Union Tool Exporters was founded by Mr. Roman Chung and Mr. John Isaacs in 1969 as a trading company. Through the 1970's the company was instrumental in leading and developing the Taiwan wood and metal-working machinery business. Most of the foremost machinery companies of the time as its clientele. As business developed Mr. Tom Dose and Mr. Howard Brewer were brought into the company as minority partners to help manage and develop the business. In 1979, Mr. Roman Chung split with his partners amicably because of the conflicting customer base. Under Mr. Chung's direction, the company began developing partnerships and interests in manufacturing. Also as the machinery & hand tools market began to mature, Union Tool had begun diversifying into hydraulics and pneumatic tools for the automotive industry. In 1984, Mr. Chung began a long partnership with Mr. Joe Moore who founded WMS in the U.K. This led to Union's diversifying further into the production and trade of a wide product range of builder's hardware. Today Union is the most quality oriented non-Japanese manufacturer in Asia of builder's hardware. It's customer base includes some of Europe's, North America's and Japan's most "branded" hardware companies.