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
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
2001
Established Inventec
Tomorrow Studio Corp. for the publish and
distribution of book and electronic products
Established Inventec Shanghai
Hongqiao Factory
2002
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
Established a factory in Mexico
Corporate Recognition
1987
Awarded the ˇ§Partners
in Progress Awardˇ¨ by Sears ˇV the world's
largest department store
1988
Received the ˇ§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 with ˇ§Supplier Excellence
Awardˇ¨
1992
Granted ISO-9001
Quality Certification by the BCIO and the
BSI
1993
Awarded the ˇ§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 Award
for Excellenceˇ¨ by Ministry of Economic Affairs,
Taiwan
1995
Presented with
the ˇ§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 the ˇ§Supplier Excellence
Awardˇ¨ from Texas Instruments
1997
Ranked first place
in Taiwan Business Performance Billboard Ranked
third in Business Performance Evaluation by
China Credit Information Service Ltd.
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¨
2001
Presented with
the ˇ§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
2002
Ranked sixth in
the ˇ§Award for International Tradeˇ¨
2004
Presented with
the ˇ§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
2006 ˇ§The Information Technology 100ˇ¨ by Business
Week
Granted IECQ QC 080000 certification for hazardous-substance free management system
