南港瓶蓋工廠位在臺北市南港區，前身是西元（以下同）1941年成立的民營公司「國產軟木工業株式會社」。第二次世界大戰結束後，成為臺灣省菸酒公賣局轄下的「南港瓶蓋工廠」，曾是全臺灣最大的瓶蓋製造廠。2004年，在都市發展與營運成本的考量下，工廠的生產線與員工皆遷往桃園市龜山區，廠區自此閒置多年。2013年，為進行都市計畫，南港瓶蓋工廠面臨拆除，卻也因此引發長達2年的保存運動。最終，臺北市文化局在2015年將部分建物登錄為歷史建築。作為南港區少數現存的日治時期工廠，本文以南港瓶蓋工廠為研究對象，藉由相關文獻及檔案資料，試圖發掘工廠的歷史、文化意義及價值。

Nangang Cork & Crown Manufactory is located in Nangang District, Taipei City. It used to be a private company “Domestic Cork Industrial Company Limited” established in 1941. After the World War II, the company became “Nangang Cork & Crown Manufactory” which belonged to Taiwan Tobacco & Wine Monopoly Bureau, was once the largest cork & crown manufactory in Taiwan. In 2004, according to the consideration of urban development and operating costs, the factory’s production line and employees were moved to Guishan District, Taoyuan City. Since then, the original factory has been idle for many years. In 2013, in order to carry out urban planning, the Nangang Cork & Crown Manufactory faced demolition, and it also caused a two-year dispute of cultural preservation. In the end, Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government registered several buildings as historic buildings in 2015. The Nangang Cork & Crown Manufactory as a few surviving factories established during the Japanese colonial period in Nangang District, this article took it as a research object and tries to discover the history, cultural significance and value of the factory through relevant literature and archives.