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January 2007 ASUS worked with Automobili Lamborghini to present the ASUS Lamborghini
VX series NB high-speed version.
January 2007 ASUS AS-D770 and NB were crowned as Top-50 Industrial Purchasers in 2005
by the Commercial Times newspaper in Taiwan. ASUS products were the first
choice for the industry, professionals; and networking users.
February 2007 ASUS was awarded with three citations in MIS Best Choice by Institute for
Information Industry: Barebones and server were ranked in the first place, and
advanced NB was ranked in the second place.
March 2007 ASUS presented the first 3.5G NB in Taiwan that led consumers entering new
mobile phone era.
June 2007 ASUS was awarded 39 citations in the 15
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Taiwanese Excellence Awards for its
excellent quality and innovation; that was second to none.
June 2007 ASUS was recognized as an innovative technology company by Mercedes-Benz
which co-branded the ASUS P526 “C-Class Mobile Phone” with ASUS.
July 2007 ASUS announced plans to have brand name business and OEM/ODM business
divided at the press conference of SEC in July 2007. ASUS was divided into three
divisions, where brand name business was the responsibility of ASUS and
OEM/ODM was the responsibility of Pegatron Corporation and Unihan
Corporation, as of January 1, 2008.
July 2007 ASUS was recognized by Business next Magazine as the “2007 Top-10 Brands
Taiwan.” with a brand value of US$1.196 billion, representing a growth of 166%
from the year of 2003.
October 2007 ASUS Eee PC was launched to the market in Taiwan.
ASUS Eee PC was popular worldwide and one Eee PC was sold in every five
seconds.
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ovember 2007 The environmental protection effort of ASUS was recognized for the first time;
Oekom, an international reputable institute for environmental protection
evaluation, ranked ASUS in first place for “2007 Environmental Protection.”
Also, ASUS was the first Chinese IT industry to have received such an honor in
the last fifty years.
December 2007 ASUS was ranked top in the “Sustainability Award” by the Executive Yuan,
presented to the Chairman of ASUS by the Minister.
December 2007 Dr. Yahya AJJ Jammeh, President of the Republic of Gambia, and his 32 officers
visited the head office of ASUS and showed strong interest in Eee PC.
December 2007 Chunghwa Telecom and ASUS announced a strategic alliance to integrate the
resources for the construction of a perfect digital center and get involved in charity
activity with 1,000 Eee PCs donated to schools in the remote area of northern,
central, southern, and eastern Taiwan to narrow down Taiwan’s digital divide.
December 2007 ASUS entered the optical field for the first time through the presentation of
BrightCam AF-200 and MF-200.
December 2007 The consolidated annual income amounted to NT$755.361 billion representing a
substantial growth of 34.83% compared with 2006.
January 2008 ASUS
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-name business and OEM/ODM business were officially divided. The
brand-name business was the responsibility of ASUS while OEM/ODM was the
responsibility of Pegatron Corporation and Unihan Corporation with each
company focusing on creating their own value.
March 2008 The “Dual Hundred-Million-Plan” of ASUS was to have one hundred million
NTD budgeted to win over the heart of one hundred million customers. The goal
was to provide professional repair and maintenance and consulting service to
more customers of ASUS.
April 2008 ASUS launched the second-generation 8.9’ Eee PC 900 to the market.
April 2008 Intel and ASUS held the “Recycling Computer, Project of Hope” press conference
to demonstrate collaboration between businesses and their determination and
enterprise actions in saving energy and recycling for the good of the earth.
April 2008 ASUS Foundation was set up integrate resources effectively, give feedback
society and fulfill social responsibility.