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1968: The Company was formerly known as “Sansen Industry Co., Ltd.”, planned in August 1968.
1970: Founded in September with a total capital of NT$2 million, KNH was the first to launch a domestic sanitary pad. The Company’s address is No. 77-1, Tong’anliao, Min’an Vil., Jiali Dist., Tainan City, Taiwan.
1971:

The capital increased as NT$7.9 million and the Company was renamed to KNH Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Successfully produced the first nonwoven fabric used for sanitary products.
1977: Changed the business policy to exclusively engage in child baby and maternity products and release the first baby wipe made domestically.

1982: Successfully developed the first curve sanitary pad series made domestically.
1988: Successfully developed air through nonwoven fabric made domestically.
1991: The first sanitary pad with wings researched, developed and independently made by the Company hit the market.
1992: Traded as a public company upon approval of Securities and Futures Commission, Ministry of Finance.
1994:

Listed on the TWSE upon approval of Securities Listing Review Committee of TWSE.
Listed upon approval of Securities and Futures Commission, Ministry of Finance.
Consumer goods plant - Plant 1 (Jiali) passed the ISO-9002 certification.

1997: Established the investee KNH (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
1998: Nonwoven plant - Plant 3 (Jiangjun) passed the ISO-9002 certification.
2000: Honored the Industry Technological Development Award of 9th term by Ministry of Economic Affairs.
2001: Plant 1 (Jiali) and Plant 3 (Jiangjun) passed ISO-9001 certification.
2003: Honored the Industry Technological Development Award of 11th term - Excellence Award by Ministry of Economic Affairs.
2006: The new products, including Carnation Pure Butterfly series, Carnation Double Care Antibacterial Wipes, Carnation New Soft Cotton Antibacterial Diapers, hit the market.
2007:

Plant 1 (Jiali), Plant 3 (Jiangjun) and Plant 5 (Kouliao) passed the ISO-14001 certification.
Honored the Industrial Excellence Award of 9th term.
The new products including Carnation Dance Angel and Soft Aesthetic series hit the market.

Honored the Taiwan Chemical Industry Product Innovation Award 2009.
Honored the Taiwan Quality Assurance Golden Award of 9th term.
The new products, including Carnation Yu Shou cotton ultra-thin series, Nano core health pad, Carnation medical mouth mask, sputtering mouth mask, child mouth mask and carnation double care wet wipe for adult, hit the market.
Established the investee ChengDu KNH Technology Co., Ltd.

Joined the “Energy Reduction Services Corps of Group Companies 2014”.
The new products including Carnation Yu Shou napkin and Carnation Herbal Garden series hit the market.
Established the investee Shanghai KNH International Trading Co., Ltd.

Established the investee KNH (Yangzhou) Co., Ltd.
Shutdown of the investee ChengDu KNH Technology Co., Ltd., in Mainland China.
The tourism factory, “KNH Nonwoven World”, opened.
“KNH Trauma Dressing Bandage” was honored the National Innovation Awards of 13th term.
Honored the excellence award by Ministry of Economic Affairs for “energy reduction service corps” from 2014 to 2016.
The new products including Carnation sanitary pad pure cotton series and Carnation ice cool wet wipe hit the market.

“Carnation sanitary pad pure cotton series” won Taiwan Excellence Award 2018.
The new products including Sunday sanitary pad series, La Lune pure art facial mask series, Carnation PM2.5 Z-folded face mask, Carnation health care adult functional flush edged diapers hit the market.
Settlement of the investment in Shanghai Kang You International Trading Co., Ltd.

Successfully developed the first and only “Rollable All-Solid-State Magnesium Battery” in the world which obtained the Taiwan invention patent (I617067).
Launched new products: Carnation Cool Pantiliner Series, Carnation PM2.5, 3D Face Masks Series, Lalune 3D Wet Wipes, Carnation Baby Dry & Wet Cloth Towel, Carnation Kitchen Wet Wipes products.
“Lalune 3D Wet Wipes” won the 2019 Dai Shu Report Platinum.
“Carnation Cool Cotton Sanitary Pad” won the 2019 Taiwan Excellence Awards.

Approved by US and EU green channels for general medical and surgical masks (FDA QKR, FDA EUA Authorized Level 1 and Level 2, CE Mark Type II and Type IIR).
The Kouliao Plant attained ISO-13485 certification.
Our “3D Face Mask” won the 17th National Brand Yushan Award.
Received the “2020 Epidemic Prevention National Team Medal.”
Launched new products: Carnation Family Antibacterial Wet Wipes, Carnation 3D Medical Mask Series and Carnation Medical Z-Fold Mask Series.

Passed CE Mark Type II and Type IIR.
Liquidation of the investee, ChengDu KNH Technology Co., Ltd.
Received “Contribution to Commercial Development and Employment by Companies Over 50 Years” by MOEA.
Launched new products: Lalune Pure Water Wet Wipes and Carnation Wood-Pulp Wet Wipes.

Launched new product: Carnation 4D mask.
“Lalune Pure Water Wet Wipes” won the highest honor of 5 stars - 2022 Dai Shu Report Platinum Awards.

KNH - Air Through Nonwoven

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