It has been few days already after the event passed and I am still amazed by the great opportunity CTCI Foundation gave to me. Not only in the professional aspects but also personal experiences shared with extraordinary people from all over the world. I would like to express my gratitude to the CTCI Foundation for all their support, organization and enthusiasm in this trip. Thank you for being open to foreigners and bringing to us a better understanding of the Taiwanese working environment and a better knowledge of the Taiwanese culture. After spending 2 years in Taiwan, I must confess I didn't have the opportunity to know more about Taiwan from my local lab mates because they were always shy and barely try to speak in English. As my Chinese is also bad, I can only know Taiwan from other foreigners whom were in the same position as me talking about classmates and lab mates. Thanks to the CTCI Foundation for providing us this opportunity to know more about Taiwanese companies, their processes and objectives. The Taiwanese companies we visited were open to any question we had, and explained to us their processes giving to us a better understanding of their business, most of the companies are the current leader in their area of business. Highly qualify companies with all the standards of quality as ISO 9001, ISO 50001. We went to Advantech, CTCI Corporation and Aleees; it is hard to select which one was my favorite, but I have to say that Aleees catches my attention because they are trying to improve and have a positive impact in our world, reducing the CO2 emissions from the environment and convert Taiwan into a country with environmental friendly transportation. We also visited BOT Incineration plant, Aerospace Corporation and PMI Group; my favorite from this batch was the Incineration plant, I was amazed by the amount of garbage they burn everyday almost 500 tons per day; It could be a good idea to manage the trash problem in a lot of countries. We also had an amazing time enjoying Taiwan country side and food with great people. Summarizing the trip as said at the beginning, it was marvelous! As a graduate student from a Taiwan university and after 2 years in Taiwan, I thought that I had already seen it all but I am really glad to say that this time I was wrong. Thanks to the CTCI Foundation we had the opportunity to know more about Taiwanese companies, their processes and objectives.
