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T$3.23 billion.
May 1997 Company receives US$230 million capital increase via global depositary receipt
(GDR) form.
September 1997 Acquisition of automated SMT assembly line increases production capacity
b
y a
factor of 3.
September 1997 Monthly sales revenue exceeds
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T$2 billion for the first time.
October 1997 Qua
y
-Sun Plant facilities, with total of 281,110 sq. ft., are purchased to enable new
Notebook and CD-ROM production.
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ovember 1997
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ote
b
oo
k
and CD-ROM
p
roducts are launched.
December 1997 Company repor
t
s sales revenue of NT$21.371 billion and net income of NT$7.038
billion, representing year-on-year growth of 60.4%.
February 1998 Asiamoney recognizes ASUS among Best Managed Companies in Taiwan.
April 1998 Finance Asia recognizes ASUS among Asia’s Strongest Companies.
June 1998 With capital increase from retained earnings, total paid-in capital reaches
NT$8.115 billion.
June 1998 Monthly sales excee
d
s
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T$3 billion for the first time.
October 1998 With
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T$20 million cash capital increase, total paid-in capital reaches
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T$8.135
million.
October 1998 With acquisition of automated SMT assembly line, motherboard production
capacity reaches nearly 1 million per month.
October 1998 Product launch of all-in-one Note
b
oo
k
highlights slimmes
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and lightes
t
-weigh
t
form factor.
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ovember 1998 Company is certified ISO-14000.
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ovember 1998 Asia Week ranks Company 1
s
t
p
lace among The International Chinese Enterprises
500 and top-10 manufacturer in 1998.
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ovember 1998 Asia Week ranks the Company’s
b
usiness
p
erformance in the first three quarters of
1998 in 1
st
place for The InfoTech 100.
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ovember 1998 Business Wee
k
(U.S.A.) ranks the Company in 18
th
p
lace worldwide and in 1
s
t
place in Asia for The InfoTech 100.
December 1998 Expansion of the Lu-Chu Plant is completed, bringing anothe
r
128,091 sq. ft.
online for production.
December 1998 Company repor
t
s sales revenue of NT$35.2 billion and net income of NT$11.575
billion, representing year-on-year growth of 64.7%.
March 1999 Construction of Beitou II Plan
t
b
egins, where another 51,699 sq. ft. of
p
roduction
space will be added.
May 1999 Company is ranked in 21
s
t
place among top 1000 manufacturers in the special
issue of CommonWealth Magazine. Company is ranked in 2
nd
place among the
top 50 Enterprises 50 for three consecutive years (2007~2009) in special issues of
CommonWealth Magazine. Company is ranked in 6
th
place among the top 1000
manufacturers as the most profitable operation, in a special issue of
CommonWealth Magazine (hits the mark of NT$10 billion and becomes the
leader of information and telecommunication industry). Company is ranked as one
of the national top 20 private businesses in a special issue of CommonWealth
Magazine.
June 1999 China Credit Information Service Ltd. recognizes the Company with an honorary
citation of 1999 Taiwan Top 500. China Credit Information Service Ltd. ranks the
Company in 4
th
place among the most profitable businesses of 1999 Taiwan Top
500. China Credit Information Service Ltd. ranks the Company in 3
rd
place among
the highest-earning businesses of 1999 Taiwan Top 500. China Credit Information
Service Ltd. ranks the Company in 3
rd
place among the best asset-management