Traditional industries are under pressure of transformation due to the changes of the industrial structure and the globalized free market economy in Taiwan. The industrial heritage sites remaining from traditional industries are facing the issues of preservation and development. Industrial heritage is with historical value and witnesses the evolution of industrial culture. This research attempts to utilize industrial heritage to stimulate the activation of the regional economy and to re-inherit cultural education.
All walks of life are computerized, and the printing industry has been greatly impacted, especially the prosperous movable type printing which has gradually decreased over time. The Tangfu Printing Creative Museum of TaiSugar Corporation was an important printing factory in the Xinying area. It has printed many representative products in the early days. The Tangfu Printing Creative Museum has completely preserved typefaces, machinery and equipments. This research will be conducted through field survey methods to study the early movable type printing industries in Taiwan. This research hopes that through interviews with masters, relevant experts and scholars to deeply explore the historical background of Tangfu Printing Creative Museum in order to understand the current situation of facility and the movable type printing technology currently preserved in Tangfu Printing Creative Museum. Examples of the activation of cultural and creative industries domestic and abroad were sorted out in order to provide a reference for the subsequent activation of the Tangfu Printing Creative Museum through the relevant literature discussion to analyze the development of movable type printing industries in Taiwan.
The field survey method was conducted to make recommendations for the transformation direction and activation of Tangfu Printing Factory. The results of SWOT analysis and ISM analysis were applied to explore the current difficulties and limitations of Tangfu , and to sort out the characteristics of Tangfu in order to be a basis for strengthening activation. Based on the research results of the above methods, the transformation and development of relevant fields was summarized and the reference basis for cultural and creative industry were provided.