Hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1995, ʻo Ningbo Bofan Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd., kekahi o nā mea hana hale noho hale lole Kina kaulana, e ʻimi mau ana i ka pale o ka nohona a me ka aesthetics a paʻa mau i ka hana ʻana i nā huahana maʻemaʻe.

Aia ka waihona hana o ka hui ma ke kūlanakauhale awa - Ningbo, Kina, e uhi ana i kahi o 40,000 square meters. I nā makahiki he 20 i hala iho nei, e pili ana i nā koi like ʻole o nā mea kūʻai aku ma nā wahi like ʻole no ka hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa a me nā lawelawe maikaʻi, ua lawe ʻia nā ʻumi miliona o nā noho halepaku ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Loaʻa iā Bofan ka ʻike ʻike huahana a me ka hiki ke pae ʻana, e kālele ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā huahana hiki ke lawe mai i ka ʻike maikaʻi a me ka hauʻoli ʻuhane i ke ola. Loaʻa i ka hui nā mana R&D ikaika a hiki i kēia manawa, ua loaʻa iā ia ma mua o 147 mau patent, a ʻo 17 nā patents no ka mea hou.