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Message from the Chairman

Chairman
Lin, Por Fong

International trade was increased in 2017 due to the efficiency of global economic growth. 2018§s
economic situation is expected to maintain steady growth. However, there are still uncertainties including

the butterfly effect of the US-China trade conflict, the rising Fed rate, the trend of NTD exchange rate,
and the continuous macroeconomic control of Mainland China. All these risks require government and
enterprises to respond carefully.

TGI benefited from Taiwan and Mainland China§s profitability and the turnaround of business
profitability. TGI§s consolidated net income before tax achieved NTD2.39 billion, a 236.58% increase from
2016. We make a brief report by product lines as follows.

In the flat glass, both production and marketing in Taiwan are stable. TGI is training more professional
personnel, improving automatic technology equipment, and enhancing the added-value of products by
selling high-class building materials such as Low-E Glass and Super Clear Glass, etc.

In the ultra-thin glass, the yield rate of 0.33mm product was improved and is supplied steadily to
Mainland China and USA market. Meanwhile, to respond to the thinner and lighter covers of electronic
products and glass screen protectors, TGI has actively developed the 0.28mm and 0.25mm products to
upgrade product value and competitiveness by segmenting the type of competition.

Mainland China continuously pushes the reform of overproduction. It intends to achieve the goal
of building a well-off society by conducting its economic development to high quality and domestic
demand, and weeding out outdated industrial capacity and restore the balance of supply and demand
by implementing strict environment law. All TGI§s subsidiaries in Mainland China respond to the rapid

4 2017 Coporate Social Responsibility Report