Company History
Company History - A Record Of Progress
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1978
- Established as a manufacturing firm specializing in the production of precision surface grinders. 1981
- The first grinding machine manufacturer in Taiwan to be designated as a Grade A Manufacturer. 1982
- U.S. branch office established in Los Angeles area to provide marketing and service capabilities to U.S. customers. 1987
- Winner in the annual Excellent Product Design Contest presented by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council. 1988
- Peter Chang, CEO of Falcon Machine Tools, received citation from the president of the Republic of China for Falcon’s participation in community service programs and contributions to various charitable causes. 1989
- Awarded Best Original Brand at the Taipei International Metalworking Show. 1990
- Received the Research and Development award by the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI) in the CNC grinding machine category. 1992
- Was Taiwan’s first machine tool maker to receive ISO 9002/CNS 12682 Quality Assurance System certification from the Ministry of Economic Affairs. 1993
- FSG-818CNC awarded as one of the Top 20 Outstanding Products in the 1993 National Award of Excellence competition. 1994
- Received Certificate of CE Conformity Examination from AIB-VINCOTTE Brussels. 1995
- FSG-1224TXII received Taiwan Fine Products award at the Taipei International Machine Tool Show. 1997
- FSG-C1224CNC awarded first place for new product development at TIMTOS ’97. 1998
- Listed in the Over-the-Counter stock market. Chuang-Hsing factory completed. Invested in the second factory in Chuang-Hsing Industrial Park. 1999
- SMART-H/B818 honored as Taiwan’s Outstanding Product in the National Award of Excellence Competition. 2000
- Received ISO 14000 certification. 2001
- Sub-micron ultra high-precision CNC grinder ULTRA-H612 honored for Taiwan Outstanding Products in the National Award of Excellence competition. 2002
- Completed the first phase of our factory in Shanghai, China. Establishes sales and technical center in Beijing, Dongguang, China. 2003
- Completed the second phase of our factory in Shanghai, China. Established sales and service center in Chungqing, China. Introduced FGP-608LM, the first motor grinder made in Taiwan. 2004
- Successfully developed Hydro-H1224, a nano-precision hydro-static grinder. Introduced the quick-performance QP series machining center in its niche market. 2005
- Established partnership with Japanese manufacturer to produce vertical lathes. FGP-608LM won first prize, Award of Excellence at TIMTOS 2005. 2006
- Double-head grinder FPG-V1632DC developed with precision guideways for turbine blades in the aerospace industry. 2007
- Introduced new heavy-duty gantry-type grinder series and high-precision and heavy-duty gantry-type machining center series for automative molds and large workpieces. 2008
- Established technical joint venture with Japan's well-known manufacturers to implement a large vertical turning center machine. 2009
- Introduced a small vertical grinding center FVG-1616DC and horizontal boring and milling center. 2010
- Developed high-precision, vertical, linear-guideway, double-column machining center (DCL). 2011
- Introduced a large vertical grinding center, FVG-4040DC. 2013
- Suzhou factory opened with the goal of expanding market share in China. Introduced intelligent, automatic, aluminum-wheel production line equipment. 2014
- Participated Aerospace Manufacturing Equipment Integration Plan with the Ministry of Economic Affairs. 2015
- Introduced the 5-axis vertical machining center. 2016
- Industrial 4.0 implementation—FALCON GROUP participated “Aerospace Team 4.0”which was executed by Corporate Synergy Development Center and the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation. 2017
- Introduced FSG-ADIV Series of fully automatic, precision surface grinders. 2018
- SMART-B818III multi-functional CNC surface grinder received the 2018 Taiwan Excellence Award. 2019
- Developed iMCS™ (iMachine Communications System) system architecture for comprehensive, 24/7 data monitoring and collecting software. 2020
- Developed our exclusive next generation of SMART iControl. 2021
- Awarded the Bronze Medal for literature from the 2021 International Summit Creative Awards. 2022
- Introduced the newly designed SMART-IV CNC surface grinders.
Introduce the new larger-sized FSG-20ADIV Series of grinders with 20% more efficiency.