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Company ProfileElitegroup Computer Systems
Co., Ltd.
Sep. 2008
Table of Contents Overview
– ECS Fact Sheet– Milestones– Mission & Strategy – Professional IT Supplier– Revenue Growth – ECS Headquarters– Worldwide Branches– Global Manufacturing Networks– Golden Elite Profile– ECSM Profile– ESZ Profile– EMX Profile
ECS Competitive Advantages
– Our strengths– Innovative Product Design– Worldwide RMA & Logistics Support– Complete Vertical Integration– Environmental Protection– ECS Green Assurance System– Possessing the Best Partner Services– Developing Convenient Communication
Worldwide recognitions
Corporate Overview
ECS Fact Sheet Founded in May 1987 in Taipei, Taiwan
Became the first motherboard maker to list on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in September 1994
Chairman: W. Y. Lin
President: Thomas Ni
Employees: 20,000+ worldwide
HQ Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Major products:
– PC/Server Motherboards; VGA Cards
– Notebook/Tablet PCs; Personal Multimedia Player
– Desktop PCs/Bare bone
ChairmanW.Y. Lin
AuditingCommittee
PresidentThomas Ni
President office
BU1: Mainboard, Add-on card and
System Product B.U. Kevin Yang
BU2: Notebook Product B.U.
Robert Tsay
BU3: Intelligent Communication
Product B.U.Rex Chang
BU4: PCB & Manufacturing B.U.
KJ Liu
Quality Assurance Division
General Administration
MP Tsai
BU2: Notebook Manufacturing B.U.
Jerry Kuo
Legal RoomMichael ChenResource
& Service
Finance
MIS
ECS Organization
Milestones
2001 Created the DeskNote PC, completely change the NB market segmentations.
2000 Achieved MB sales record of 1 Million units/month.
1994 Listed on Taiwan’s Stock Exchange. (Code 2331)
1987 Founded as a professional MB company in Taiwan.
2006 Acquired Tatung Desktop PC BU & Uniwill computer Corp.Added new manufacturing sites in China (Shenzhen and Suzhou), Mexico, and Czech Republic to complete ECS global manufacturing networks2005 Established new offices in China, Korea and Russia.
2003 Added ECSM Plant II to production facility lineup to produce NB and DT systems.
1998 Established ECSM in Shenzhen, China starting with a capacity of 0.6M MB
2002 Achieved 2 Million units/month in MB sales.
Ranked #8 in the BusinessWeek InfoTech 100
2007 Headquarters moved to ECS owned new buildingExtended new notebook manufacturing site in China (Suzhou)
2008 Headquarters new building completion Established Intelligent Communication Product Business Unit for
advanced communication product development.
Deliver affordable personal computing solutions for global markets
To be the best supplier of desktop and notebook PC building blocks to OEM/ ODM brand owners
Drive the new PC Era through innovation and integration of state-of-the-art technologies
Mission & Strategy
Professional IT Supplier
Worldwide Top 3Motherboard Supplier
Target MB Shipment35 Million pcs
Target VGA Shipment2.5 Million pcs
Target Shipment3 Million units
Worldwide Top 3
Desktop Supplier
Worldwide Top 6
Notebook Supplier
Target NB Shipment4.5 Million units
MBVGA NB DT
Professional PCB Supplier
Target Output2.1 Million Ft2
PCB
Revenue Growth
Year 2004 2005 2006 2007
Revenue(Thousand USD)
537,377
743,892
1,860,290
2,876,248
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1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
2004 2005 2006 2007
Building a New Headquarters and Our Future
ECS Headquarters, Taipei
Worldwide Branches
Sales/ Marketing Offices:
Headquarters (Taipei)Beijing, ChinaTokyo, JapanSeoul, Korea
Wijchen, The NetherlandsFremont, USAMoscow, RussiaSao Paulo, Brazil
ECS USA* Fremont
ECS Taiwan*Taipei
ECS Japan*Tokyo
ECS China*Beijing
ECS Netherlands*Amsterdam
ECS Brazil* Sao Paulo
ECS Korea*Seoul
ECS Russia*Moscow
Global Manufacturing Networks
ESZ Plant(Suzhou, China)ECSM Plants
(Shenzhen, China)Golden Elite Technology(Shenzhen,
China)
EMX Plant(Juarez, Mexico)
ECS Manufacturing sites
– ECSM (Shenzhen), China
– Golden Elite Technology (Shenzhen), China
– ESZ(Suzhou), China – EMX, Mexico
Golden Elite Profile Location: Shenzhen, China
Total Acreage: 372,720 m2 (land area)
ISO9001, ISO14001 , OHSAS18001, QC080000 accreditation
Employees: 6500
Key Facility:
– 32 RoHS Lines (PCBA) Capacity:
– PCB: 1 Million feet / month– PCBA (M/B): 1.6 Million pcs / month
Main Products:
– 2-10 Layers PCB– Motherboards– VGA Cards– Desktop PCs and Servers
Golden Elite Technology(Shenzhen, China)
ECSM Profile
ECSM Plants(Shenzhen, China)
Location: Shenzhen, China Total Acreage: 114,000m2 factory area ISO9002&14001 accreditation Employee: 7620 Key Facilities:
– 73 SMT Lines– 32 Manual Insertion Lines– 32 Testing/Packing Lines– 2 Pilot Run Lines
Capacity:
– 2.5 million Main Board per month– 1.5 million Add-on Cards per month– 250K Notebook/System per month
Main Products:
– Motherboards– VGA cards– Desktop PCs and servers
ESZ Profile Location: Suzhou, China
Total Acreage: 154,460.41 m2 factory area
ISO9002&14001 accreditation
Employee: 3800
Facility:
– 7 SMT lines– 4 DIP lines– 20 notebook assembly lines
Capacity:
– 500K notebook per month Main Products:
– Notebook PCs
ESZ Plant(Suzhou, China)
EMX ProfileEMX Profile
EMX Plant(Juarez, Mexico)
Location: Juarez, Maxico
Total Acreage:30,555 m2 factory area
ISO 9001 and 14001 certified
Employee: 250
Capacity: 200K desktop PC/month
Facility: 5 assembly lines
VAT: C-TPAT
Integration Capability: BTO/CTO
Main Products: Desktop PCs
ECS Competitive Advantages
Our Strengths
Cost Leader-ship
Product
Design
IT infra-
structures
Global Logisti
cs
Quality
ECS
ISO 9001, 14001 and QC080000 certified
Advanced manufacturing technology (ATE, AOI, Cross-section exam, thermal shock test, etc.)
Recognized by major OEM/ODM clients
Well positioned production sites in China (Shenzhen & Suzhou) and Mexico
Creative and experienced R&D teams for MB, NB, DT, IA and CE products
400+ MB R&D engineers
500+ NB R&D engineers
Completed vertical integration for PC production
Dominated economy of scale
Advanced ERP, PLM, and CRM systems
Innovated Product Design
Creative and experienced design and R&D teams develop cutting-edge MB, NB, DT, IA and CE solutions
ECS USA* Fremont
Worldwide RMA & Logistic Support
ECS Taiwan*Taipei
RMA & Logistics support center
Factory / Logistics support/RMA center
ECSM* ShenZhen
ECS USA* Miami
ECS BV*Netherlands
ECS MEXi
ECS CZH
Our manufacturer assures an optimum processing period for the repair of motherboards with a legal and unequivocal contract. This ensures that ECS
processing service is superior to the competition.
The Best Service
Complete Vertical Integration
Supply chain integration and strategic relationships with key partners help ECS reach economical production scale
Environmental Protection
ECS’s Green Competitive Advantage includes engineering and product designs featuring non-toxic materials, eco-designs, and easier
disassembly and recycling
ECS Green Assurance System
Our CRM system is a fully integrated website covering all ECS resources from every department, and offers product and
marketing resources on-line. http://partner.ecs.com.tw
Possessing the Best Partner Services
Our website has more than twenty languages, and offers the functions of searching engine and information.
Please visit ECS at www.ecs.com.tw.
Developing Convenient Communication
Recognitions and Awards
Recognitions from Customers
Recognitions from Global Media
“Editor’s Choice Award”HKEPC (Hong Kong), January 28th, 2008http://www.hkepc.com/?id=734&page=4&fs=idn#view
“……when it’s compared to previous RS690 chipset based motherboards, being the first IGP which supports DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0, the great performance increase of the integrated graphics core, the powerful Unified Video Decoder for HD Video, the HDMI connector, and the support for HDCP, have made this board be the best choice for HTPC……”
“Best Buy Award”ComputerDIY (Taiwan), March 1st, 2008
“……obviously, the A780GM-A motherboard shows us ECS’s efforts in providing not only a product with great price/performance ration, but also a product with good quality and nice overclocking capability……”
Awards from Worldwide Medias
“OC Recommended Award”OC Heaven (Taiwan), April 8th, 2008http://www.oc.com.tw/article/0804/readarticle.asp?id=6363
“……besides the great support for HD video decoding, featuring Hybrid Graphics Technology is obviously an additional benefit for users. With the great price/performance ration, there is no concern for those certain users who might have a bit budget limitation. This is definitely the best offering for users who are looking for a board that is helpful to HD video decoding ……”
“Best Value Award”OCWorkbench (Singapore), April 13th, 2008http://my.ocworkbench.com/2008/ecs/A780GM-A/g1.htm
“……ECS has put up a good challenge to the other players with this ECS A780GM-A……For those who intend to build a HTPC, a full fledge board might be a bit big for a small box. On the other hand, the chipset gives you a cheaper alternative over the 790X as this full board has 3 PCI slots and 2 PCIe x1 slot for future expansion use.……”
Awards from Worldwide Medias
Awards from Worldwide Medias
“Great Value Award”Guru3D (Netherland), April 3rd,http://www.guru3d.com/article/processor/520/1
“……The ECS "Black Series" A780GM-A mainboard is a good example of what the 780G chipset can do for you when properly implemented. It comes in an
aesthetically pleasing way, easy to use BIOS and at a very fair price. I'm seriously considering building a Full HD HTPC out of the platform we showed you today……This week we'll receive a AMD revision B3 Phenom processor, I can't wait to see how well it will perform on that. So yeah, I'm impressed by this mainboard, and I don't say that very often, especially in this price range……”
“Recommended Product Award”t-break (Middle East), April 2nd, 2008http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/article.php?cat=mobos&id=597&pagenumber=1
“……ECS A780GM-A motherboard impressed us with the on-board features. Hybrid support and overall a great layout is something that will please most users……”
“Approved Award”Phoronix (USA), April 14th, 2008http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ecs_a780gm&num=1
“While the AMD 790FX Chipset is the big brother to the 780G, the ECS A780GM-A v1.0 was able to stand its ground against the flagship Gigabyte MA790FX-DS5 in the tests we had conducted...The layout of this motherboard is fine by our standards and shouldn't pose any problem whether it's used for an HTPC/media setup or a mainstream gaming PC.”
“Price Performance Award”Noticias3D (Spain), April 14th, 2008http://www.noticias3d.com/articulo.asp?idarticulo=841&pag=1
“……Pros: Efficient consumption of energy, Correct yield Contained price, Possibility of hybrid CrossFire, Good connectivity (HDMI, VGA…) ……”
Awards from Worldwide Medias
“Silver Award”HWM Magazine (Malaysia),April 1st, 2008
“……If you’re getting this board just for HD home theater purpose, then it serves this purpose well enough……A HDMI enabled motherboard for a decent HD home theater experience……”
Awards from Worldwide Medias
“Recommended Award”Guru3D (Netherlands) Jan. 30th, 2008http://www.guru3d.com/article/ecs-geforce-8800-gt-dual-turbo-512mb/
“…It's an aesthetically pleasing to look at product and you are bound to have a lot of fun and it'll offer you a really nice gaming experience up-to 1600x1200 with all eye-candy enabled, that's a Guru3D assurance.…”
Awards – ECS N8800GT-512MX-DT
“Editor’s Choice Award”OCER.net (China) Feb. 5th, 2008http://www.ocer.net/article/a_show.php?id=13540
“…For users who are interested in overclocking, the dual turbo fans bundled with ECS N8800GT-512MX-DT is capable to provide better stability while overclocking.…”
“iXBT Original Design Award”iXBT.com (Russia) March 2008http://www.ixbt.com/video3/g92-2.shtml
“… ECS GeForce 8800 GT Accelero S1 512MB PCI-E is an excellent graphics card, and it is the best offering among all GeForce 8800GT based graphics cards I have ever seen …”
“Recommended Product Award”t-break (ME) Jan 27th 2008http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/article.php?cat=grfx&id=575&pagenumber=1
“… we installed the two fans bundled with the unit which brought the temperatures down to 45ºC-……it’s definitely lower than the stock HSF that nVidia uses…”
Awards – ECS N8800GT-512MX-DT
“Editor’s Choice Award”OCWorkbench (Singapore) Jan. 2008http://www.ocworkbench.com/2008/ecs/N8800GT-512X-with-Accelero-S1/b9.htm
“… In conclusion, the card is superb in 3D performance. This card is best if you can't stand the noise coming from those reference design 8800GT cards out. It is also best for use with playing back HD-DVD or Blu-ray…”
“Editor’s Choice Award”PCPOP (China) Dec. 2007http://www.pcpop.com/doc/0/252/252043.shtml
“…Providing the amazing cooling efficiency, this graphics card is the excellent choice for enthusiasts…”
Awards – ECS N8800GT-512MX-DT
“Top Award”MaximoPC (Argentina) March 2008http://www.maximopc.org/articulos/ecs_geforce_8800gt_acceleros1_p0.html
“…an excellent product that until the moment competitors do not have and that is without doubt “the best” GeForce 8800GT, so we give it TOP Award …”
“Editor’s Choice Award”ComputerDIY Magazine (Taiwan) Feb.2007
“…with four cooper heat pipes and a great number of fins, the cooling performance is excellent, and it will be even better when you put on two turbo fans…”
Awards – ECS N8800GT-512MX-DT
Awards – ECS N8800GT-512MX-DT
More Awards @ www.ecs.com.tw