Scan Asia Corporation is a Taipei sourcing and export company founded in 1990 that supplies Taiwanese hardware to importers, distributors and own-brand programmes. Its range is narrow and technical: screws and fasteners including self-drilling, drywall, self-tapping and wood screws, hand tools, drill bits, door hardware, decorative building materials and furniture fittings. The company operates as an integrated supply chain partner rather than a broker, handling supplier selection, OEM and ODM coordination, sampling, pre-shipment inspection, export documentation and consolidated purchasing, so a buyer can combine several Taiwanese factories under one invoice. It reports customers in more than 47 countries, with the strongest fit for construction supply, DIY retail and furniture manufacturers that need consistent hardware specifications rather than consumer goods.
Taiwan (Taipei)
Website: https://www.scanasia.com.tw/en
Founded: 1990
Pricing: Trading margin, quoted per order
Scan Asia is one of the older sourcing names in Taiwan still operating under its original business: hardware and building components for export. The company was founded in 1990 as a small trading firm and has grown into what it describes as an integrated supply chain partner, with supplier selection, product development, inspection and export logistics handled by one team in Taipei. The office is at No. 5, Section 5, Hsin-Yi Road in Taipei's Xinyi district, and both a sales line and a service line are published. The catalogue is deliberately unglamorous and that is the point. Scan Asia covers self-drilling, drywall, self-tapping and wood screws, hose clamps, gloves, drill bits, tape measures, adhesive tape, screwdrivers and bits, staple guns, construction, plumbing and locking tools, door hardware, decorative building materials and furniture fittings. These are the parts that hold a finished product together, and they are usually bought by distributors, construction suppliers, DIY retail chains and furniture manufacturers rather than by consumer brands. Buyers in this segment care about tolerances, coating thickness, screw hardness and batch consistency, not about packaging design. The service model is consolidated purchasing. Instead of opening accounts with five Taiwanese factories, a buyer gives Scan Asia the specification and the agency places the order across its supplier base, inspects before shipment and consolidates the shipment under one set of export documents. For furniture fittings and door hardware, where a project needs matching finishes across several component types, that consolidation is where most of the practical value sits. Two things to check. First, the website is inconsistent about its own history: the brand story states 1990 and three decades, while the footer text on the services and contact pages says 20 plus years. The 1990 date is repeated in the about section, so treat it as the company's position but ask for the registration details. Second, the site describes Scan Asia both as a sourcing agent and as a manufacturer of furniture and hardware, which are different liability positions. Ask whether Scan Asia invoices as principal, meaning it buys and resells and carries the quality risk, or as agent, where you contract the factory directly. That difference decides who you sue if a batch of screws fails a hardness test.
No rates are published. A Taiwanese hardware trader normally earns a margin on the FOB price, in the region of 5 to 12 percent depending on order size and whether tooling or custom parts are involved, and quotes in USD per order. Ask whether the quote is FOB Keelung or Kaohsiung, who pays for the pre-shipment inspection, whether sampling and tooling are billed separately, and whether Scan Asia invoices as principal or passes the factory invoice through. For repeat programmes, ask for a price validity period, since steel and zinc costs move and Taiwanese fastener quotes are often held for 30 days only.
Taiwanese hardware and building components: self-drilling, drywall, self-tapping and wood screws, hand tools, drill bits, door hardware, decorative building materials, hose clamps and furniture fittings.
The company states it was founded in 1990 in Taiwan, which its brand story repeats as three decades of sourcing. Some pages on the same website say 20 plus years instead, so ask for the registration details if the company history matters for your due diligence.
At 4F-E20/21, No. 5, Section 5, Hsin-Yi Road, Taipei 110, Taiwan, with published phone numbers for sales and customer service.
Yes, pre-shipment quality inspection is listed as part of the service, together with supplier selection, sampling support, consolidated purchasing and export documentation. Inspection standards and AQL levels are not published, so agree them in writing.
Consolidated purchasing is one of its stated services: multiple Taiwanese suppliers, one order, one invoice and one shipment. This is most useful for furniture fittings and door hardware where finishes have to match across component types.
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