Asus 2010 Annual Report Download - page 13

9
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.
April 2006 ASUS W3A, W5A, and V600V were awarded with Red Dot Award for the
outstanding function and fashionable and elegant design.
May 2006 ASUS NB W2, W3, and V6 were nominated for “iF China, Design awar
d
”
Top-10. A great achievement of the company to share and it did evidence the
leading position of ASUS in computer world.
June 2006 Business Weekly awarded ASUS with InfoTech 100 for eight consecutive years.
October 2006 ASUS that was known for creating trust and sentiment was awarded with the
“2005 Top-10 Taiwan Brand Value.”
December 2006 ASUS ATEC was awarded with the “7
th
Management of Technology Awar
d
”
b
y
Chinese Society for Management of Technology.
December 2006 The consolidated income of the year amounted to NT$560.235 billion representing
a substantial growth of 45.49% from the year of 2005.
January 2007 ASUS worked with Automobili Lamborghini to
p
resen
t
ASUS Lamborghini VX
series NB high-speed version.
January 2007 ASUS AS-D770 and NB were crowned for Top-50 Industrial Purchasers in 2005.
ASUS products were the first choice of industry, professionals, and networking
users for consumption.
February 2007 ASUS was awarded with three citations in MIS Best Choice by Institute for
Information Industry: Barebones and server were ranked in the first place and
advanced NB was ranked in the second place.
March 2007 ASUS presented the first 3.5G NB in Taiwan that led consumers entering new
mobile phone era.
June 2007 ASUS were awarded with 39 citations in the 15
th
“Symbol of Excellence” award
for its excellent quality and innovation that was second to none.
June 2007 ASUS was recognized by Mercedes-Benz and with ASUS P526 “C-Class Mobile
Phone” promoted.
July 2007 AUSU announced to have brand name business and OEM/ODM business divided
at the press conference of SEC in July 2007. ASUS was dividend into three
divisions, in which, brand name business was the responsibility of ASUS while
OEM/ODM was the responsibility of Pegatron Corporation and Unihan
Corporation on the baseline date of January 1, 2008.
July 2007 ASUS was crowned for the “2007 Top-10 Brands Taiwan” with a brand value of
US$1.196 billion recognized representing a growth of 166% from the year of
2003.
October 2007 ASUS Eee PC was market launched in Taiwan for the satisfaction of consumers.