worked for 10 years and decided to relocate to Thailand to set up a business, setting up Emerald, producing various infection control single-use medical consumables. In 2019, Emerald released its own brand ENiCARE, leaving behind the OEM era for own-brand production.
Sopia Yang said that she is really grateful to the customers, work partners and relatives and friends who have supported Emerald over 20 years. With everyone’s help, Emerald has continued to grow and brings out more and more quality products that are marketed worldwide. In the last two years, the world has been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and demand for facemasks and other epidemic prevention products has been unprecedented. In this period, Emerald has also been active on the charity front, making various donations to give back to society and display care for the country in which they are based.
She said she is very encouraged by the award of the Taiwan Prime Awards Silver Award and also hopes, through the guidance and recommendation service of the OCAC for the award-winning excellent Taiwan products, to greatly elevate the international profile of the ENiCARE brand and let the world see Taiwan.
