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demonstrating successful Dual Pentium and was recognized by the industry and
Intel accordingly.
May 1994 Bureau of Foreign Trade MOEA ranked the company’s importing/exporting
business in the 161st place in 1993.
July 1994 ASUS’s initial name was Hung-Shuo Computer Inc. In July, the company
officially changed the name to ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
August 1994 Increased the paid-in capital to NT$450.337 million with retained earnings.
August 1994 Set up subsidiaries in the United States and Germany for marketing, service, and
repair and maintenance.
October 1994 China Development Industrial Bank became the institute shareholder of the
company.
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ovember 1994 PCI Pentium and Dual Pentium were popular in market and exceeded NT$300
million in monthly sales for the first time.
December 1994 Taipei Factory was certified with ISO 9002.
December 1994 Purchased Taoyuan Lu-Chu Plant with an area of 2,417 pings and constructed a
manufacturing facility area of 1,200 level ground that was went into service in
mid-1995.
December 1994 Sales revenue of the year amounted to NT$3.36 billion representing 45.9% growth
from the year before, and the net income amounted to NT$756 million.
January 1995 ASIAN SOURCES Magazine had the company’s quality ranked in the first place
and the company’s technological innovation in the first place of the Top-10
mother board manufacturers in 1994, leading ahead of both First International
Computer Inc. and Acer.
May 1995 China Credit Information Service, Ltd. had the company’s business performance
ranked in the 5th place of the TOP-500 Manufacturers in 1994.
May 1995 The Taoyuan Lu-Chu Plant was officially put into service for production.
June 1995 Increased the paid-in capital to NT$600 million with retained earnings.
September 1995 CitiSelect Asia Tilt Growth Portfolio became the institute shareholder of the
company.
October 1995 Monthly income exceeded NT$1 billion for the first time.
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ovember 1995 Presented Pentium Pro server, work station, and motherboard.
December 1995 Sales revenue of the year amounted to NT$7.87 billion representing 134% growth
from the year before and the net income amounted to NT$1.95 billion.
January 1996 Purchased the head office on Li-Te Road and the building that was rented for
Taipei Plant with an area of 3,159 level ground.
April 1996 Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research awarded the company with
“Product of the Year Award” and “Enterprise of the Year Award.”
June 1996 China Credit Information Service Ltd. had the company’s business performance
ranked in the 1st place of “The TOP-500 Manufacturers in 1995”.
August 1996 SEC had the company authorized as Class II stock listing company.
August 1996 Increased the paid-in capital to NT$1.2 billion with retained earnings.
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ovember 1996 ASUS officially went public at Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation.
December 1996 Sales revenue for the year amounted to NT$13.327 billion, representing 69%
growth from the year before, and the net income amounted to NT$3.808 billion.
January 1997 Taoyuan Lu-Chu Plant was certified with ISO-9002.