Congratulations to Longstanding Chamber Members

AmCham Taiwan came into being 70 years ago this month upon completion of official registration with the government. Of the five founding company members, only one – the Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. – continues to maintain a presence in the Chamber through its successor company ExxonMobil. The history of both the Exxon and Mobil precursors of the company formed by their merger in 1999 can be traced back to Socony-Vacuum, which itself was an offshoot of the Standard Oil Co. founded by John D. Rockefeller.

AmCham’s records don’t go back far enough to establish the date of entry into the organization of other early members. But the office does have a copy of a membership roster from 1986 – 35 years ago or the midpoint in the Chamber’s history to date. On the occasion of AmCham Taiwan’s 70th anniversary, we would like to extend our thanks and congratulations to the following companies that have been members continuously since the first half of the Chamber’s existence:

 

  • 3M
  • Abbott Laboratories
  • American Club in China
  • American Express
  • Amway
  • Atlas Copco
  • AT&T
  • Baker & McKenzie
  • Bank of America
  • Bank of New York Mellon (previously Mellon Bank)
  • BNP Paribas (previously Banque Nationale de
  • Paris and Banque Paribas)
  • ExxonMobil (originally Socony-Vacuum)
  • FedEx (acquired Flying Tiger Lines)
  • Ford Lio Ho
  • Fourstar Group
  • General Electric
  • HSBC
  • IBM
  • Insurance Co. of North America
  • Int’l Community Radio Taipei
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • KPMG (from Peat Marwick Mitchell)
  • Lai Fu Trading/Air Associates (now Rehfeldt Group)
  • Lee and Li
  • Lockheed Martin (previously Lockheed)
  • Marsh Ltd. (previously Marsh & McLennan)
  • BASF
  • Bechtel/PECL (originally Pacific Engineers)
  • Bristol-Myers (formerly Bristol-Myers Squibb)
  • Citibank (previously First National City Bank)
  • Coca-Cola
  • Crown Van Lines
  • Deloitte (previously Touche Ross Int’l)
  • Dow Chemical
  • DuPont
  • Eli Lilly & Co.
  • Nielsen Taiwan (previously A.C. Nielsen)
  • Nike
  • Pfizer
  • Philips
  • President Van Lines
  • PwC Taiwan (previously Price Waterhouse)
  • Roche 
  • Russin, Vecchi (formerly Kaplan, Russin, Vecchi and Parker)
  • SGS
  • Societe Generale
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • Taipei American School
  • Tsar & Tsai
  •  United Airlines