Native name
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英業達公司 |
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Public | |
Traded as | : 2356 |
Industry | Computer hardware |
Founded | 1975 |
Headquarters | Taipei, Taiwan |
Revenue | $7.2 billion USD (2006) |
Number of employees
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23,000+ |
Subsidiaries | Kohjinsha |
Website | www |
Inventec Corporation (Chinese: 英業達公司; pinyin: Yīngyèdá Gōngsī; : 2356) is a Taiwan-based Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) making notebook computers, servers and mobile devices. Originally established in 1975 to develop and manufacture electronic calculators, the company has since grown significantly to become one of the world's top computer manufacturers. Major customers include Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba, Acer, and Fujitsu-Siemens.
Inventec Corporation has major development and manufacturing facilities in China, and is one of China's largest exporters. The company opened its first development center in China in 1991 and its first manufacturing facility in Shanghai in 1995. In addition, the company has configuration and service centers in the United States, Europe and Mexico.
The company has a work force of over 23,000 employees, including over 3,000 engineers. It partially owns a Japan-based mini notebook brand vendor, Kohjinsha (KJS) which was established in Yokohama.
Inventec Group comprises five companies:
Noted above
BESTA is an independent subsidiary company of the Inventec Group first launched in Taipei in 1989 to produce compact English/Chinese electronic dictionaries. BESTA has now become one of the leading consumer brands in Asia, and has expanded its product line to PDAs, tablet computers and translators in multiple languages (including Korean and Japanese).
BESTA currently produces over 30 models on the market in Taiwan, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. The Thai distributor CyberDict offers customized products with additional Thai dictionaries.
BESTA also manufactures a line of language products designed specifically for the North American market, where it has become the leading provider of English/Chinese and English/Korean electronic dictionaries. In the US, BESTA products are sold under the BESTA (Chinese) or OPTIMEC (Korean) labels, and are exclusively distributed and serviced by Moy Sam Corporation (New York) and Maxmile Corporation (Los Angeles). In Canada, BESTA products are exclusively distributed and serviced by Modick Electronics. Their showroom and retail stores are found in Toronto and Markham.