Accton Technology Corporation () is a Taiwanese company in the electronics industry that primarily engages in the development and manufacture of networking and communication solutions, as an

original equipment manufacturer An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is generally perceived as a company that produces non-aftermarket parts and equipment that may be marketed by another manufacturer. It is a common industry term recognized and used by many professional or ...

(OEM) or

original design manufacturer An original design manufacturer is a company that designs and manufactures a product that is eventually rebranded by another firm for sale. Such companies allow the firm that owns or licenses the brand to produce products while having to engage i ...

(ODM) partner. Accton has manufacturing plants in both

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

(

Hsinchu Hsinchu (, Chinese: 新竹, Pinyin: ''Xīnzhú'', Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a city located in northwestern Taiwan. It is the most populous city in Taiwan Province not among the special municipalities, with estimated 450,655 inhabi ...

) and China (

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) and a total workforce of more than 5200 employees worldwide.

History

Accton was founded on February 9, 1988. Accton filled its IPO in November 1995.

Acquisitions

1999 – Emitcom
2000 – Minority stake in U.S. Robotics modem division from

3Com 3Com Corporation was an American digital electronics manufacturer best known for its computer network products. The company was co-founded in 1979 by Robert Metcalfe, Howard Charney and others. Bill Krause joined as President in 1981. Metcalfe e ...

(with NatSteel from

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

)
2010 – Mototech
2015 – SMC Networks

Joint ventures

2002 – Accton and SVA Group China – formed SVA Accton
2003 – Accton and Philips – formed Arcadyan Technology
2011 – Accton and Alvarion – formed AWB

Exits

2004 – ADMTek Inc to

Infineon Infineon Technologies AG is a German semiconductor manufacturer founded in 1999, when the semiconductor operations of the former parent company Siemens AG were spun off. Infineon has about 50,280 employees and is one of the ten largest semicond ...

for €80 million
2006 – 69% of Arcadyan Technology to Compal for US$30 million

Services

OEM of networking gear

ODM of networking gear

Design and Development
Supply Chain
Manufacturing

Finance

During the year 2009, Accton obtained approximately 69% and 14% of its total revenue from switches and WLAN products, respectively. During the year 2017, Accton obtained approximately 68% and 12% out of its total revenue from network switches and network appliances. Network access came third with 9%, followed by 5% in

Wireless Wireless communication (or just wireless, when the context allows) is the transfer of information between two or more points without the use of an electrical conductor, optical fiber or other continuous guided medium for the transfer. The most ...

networking and 1% of the revenue coming from Broadband networking gear. Total sales for 2018 increased 18.23 percent annually to NT$43.09 billion (over USD$1.3 billion) with

Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Mosk ...

, Amazon (company), and

HP Inc HP Inc. is an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, that develops personal computers (PCs), printers and related supplies, as well as 3D printing solutions. It was formed on Novem ...

weighing in.

Corporate Affairs

Management

Accton's key management personnel consists of: * Fai-Long Kuo ( Chairman) * Edgar Masri (

Chief Executive Officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especial ...

and President) * Ji-Shang Yu (Senior Vice President of Manufacturing) * Michael K.T. Lee (Senior Vice President of R&D) * Meen-Ron Lin ( Chief Financial Officer) * Melody Chiang (Senior Vice President of Product Development & Management) * Jackal Lee (Senior Vice President of Product Supply & Demand) * Phillip Wang (Vice President) * Hin-Soon Liew (Vice President)

Board of Directors

Accton's board consists of the following directors: * Fai-Long Kuo (Chairman at Accton, former Executive Vice President at Accton) * Meen-Ron Lin (Director at Accton, former Manager at Capital Securities Corporation) * Heng-Yi Tu (Director at Accton, Chairman of Wan Yuan Textiles, Chung Tai Transportation, and Ting Sing Co, Director of Ve Wong Corporation, SECOM, South China Insurance, and The Ambassador Hotel) * Kuo-Hsiu Huang (Director at Accton, President of Accton Technology China) *

Chung Laung Liu Chung Laung Liu (; 1934 – 7 November 2020), also known as David Liu or C. L. Liu, was a Taiwanese computer scientist. Born in Guangzhou, he spent his childhood in Macau. He received his B.Sc. degree in Taiwan, master's degree and doctorate in ...

(Independent Director at Accton, Chairman of TrendForce Corporation, director of

United Microelectronics Corporation United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC; ) is a Taiwanese company based in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It was founded as Taiwan's first semiconductor company in 1980 as a spin-off of the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) ...

, and

FarEasTone Far EasTone Telecommunications (Far EasTone/FET; ) is a telecommunications company based in Taiwan. It is the third largest behind Chunghwa Telecom and Taiwan Mobile. History Far EasTone was founded in October 1996 by the Far Eastern Group, in a ...

Telecommunications) * Chih-Ping Chang (Independent Director at Accton, CEO of

CTBC Bank CTBC Bank () is amongst the largest privately owned banks in Taiwan. History It was established in 1966 under the name China Securities and Investment Corporation. In 1971, its name was changed to Chinatrust Investment Company Limited. In 1992, i ...

Anti-Drug Educational Foundation and former director of the anti-money laundering division at Ministry of Justice’s Investigation Bureau) * Shuh Chen (Independent Director at Accton, Chairman of Central Investment Holding Corporation and former Chairman of Taipei Exchange and Administrative Deputy Minister of Ministry of Finance) * Shiou-Ling Lin (Independent Director at Accton, Director of Cathay Financial Holdings Co., Executive Director of Tong Lung Metals Co., Director of ETurboTouch, and of Counsel of Lee and Li Attorneys-at-Law) *

Chen Wei-zen Chen Wei-zen or Chen Wei-jen (; born 24 May 1953), is a Taiwanese politician who was the Minister of the Interior from 2014 to 2016. Education Chen earned his bachelor's degree in urban planning from the National Cheng Kung University. He obtai ...

(Independent Director at Accton, supreme consultant of the

Formosa Plastics Corp Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is an island country located in East Asia. The main island of Taiwan, formerly known in the Western political circles, press and literature as Formosa, makes up 99% of the land area of the territorie ...

oration and former Minister of the Interior, Secretary-General of Executive Yuan, Deputy Mayor of

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

City, Administrative Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications, and Deputy Mayor of Taipei County)

Products

* CheetaHub Classic 2040, 1 10BASE2 / BNC, 8-port 10BASET, 1990s * CheetaHub Classic 2041, 1 10BASE2 / BNC, 1-port AUI, 16-port 10BASET, 1990s * CheetahSwitch Workgroup-3002A, 100BASE-TX,

Network_switch A network switch (also called switching hub, bridging hub, and, by the IEEE, MAC bridge) is networking hardware that connects devices on a computer network by using packet switching to receive and forward data to the destination device. A netw ...

* CheetahSwitch Workgroup-3008A, 100BASE-TX,

* CheetahSwitch Workgroup-3016A, 100BASE-TX,

* EtherHub 5st 5-port 10BASET, 1990s * EtherHub 8Mini: 1 10BASE2 / BNC, 8-port 10BASET, 1990s * EtherHub 8e: 1 10BASE2 / BNC, 1-port

Attachment_Unit_Interface The Attachment Unit Interface (AUI) is a physical and logical interface defined in the original IEEE 802.3 standard for 10BASE5 Ethernet and the previous DIX standard. The physical interface consists of a 15-pin D-subminiature connection that ...

, 8-port 10BASET, 1990s * EtherHub 8s: 1 10BASE2 / BNC, 8-port 10BASET, 1990s * EtherHub 12R: 1 10BASE2 / BNC, 1-port

, 12-port 10BASET, 1990s * EtherHub 12S: 1 10BASE2 / BNC, 1-port

, 12-port 10BASET, 1990s * EtherHub 16: 1 10BASE2 / BNC, 16-port 10BASET, 1990s * EtherHub-16i: 16-port 10BASET, 1990s * EtherHub 16S: 1 10BASE2 / BNC, 16-port 10BASET, 1990s * EtherHub 24s: 1 10BASE2 / BNC, 24-port 10BASET, 1990s * EtherCoax-98X (EN1668C) * EtherCombo-98X (EN1668) * EtherPair-16 (EN1658-P) * EtherPair-98X (EN1668T) * EtherCoax-16 (EN1642) * EtherCoax-16 (EN1652) * EtherCoax-16 (EN1662) * EtherCombo-16 (EN1640) * EtherCombo-16 (EN1650) * EtherCombo-16 (EN1660) * EtherDuo-16 (EN1657-P) * EtherPair-16 (EN1661) * EtherPair16-16T * EtherPair-NE2 (EN1622) * Fast EtherHub 12se: 12 -port 100BASE-TX, 1990s * Fast Ethercard PCMCIA, 100BASE-TX, 1990s * EN1660-005 ISA 10BASET NIC, 1990s * EN1660-005 ISA 10BASE2 /

BNC_connector The BNC connector (initialism of "Bayonet Neill–Concelman") is a miniature quick connect/disconnect radio frequency connector used for coaxial cable. It is designed to maintain the same characteristic impedance of the cable, with 50 ohm and 7 ...

/ AUI 100BASE-TX NIC, 1990s * EN1207B-TX PCI 100BASE-TX NIC, 1990s * EN1207D-TX PCI 100BASE-TX NIC, 1990s * MR3202A

Wireless access point In computer networking, a wireless access point (WAP), or more generally just access point (AP), is a networking hardware device that allows other Wi-Fi devices to connect to a wired network. As a standalone device, the AP may have a wired ...

* Venus 5-port 10BASE2, 1990s

Recognition

2018 – Outstanding Work Environment in Gender Equality from the

Hsinchu Science Park The Hsinchu Science Park (HSP; ) is an industrial park established by the government of Taiwan on 15 December 1980. It straddles Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County in Taiwan. History The idea of the establishment of the Hsinchu Science Park was ...

Bureau
2018 – National Quality Award from the Ministry of Economic Affairs (Presented by President

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)

CSIRO patent issues

The Australian

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government agency responsible for scientific research. CSIRO works with leading organisations around the world. From its headquarters in Canberra, CSIRO ...

(CSIRO) holds the patent to a component of the IEEE 802.11n standard. This component is also part of other protocols marketed under the

Wi-Fi Wi-Fi () is a family of wireless network protocols, based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio wav ...

trademark. The IEEE requested from the CSIRO a Letter of Assurance that no lawsuits would be filed for anyone implementing the standard. In September 2007, CSIRO responded that they would not be able to comply with this request since litigation was involved. In April 2009, it was revealed that CSIRO reached a settlement with 14 companies including Accton plus other major technology companies — Hewlett-Packard, Asus,

Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 seri ...

, Dell,

Toshiba , commonly known as Toshiba and stylized as TOSHIBA, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Its diversified products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, ...

, Netgear,

D-Link D-Link Corporation is a Taiwanese multinational networking equipment manufacturing corporation headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. It was founded in March 1986 in Taipei as ''Datex Systems Inc.'' History D-Link Corporation changed its name fr ...

Belkin Belkin is an American consumer electronics and networking company headquartered in El Segundo, California. It produces mobile and computer connectivity devices and peripherals for consumer and commercial use. These include wireless chargers, po ...

, SMC Networks,

Buffalo Technology Melco Holdings Inc. is a family business founded by Makoto Maki in 1975 and is located in Japan. The company's most recognizable brand is Buffalo Inc. Buffalo Inc. is currently one of the 16 subsidiaries of Melco Holdings Inc., initially foun ...

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washin ...

, and Nintendo — on the condition that CSIRO did not broadcast the resolution.MacBean, Nic
Patent proceeds to fund new CSIRO research
''ABC News'', April 22, 2009. Accessed September 1, 2009.

References

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