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January 2003 Constructed Quay-Sun Plant with 16,976.8 pings available for use.
February 2003 The design of supe
r
-thin portable dual CD-R & CD-REW SCB-2408-D was
awarded by the International Forum (iF) in Germany.
March 2003 Based on the
p
owerful R&D capability and the excellent cooperation with Intel,
ASUS launched Centrino NB to great attention.
May 2003 After receiving the award of “Symbol of Excellence” with 20 citations, more than
all competitors, ASUS was awarded the “11th Branding Taiwan” with three
citations, the most of any company. This demonstrated the high quality and image
of ASUS and its ability to compete in the world on behalf of Taiwan.
June 2003 Purchased the assets of Elite Group in Chungli, including land, manufacturing
facilities and equipment, and specific raw material through the subsidiary,
ASUSALPHA COMPUTER INCORPORATION
August 2003 Increased the paid-in capital to NT$22.817 billion with retained earnings.
September 2003 Presented S200N Cent
r
ino NB; it weighed only 905g and was the lightes
t
-weigh
t
NB in the world.
October 2003 Presented the first 3G foldable color phone J100.
N
ovember 2003 DiGiMatrix was awarded with “Taiwan Outstanding Design Awar
d
” in 2003.
December 2003 The consolidated income of the year amounted to NT$195.889 billion representing
a substantial growth in sales.
April 2004 Setup TPC product line (thermal conduction, power, and chassis) to provide
consumers with comprehensive system solution.
May 2004 ASUS W1 NB with buil
t
-in TV card and powerful multimedia software was
market launched. The outstanding hair-like pattern design was awarded with
multiple global awards.
June 2004 Presented the ligh
t
-weight,
b
ig screen ASUS J101 phone.
June 2004 The industrial design team received eleven G-Mark in Japan, five iF awards and
five Red Dot design awards in Germany.
December 2004 Awarded with 1,048 global professional media and networking awards, second to
none.
December 2004 ASUS was the largest motherboard and VGA manufacturer; worldwide, one out of
three computers was made with ASUS motherboards.
December 2004 The company shippe
d
42 million motherboards and 7.8 million VGA 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, with all forty nominated products receiving awards.
March 2005 ASUS W1 NB was awarded by iF (Germany) with the 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., which became a subsidiary, to
manufacture office machine, electronic components, and computer and peripheral
equipment, and to conduct the wholesales and retails sales of precision instrument
and camera equipment.
October 2005 ASUS successfully developed the first environmen
t
-friendly mother board in
Taiwan.
Invested in AMA PRECISION INC., the subsidiary, to conduct computer elements
R&D.
N
ovember 2005 ASUS was awarded with thirteen awards in the 2005 “Channel Award”