消失的蜻蜓：基隆粉料廠的興衰

Disappearing Dragonfly: the Ebb and the Flow of Keelung Flour Mill

以生產蜻蜓牌麵粉聞名全臺的基隆粉料廠，目前仍是臺灣歷史最為悠久的麵粉工廠，自大正11年2月正式生產營運至民國89年9月停工，將近79年的歷史，對臺灣麵粉工業帶來重要貢獻。基隆粉料廠先後隸屬海南製粉株式會社、臺灣畜產公司、臺灣農林公司、臺灣農工公司。海南製粉株式會社時期，基隆粉料廠為臺灣規模最大的麵粉工廠，其所生產的麵粉不輸於日本。戰後，基隆粉料廠被接收成為公營事業，民國61年後更成為生產麵粉的唯一公營事業，除了供應軍公教民麵粉外，由於它的公營屬性，因此還必須配合政府政策來調配麵粉以平抑物價。後隨著民營麵粉工廠的不斷壯大與競爭，不得不擴充產能，民國64年基隆粉料廠增建第二製粉工廠，以應付市場所需。惟民國80年代不敵民營業者的削價競爭，業務逐漸減縮，終至民國89年12月關廠。

Famous nation-wide, produced the flour with the brand''Dragonfly'', Keelung Flour Mill tops the one of the oldest flour plants in Taiwan. Started in February 1922 till September 2000, the mill has brought tremendous contribution to Taiwan, with its seventy-nine years of history. Took turns, Keelung Flour Mill belonged to Hainan Flour Mills Co. Ltd., Taiwan Animal Husbandry Corporation, Taiwan agricultural and Forest Co. Ltd., and Taiwan agricultural and industrial Co. Ltd.. In the beginning, under the Hainan Flour Mills, Keelung Flour Mill had the most efficient scale in Taiwan; the maximum production could compete against Japan. After WWII, KMT government took over the Keelung Flour Mill; thus it became a state-owned enterprise. After 1972, it became the only mill run by the government. A public cooperation, it constantly followed the government policies to produce flour to stabilize commodity prices. In the mean time, private mills started to grow and compete against it; Keelung had to expand the production capacity. In 1975, Keelung Flour Mill built a second plant to fulfill the market demands. Only in 1990's, the cutthroat price competition, led by the private mills, began to strengthen its territory; Keelung met the downfall, the business decreased immensely. It finally shut down at September 2000.