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businesses of 1999 Taiwan Top 500. China Credit Information Service Ltd. ranks
the Company in 4th place among businesses with the most productive employees
of 1999 Taiwan Top 500. Company reports increased paid-in capital to
NT$11.449 billion with retained earnings.
July 1999 The ASUS Note
b
oo
k
is launched, with the slimmest and ligh
t
-weight form factor.
October 1999 Upon the implementation of NT$300 million cash capital increase, total pai
d
-in
capital reached NT$11.464 billion.
December 1999 Company repor
t
s sales revenue of NT$49 billion, representing yea
r
-on-year
growth of 39.2%.
January 2000 Acquired tracts of land in Beitou District, near existing headquarte
r
s on Li-Te
Road. Total ground area increased to 255,697 sq. ft.
February 2000 Product launch of the
N
oteboo
k
L8400.
May 2000 Construction of Beitou II facility completed, adding 51,699 sq. ft.
p
roduction
space.
June 2000 With capital increase from retained earnings, total paid-in capital reaches
NT$15.671 billion.
August 2000 Ranked first place of Tech 200 by Globalviews Magazine.
September 2000 China Credit Information Service Ltd. ran
k
s the Company’s business performance
in 3rd place for top 10 Manufacturers in 1990-1999.
October 2000 CommonWealth Magazine ran
k
s the Company in 1s
t
p
lace among Taiwan
Electronics and in 7th nationwide.
N
ovember 2000 Business Wee
k
(U.S.A.) ranks the Company in 44
th
p
lace worldwide fo
r
The
InfoTech 100.
December 2000 Company repor
t
s sales revenue of NT$70.7 billion, representing yea
r
-on-year
growth of 44.38%.
March 2001 ASUS awarded certification regarding Ozone Depleting Substances and
Chemicals (ODC refers to the certification of environmental protection without
using any material hazardous to Ozone layer.)
June 2001 With capital increase from retained earnings, total paid-in capital reaches
NT$19.769 billion.
June 2001 Business Weekly ran
k
s ASUS in 26
th
p
lace in World Business 100 listing.
N
ovember 2001 Business Wee
k
ran
k
s ASUS in 28
th
p
lace in The InfoTech 100 listing.
N
ovember 2001 Construction of new Taipei facilities are completed, bringing total office and
production space to 322,842 sq. ft.
December 2001 Readers of PC Magazine award ASUS with Product of the Year Award fo
r
motherboard, Notebook, CD-ROM, and VGA products.
December 2001 Far Eastern Economic Review ran
k
s ASUS quality and service in 4
th
p
lace.
December 2001 Company repor
t
s sales revenue of NT$77.9 billion, representing yea
r
-on-year
growth of 10.16%.
January 2002 Seventeen ASUS
p
roducts are awarded the Symbol of Excellence, making the
Company the biggest winner of the 10th national Symbol of Excellence awards
event.
April 2002 Company is
r
ecognize
d
as an Excellent Health and Safety Institute by Taipei City
government.
April 2002 Company
r
an
k
s in
t
op 10 of Manufacturers 1000 by CommonWealth Magazine; in