Corporate Milestone

Corporate Milestone

1975 Inventec Corporation established with $1 million capital
1982 Tokyo branch office established
1989 Inventec Besta and Malaysia subsidiaries established
  Started production of notebook and word processors (Chinese-English electronic dictionaries)
1990 Started production of phone fax machines
1991 Shanghai subsidiary established
1992 Granted ISO-9001 Quality Certification by the BCIQ and the BSI
1993 Nanjing, Tianjin and Beijing subsidiaries established
  Started production of PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants)
1994 Xian subsidiary established
1995 Started production of Pentium series multi-media notebooks
  Established Hou Gang Factory to manufacture electronic dictionaries
  Established Lin Kou Factory to manufacture and assemble peripherals
1996 Set up Second Taipei Factory to manufacture PDA and graphic calculator
  Inventec Corporation officially listed
1997 USA and Scotland subsidiaries established
  Established third Taipei Factory to manufacture personal notebooks
1998 Acquired Digital Taiwan in Taoyuan County for R&D and manufacture of
  high-end desktop computers and servers
1999 Established Inventec Micro-Electronics Corp. for the manufacture and sales of calculators
  Established Inventec Multimedia & Telecom Corp. for the manufacture and sales of multimedia and communications products
2000 Established Inventec Appliances Corp. for the manufacture and sales of information appliances,
  WAP cellular phones, and graphic calculators
  Host ˇ§Saving the Island, Delivery Care to Chungliaoˇ¨ Charity Auction for the victims of 921 Earthquake
2001 Established Inventec Tomorrow Studio Corp. for the publish anddistribution of book
  and electronic products
  Established Inventec Shanghai Hongqiao Factory
  Organize Charity Concert to Collect Contributions for the Minority Group for 4 consecutive years
2003 Inventec Group Shanghai Pudong Campus in operation
2004 Established Inventec Enterprise System Corp.
  Established a factory in Czech Republic
  Achieved Inventec record high revenue reached of USD 4 billion
2005 Inventec 30th Anniversary Celebration
  Inventec Appliances Corporation officially listed
2006 Achieved Inventec record high revenue-over USD 6 Billion
2007 Pudong Notebook R&D Center in Operation
2008 Pudong campus notebook shipment exceeded 16 million units
  Achieved Inventec record high revenue-over USD 10 Billion
  Taipei Mobile Computing Center in Operation
2009 Increase share hold of KOHJINSHA Co. Ltd (Japan) to 61.69%

Corporate Recognition

1987 Awarded theˇ§Partnersin Progress Awardˇ¨by SearsˇVthe world's largest department store
1988 Received theˇ§Best Supplier Awardˇ¨from Philips Awarded the ˇ§Partners in Progress Awardˇ¨by Sears
1991 Received the ˇ§Best Supplier Awardˇ¨ from Zenith Recognized by Texas Instruments
  withˇ§Supplier Excellence Awardˇ¨
1992 Granted ISO-9001 Quality Certification by the BCIO and the BSI
1993 Awarded theˇ§Supplier Excellence Awardˇ¨by Texas Instruments CD61 awarded the
  ˇ§Symbol of Excellence Awardˇ¨by Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan
1994 CD37 Electronic Dictionary awarded with the ˇ§Symbol of Excellence Awardˇ¨;
  CD65 Electronic Dictionary and e-book Recorder awarded with the ˇ§National Awardfor Excellenceˇ¨ by Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan
1995 Presented with theˇ§National Quality Awardˇ¨ by Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan
1996 Achieved ISO-14001 Certification for Environment Management System by SGS
  (Societe Generale de Surveillance) Yarsley ICS Ltd.
  Received theˇ§Supplier Excellence Awardˇ¨ from Texas Instruments
  Sponsor the Charity Mini-marathon for Improving Occupational Education by Council of Labor Affairs, Executive Yuan
1997 Ranked first place in Taiwan Business Performance Billboard Ranked third
  in Business Performance Evaluation by China Credit Information Service Ltd.
  Ranked first place in Taiwan Business Performance Billboard by ˇ§Common Wealthˇ¨ Magazine
  Richard Lee awarded the ˇ§National Quality Award for Individualˇ¨
1999 Achieved ISO-14001 Certification SGS (Societe Generale de Surveillance),
  UK Received the ˇ§Supplier Excellence Awardˇ¨from Texas Instruments
2000 Taipei Shih-Lin Factory presented with the ˇ§Industrial Excellence Awardˇ¨
  Inventec Corporation was honored as ˇ§The Group Recipient of Good Virtue and Honorable Deedsˇ¨
  Host ˇ§Saving the Island, Delivery Care to Chungliaoˇ¨ Charity Auction for the victims of 921 Earthquake
2001 Presented with theˇ§Excellence in Innovation Awardˇ¨
  by the Chinese Association for Industrial Technology
  Advancement Presented with the ˇ§Gold Medal National Invention Awardˇ¨ by Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan
  Presented with ˇ§Best Buy Awardˇ¨ by China PC Magazine
  Organize Charity Concert to Collect Contributions for the Minority Group for 4 consecutive years
2002 Ranked sixth in the ˇ§Award for International Tradeˇ¨
2004 Presented with theˇ§Outstanding Self-Management Company Awardˇ¨
2005 Ranked first place for export growth withˇ§International Trade Awardˇ¨
  by Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan
2006 Ranked 17th in 2006ˇ§The Information Technology 100ˇ¨by Business Week
  Granted IECQ QC 080000 certification for hazardous-substance free management system
2008 Dr. Eye awarded theˇ§Best Choice of COMPUTEX Taipei 2008ˇ¨in software category
2009 Dr.eye family won 3 Taiwan Symbol of Excellence 2009, including
  Dr. eye 8.1 PC version, Dr. eye mobile PPC version and Dr. eye USB.
  Inventec Corporation was honored the CSR Award (Corporate Social Responsibility) by Global Views Magazine in Taiwan