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The Gold Medal and Silver Medal of the 19th “Symbol of Excellence” were
awarded to the 45 products of ASUS, the biggest winner of the year.
The 2011 Energy Star Certification was held in Washington D.C. in the United
States. ASUS was awarded with “Excellence in Efficient Product Design”. The
exclusive ASUS developed Super Hybrid Engine (SHE) with super
energy-saving techniques has been appraised by the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ASUS Eee Pad Transformer won the 2011 Taipei Computex Best Choice Award
in category of the Best Choice of the Year, Best Design Award and the Best
Choice in “Computer and Systems.” The world’s first halogen-free monitor,
VW247H-HF and Bamboo series notebooks, U43SD were awarded with the
Green ICT Award. The o!Play Gallery high-speed USB 3.0 player was awarded
Best Choice in the category of “Display and Digital Entertainment” while the
Two-Way HDMI Streaming Media Center WAVI won the Best Choice in the
“Telecommunication category.” ASUS outperformed the competition with seven
awards.
ASUS agreed to establish the Shou Yang Digital Technology Co., Ltd with
AAEON Technology for M&A, based on the consolidation date of June 1st,
2011. Shou Yang was the surviving corporation after the merger and acquisition,
the company was renamed AAEON Technology on July 4th, 2011. ASUS Group
is holding 65% of the integrated ownership.
ASUS introduced its new branding vision “In Search of Incredible.” which was
incorporated in the ASUS N series and debuted with Jay Chou’s special version
of notebook, exhibiting the cross—boundary interaction of technology and arts.
The TAITRA organized the “Top 100 Taiwan Brands” as part of the centennial
celebration of the founding of Taiwan. ASUS products were recognized by the
judgers and consumers to be selected as one of the top 100 Taiwan products.
ASUS was ranked as the top 3 international brands of Taiwan for the 9th
consecutive years, the market value of the brand is valued at NT1.637 billion.
ASUS synchronized the release of the latest ZENBOOK super-slim notebook
around the world. Chairman Jonney Shi first released the product in New York,
followed by London, Milan and Taipei. The synchronized global disclosure.
Famous international composing singer, Jason Mraz visited ASUS headquarters
in Guangdu and collaborated with ASUS’s “In Search of Incredible”
ASUS cooperated with NVIDIA and launched the world’s first 10.1-in
Android-based tablet PC carrying NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 4-core processor. The
product, equipped exclusively with the ASUS Eee keyboard base, inherits the
concept and spirit of “transformation” from ASUS, and exhibits exceptional
action and battery life.
ASUS announced its major deployment in cloud computing by launching the
“ASUS Private Clouding” to integrate clouding platform, enterprise application
software, and comprehensive solutions for server systems, so that enterprises
can quickly build exclusive private clouds with all-in-one convenience and
safety.
ASUS officially released the worlds’ first 4-core processor carrying NVIDIA®
Tegra® 3 while exhibiting the Google Android 4.0 ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich)
based ASUS transformation tablet PC for the first time.
Brand sales in 2011 amounted to NT$350.3 billion.
ASUS won six product innovation awards in CES exhibition, in the categories
of wireless portable, personal electronic products, audio equipment, computer
hardware, and components. Padfone was awarded with the Best of Innovations
Award in the category of wireless portable products, demonstrating ASUS’s
leadership in the field of digital life products.
ASUS was the biggest winner for the 9th consecutive year in the 20th Taiwan
Boutique Awards; a total of 50 products received awarded, while 7 products
were finalists for the Golden Quality Award.
The National Center for High-Performance Computing adopted ASUS