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multiple global awards.
June 2004 Presented the small and with big screen ASUS J101 phone.
June 2004 The industrial design team received eleven G-Mark in Japan, five iF awards in
Germany and five Red Dot design awards.
December 2004 Awarded with 1,048 global professional media and networking awards that were
second to none.
December 2004 ASUS was the largest motherboard and VGA manufacturer; therefore, one out of
three computers was made with ASUS motherboard in the world.
December 2004 The company had 42 million motherboards and 7.8 million VGA shipped in 2004.
December 2004 ASUS became the Top-10 NB brands and the Top-5 NB manufacturers.
December 2004 The consolidated income of the year amounted to NT$250.042 billion representing
a substantial growth of 26% from the year of 2003.
January 2005 ASUS was the biggest winner of “Symbol of Excellence” award for two
consecutive years and with all forty nominated products awarded.
March 2005 ASUS W1 NB was awarded by iF (Germany) with industrial design award that
was known as Oscar Award in computer business. This was the first Chinese
design awarded with iF.
Invested in AzureWave Technologies, Inc., the subsidiary, to manufacture office
machine, electronic components, and computer and peripheral equipment; also, to
conduct the wholesales and retails of precision instrument and camera equipment.
October 2005 ASUS had the first environment-friendly mother board developed successfully in
Taiwan.
Invested in AMA PRECISION INC., the subsidiary, to conduct computer elements
R&D.
November 2005 ASUS was awarded with thirteen awards in 2005 “Channel Award” that was
second to none.
Invested in
Enertronix, Inc., the subsidiary, to conduct R&D and manufacture
radio receiver and wireline communication equipment.
December 2005 The company issued 59,592,835 stock shares in exchange for 15% stock shares of
Advantech Co., Ltd. to achieve the goal of stock exchange and strategic alliance;
then, the company entered industrial computer field.
ASUS entered CES exhibition for the first time to take advantage of the wave of
digital family. W5A NB was awarded with CES Innovative Design & Technology
Award.
The consolidated income of the year amounted to NT$357.8 billion representing a
substantial growth of 43.11% from the year of 2004.
January 2006 The company and Advantech Co., Ltd. each acquired 50% shareholding of
Advansus Corp. on January 3, 2006 with cash capitalization.
January 2006 The company’ s R&D was trusted by the industry. ASUS AS-D770 was crowned
as Top-50 Industrial Purchasers.
March 2006 The company had stock exchanged with Askey Computer Corporation according
to Merger Law and with 73,662,961 shares issued for merger. Askey Computer
Corporation had become a subsidiary of the company.
March 2006 The company had organizational structure adjusted in response to business
development. Most of the BU was defined as the Business Division for the
realization of process-oriented and customer-oriented service.