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October 1994 China Development Industrial Bank became the institute shareholder of the
company.
N
ovember 1994 PCI Pentiu
m
and Dual Pentium were popular in marke
t
and with monthly sales
exceeding NT$300 million for the first time.
December 1994 Taipei Factory was certified with ISO 9002.
December 1994 Purchased Taoyuan Lu-Chu Plant with an area of 2,417 pings and a constructed
area of 1,200 pings that was put into service in mid-1995.
December 1994 Sales revenue of the year amounted to NT$3.36 billion representing 45.9% growth
from the year before and the net income amounted to NT$756 million.
January 1995 ASIAN SOURCES Magazine had the company’s quality ranked in the first place
and the company’s technological innovation in the first place of the Top-10
mother board manufacturers in 1994 ahead of First International Computer Inc.
and Acer.
May 1995 China Credit Information Service, Lt
d
. had the company’s
b
usiness
p
erformance
ranked in the 5th place of the TOP-500 Manufacturers in 1994.
May 1995 Taoyuan Lu-Chu Plant was put into service for production officially.
June 1995 Increased the paid-in capital to NT$600 million with retained earnings.
Septembe
r
1995 CitiSelect Asia Tilt Growth Portfolio became the institute shareholder of the
company.
October 1995 Monthly income exceeded NT$1 billion for the first time.
N
ovember 1995 Presented Pentium Pro server, work station, and motherboar
d
.
December 1995 Sales revenue of the year amounted to NT$7.87 billion representing 134% growth
from the year before and the net income amounted to NT$1.95 billion.
January 1996 Purchased the head office on Li-Te Road and the
b
uilding that was rented for
Taipei Plant with an area of 3,159 pings.
April 1996 Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research awarded the company with
“Product of the Year Award” and “Enterprise of the Year Award.”
June 1996 China Credit Information Service Ltd. had the company’s
b
usiness
p
erfo
r
mance
ranked in the 1st place of The TOP-500 Manufacturers in 1995.
August 1996 SEC had the company authorized as Class II stock listing company.
August 1996 Increased the paid-in capital to NT$1.2 billion with retained earnings.
N
ovember 1996 ASUS wen
t
p
ublic at Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation officially.!
December 1996 Sales revenue of the year amounted to NT$13.327 billion representing 69% growth
from the year before and the net income amounted to NT$3.808 billion.
January 1997 Taoyuan Lu-Chu Plant was certified with ISO-9002.
February 1997 Leased Taoyuan Nan-Kan Plant with an area of 4,400 pings ready for production.
February 1997 P/I-P65UP5 of the company was awarded with the “5
th
Symbol of Excellence”
award.
April 1997 Setup Nan-Kan Plant with an area of 4,400 pings right next to Lu-Chu Plant for a
total monthly production of 800,000 motherboards.
May 1997 Increased the paid-in capital to NT$3.23 billion with retained earnings and cash.
May 1997 Collected funds for US$230 million with cash in the form of overseas depository
receipt GDR.
September 1997 Acquired automation SMT for expanding automatic production scale over three
times.
September 1997 Monthly income exceeded NT$2 billion for the first time.
October 1997 Purchased Quay-Sun Plant with an area of 7,900 pings for the production of new
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