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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”
competition, second to none.
Invested in Enertronix, Inc., which also became a subsidiary, to conduct R&D and
manufacture radio receiver and wireline communication equipment.
December 2005 The company issued 59,592,835 stock shares in exchange for 15% stock shares of
Advantech Co., Ltd. for of stock exchange and strategic alliance; the company
thus entered the industrial computer field.
ASUS entered CES exhibition for the first time, introducing the concept of the
“digital home.” W5A NB was awarded with CES Innovative Design &
Technology Award.
The consolidated income of the year amounted to NT$357.8 billion suggesting a
substantial growth of 43.11% from the year of 2004.
January 2006 The company and Advantech Co., Ltd. each acquired 50% shareholding of
Advansus Corp. on January 3, 2006 with cash capitalization.
January 2006 The company’s R&D was trusted by the industry; ASUS AS-D770 was crowned
as Top-50 Industrial Purchasers.
March 2006 The company had stock exchanged with Askey Computer Corporation according
to Merger Law with 73,662,961 shares issued for merger. Askey Computer
Corporation had become a subsidiary of the company.
March 2006 The company had organizational structure adjustment in response to business
development. Most of the BU was defined as the Business Division for the
realization of process-oriented and customer-oriented services.
April 2006 ASUS W3A, W5A, and V600V were awarded with Red Dot Design Award for the
outstanding function and fashionable and elegant design.
May 2006 ASUS NB W2, W3, and V6 were nominated for “iF China Design award” Top-10.
This was a great achievement for the company; evidence of ASUS’s leading
position of in the computer world.
June 2006 Business Weekly awarded ASUS with InfoTech 100 for eight consecutive years.
October 2006 ASUS, known for creating trust and sentiment was awarded the “2005 Top-10
Taiwan Brand Value” by Business Next Magazine.
December 2006 ASUS ATEC was awarded with the “7
th
Management of Technology Award” by
Chinese Society for Management of Technology.
December 2006 The consolidated income for the year amounted to NT$560.235 billion
representing a substantial growth of 45.49% from the year of 2005.