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Excellence” award.
April 2002 Recognized as the Excellent Health and Safety Institute by Taipei City
Government.
April 2002 Ranked in the Top-10 of Manufacturers 1000 by Commonwealth Magazine, the
Top-3 of computer and elements, and the Top-3 of most profitable businesses.
June 2002 Launched MyPal A600, the first PDA supporting Intel’s 400MHz PXA250CPU;
also, it was the most light-weight, thin, and functional pocket PC.
July 2002 Increased the paid-in capital to NT$19.988 billion with retained earnings.
October 2002 Recognized as the Excellent Health and Safety institute nationwide.
Asia Week ranked ASUS in the Top-10 of Chinese Businesses 500.
December 2002 The company shipped 17 million mother boards this year; therefore, one out of six
computers was built with ASUS mother board.
December 2002 The consolidated income of the year amounted to NT$114.7 billion, representing a
substantial growth in sales.
January 2003 Constructed Quay-Sun Plant with 16,976.8 level ground 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 powerful 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 other competitors, ASUS was awarded the “11th Branding Taiwan” with three
citations, compared with most other companies. This demonstrated the high
quality and reputation 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 Centrino NB; it weighed only 905g and was the lightes
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-weight
NB in the world.
October 2003 Presented the first 3G foldable color phone J100.
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ovember 2003 DiGiMatrix was awarded with “Taiwan Outstanding Design Award” 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
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-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
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-weight, big 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 shipped 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.